Hybrid/Remote Analytics Job Trends

Analytics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,120 1,432 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.31% 8.71% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.40% 9.28% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 644 710 1,246
10th Percentile £37,325 £36,225 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £66,367 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +6.19% -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,822 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,625
UK median annual salary £63,076 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.89% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,337 15,436 21,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.10% 93.91% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 9,087 17,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytics job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Analytics
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analytics over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Analytics salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (2.86%) CMS
3 22 (1.96%) Apache
4 21 (1.88%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.79%) WordPress
6 17 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.43%) Confluence
8 15 (1.34%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.63%) SAS
11 5 (0.45%) Drupal
11 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.27%) Moodle
13 1 (0.089%) DNN
13 1 (0.089%) Jupyter
Applications
1 104 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.32%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.34%) InDesign
5 14 (1.25%) Photoshop
6 13 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.45%) Trello
11 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.36%) SketchUp
12 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.18%) SPSS
13 2 (0.18%) UserZoom
14 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.089%) Notion
14 1 (0.089%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.86%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 15 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (1.25%) Dynamics GP
5 14 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
6 12 (1.07%) Shopify
7 10 (0.89%) Magento
8 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
10 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 401 (35.80%) Azure
2 239 (21.34%) Power Platform
3 118 (10.54%) AWS
4 101 (9.02%) Azure Data Factory
4 101 (9.02%) Snowflake
5 96 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
6 93 (8.30%) SaaS
7 90 (8.04%) GitHub
8 85 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 85 (7.59%) Google Analytics
9 72 (6.43%) GCP
10 58 (5.18%) Entra ID
11 51 (4.55%) dbt
12 47 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (3.84%) GitHub Copilot
14 36 (3.21%) Figma
15 33 (2.95%) Amazon S3
16 26 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (2.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.48%) Broadband
2 17 (1.52%) VPN
3 14 (1.25%) CHAP
4 9 (0.80%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.71%) Firewall
6 7 (0.63%) DNS
7 5 (0.45%) Network Security
8 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.089%) DAB
10 1 (0.089%) DHCP
10 1 (0.089%) SMS
10 1 (0.089%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (19.73%) Power BI
2 141 (12.59%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (9.11%) Tableau
4 71 (6.34%) Data Lake
4 71 (6.34%) SQL Server
5 61 (5.45%) Metadata
6 60 (5.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (3.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (2.59%) BigQuery
9 27 (2.41%) Looker
10 25 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.61%) Delta Lake
14 16 (1.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (1.16%) Big Data
16 13 (1.16%) NoSQL
17 12 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
17 12 (1.07%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 59 (5.27%) JIRA
2 52 (4.64%) Git
3 46 (4.11%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.77%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (2.32%) Axure RP
5 26 (2.32%) Balsamiq
6 23 (2.05%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.63%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.54%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.54%) MLflow
9 5 (0.45%) GitLab
10 4 (0.36%) ERwin
10 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.27%) Storybook
12 2 (0.18%) Selenium
12 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.089%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.089%) Pivotal Tracker
13 1 (0.089%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.089%) TestNG
General
1 437 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 402 (35.89%) Finance
3 280 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (13.75%) Marketing
5 113 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.18%) Law
8 53 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (4.46%) Back Office
10 45 (4.02%) Retail
11 44 (3.93%) Manufacturing
12 43 (3.84%) Banking
13 40 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.77%) Legal
15 26 (2.32%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.52%) Billing
17 14 (1.25%) Brand Awareness
17 14 (1.25%) Games
17 14 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 170 (15.18%) Senior
2 127 (11.34%) Analyst
2 127 (11.34%) Data Engineer
3 113 (10.09%) Architect
4 96 (8.57%) Lead
5 68 (6.07%) Developer
6 60 (5.36%) Data Architect
7 48 (4.29%) Support Engineer
8 45 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
9 44 (3.93%) Desktop Engineer
9 44 (3.93%) Desktop Support
9 44 (3.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 42 (3.75%) Data Analyst
11 41 (3.66%) Designer
12 40 (3.57%) Data Manager
12 40 (3.57%) Site Engineer
13 35 (3.13%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
15 29 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
16 26 (2.32%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.84%) OAuth
2 36 (3.21%) HTML
2 36 (3.21%) RESTful
3 35 (3.13%) PySpark
4 34 (3.04%) OAuth2
5 32 (2.86%) Kafka
6 30 (2.68%) CSS
7 29 (2.59%) JSON
8 23 (2.05%) Akka
9 22 (1.96%) SAML
10 16 (1.43%) .NET
11 13 (1.16%) TensorFlow
12 12 (1.07%) Node.js
12 12 (1.07%) XML
13 11 (0.98%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.89%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.89%) REST
15 9 (0.80%) Pandas
15 9 (0.80%) React
15 9 (0.80%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 74 (6.61%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 59 (5.27%) Social Media
5 40 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.39%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.86%) Virtual Team
8 27 (2.41%) Algorithms
9 24 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.14%) Video\Live Streaming
10 23 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (2.05%) Over-the-Top Content
11 16 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
12 15 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.16%) Blog
14 10 (0.89%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.89%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.79%) Windows
2 44 (3.93%) Windows 10
3 22 (1.96%) Linux
4 13 (1.16%) Unix
5 8 (0.71%) Android
6 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.089%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (27.14%) AI
2 299 (26.70%) Agile
3 294 (26.25%) Business Intelligence
4 270 (24.11%) Decision-Making
5 263 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 220 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
7 215 (19.20%) DevOps
8 212 (18.93%) Data Analytics
9 211 (18.84%) Data Modelling
10 181 (16.16%) ETL
11 171 (15.27%) CI/CD
12 164 (14.64%) Data Engineering
13 152 (13.57%) Data Pipeline
14 148 (13.21%) Machine Learning
15 146 (13.04%) Coaching
16 143 (12.77%) Roadmaps
17 142 (12.68%) Visualisation
18 140 (12.50%) Data Governance
19 130 (11.61%) Data Management
20 121 (10.80%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 341 (30.45%) SQL
2 285 (25.45%) Python
3 55 (4.91%) Scala
4 53 (4.73%) Java
5 45 (4.02%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 33 (2.95%) R
8 31 (2.77%) Bicep
9 28 (2.50%) JavaScript
10 27 (2.41%) Bash
11 24 (2.14%) C#
11 24 (2.14%) T-SQL
12 21 (1.88%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.70%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.16%) C++
15 9 (0.80%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.54%) Go
17 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.36%) PHP
18 3 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 223 (19.91%) Degree
2 123 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 113 (10.09%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.93%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (3.13%) CISA
6 29 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.41%) CISSP
7 27 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.23%) DBS Check
9 23 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.70%) ACCA
10 19 (1.70%) CISM
11 16 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.25%) CGEIT
12 14 (1.25%) FFIEC
12 14 (1.25%) SANS
13 13 (1.16%) CIMA
14 12 (1.07%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.98%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (14.73%) Data Quality
2 94 (8.39%) Accessibility
3 61 (5.45%) GDPR
4 47 (4.20%) SLA
5 38 (3.39%) WCAG
6 37 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (2.77%) NIST
8 22 (1.96%) QA
9 19 (1.70%) COBIT
10 15 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.25%) ISO 9001
12 13 (1.16%) IFRS
13 9 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.63%) GRC
15 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.45%) ITGC
17 4 (0.36%) PMO
17 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
18 2 (0.18%) GAAP
18 2 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 48 (4.29%) Docker
2 20 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.089%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 110 (9.82%) Terraform
2 52 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.71%) Ansible
5 8 (0.71%) SCCM
6 6 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.54%) QRadar
7 5 (0.45%) Grafana
7 5 (0.45%) SCOM
8 3 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.18%) Argo
10 1 (0.089%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.089%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.089%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.089%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.089%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 237 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 123 (10.98%) Google
3 90 (8.04%) Databricks
4 68 (6.07%) Adobe
5 56 (5.00%) Cisco
6 55 (4.91%) Oracle
7 45 (4.02%) Salesforce
8 37 (3.30%) SAP
9 18 (1.61%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.25%) Ab Initio
11 13 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.16%) Talend
11 13 (1.16%) Zoho
12 12 (1.07%) Sage
13 11 (0.98%) Autodesk
14 10 (0.89%) Informatica
15 9 (0.80%) Alteryx
15 9 (0.80%) VMware
16 8 (0.71%) IBM
16 8 (0.71%) Workday