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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 38 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,673 1,039 1,598
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.73% 6.25% 7.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.35% 6.66% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,102 655 778
10th Percentile £39,573 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,500 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +3.85%

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 20,041 15,592 19,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.56% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,414 11,252
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 11 October 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 33 (1.97%) Apache Spark
2 32 (1.91%) CMS
3 28 (1.67%) Apache
4 25 (1.49%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (1.20%) Confluence
6 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.90%) WordPress
8 13 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
9 11 (0.66%) SAS
10 7 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.12%) IIS
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.060%) Drupal
14 1 (0.060%) Moodle
14 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 90 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.08%) UserZoom
3 14 (0.84%) Chatbot
4 13 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.42%) Notion
8 6 (0.36%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.24%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.24%) SPSS
9 4 (0.24%) Trello
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.18%) InDesign
10 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.67%) Dynamics GP
3 22 (1.32%) Shopify
4 10 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
5 8 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.30%) FastStats
7 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.18%) FastStats PeopleStage
7 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.18%) Magento
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.060%) Odoo
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.060%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 402 (24.03%) Azure
2 327 (19.55%) Power Platform
3 207 (12.37%) AWS
4 122 (7.29%) Google Analytics
5 107 (6.40%) GCP
6 105 (6.28%) SaaS
7 100 (5.98%) GitHub
8 92 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 70 (4.18%) Snowflake
11 67 (4.00%) Serverless
12 63 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 55 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
15 52 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (2.87%) Google Ads
17 44 (2.63%) Adobe Analytics
18 42 (2.51%) Entra ID
19 39 (2.33%) dbt
20 38 (2.27%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.59%) Broadband
2 39 (2.33%) VPN
3 22 (1.32%) DNS
4 21 (1.26%) Firewall
5 19 (1.14%) SMS
6 18 (1.08%) Network Security
7 16 (0.96%) 5G
8 11 (0.66%) CTI
8 11 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.66%) Unified Communications
8 11 (0.66%) VoIP
9 6 (0.36%) BGP
9 6 (0.36%) DHCP
9 6 (0.36%) OSPF
9 6 (0.36%) VLAN
9 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.18%) 4G
10 3 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.18%) Internet
10 3 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (18.71%) Power BI
2 160 (9.56%) Data Warehouse
3 118 (7.05%) Metadata
4 92 (5.50%) Tableau
5 82 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 79 (4.72%) Data Lake
7 69 (4.12%) SQL Server
8 51 (3.05%) MongoDB
9 44 (2.63%) Looker
10 40 (2.39%) Big Data
10 40 (2.39%) Relational Database
11 36 (2.15%) Delta Lake
12 35 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
13 33 (1.97%) Star Schema
14 32 (1.91%) BigQuery
15 26 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
16 25 (1.49%) NoSQL
17 24 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
17 24 (1.43%) Spark SQL
18 23 (1.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 76 (4.54%) Git
2 26 (1.55%) JIRA
3 12 (0.72%) Claude Code
4 10 (0.60%) GitLab
5 9 (0.54%) MLflow
6 8 (0.48%) Balsamiq
7 6 (0.36%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.30%) Poetry
9 4 (0.24%) Crashlytics
9 4 (0.24%) XCTest
10 3 (0.18%) Appium
10 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.18%) RStudio
10 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) ERwin
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 542 (32.40%) Analytical Skills
2 528 (31.56%) Social Skills
3 473 (28.27%) Finance
4 309 (18.47%) Marketing
5 228 (13.63%) Public Sector
6 144 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 128 (7.65%) Retail
8 108 (6.46%) Legal
9 91 (5.44%) Law
10 80 (4.78%) Influencing Skills
11 70 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
12 68 (4.06%) Banking
12 68 (4.06%) Games
13 46 (2.75%) Advertising
14 38 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (1.49%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.43%) Police
17 23 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 23 (1.37%) Publishing
18 18 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 357 (21.34%) Senior
2 253 (15.12%) Analyst
3 210 (12.55%) Data Engineer
4 194 (11.60%) Lead
5 180 (10.76%) Architect
6 110 (6.58%) Data Analyst
7 106 (6.34%) Developer
8 90 (5.38%) Data Architect
9 80 (4.78%) Senior Data Engineer
10 78 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
11 67 (4.00%) Consultant
12 65 (3.89%) Data Scientist
13 61 (3.65%) Marketing Manager
14 56 (3.35%) Product Manager
15 48 (2.87%) Senior Manager
16 43 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
17 39 (2.33%) Senior Data Analyst
18 36 (2.15%) Azure Engineer
19 35 (2.09%) Analytics Manager
20 34 (2.03%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (6.69%) Terraform
2 110 (6.58%) PySpark
3 62 (3.71%) .NET
4 43 (2.57%) CSS
4 43 (2.57%) HTML
5 39 (2.33%) React
6 32 (1.91%) .NET Core
7 31 (1.85%) ASP.NET
7 31 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
8 26 (1.55%) REST
9 23 (1.37%) JSON
10 20 (1.20%) Kafka
11 19 (1.14%) Vue
12 18 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.02%) Entity Framework
14 16 (0.96%) Pandas
15 14 (0.84%) Middleware
15 14 (0.84%) SubSonic
16 13 (0.78%) ARM Templates
16 13 (0.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.50%) Cloud Native
2 76 (4.54%) Social Media
3 67 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.71%) Marketing Technology
5 57 (3.41%) Blog
6 54 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.33%) Algorithms
7 39 (2.33%) Data Structures
8 36 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 33 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (1.85%) Credit Risk
11 31 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 30 (1.79%) AI Agents
12 30 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.67%) Mobile App
14 22 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.69%) Windows
2 21 (1.26%) Linux
3 12 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 12 (0.72%) VMS
4 7 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.36%) macOS
6 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (40.47%) AI
2 474 (28.33%) Decision-Making
3 411 (24.57%) Business Intelligence
4 382 (22.83%) Agile
5 348 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 320 (19.13%) Roadmaps
7 283 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 278 (16.62%) Data Modelling
9 262 (15.66%) Mentoring
10 260 (15.54%) CI/CD
11 257 (15.36%) Data Engineering
11 257 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 223 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
12 223 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
13 219 (13.09%) Machine Learning
14 211 (12.61%) Data Analytics
15 195 (11.66%) Data Science
16 179 (10.70%) ETL
17 174 (10.40%) Data Governance
18 172 (10.28%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 614 (36.70%) SQL
2 451 (26.96%) Python
3 79 (4.72%) C#
4 66 (3.95%) JavaScript
5 57 (3.41%) Bicep
6 56 (3.35%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.87%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 42 (2.51%) Java
10 39 (2.33%) R
11 31 (1.85%) Bash
12 27 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
13 23 (1.37%) Scala
14 19 (1.14%) C++
15 13 (0.78%) Go
16 11 (0.66%) VBA
17 10 (0.60%) PHP
17 10 (0.60%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.42%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 190 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.86%) SC Cleared
3 159 (9.50%) Degree
4 59 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
8 18 (1.08%) SnowPro
9 16 (0.96%) ACCA
10 13 (0.78%) CISSP
11 12 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.72%) CIMA
11 12 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.42%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.36%) CISM
15 6 (0.36%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (18.41%) Data Quality
2 165 (9.86%) Accessibility
3 97 (5.80%) GDPR
4 54 (3.23%) QA
5 35 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 23 (1.37%) WCAG
7 18 (1.08%) NIST
8 12 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.66%) SLA
10 10 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.54%) IFRS
12 7 (0.42%) GRC
12 7 (0.42%) PMO
13 6 (0.36%) PERC
14 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.18%) NCSC
16 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (4.24%) Docker
2 40 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.72%) vSphere
6 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.060%) Firmware
7 1 (0.060%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 71 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.96%) Grafana
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.54%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Argo
6 3 (0.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
6 3 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.060%) Control-M
8 1 (0.060%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.060%) Istio
8 1 (0.060%) linkerd
8 1 (0.060%) logstash
8 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 399 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 193 (11.54%) Google
3 146 (8.73%) Databricks
4 85 (5.08%) Adobe
5 51 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.75%) SAP
7 41 (2.45%) Oracle
8 31 (1.85%) YouTube
9 27 (1.61%) HubSpot
10 24 (1.43%) Workday
11 22 (1.32%) Informatica
12 20 (1.20%) VMware
13 19 (1.14%) Cisco
14 15 (0.90%) OpenAI
14 15 (0.90%) TikTok
15 14 (0.84%) Splunk
16 12 (0.72%) Foundry
16 12 (0.72%) Genesys
16 12 (0.72%) Instagram
16 12 (0.72%) ScienceLogic