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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,432 1,328 2,338
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.82% 9.55% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.45% 10.07% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 742 764 1,533
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -11.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,615 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 15,147 13,187 29,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.84% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,663 8,892 23,493
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%

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 5 May 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 56 (3.91%) CMS
2 47 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (2.51%) Confluence
4 31 (2.16%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.75%) Apache
6 22 (1.54%) WordPress
7 17 (1.19%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.70%) Drupal
9 9 (0.63%) SAS
10 8 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.21%) Moodle
11 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 72 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.09%) UserZoom
4 20 (1.40%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) InDesign
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
9 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.37%) Adobe Campaign
2 17 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.70%) Magento
6 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.56%) Shopify
8 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 362 (25.28%) Azure
2 197 (13.76%) Power Platform
3 194 (13.55%) Adobe Analytics
4 146 (10.20%) AWS
5 112 (7.82%) Figma
6 108 (7.54%) Google Analytics
7 90 (6.28%) GCP
8 88 (6.15%) SaaS
9 85 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 73 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
11 71 (4.96%) Snowflake
12 68 (4.75%) GitHub
13 67 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
14 63 (4.40%) Contentsquare
15 57 (3.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 52 (3.63%) Entra ID
17 37 (2.58%) dbt
18 30 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
18 30 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
18 30 (2.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 254 (17.74%) Broadband
2 27 (1.89%) CHAP
3 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.56%) DNS
5 7 (0.49%) Firewall
5 7 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.42%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
9 2 (0.14%) Network Security
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.070%) ATM
10 1 (0.070%) LAN
10 1 (0.070%) MPLS
10 1 (0.070%) SMS
10 1 (0.070%) SNMP
10 1 (0.070%) VLAN
10 1 (0.070%) VoIP
10 1 (0.070%) WAN
10 1 (0.070%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (11.94%) Power BI
2 104 (7.26%) Data Warehouse
3 85 (5.94%) Metadata
4 56 (3.91%) Data Lake
5 55 (3.84%) SQL Server
6 49 (3.42%) Tableau
7 43 (3.00%) BigQuery
8 39 (2.72%) Relational Database
9 38 (2.65%) Looker
10 35 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (1.54%) NoSQL
13 21 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (1.12%) Power Query
17 15 (1.05%) Star Schema
18 14 (0.98%) Big Data
19 12 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (3.98%) Git
2 36 (2.51%) JIRA
3 35 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.54%) TeamCity
5 20 (1.40%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.40%) Balsamiq
6 16 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.84%) Crashlytics
7 12 (0.84%) XCTest
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
10 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Storybook
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.14%) Selenium
14 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.070%) PHPUnit
14 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 451 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 366 (25.56%) Finance
3 283 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
4 220 (15.36%) Marketing
5 193 (13.48%) Games
6 151 (10.54%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (4.61%) Back Office
8 66 (4.61%) Retail
9 61 (4.26%) Law
10 59 (4.12%) Banking
11 50 (3.49%) Legal
12 38 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.44%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.96%) Advertising
16 16 (1.12%) Automotive
17 15 (1.05%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 244 (17.04%) Senior
2 224 (15.64%) Lead
3 161 (11.24%) Data Engineer
4 132 (9.22%) Architect
5 120 (8.38%) Analyst
6 86 (6.01%) Designer
7 72 (5.03%) Product Manager
8 70 (4.89%) Support Engineer
9 61 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (4.19%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (4.19%) Desktop Support
10 60 (4.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 56 (3.91%) Data Architect
11 56 (3.91%) Site Engineer
12 54 (3.77%) Senior Manager
13 49 (3.42%) Developer
13 49 (3.42%) Lead Designer
14 43 (3.00%) Digital Designer
15 42 (2.93%) Data Manager
16 39 (2.72%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.42%) PySpark
2 45 (3.14%) HTML
3 40 (2.79%) CSS
4 38 (2.65%) Kafka
5 29 (2.03%) .NET
6 25 (1.75%) OAuth
7 22 (1.54%) Akka
8 21 (1.47%) RESTful
9 19 (1.33%) Node.js
10 18 (1.26%) JSON
10 18 (1.26%) OAuth2
11 15 (1.05%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.05%) React
12 14 (0.98%) REST
13 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.84%) SwiftUI
14 12 (0.84%) TensorFlow
14 12 (0.84%) UIKit
15 11 (0.77%) PyTorch
16 9 (0.63%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 238 (16.62%) Social Media
2 101 (7.05%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.47%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.98%) Over-the-Top Content
5 54 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.63%) Virtual Team
7 49 (3.42%) Marketing Technology
8 46 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.65%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.23%) Algorithms
11 30 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
12 25 (1.75%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.75%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
15 21 (1.47%) Blog
16 20 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
17 19 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
18 17 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 74 (5.17%) Windows
2 60 (4.19%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.40%) Linux
4 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Android
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (35.96%) AI
2 423 (29.54%) Agile
3 354 (24.72%) Customer Experience
4 341 (23.81%) Roadmaps
5 292 (20.39%) Decision-Making
6 258 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 247 (17.25%) Data Modelling
8 232 (16.20%) Business Intelligence
9 224 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
10 213 (14.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 212 (14.80%) Storytelling
12 210 (14.66%) Data Engineering
12 210 (14.66%) Product Roadmap
13 200 (13.97%) CI/CD
14 181 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
14 181 (12.64%) ETL
15 178 (12.43%) Digital Customer Experience
16 177 (12.36%) User Research
17 173 (12.08%) DevOps
18 172 (12.01%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 305 (21.30%) SQL
2 259 (18.09%) Python
3 57 (3.98%) Scala
4 41 (2.86%) Java
5 35 (2.44%) C#
6 30 (2.09%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.68%) Bicep
8 21 (1.47%) R
9 20 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.33%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.26%) C++
12 15 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.91%) Bash
14 12 (0.84%) Go
14 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.84%) Swift
15 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 201 (14.04%) Degree
2 146 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 128 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.19%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.23%) CISA
6 27 (1.89%) CGEIT
6 27 (1.89%) CISM
6 27 (1.89%) CISSP
6 27 (1.89%) FFIEC
6 27 (1.89%) SANS
7 26 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.47%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.98%) ACCA
11 13 (0.91%) CIMA
11 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.84%) PhD
13 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 270 (18.85%) Accessibility
2 193 (13.48%) Data Quality
3 96 (6.70%) GDPR
4 89 (6.22%) WCAG
5 63 (4.40%) SLA
6 33 (2.30%) NIST
6 33 (2.30%) QA
7 27 (1.89%) COBIT
8 16 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.84%) IFRS
10 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.49%) GAAP
13 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.21%) GRC
14 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.14%) GMP
15 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (3.91%) Docker
2 21 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) vCloud
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (5.66%) Terraform
2 63 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.35%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.070%) OpenView
10 1 (0.070%) QRadar
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 271 (18.92%) Adobe
2 260 (18.16%) Microsoft
3 146 (10.20%) Google
4 109 (7.61%) Databricks
5 61 (4.26%) Cisco
6 48 (3.35%) Oracle
7 42 (2.93%) SAP
8 36 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.54%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.91%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.91%) Instagram
10 13 (0.91%) Pardot
11 12 (0.84%) Braze
12 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.77%) Wrike
13 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.70%) Screaming Frog
14 8 (0.56%) Ab Initio
14 8 (0.56%) Workday