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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 27 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,497 1,254 2,471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.43% 8.10% 7.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.07% 8.57% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 821 697 1,577
10th Percentile £38,500 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,290 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -9.79%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 16,496 14,625 30,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.89% 94.51% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,943 8,513 23,831
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 20 June 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 48 (3.21%) CMS
2 35 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (2.14%) Confluence
4 31 (2.07%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.74%) Apache
6 22 (1.47%) WordPress
7 17 (1.14%) SAS
8 16 (1.07%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.60%) Drupal
9 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 49 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (3.01%) UserZoom
3 43 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.27%) Trello
9 3 (0.20%) InDesign
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.13%) SPSS
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (2.27%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.47%) Shopify
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.067%) HFM
9 1 (0.067%) Maximo
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.067%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.067%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.067%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.067%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 342 (22.85%) Azure
2 230 (15.36%) Power Platform
3 202 (13.49%) Adobe Analytics
4 157 (10.49%) AWS
5 104 (6.95%) Google Analytics
6 98 (6.55%) Figma
7 94 (6.28%) SaaS
8 86 (5.74%) GCP
9 77 (5.14%) Contentsquare
10 69 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
11 64 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (3.47%) GitHub
13 50 (3.34%) Entra ID
13 50 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
14 44 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 41 (2.74%) Serverless
16 40 (2.67%) Snowflake
17 36 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.74%) dbt
18 26 (1.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 269 (17.97%) Broadband
2 17 (1.14%) CHAP
2 17 (1.14%) VPN
3 15 (1.00%) DNS
4 13 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.67%) Firewall
5 10 (0.67%) SMS
5 10 (0.67%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.47%) 5G
7 6 (0.40%) Network Security
8 5 (0.33%) BGP
8 5 (0.33%) OSPF
8 5 (0.33%) VLAN
8 5 (0.33%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.27%) DHCP
10 3 (0.20%) Modbus
11 2 (0.13%) Intranet
11 2 (0.13%) SSL
11 2 (0.13%) VoIP
12 1 (0.067%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (13.83%) Power BI
2 80 (5.34%) Metadata
3 78 (5.21%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 50 (3.34%) Tableau
7 48 (3.21%) Relational Database
8 45 (3.01%) BigQuery
9 41 (2.74%) Looker
10 40 (2.67%) Data Lake
10 40 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (2.27%) MongoDB
12 29 (1.94%) Big Data
12 29 (1.94%) NoSQL
13 22 (1.47%) Star Schema
14 17 (1.14%) Delta Lake
14 17 (1.14%) Semantic Layer
15 16 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.07%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (3.47%) Git
2 26 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.47%) JIRA
3 22 (1.47%) TeamCity
4 14 (0.94%) Crashlytics
4 14 (0.94%) XCTest
5 9 (0.60%) MLflow
6 7 (0.47%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.47%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.47%) GitLab
7 5 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.13%) MSI
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.067%) SpecFlow
General
1 456 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 354 (23.65%) Finance
3 321 (21.44%) Analytical Skills
4 234 (15.63%) Marketing
5 216 (14.43%) Games
6 147 (9.82%) Public Sector
7 104 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 80 (5.34%) Law
9 77 (5.14%) Retail
10 66 (4.41%) Banking
11 65 (4.34%) Legal
12 41 (2.74%) Advertising
13 36 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.34%) Back Office
15 33 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.67%) Financial Institution
16 25 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.20%) Automotive
17 18 (1.20%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.87%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 298 (19.91%) Senior
2 237 (15.83%) Lead
3 167 (11.16%) Analyst
4 163 (10.89%) Data Engineer
5 117 (7.82%) Architect
6 89 (5.95%) Product Manager
7 78 (5.21%) Developer
8 73 (4.88%) Designer
9 70 (4.68%) Data Analyst
9 70 (4.68%) Senior Manager
10 54 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
11 52 (3.47%) Data Architect
12 47 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
13 46 (3.07%) Lead Designer
14 43 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
14 43 (2.87%) Support Engineer
15 39 (2.61%) Digital Designer
16 37 (2.47%) Senior Product Manager
17 36 (2.40%) Campaign Manager
18 35 (2.34%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.27%) HTML
2 47 (3.14%) .NET
3 45 (3.01%) CSS
3 45 (3.01%) PySpark
4 34 (2.27%) .NET Core
5 29 (1.94%) Kafka
6 22 (1.47%) Akka
6 22 (1.47%) ASP.NET
6 22 (1.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 18 (1.20%) React
8 17 (1.14%) Node.js
8 17 (1.14%) REST
9 15 (1.00%) JSON
10 14 (0.94%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.94%) SwiftUI
10 14 (0.94%) UIKit
11 13 (0.87%) Entity Framework
11 13 (0.87%) FastAPI
12 11 (0.73%) Next.js
13 10 (0.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 250 (16.70%) Social Media
2 96 (6.41%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.01%) Cloud Native
4 58 (3.87%) Over-the-Top Content
5 50 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
5 50 (3.34%) Marketing Technology
6 47 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.07%) Data Structures
8 41 (2.74%) Algorithms
9 38 (2.54%) Virtual Team
10 34 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 27 (1.80%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
14 21 (1.40%) Blog
15 20 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
16 16 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (1.00%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.61%) Windows
2 33 (2.20%) Windows 10
3 26 (1.74%) Linux
4 16 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.67%) VMS
6 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.13%) Android
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Unix
8 1 (0.067%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 584 (39.01%) AI
2 440 (29.39%) Agile
3 421 (28.12%) Roadmaps
4 347 (23.18%) Customer Experience
5 336 (22.44%) Decision-Making
6 264 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
7 262 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
8 235 (15.70%) Data Modelling
9 234 (15.63%) Storytelling
10 228 (15.23%) Product Roadmap
11 226 (15.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 209 (13.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 194 (12.96%) Data Analytics
14 193 (12.89%) CI/CD
15 188 (12.56%) Digital Customer Experience
16 184 (12.29%) Data Engineering
17 183 (12.22%) User Research
18 166 (11.09%) Data Pipeline
19 164 (10.96%) Mentoring
20 161 (10.75%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 375 (25.05%) SQL
2 301 (20.11%) Python
3 53 (3.54%) C#
4 48 (3.21%) Scala
5 37 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 31 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (2.00%) Java
8 29 (1.94%) R
9 27 (1.80%) JavaScript
10 26 (1.74%) Bash
10 26 (1.74%) Bicep
10 26 (1.74%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.20%) C++
11 18 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 14 (0.94%) Swift
13 11 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.67%) Go
15 9 (0.60%) VBA
16 8 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 177 (11.82%) Degree
2 124 (8.28%) Security Cleared
3 106 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 33 (2.20%) CTC Cleared
6 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (1.54%) CISSP
8 22 (1.47%) CISA
9 21 (1.40%) ACCA
9 21 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.34%) CISM
11 19 (1.27%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.20%) SANS
13 17 (1.14%) CGEIT
13 17 (1.14%) CIMA
13 17 (1.14%) FFIEC
14 13 (0.87%) PhD
15 9 (0.60%) DV Cleared
16 7 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (17.17%) Accessibility
2 214 (14.30%) Data Quality
3 90 (6.01%) GDPR
4 76 (5.08%) WCAG
5 44 (2.94%) QA
6 35 (2.34%) SLA
7 26 (1.74%) NIST
8 21 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.14%) COBIT
10 12 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.73%) IFRS
12 10 (0.67%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.33%) GAAP
14 5 (0.33%) GRC
15 4 (0.27%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.27%) PERC
15 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 66 (4.41%) Docker
2 27 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.60%) vSphere
5 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (5.21%) Kubernetes
1 78 (5.21%) Terraform
2 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.33%) Ansible
3 5 (0.33%) FortiGate
3 5 (0.33%) Grafana
3 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.20%) Argo
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.067%) Istio
7 1 (0.067%) linkerd
7 1 (0.067%) OpenView
7 1 (0.067%) QRadar
7 1 (0.067%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.067%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 296 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 268 (17.90%) Adobe
3 147 (9.82%) Google
4 112 (7.48%) Databricks
5 51 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.01%) SAP
7 40 (2.67%) Oracle
8 35 (2.34%) Cisco
9 23 (1.54%) HubSpot
10 16 (1.07%) Amplitude
11 14 (0.94%) Braze
12 13 (0.87%) Instagram
13 12 (0.80%) Alteryx
13 12 (0.80%) Hotjar
13 12 (0.80%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.80%) Pardot
14 11 (0.73%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.73%) VMware
14 11 (0.73%) Wrike
15 10 (0.67%) Screaming Frog