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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 36 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,654 1,107 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.16% 6.68% 7.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 7.18% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 681 986
10th Percentile £39,750 £33,750 £39,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -0.10%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,500 £91,991
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.51% -2.31%

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 19,013 15,421 21,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.35% 93.00% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,734 8,942 15,004
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,558 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 23 August 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 41 (2.48%) CMS
2 34 (2.06%) Apache Spark
2 34 (2.06%) Confluence
3 26 (1.57%) Apache
4 23 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.91%) WordPress
6 14 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.67%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.18%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.060%) Moodle
12 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 68 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.60%) UserZoom
3 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.54%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.24%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) SPSS
10 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (2.00%) Adobe Campaign
3 31 (1.87%) Dynamics GP
4 22 (1.33%) Shopify
5 7 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.060%) HFM
9 1 (0.060%) Maximo
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 380 (22.97%) Azure
2 296 (17.90%) Power Platform
3 178 (10.76%) AWS
4 153 (9.25%) Adobe Analytics
5 118 (7.13%) Google Analytics
6 106 (6.41%) GCP
7 92 (5.56%) SaaS
8 80 (4.84%) GitHub
9 76 (4.59%) Figma
10 73 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (4.29%) Contentsquare
12 69 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.57%) Snowflake
14 48 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 48 (2.90%) Serverless
15 44 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
16 40 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
17 36 (2.18%) Google Ads
18 35 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
19 33 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 191 (11.55%) Broadband
2 33 (2.00%) VPN
3 22 (1.33%) DNS
4 21 (1.27%) Firewall
5 18 (1.09%) SMS
6 17 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.67%) CTI
7 11 (0.67%) Network Security
7 11 (0.67%) VoIP
8 10 (0.60%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.48%) CHAP
9 8 (0.48%) DHCP
10 7 (0.42%) 5G
11 6 (0.36%) BGP
11 6 (0.36%) OSPF
11 6 (0.36%) VLAN
11 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.18%) Modbus
12 3 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (16.75%) Power BI
2 130 (7.86%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (5.80%) Metadata
4 81 (4.90%) Tableau
5 74 (4.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 74 (4.47%) Data Lake
6 66 (3.99%) SQL Server
7 53 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.90%) Looker
9 47 (2.84%) MongoDB
10 44 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (2.06%) Big Data
12 33 (2.00%) Delta Lake
13 31 (1.87%) Star Schema
14 30 (1.81%) BigQuery
15 25 (1.51%) NoSQL
16 23 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
17 19 (1.15%) Data Vault
18 16 (0.97%) DynamoDB
19 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (3.63%) Git
2 23 (1.39%) JIRA
3 11 (0.67%) Balsamiq
3 11 (0.67%) Crashlytics
3 11 (0.67%) XCTest
4 9 (0.54%) Axure RP
5 7 (0.42%) GitLab
6 6 (0.36%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.18%) Appium
8 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.12%) ERwin
9 2 (0.12%) MSI
9 2 (0.12%) RStudio
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 496 (29.99%) Social Skills
2 445 (26.90%) Analytical Skills
3 426 (25.76%) Finance
4 303 (18.32%) Marketing
5 176 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 170 (10.28%) Games
7 114 (6.89%) Legal
8 113 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 102 (6.17%) Retail
10 93 (5.62%) Law
11 66 (3.99%) Banking
12 61 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
14 44 (2.66%) Advertising
15 42 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.21%) Aerospace
18 19 (1.15%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.85%) Publishing
20 13 (0.79%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 311 (18.80%) Senior
2 224 (13.54%) Analyst
3 221 (13.36%) Lead
4 168 (10.16%) Data Engineer
5 164 (9.92%) Architect
6 94 (5.68%) Data Analyst
6 94 (5.68%) Product Manager
7 93 (5.62%) Developer
8 78 (4.72%) Data Architect
9 74 (4.47%) Senior Analyst
10 60 (3.63%) Marketing Manager
11 59 (3.57%) Senior Manager
12 53 (3.20%) Consultant
13 51 (3.08%) Data Scientist
13 51 (3.08%) Designer
14 46 (2.78%) Senior Data Engineer
15 45 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (2.12%) .NET Developer
16 35 (2.12%) Senior Data Analyst
16 35 (2.12%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.17%) Terraform
2 78 (4.72%) PySpark
3 47 (2.84%) .NET
4 46 (2.78%) CSS
4 46 (2.78%) HTML
5 36 (2.18%) .NET Core
6 33 (2.00%) React
7 32 (1.93%) ASP.NET
7 32 (1.93%) ASP.NET Core
8 20 (1.21%) Kafka
9 18 (1.09%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.09%) Entity Framework
9 18 (1.09%) FastAPI
9 18 (1.09%) JSON
9 18 (1.09%) Node.js
9 18 (1.09%) REST
10 16 (0.97%) Next.js
11 14 (0.85%) SubSonic
11 14 (0.85%) Vue
12 12 (0.73%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 187 (11.31%) Social Media
2 105 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 93 (5.62%) Cloud Native
4 87 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
5 64 (3.87%) Blog
6 45 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
7 44 (2.66%) Data Structures
8 39 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 39 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 39 (2.36%) Virtual Team
9 38 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 35 (2.12%) Over-the-Top Content
11 34 (2.06%) Onboarding
12 33 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (1.93%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.45%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.21%) Credit Risk
16 18 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.09%) Security Posture
17 17 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.93%) Windows
2 16 (0.97%) Linux
3 15 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.73%) VMS
5 8 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Android
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (42.87%) AI
2 440 (26.60%) Decision-Making
3 432 (26.12%) Agile
4 431 (26.06%) Roadmaps
5 354 (21.40%) Business Intelligence
6 308 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 281 (16.99%) Customer Experience
8 278 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 252 (15.24%) Data Modelling
10 223 (13.48%) CI/CD
11 216 (13.06%) Data Engineering
12 211 (12.76%) Machine Learning
13 206 (12.45%) Mentoring
14 200 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
15 197 (11.91%) Product Roadmap
15 197 (11.91%) Storytelling
16 193 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
17 191 (11.55%) Actionable Insight
18 187 (11.31%) Data Analytics
19 177 (10.70%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 522 (31.56%) SQL
2 374 (22.61%) Python
3 56 (3.39%) C#
4 45 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 44 (2.66%) Bicep
6 43 (2.60%) TypeScript
7 36 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 35 (2.12%) JavaScript
9 28 (1.69%) R
10 26 (1.57%) Scala
11 24 (1.45%) Bash
11 24 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.85%) Java
12 14 (0.85%) Kotlin
12 14 (0.85%) Swift
13 12 (0.73%) Go
13 12 (0.73%) VBA
14 9 (0.54%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.30%) C
15 5 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 153 (9.25%) Degree
2 132 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 109 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 55 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 35 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (1.33%) ACCA
7 21 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.03%) CIMA
8 17 (1.03%) SnowPro
9 16 (0.97%) CISSP
10 14 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 12 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.67%) CISM
13 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.54%) CISA
14 9 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
14 9 (0.54%) SANS
15 8 (0.48%) CGEIT
15 8 (0.48%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (14.99%) Data Quality
2 240 (14.51%) Accessibility
3 96 (5.80%) GDPR
4 72 (4.35%) WCAG
5 54 (3.26%) QA
6 27 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 21 (1.27%) NIST
8 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.60%) IFRS
9 10 (0.60%) SLA
10 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.48%) COBIT
12 7 (0.42%) GRC
12 7 (0.42%) PMO
13 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.30%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.30%) PERC
14 4 (0.24%) GAAP
14 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 49 (2.96%) Docker
2 36 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.73%) vSphere
6 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 68 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.54%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.48%) Grafana
3 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.18%) Argo
5 3 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (0.12%) Ansible
6 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 1 (0.060%) Istio
7 1 (0.060%) linkerd
7 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 367 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 215 (13.00%) Adobe
3 177 (10.70%) Google
4 149 (9.01%) Databricks
5 49 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 47 (2.84%) SAP
7 40 (2.42%) Oracle
8 25 (1.51%) HubSpot
9 19 (1.15%) VMware
10 18 (1.09%) Workday
11 17 (1.03%) Cisco
12 16 (0.97%) Informatica
13 14 (0.85%) Braze
13 14 (0.85%) YouTube
14 12 (0.73%) Alteryx
14 12 (0.73%) Amplitude
14 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.73%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.67%) Avaya
15 11 (0.67%) Genesys