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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 25 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,133 1,429 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.35% 8.75% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.45% 9.30% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 639 712 1,327
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,177 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,934 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +7.96% -4.62%
75th Percentile £88,500 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 13,411 15,366 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.96% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,532 9,035 18,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 21 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 38 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (2.65%) CMS
3 23 (2.03%) Apache
4 22 (1.94%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.77%) WordPress
6 17 (1.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.41%) SharePoint
8 15 (1.32%) Confluence
9 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.62%) SAS
11 5 (0.44%) Drupal
11 5 (0.44%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.26%) Moodle
13 1 (0.088%) DNN
13 1 (0.088%) Jupyter
Applications
1 101 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.29%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.32%) InDesign
5 13 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.15%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.53%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.44%) Trello
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.35%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.18%) SPSS
13 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.088%) Notion
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
4 14 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
6 10 (0.88%) Magento
7 9 (0.79%) Shopify
8 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
10 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 401 (35.39%) Azure
2 236 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 120 (10.59%) AWS
4 112 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (9.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 101 (8.91%) Snowflake
7 96 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
8 93 (8.21%) SaaS
9 90 (7.94%) GitHub
10 85 (7.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 79 (6.97%) Google Analytics
12 74 (6.53%) Entra ID
13 73 (6.44%) GCP
14 51 (4.50%) dbt
15 47 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
16 43 (3.80%) GitHub Copilot
17 36 (3.18%) Figma
18 33 (2.91%) Amazon S3
19 26 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
19 26 (2.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.88%) Broadband
2 18 (1.59%) VPN
3 14 (1.24%) CHAP
4 9 (0.79%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.71%) Firewall
6 7 (0.62%) DNS
7 5 (0.44%) Network Security
8 4 (0.35%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.088%) DAB
10 1 (0.088%) DHCP
10 1 (0.088%) SMS
10 1 (0.088%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (19.24%) Power BI
2 143 (12.62%) Data Warehouse
3 99 (8.74%) Tableau
4 71 (6.27%) Data Lake
4 71 (6.27%) SQL Server
5 61 (5.38%) Metadata
6 60 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (2.56%) BigQuery
9 27 (2.38%) Looker
10 26 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.59%) Delta Lake
14 16 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
15 15 (1.32%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.24%) Big Data
17 12 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
17 12 (1.06%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 58 (5.12%) JIRA
2 52 (4.59%) Git
3 45 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.74%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (2.29%) Axure RP
5 26 (2.29%) Balsamiq
6 23 (2.03%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.53%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.53%) MLflow
9 5 (0.44%) GitLab
10 4 (0.35%) ERwin
10 4 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.26%) Storybook
12 2 (0.18%) Selenium
12 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.088%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.088%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.088%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.088%) TestNG
General
1 452 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 403 (35.57%) Finance
3 274 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (12.89%) Marketing
5 114 (10.06%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.83%) Back Office
8 56 (4.94%) Law
9 53 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.80%) Banking
11 42 (3.71%) Manufacturing
12 41 (3.62%) Retail
13 40 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.74%) Legal
15 26 (2.29%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.59%) Games
17 17 (1.50%) Billing
18 15 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.15%) Advertising
19 13 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 169 (14.92%) Senior
2 128 (11.30%) Data Engineer
3 127 (11.21%) Analyst
4 113 (9.97%) Architect
5 99 (8.74%) Lead
6 70 (6.18%) Developer
7 64 (5.65%) Support Engineer
8 61 (5.38%) Data Architect
9 60 (5.30%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (5.30%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 56 (4.94%) Site Engineer
11 44 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
12 42 (3.71%) Data Analyst
12 42 (3.71%) Designer
13 40 (3.53%) Data Manager
14 34 (3.00%) Senior Manager
15 32 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
16 30 (2.65%) Senior Data Engineer
17 25 (2.21%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.80%) OAuth
2 36 (3.18%) RESTful
3 35 (3.09%) HTML
3 35 (3.09%) PySpark
4 34 (3.00%) OAuth2
5 33 (2.91%) Kafka
6 30 (2.65%) CSS
7 29 (2.56%) JSON
8 23 (2.03%) Akka
9 22 (1.94%) SAML
10 16 (1.41%) .NET
11 13 (1.15%) TensorFlow
12 12 (1.06%) XML
13 11 (0.97%) Node.js
13 11 (0.97%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.88%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.88%) React
14 10 (0.88%) REST
15 9 (0.79%) Pandas
15 9 (0.79%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.15%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 74 (6.53%) Product Ownership
4 61 (5.38%) Social Media
5 59 (5.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 40 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.35%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.91%) Virtual Team
9 27 (2.38%) Algorithms
10 25 (2.21%) Video\Live Streaming
11 24 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (2.03%) Over-the-Top Content
13 16 (1.41%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
14 12 (1.06%) Blog
15 10 (0.88%) AI Agents
15 10 (0.88%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 90 (7.94%) Windows
2 60 (5.30%) Windows 10
3 22 (1.94%) Linux
4 12 (1.06%) Unix
5 8 (0.71%) Android
6 7 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.088%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (27.10%) AI
2 301 (26.57%) Agile
3 291 (25.68%) Business Intelligence
4 280 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 271 (23.92%) Decision-Making
6 219 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
7 215 (18.98%) DevOps
8 213 (18.80%) Data Modelling
9 211 (18.62%) Data Analytics
10 184 (16.24%) ETL
11 174 (15.36%) CI/CD
12 165 (14.56%) Data Engineering
13 152 (13.42%) Data Pipeline
14 150 (13.24%) Machine Learning
15 146 (12.89%) Coaching
16 145 (12.80%) Roadmaps
17 142 (12.53%) Visualisation
18 141 (12.44%) Data Governance
19 138 (12.18%) Customer Experience
20 130 (11.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 341 (30.10%) SQL
2 284 (25.07%) Python
3 56 (4.94%) Scala
4 54 (4.77%) Java
5 46 (4.06%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 32 (2.82%) Bicep
8 31 (2.74%) R
9 28 (2.47%) Bash
9 28 (2.47%) JavaScript
10 25 (2.21%) C#
11 24 (2.12%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.94%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.68%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.24%) C++
15 10 (0.88%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.62%) Go
17 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.35%) PHP
18 3 (0.26%) C
Qualifications
1 239 (21.09%) Degree
2 139 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 129 (11.39%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.30%) CTC Cleared
5 34 (3.00%) CISA
6 30 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.47%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.29%) CISSP
8 26 (2.29%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.12%) DBS Check
10 23 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.68%) CISM
12 18 (1.59%) ACCA
13 16 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (1.24%) CGEIT
14 14 (1.24%) FFIEC
14 14 (1.24%) SANS
15 12 (1.06%) CIMA
15 12 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 10 (0.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 97 (8.56%) Accessibility
3 63 (5.56%) SLA
4 60 (5.30%) GDPR
5 39 (3.44%) WCAG
6 36 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (2.82%) NIST
8 22 (1.94%) QA
9 19 (1.68%) COBIT
10 14 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (1.24%) ISO 9001
11 13 (1.15%) IFRS
12 9 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.62%) GRC
13 7 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.44%) ITGC
15 4 (0.35%) PMO
15 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.18%) GAAP
16 2 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 49 (4.32%) Docker
2 20 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.088%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 111 (9.80%) Terraform
2 52 (4.59%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.71%) SCCM
6 7 (0.62%) Ansible
7 6 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.53%) QRadar
8 5 (0.44%) Grafana
8 5 (0.44%) SCOM
9 3 (0.26%) Control-M
10 2 (0.18%) Argo
11 1 (0.088%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.088%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.088%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.088%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.088%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 250 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 117 (10.33%) Google
3 90 (7.94%) Databricks
4 72 (6.35%) Cisco
5 70 (6.18%) Adobe
6 55 (4.85%) Oracle
7 45 (3.97%) Salesforce
8 36 (3.18%) SAP
9 18 (1.59%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.24%) Ab Initio
11 13 (1.15%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.15%) Talend
11 13 (1.15%) Zoho
12 11 (0.97%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.97%) Sage
13 10 (0.88%) Informatica
14 9 (0.79%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.79%) VMware
15 8 (0.71%) IBM
15 8 (0.71%) Workday