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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 27
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,431 1,315 2,340
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.84% 9.25% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 9.73% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 752 750 1,532
10th Percentile £37,575 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,723 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -10.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,958 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 15,111 13,517 29,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 95.05% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 8,801 23,474
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,756
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 8 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 55 (3.84%) CMS
2 47 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (2.52%) Confluence
4 32 (2.24%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.75%) Apache
6 21 (1.47%) WordPress
7 18 (1.26%) SharePoint
8 15 (1.05%) SAS
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.28%) Moodle
12 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 71 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.10%) UserZoom
4 18 (1.26%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.070%) Notion
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.070%) SPSS
10 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.38%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.70%) Magento
5 8 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.49%) Shopify
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 355 (24.81%) Azure
2 198 (13.84%) Power Platform
3 194 (13.56%) Adobe Analytics
4 148 (10.34%) AWS
5 110 (7.69%) Figma
6 105 (7.34%) Google Analytics
7 94 (6.57%) SaaS
8 91 (6.36%) GCP
9 83 (5.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 72 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
11 64 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
11 64 (4.47%) GitHub
12 63 (4.40%) Contentsquare
13 56 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 56 (3.91%) Snowflake
14 52 (3.63%) Entra ID
15 34 (2.38%) dbt
16 30 (2.10%) Amazon S3
16 30 (2.10%) Serverless
17 29 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 260 (18.17%) Broadband
2 27 (1.89%) CHAP
3 10 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.63%) DNS
5 8 (0.56%) Firewall
6 7 (0.49%) 5G
6 7 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.49%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 3 (0.21%) Network Security
9 2 (0.14%) BGP
9 2 (0.14%) OSPF
9 2 (0.14%) SMS
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
9 2 (0.14%) VXLAN
10 1 (0.070%) LAN
10 1 (0.070%) VoIP
10 1 (0.070%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (12.02%) Power BI
2 92 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (5.73%) Metadata
4 58 (4.05%) SQL Server
5 55 (3.84%) Data Lake
6 48 (3.35%) Tableau
7 43 (3.00%) BigQuery
8 39 (2.73%) Relational Database
9 38 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 37 (2.59%) Looker
11 33 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.61%) NoSQL
13 20 (1.40%) 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%) Big Data
16 16 (1.12%) Power Query
16 16 (1.12%) Star Schema
17 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 58 (4.05%) Git
2 34 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 32 (2.24%) JIRA
4 22 (1.54%) TeamCity
5 18 (1.26%) Axure RP
5 18 (1.26%) Balsamiq
6 14 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.84%) Crashlytics
7 12 (0.84%) XCTest
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
9 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.21%) Storybook
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.14%) Selenium
13 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.070%) GCC
13 1 (0.070%) SpecFlow
General
1 455 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 359 (25.09%) Finance
3 285 (19.92%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (15.51%) Marketing
5 195 (13.63%) Games
6 150 (10.48%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (4.75%) Retail
9 65 (4.54%) Back Office
10 61 (4.26%) Law
11 59 (4.12%) Banking
12 50 (3.49%) Legal
13 38 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.45%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (2.17%) Advertising
17 16 (1.12%) Automotive
18 13 (0.91%) Brand Awareness
18 13 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 251 (17.54%) Senior
2 222 (15.51%) Lead
3 165 (11.53%) Data Engineer
4 121 (8.46%) Analyst
4 121 (8.46%) Architect
5 84 (5.87%) Designer
6 72 (5.03%) Product Manager
7 69 (4.82%) Support Engineer
8 61 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (4.12%) Desktop Engineer
9 59 (4.12%) Desktop Support
9 59 (4.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 57 (3.98%) Developer
11 56 (3.91%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.84%) Senior Manager
13 49 (3.42%) Lead Designer
14 45 (3.14%) Data Architect
15 43 (3.00%) Digital Designer
16 40 (2.80%) Data Manager
16 40 (2.80%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.56%) PySpark
2 46 (3.21%) HTML
3 41 (2.87%) CSS
4 37 (2.59%) Kafka
5 32 (2.24%) .NET
6 22 (1.54%) Akka
6 22 (1.54%) OAuth
7 20 (1.40%) Node.js
8 19 (1.33%) RESTful
9 18 (1.26%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.19%) JSON
11 16 (1.12%) React
12 15 (1.05%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.98%) REST
14 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.84%) SwiftUI
15 12 (0.84%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.84%) UIKit
16 11 (0.77%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.77%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 238 (16.63%) Social Media
2 99 (6.92%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.98%) Over-the-Top Content
5 53 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.63%) Virtual Team
7 50 (3.49%) Marketing Technology
8 44 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.66%) Algorithms
9 38 (2.66%) Data Structures
10 34 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
11 30 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.75%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.68%) Onboarding
14 23 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
15 20 (1.40%) Blog
15 20 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
16 18 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.10%) Windows
2 59 (4.12%) 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
1 521 (36.41%) AI
2 430 (30.05%) Agile
3 357 (24.95%) Customer Experience
4 343 (23.97%) Roadmaps
5 291 (20.34%) Decision-Making
6 255 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 235 (16.42%) Data Modelling
8 233 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
9 226 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
10 212 (14.81%) Storytelling
11 210 (14.68%) Product Roadmap
12 209 (14.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 199 (13.91%) Data Engineering
14 198 (13.84%) CI/CD
15 180 (12.58%) Data Pipeline
16 179 (12.51%) ETL
17 178 (12.44%) Digital Customer Experience
18 175 (12.23%) User Research
19 174 (12.16%) Data Analytics
20 170 (11.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 317 (22.15%) SQL
2 270 (18.87%) Python
3 57 (3.98%) Scala
4 40 (2.80%) Java
5 38 (2.66%) C#
6 30 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.61%) Bicep
7 23 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (1.61%) R
8 19 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.33%) T-SQL
9 18 (1.26%) C++
9 18 (1.26%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.91%) Bash
11 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.84%) Swift
12 11 (0.77%) Go
13 9 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 195 (13.63%) Degree
2 144 (10.06%) Security Cleared
3 125 (8.74%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.12%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.24%) 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
8 24 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.98%) ACCA
12 13 (0.91%) CIMA
12 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.84%) PhD
14 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.42%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (17.89%) Accessibility
2 190 (13.28%) Data Quality
3 96 (6.71%) GDPR
4 87 (6.08%) WCAG
5 62 (4.33%) SLA
6 34 (2.38%) QA
7 33 (2.31%) NIST
8 27 (1.89%) COBIT
9 16 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.77%) IFRS
11 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.49%) GAAP
14 5 (0.35%) GRC
15 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
16 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.14%) GMP
17 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 58 (4.05%) 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 79 (5.52%) Terraform
2 66 (4.61%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.28%) Grafana
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
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
1 270 (18.87%) Adobe
2 253 (17.68%) Microsoft
3 142 (9.92%) Google
4 112 (7.83%) Databricks
5 60 (4.19%) Cisco
6 48 (3.35%) Oracle
7 44 (3.07%) SAP
8 36 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.61%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.91%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.91%) Instagram
11 12 (0.84%) Braze
11 12 (0.84%) Pardot
12 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.77%) Wrike
13 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.56%) Workday
16 7 (0.49%) Ab Initio