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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,381 1,305 2,259
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 10.17% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.74% 10.70% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 694 728 1,562
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,256 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,743 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +1.24% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,050 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,018 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.82% +15.03% -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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 27 March 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 51 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.48%) CMS
3 28 (2.03%) Confluence
4 26 (1.88%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.74%) Apache
6 19 (1.38%) WordPress
7 15 (1.09%) SAS
7 15 (1.09%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.65%) Drupal
8 9 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.36%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) Moodle
11 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 84 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.74%) Adobe XD
4 23 (1.67%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.87%) InDesign
5 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.072%) Notion
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Adobe Campaign
1 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
4 13 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 11 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
5 11 (0.80%) Shopify
6 10 (0.72%) Magento
6 10 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 388 (28.10%) Azure
2 217 (15.71%) Power Platform
3 161 (11.66%) Adobe Analytics
4 139 (10.07%) AWS
5 115 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 97 (7.02%) SaaS
7 96 (6.95%) Google Analytics
8 95 (6.88%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
10 91 (6.59%) Figma
11 88 (6.37%) GCP
12 85 (6.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 78 (5.65%) GitHub
14 75 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
15 48 (3.48%) Entra ID
16 46 (3.33%) Contentsquare
17 44 (3.19%) dbt
18 36 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (2.39%) Amazon S3
20 28 (2.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 212 (15.35%) Broadband
2 24 (1.74%) CHAP
3 9 (0.65%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.51%) VPN
5 6 (0.43%) Network Security
5 6 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.29%) Firewall
7 3 (0.22%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 2 (0.14%) DHCP
9 1 (0.072%) ATM
9 1 (0.072%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.072%) LAN
9 1 (0.072%) MPLS
9 1 (0.072%) SMS
9 1 (0.072%) SNMP
9 1 (0.072%) VoIP
9 1 (0.072%) WAN
9 1 (0.072%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (14.63%) Power BI
2 134 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (6.01%) Metadata
4 82 (5.94%) SQL Server
5 68 (4.92%) Tableau
6 66 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 64 (4.63%) Data Lake
8 42 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 41 (2.97%) BigQuery
10 33 (2.39%) Looker
11 27 (1.96%) Relational Database
12 26 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (1.59%) NoSQL
15 19 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (1.38%) Power Query
16 18 (1.30%) Delta Lake
17 17 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
18 14 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
19 13 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 50 (3.62%) Git
2 38 (2.75%) Jenkins
2 38 (2.75%) JIRA
3 24 (1.74%) Axure RP
3 24 (1.74%) Balsamiq
4 23 (1.67%) TeamCity
5 19 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.65%) Crashlytics
6 9 (0.65%) XCTest
7 8 (0.58%) MLflow
8 7 (0.51%) GitLab
8 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ERwin
9 4 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.22%) Storybook
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) Selenium
12 1 (0.072%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 497 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 389 (28.17%) Finance
3 297 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (14.34%) Marketing
5 162 (11.73%) Games
6 133 (9.63%) Public Sector
7 81 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (4.71%) Back Office
9 60 (4.34%) Retail
10 58 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
11 57 (4.13%) Law
12 56 (4.06%) Banking
13 48 (3.48%) Legal
14 36 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (2.46%) Manufacturing
16 33 (2.39%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (1.67%) Advertising
19 16 (1.16%) Automotive
20 14 (1.01%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 224 (16.22%) Senior
2 204 (14.77%) Lead
3 150 (10.86%) Data Engineer
4 123 (8.91%) Analyst
5 119 (8.62%) Architect
6 81 (5.87%) Designer
7 67 (4.85%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.34%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.34%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 59 (4.27%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.06%) Site Engineer
11 54 (3.91%) Developer
12 48 (3.48%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
14 43 (3.11%) Product Manager
15 41 (2.97%) Lead Designer
16 40 (2.90%) Data Analyst
17 38 (2.75%) Data Manager
18 37 (2.68%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.19%) HTML
2 39 (2.82%) Kafka
3 38 (2.75%) CSS
3 38 (2.75%) PySpark
4 30 (2.17%) OAuth
5 29 (2.10%) .NET
6 25 (1.81%) RESTful
7 23 (1.67%) Akka
7 23 (1.67%) OAuth2
8 22 (1.59%) JSON
9 16 (1.16%) Node.js
10 15 (1.09%) .NET Core
11 13 (0.94%) REST
12 12 (0.87%) React
12 12 (0.87%) TensorFlow
13 10 (0.72%) PyTorch
14 9 (0.65%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.65%) LangChain
14 9 (0.65%) SwiftUI
14 9 (0.65%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 225 (16.29%) Social Media
2 89 (6.44%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (5.29%) Cloud Native
5 54 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 53 (3.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 44 (3.19%) Over-the-Top Content
8 39 (2.82%) Virtual Team
9 36 (2.61%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.24%) Data Structures
11 28 (2.03%) Algorithms
11 28 (2.03%) Marketing Technology
12 26 (1.88%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
13 25 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
13 25 (1.81%) Web Conferencing
14 23 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
17 16 (1.16%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.50%) Windows
2 60 (4.34%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.38%) Linux
4 16 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.72%) Unix
6 8 (0.58%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (34.03%) AI
2 396 (28.67%) Agile
3 325 (23.53%) Customer Experience
4 322 (23.32%) Decision-Making
5 291 (21.07%) Roadmaps
6 282 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 274 (19.84%) Business Intelligence
8 251 (18.18%) Data Modelling
9 233 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
10 196 (14.19%) Storytelling
11 193 (13.98%) Data Engineering
12 192 (13.90%) Data Analytics
13 190 (13.76%) CI/CD
14 182 (13.18%) ETL
15 180 (13.03%) DevOps
16 177 (12.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 171 (12.38%) Product Roadmap
18 164 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
19 162 (11.73%) User Research
20 150 (10.86%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 319 (23.10%) SQL
2 255 (18.46%) Python
3 57 (4.13%) Scala
4 44 (3.19%) Java
5 37 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.32%) C#
7 31 (2.24%) JavaScript
8 24 (1.74%) Bicep
9 22 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.59%) R
9 22 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.45%) C++
11 16 (1.16%) Bash
12 14 (1.01%) Go
12 14 (1.01%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.72%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.65%) Swift
16 8 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 229 (16.58%) Degree
2 137 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.69%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.34%) CTC Cleared
5 37 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.32%) CISA
7 28 (2.03%) CISSP
8 27 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.74%) CGEIT
9 24 (1.74%) CISM
9 24 (1.74%) FFIEC
9 24 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.74%) SANS
10 22 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.16%) ACCA
11 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.94%) PhD
13 12 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (0.80%) CIMA
15 9 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (17.38%) Accessibility
2 188 (13.61%) Data Quality
3 84 (6.08%) GDPR
4 83 (6.01%) WCAG
5 63 (4.56%) SLA
6 35 (2.53%) NIST
7 28 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.74%) COBIT
8 24 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.74%) QA
9 17 (1.23%) ISO 9001
10 16 (1.16%) IFRS
11 10 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.43%) GAAP
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) MiFID
15 2 (0.14%) PMO
15 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (3.84%) Docker
2 10 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.072%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 88 (6.37%) Terraform
2 59 (4.27%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.65%) Ansible
4 9 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) QRadar
9 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.072%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.072%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.072%) OpenView
9 1 (0.072%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.072%) SCCM
9 1 (0.072%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.072%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 257 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 237 (17.16%) Adobe
3 140 (10.14%) Google
4 100 (7.24%) Databricks
5 70 (5.07%) Cisco
6 57 (4.13%) Oracle
7 41 (2.97%) SAP
8 40 (2.90%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.45%) HubSpot
10 16 (1.16%) Instagram
11 14 (1.01%) Informatica
12 12 (0.87%) Hootsuite
12 12 (0.87%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.80%) Ab Initio
13 11 (0.80%) Wrike
14 10 (0.72%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.72%) Talend
15 9 (0.65%) Sage
15 9 (0.65%) Zoho
16 8 (0.58%) Pardot