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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,483 1,219 2,412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.66% 8.19% 7.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.35% 8.65% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 805 674 1,539
10th Percentile £40,800 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,698 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.51% -11.13%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £107,655
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 15,867 14,093 30,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.67% 89.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,291 23,580
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 6 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 (3.24%) CMS
2 38 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (2.23%) Confluence
4 29 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.82%) Apache
6 20 (1.35%) WordPress
7 17 (1.15%) SAS
8 16 (1.08%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.61%) Drupal
10 4 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.56%) UserZoom
3 36 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.67%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.27%) Trello
9 3 (0.20%) InDesign
9 3 (0.20%) SPSS
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (2.29%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
4 7 (0.47%) Shopify
5 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.067%) HFM
9 1 (0.067%) Maximo
9 1 (0.067%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 340 (22.93%) Azure
2 219 (14.77%) Power Platform
3 197 (13.28%) Adobe Analytics
4 151 (10.18%) AWS
5 102 (6.88%) Figma
6 98 (6.61%) Google Analytics
6 98 (6.61%) SaaS
7 83 (5.60%) GCP
8 75 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 70 (4.72%) Contentsquare
10 60 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
11 59 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
12 54 (3.64%) Entra ID
13 50 (3.37%) GitHub
14 48 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 37 (2.49%) Snowflake
16 35 (2.36%) Serverless
17 33 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
18 31 (2.09%) Amazon S3
19 27 (1.82%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 266 (17.94%) Broadband
2 21 (1.42%) CHAP
3 14 (0.94%) DNS
4 12 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.67%) Unified Communications
5 10 (0.67%) VPN
6 9 (0.61%) Firewall
7 8 (0.54%) SMS
8 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 5 (0.34%) Network Security
10 4 (0.27%) BGP
10 4 (0.27%) DHCP
10 4 (0.27%) OSPF
10 4 (0.27%) VLAN
10 4 (0.27%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
12 2 (0.13%) SSL
13 1 (0.067%) Intranet
13 1 (0.067%) MPLS
13 1 (0.067%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (13.08%) Power BI
2 81 (5.46%) Metadata
3 76 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 50 (3.37%) Tableau
6 48 (3.24%) Data Lake
7 47 (3.17%) Relational Database
8 44 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 42 (2.83%) BigQuery
10 40 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
11 37 (2.49%) Looker
12 29 (1.96%) Big Data
12 29 (1.96%) NoSQL
13 27 (1.82%) MongoDB
14 20 (1.35%) Star Schema
15 18 (1.21%) Delta Lake
16 17 (1.15%) Power Query
17 16 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (1.08%) MySQL
17 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (3.30%) Git
2 29 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.48%) TeamCity
4 20 (1.35%) JIRA
5 14 (0.94%) Crashlytics
5 14 (0.94%) XCTest
6 10 (0.67%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.67%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.61%) MLflow
8 7 (0.47%) GitLab
9 5 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.13%) MSI
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.13%) Storybook
11 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 457 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 365 (24.61%) Finance
3 315 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 227 (15.31%) Marketing
5 206 (13.89%) Games
6 148 (9.98%) Public Sector
7 98 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (5.12%) Law
8 76 (5.12%) Retail
9 66 (4.45%) Banking
10 62 (4.18%) Legal
11 51 (3.44%) Back Office
12 40 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.56%) Advertising
14 35 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (2.09%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.08%) Automotive
17 16 (1.08%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.88%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 304 (20.50%) Senior
2 228 (15.37%) Lead
3 182 (12.27%) Data Engineer
4 148 (9.98%) Analyst
5 107 (7.22%) Architect
6 89 (6.00%) Product Manager
7 76 (5.12%) Designer
8 72 (4.86%) Senior Manager
9 71 (4.79%) Developer
10 64 (4.32%) Data Analyst
11 57 (3.84%) Support Engineer
12 53 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
13 51 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Support
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Lead Designer
14 48 (3.24%) Site Engineer
15 47 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
16 42 (2.83%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.44%) PySpark
2 44 (2.97%) HTML
3 41 (2.76%) CSS
4 40 (2.70%) .NET
5 31 (2.09%) Kafka
6 26 (1.75%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.48%) Akka
8 18 (1.21%) Node.js
9 16 (1.08%) REST
10 15 (1.01%) JSON
10 15 (1.01%) React
11 14 (0.94%) ASP.NET
11 14 (0.94%) ASP.NET Core
11 14 (0.94%) SwiftUI
11 14 (0.94%) UIKit
12 13 (0.88%) FastAPI
13 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.74%) RESTful
15 10 (0.67%) Next.js
15 10 (0.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 244 (16.45%) Social Media
2 96 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.91%) Over-the-Top Content
4 53 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 50 (3.37%) Marketing Technology
6 49 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.10%) Data Structures
8 45 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (2.76%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.49%) Virtual Team
11 35 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.75%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 23 (1.55%) Onboarding
17 21 (1.42%) Blog
17 21 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
18 15 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
18 15 (1.01%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.32%) Windows
2 48 (3.24%) Windows 10
3 25 (1.69%) Linux
4 16 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.34%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.13%) Android
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.067%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (37.63%) AI
2 434 (29.27%) Agile
3 395 (26.64%) Roadmaps
4 358 (24.14%) Customer Experience
5 324 (21.85%) Decision-Making
6 254 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
7 253 (17.06%) Business Intelligence
8 239 (16.12%) Data Modelling
9 238 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 227 (15.31%) Storytelling
11 223 (15.04%) Product Roadmap
12 208 (14.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 188 (12.68%) Data Analytics
14 186 (12.54%) Data Engineering
15 185 (12.47%) CI/CD
16 184 (12.41%) Digital Customer Experience
17 180 (12.14%) Data Pipeline
18 176 (11.87%) User Research
19 166 (11.19%) Data Governance
20 159 (10.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 364 (24.54%) SQL
2 315 (21.24%) Python
3 55 (3.71%) Scala
4 46 (3.10%) C#
5 34 (2.29%) Java
6 30 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 30 (2.02%) R
7 29 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 28 (1.89%) JavaScript
9 22 (1.48%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.35%) Bash
11 19 (1.28%) Bicep
12 18 (1.21%) C++
13 16 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 14 (0.94%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.94%) Swift
15 12 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.67%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Rust
18 6 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 189 (12.74%) Degree
2 137 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.24%) CTC Cleared
5 33 (2.23%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.75%) CISA
7 25 (1.69%) CISSP
8 22 (1.48%) CISM
8 22 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.48%) SANS
9 21 (1.42%) CGEIT
9 21 (1.42%) FFIEC
10 19 (1.28%) ACCA
11 18 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.15%) DBS Check
13 16 (1.08%) CIMA
14 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.88%) PhD
16 9 (0.61%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (16.66%) Accessibility
2 208 (14.03%) Data Quality
3 92 (6.20%) GDPR
4 79 (5.33%) WCAG
5 50 (3.37%) SLA
6 41 (2.76%) QA
7 28 (1.89%) NIST
8 21 (1.42%) COBIT
9 18 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.67%) IFRS
12 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.34%) GAAP
14 5 (0.34%) GRC
15 4 (0.27%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.27%) PERC
16 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 60 (4.05%) Docker
2 25 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) vSphere
6 2 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 77 (5.19%) Terraform
2 72 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.34%) Ansible
5 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.27%) Grafana
5 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.20%) Control-M
7 2 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.067%) OpenView
8 1 (0.067%) QRadar
8 1 (0.067%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.067%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 274 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 266 (17.94%) Adobe
3 137 (9.24%) Google
4 110 (7.42%) Databricks
5 49 (3.30%) Cisco
5 49 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 46 (3.10%) SAP
7 45 (3.03%) Oracle
8 26 (1.75%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.01%) Amplitude
10 14 (0.94%) Braze
11 13 (0.88%) Instagram
12 12 (0.81%) Hotjar
12 12 (0.81%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.81%) Pardot
13 11 (0.74%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.74%) Wrike
14 9 (0.61%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud