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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,298 1,405 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.89% 9.39% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.20% 9.88% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 673 712 1,520
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,563 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,779 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +4.63% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £104,199 £111,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

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 14,107 14,225 25,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.74% 95.08% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,743 21,428
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 28 February 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 (3.93%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (3.39%) CMS
3 26 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.85%) Apache
5 22 (1.69%) Confluence
5 22 (1.69%) WordPress
6 16 (1.23%) SharePoint
7 14 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 14 (1.08%) SAS
8 10 (0.77%) Drupal
9 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.39%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.23%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.077%) DNN
12 1 (0.077%) Jupyter
Applications
1 96 (7.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.77%) Adobe XD
4 16 (1.23%) InDesign
5 14 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.00%) UserZoom
7 11 (0.85%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.39%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.31%) Trello
11 3 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.23%) SketchUp
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.077%) Notion
13 1 (0.077%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.077%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 26 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 14 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 13 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
6 12 (0.92%) Dynamics GP
7 11 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
8 10 (0.77%) Magento
8 10 (0.77%) Shopify
9 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
12 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
13 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
13 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
13 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 411 (31.66%) Azure
2 232 (17.87%) Power Platform
3 128 (9.86%) AWS
4 113 (8.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 105 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 98 (7.55%) Google Analytics
6 98 (7.55%) Snowflake
7 94 (7.24%) SaaS
8 88 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 87 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (6.55%) Adobe Analytics
11 84 (6.47%) GitHub
12 81 (6.24%) GCP
13 67 (5.16%) Entra ID
14 63 (4.85%) Figma
15 48 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
15 48 (3.70%) dbt
16 37 (2.85%) GitHub Copilot
17 32 (2.47%) Amazon S3
18 25 (1.93%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 122 (9.40%) Broadband
2 21 (1.62%) CHAP
3 13 (1.00%) VPN
4 9 (0.69%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.62%) Firewall
6 7 (0.54%) DNS
7 5 (0.39%) Network Security
8 2 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.077%) ATM
9 1 (0.077%) DHCP
9 1 (0.077%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.077%) LAN
9 1 (0.077%) MPLS
9 1 (0.077%) SNMP
9 1 (0.077%) VoIP
9 1 (0.077%) WAN
9 1 (0.077%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (16.49%) Power BI
2 143 (11.02%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (6.39%) Tableau
4 81 (6.24%) Metadata
5 79 (6.09%) SQL Server
6 67 (5.16%) Data Lake
7 66 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 44 (3.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 40 (3.08%) BigQuery
10 31 (2.39%) Looker
11 27 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
13 19 (1.46%) Delta Lake
14 15 (1.16%) NoSQL
14 15 (1.16%) Power Query
15 14 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 12 (0.92%) Big Data
16 12 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 56 (4.31%) JIRA
2 48 (3.70%) Git
3 42 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.93%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.77%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.77%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.77%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.62%) MLflow
7 7 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.46%) GitLab
9 4 (0.31%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.31%) ERwin
9 4 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.23%) Crashlytics
10 3 (0.23%) Storybook
10 3 (0.23%) XCTest
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.077%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 500 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 418 (32.20%) Finance
3 294 (22.65%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (13.56%) Marketing
5 135 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 86 (6.63%) Games
6 86 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.08%) Back Office
8 59 (4.55%) Law
9 58 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
10 56 (4.31%) Retail
11 49 (3.78%) Banking
12 41 (3.16%) Legal
12 41 (3.16%) Manufacturing
13 39 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.54%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.54%) Advertising
17 17 (1.31%) Billing
18 16 (1.23%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 212 (16.33%) Senior
2 171 (13.17%) Lead
3 145 (11.17%) Data Engineer
4 129 (9.94%) Analyst
5 116 (8.94%) Architect
6 69 (5.32%) Support Engineer
7 66 (5.08%) Developer
8 65 (5.01%) Designer
9 60 (4.62%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (4.62%) Desktop Support
9 60 (4.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 59 (4.55%) Data Architect
11 56 (4.31%) Site Engineer
12 46 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
13 43 (3.31%) Data Analyst
14 40 (3.08%) Data Manager
14 40 (3.08%) Senior Manager
15 37 (2.85%) Senior Data Engineer
16 32 (2.47%) Consultant
17 30 (2.31%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.24%) HTML
2 38 (2.93%) Kafka
2 38 (2.93%) OAuth
3 35 (2.70%) CSS
3 35 (2.70%) PySpark
4 33 (2.54%) RESTful
5 31 (2.39%) OAuth2
6 27 (2.08%) JSON
7 25 (1.93%) .NET
8 23 (1.77%) Akka
9 16 (1.23%) SAML
10 14 (1.08%) TensorFlow
11 12 (0.92%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.92%) PyTorch
12 11 (0.85%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.85%) React
12 11 (0.85%) XML
13 10 (0.77%) Node.js
14 9 (0.69%) LangChain
14 9 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 151 (11.63%) Social Media
2 89 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
3 82 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 74 (5.70%) Cloud Native
5 58 (4.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 50 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.70%) Algorithms
9 33 (2.54%) Virtual Team
10 30 (2.31%) Data Structures
11 29 (2.23%) Over-the-Top Content
12 27 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.93%) Video\Live Streaming
14 23 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
15 20 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
17 16 (1.23%) Mobile App
18 14 (1.08%) Blog
19 12 (0.92%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 82 (6.32%) Windows
2 60 (4.62%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.54%) Linux
4 11 (0.85%) Unix
5 10 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.62%) Android
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.077%) AIX
8 1 (0.077%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (30.59%) AI
2 351 (27.04%) Agile
3 296 (22.80%) Decision-Making
4 291 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 281 (21.65%) Business Intelligence
6 240 (18.49%) Data Modelling
7 239 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
8 229 (17.64%) Customer Experience
9 215 (16.56%) Roadmaps
10 205 (15.79%) Data Analytics
11 197 (15.18%) DevOps
12 189 (14.56%) Data Engineering
12 189 (14.56%) ETL
13 181 (13.94%) CI/CD
14 163 (12.56%) Coaching
15 154 (11.86%) Data Pipeline
16 152 (11.71%) Data Governance
17 145 (11.17%) Machine Learning
17 145 (11.17%) Visualisation
18 137 (10.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 330 (25.42%) SQL
2 266 (20.49%) Python
3 56 (4.31%) Scala
4 53 (4.08%) Java
5 41 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 32 (2.47%) Bicep
6 32 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (2.23%) C#
7 29 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.93%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.85%) Bash
9 24 (1.85%) R
10 21 (1.62%) C++
11 17 (1.31%) PL/SQL
12 16 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.85%) Go
13 11 (0.85%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.46%) Rust
15 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 234 (18.03%) Degree
2 150 (11.56%) Security Cleared
3 134 (10.32%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.62%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.31%) CISA
7 27 (2.08%) CISSP
8 26 (2.00%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.69%) CISM
10 22 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.62%) CGEIT
11 21 (1.62%) FFIEC
11 21 (1.62%) SANS
12 17 (1.31%) ACCA
13 16 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.85%) CIMA
16 9 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 163 (12.56%) Accessibility
3 71 (5.47%) GDPR
4 64 (4.93%) SLA
5 53 (4.08%) WCAG
6 33 (2.54%) NIST
7 28 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.85%) QA
9 23 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 22 (1.69%) COBIT
11 16 (1.23%) IFRS
12 15 (1.16%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.69%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.31%) GAAP
16 3 (0.23%) GRC
16 3 (0.23%) PMO
17 2 (0.15%) GMP
17 2 (0.15%) MiFID
17 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (4.16%) Docker
2 19 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.15%) vSphere
7 1 (0.077%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.077%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 101 (7.78%) Terraform
2 54 (4.16%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.62%) Ansible
6 7 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.39%) Grafana
7 5 (0.39%) SCCM
7 5 (0.39%) SCOM
8 3 (0.23%) Control-M
9 2 (0.15%) Argo
9 2 (0.15%) QRadar
10 1 (0.077%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.077%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.077%) OpenView
10 1 (0.077%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.077%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 265 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 150 (11.56%) Adobe
3 138 (10.63%) Google
4 94 (7.24%) Databricks
5 72 (5.55%) Cisco
6 55 (4.24%) Oracle
7 48 (3.70%) Salesforce
8 47 (3.62%) SAP
9 22 (1.69%) HubSpot
10 18 (1.39%) Instagram
11 14 (1.08%) Ab Initio
12 13 (1.00%) Hootsuite
13 12 (0.92%) Informatica
14 11 (0.85%) Wrike
15 10 (0.77%) Autodesk
15 10 (0.77%) Hotjar
15 10 (0.77%) Sage
16 9 (0.69%) Pardot
16 9 (0.69%) VMware
16 9 (0.69%) Zoho