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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,319 1,387 2,064
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.95% 9.91% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.33% 10.39% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 664 717 1,587
10th Percentile £36,900 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,868 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,949 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -8.19%

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 14,134 13,349 27,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.17% 95.35% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,211 8,833 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
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 £75,772
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% -11.41%

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 10 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 52 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (3.18%) CMS
3 28 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.82%) Apache
5 20 (1.52%) Confluence
5 20 (1.52%) WordPress
6 17 (1.29%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.14%) SAS
8 13 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 11 (0.83%) Drupal
10 5 (0.38%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.23%) Moodle
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.076%) DNN
14 1 (0.076%) Jupyter
Applications
1 86 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.82%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.06%) InDesign
4 14 (1.06%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.30%) Trello
9 3 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.23%) SketchUp
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.076%) Notion
11 1 (0.076%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
4 13 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
5 12 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
6 10 (0.76%) Magento
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.76%) Shopify
7 8 (0.61%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 401 (30.40%) Azure
2 221 (16.76%) Power Platform
3 128 (9.70%) AWS
4 112 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 110 (8.34%) Adobe Analytics
6 101 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
7 97 (7.35%) Google Analytics
8 96 (7.28%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.97%) SaaS
10 85 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (6.44%) GCP
11 84 (6.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 82 (6.22%) GitHub
13 74 (5.61%) Figma
14 62 (4.70%) Entra ID
15 47 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
16 46 (3.49%) dbt
17 35 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
18 33 (2.50%) Amazon S3
19 27 (2.05%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 149 (11.30%) Broadband
2 23 (1.74%) CHAP
3 12 (0.91%) VPN
4 9 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.61%) Firewall
6 7 (0.53%) DNS
7 6 (0.45%) Network Security
8 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.15%) Modbus
10 1 (0.076%) ATM
10 1 (0.076%) DHCP
10 1 (0.076%) Frame Relay
10 1 (0.076%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.076%) LAN
10 1 (0.076%) MPLS
10 1 (0.076%) SNMP
10 1 (0.076%) VoIP
10 1 (0.076%) WAN
10 1 (0.076%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (15.39%) Power BI
2 138 (10.46%) Data Warehouse
3 80 (6.07%) Metadata
4 78 (5.91%) SQL Server
5 76 (5.76%) Tableau
6 68 (5.16%) Data Lake
7 65 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 40 (3.03%) BigQuery
10 31 (2.35%) Looker
11 27 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.52%) Delta Lake
13 19 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
14 18 (1.36%) Relational Database
14 18 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
15 17 (1.29%) NoSQL
16 16 (1.21%) Power Query
17 15 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
18 13 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 51 (3.87%) JIRA
2 50 (3.79%) Git
3 42 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.82%) Axure RP
4 24 (1.82%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.74%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.74%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.61%) MLflow
7 7 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.45%) GitLab
9 4 (0.30%) Crashlytics
9 4 (0.30%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.30%) ERwin
9 4 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.30%) XCTest
10 3 (0.23%) Storybook
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.076%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 491 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 413 (31.31%) Finance
3 290 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (13.57%) Marketing
5 137 (10.39%) Public Sector
6 112 (8.49%) Games
7 85 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (5.00%) Back Office
9 63 (4.78%) Law
10 58 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (3.94%) Banking
12 51 (3.87%) Retail
13 41 (3.11%) Legal
14 40 (3.03%) Manufacturing
15 35 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
16 34 (2.58%) Financial Institution
17 24 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (1.52%) Advertising
19 16 (1.21%) Brand Awareness
20 15 (1.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 216 (16.38%) Senior
2 182 (13.80%) Lead
3 139 (10.54%) Data Engineer
4 124 (9.40%) Analyst
5 115 (8.72%) Architect
6 72 (5.46%) Designer
7 69 (5.23%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.55%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 60 (4.55%) Developer
9 58 (4.40%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.25%) Site Engineer
11 46 (3.49%) Senior Manager
12 44 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
13 40 (3.03%) Data Analyst
14 38 (2.88%) Data Manager
15 34 (2.58%) Lead Designer
15 34 (2.58%) Senior Data Engineer
16 33 (2.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.26%) HTML
2 37 (2.81%) CSS
2 37 (2.81%) Kafka
3 36 (2.73%) OAuth
4 35 (2.65%) PySpark
5 32 (2.43%) RESTful
6 30 (2.27%) OAuth2
7 27 (2.05%) .NET
8 25 (1.90%) JSON
9 23 (1.74%) Akka
10 14 (1.06%) SAML
10 14 (1.06%) TensorFlow
11 13 (0.99%) .NET Core
12 12 (0.91%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.76%) Node.js
13 10 (0.76%) REST
14 9 (0.68%) LangChain
14 9 (0.68%) React
14 9 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 175 (13.27%) Social Media
2 88 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (6.37%) Product Ownership
4 77 (5.84%) Cloud Native
5 54 (4.09%) Management Information System
6 53 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 36 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.65%) Algorithms
9 33 (2.50%) Virtual Team
10 31 (2.35%) Data Structures
11 30 (2.27%) Over-the-Top Content
12 25 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
13 24 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
14 22 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.52%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (1.14%) Blog
17 15 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
18 13 (0.99%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.99%) Windows
2 60 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.44%) Linux
4 11 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.76%) Unix
6 8 (0.61%) Android
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.076%) AIX
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (32.22%) AI
2 372 (28.20%) Agile
3 295 (22.37%) Decision-Making
4 286 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 271 (20.55%) Business Intelligence
6 256 (19.41%) Customer Experience
7 240 (18.20%) Data Modelling
8 238 (18.04%) Roadmaps
9 234 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (15.39%) Data Analytics
11 190 (14.40%) DevOps
12 185 (14.03%) ETL
13 184 (13.95%) CI/CD
14 181 (13.72%) Data Engineering
15 159 (12.05%) Coaching
16 156 (11.83%) Data Pipeline
17 150 (11.37%) Storytelling
18 148 (11.22%) Data Governance
19 147 (11.14%) Machine Learning
20 138 (10.46%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 314 (23.81%) SQL
2 259 (19.64%) Python
3 55 (4.17%) Scala
4 48 (3.64%) Java
5 36 (2.73%) PowerShell
6 34 (2.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 32 (2.43%) Bicep
8 31 (2.35%) C#
9 30 (2.27%) JavaScript
10 24 (1.82%) R
11 23 (1.74%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.67%) Bash
12 22 (1.67%) C++
13 15 (1.14%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.14%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.83%) Go
14 11 (0.83%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.53%) Rust
16 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 236 (17.89%) Degree
2 147 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 132 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
5 34 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.35%) CISA
7 27 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 27 (2.05%) CISSP
7 27 (2.05%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.74%) CGEIT
8 23 (1.74%) CISM
8 23 (1.74%) FFIEC
8 23 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.74%) SANS
9 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.06%) ACCA
12 12 (0.91%) PhD
12 12 (0.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 8 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (14.71%) Accessibility
2 178 (13.50%) Data Quality
3 78 (5.91%) GDPR
4 64 (4.85%) SLA
5 63 (4.78%) WCAG
6 34 (2.58%) NIST
7 26 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.82%) QA
9 23 (1.74%) COBIT
10 17 (1.29%) IFRS
11 15 (1.14%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 3 (0.23%) GRC
16 2 (0.15%) GMP
16 2 (0.15%) MiFID
16 2 (0.15%) PMO
16 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (4.09%) Docker
2 17 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.15%) vSphere
7 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.076%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 101 (7.66%) Terraform
2 55 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.68%) Ansible
6 7 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.38%) Grafana
7 5 (0.38%) SCOM
8 4 (0.30%) SCCM
9 3 (0.23%) Control-M
10 2 (0.15%) Argo
10 2 (0.15%) QRadar
11 1 (0.076%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.076%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.076%) OpenView
11 1 (0.076%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.076%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 262 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 175 (13.27%) Adobe
3 141 (10.69%) Google
4 93 (7.05%) Databricks
5 70 (5.31%) Cisco
6 55 (4.17%) Oracle
7 48 (3.64%) Salesforce
8 43 (3.26%) SAP
9 23 (1.74%) HubSpot
10 17 (1.29%) Instagram
11 14 (1.06%) Ab Initio
12 13 (0.99%) Informatica
13 12 (0.91%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.83%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.83%) Wrike
15 10 (0.76%) Sage
15 10 (0.76%) Talend
16 9 (0.68%) Autodesk
16 9 (0.68%) VMware
16 9 (0.68%) Zoho