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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,111 1,458 1,599
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 8.40% 8.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.15% 9.05% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 667 755 1,141
10th Percentile £37,050 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £51,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £89,041
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,388 £113,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -1.52%

All Process and 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 13,628 16,112 18,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.97% 92.82% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,711 9,753 15,128
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 20 December 2025.

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 40 (3.60%) CMS
2 28 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.80%) WordPress
4 19 (1.71%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.53%) Confluence
5 17 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 17 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.35%) Apache
7 10 (0.90%) Headless CMS
8 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) SAS
10 5 (0.45%) Drupal
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.18%) Moodle
12 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.090%) DNN
12 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
Applications
1 108 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.34%) Adobe XD
4 17 (1.53%) Photoshop
5 14 (1.26%) InDesign
6 13 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.45%) Trello
11 4 (0.36%) SketchUp
12 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.18%) SPSS
14 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.090%) Notion
14 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.090%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 32 (2.88%) Oracle ERP
2 25 (2.25%) Shopify
3 23 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
5 16 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 16 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
5 16 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
6 15 (1.35%) Dynamics GP
7 14 (1.26%) Oracle Financials
8 10 (0.90%) Magento
9 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.27%) SAP SCM
12 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
12 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 387 (34.83%) Azure
2 244 (21.96%) Power Platform
3 121 (10.89%) AWS
4 101 (9.09%) Snowflake
5 98 (8.82%) Google Analytics
6 95 (8.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 94 (8.46%) SaaS
8 90 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (8.01%) GitHub
10 82 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
11 80 (7.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 61 (5.49%) GCP
13 49 (4.41%) dbt
14 44 (3.96%) Figma
15 43 (3.87%) Entra ID
15 43 (3.87%) GitHub Copilot
16 40 (3.60%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (3.15%) Amazon S3
18 29 (2.61%) Serverless
19 26 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.62%) VPN
2 15 (1.35%) Broadband
3 10 (0.90%) CHAP
3 10 (0.90%) Firewall
4 9 (0.81%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.63%) DNS
6 5 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.090%) DAB
9 1 (0.090%) DHCP
9 1 (0.090%) SAN
9 1 (0.090%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.090%) SMS
9 1 (0.090%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.090%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (20.34%) Power BI
2 145 (13.05%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (8.64%) Tableau
4 75 (6.75%) Data Lake
5 67 (6.03%) SQL Server
6 59 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 55 (4.95%) Metadata
8 45 (4.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (2.25%) BigQuery
11 23 (2.07%) Looker
12 21 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (1.44%) NoSQL
15 15 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 14 (1.26%) Delta Lake
17 13 (1.17%) Big Data
18 12 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
19 11 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
20 10 (0.90%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 59 (5.31%) JIRA
2 43 (3.87%) Git
3 31 (2.79%) Oracle Forms
4 26 (2.34%) Axure RP
4 26 (2.34%) Balsamiq
5 24 (2.16%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.72%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.54%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.45%) GitLab
9 4 (0.36%) ERwin
9 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.18%) MLflow
11 2 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.18%) Storybook
12 1 (0.090%) Deequ
12 1 (0.090%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.090%) Pivotal Tracker
12 1 (0.090%) Postman
12 1 (0.090%) TestNG
General
1 414 (37.26%) Social Skills
2 395 (35.55%) Finance
3 281 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (16.20%) Marketing
5 105 (9.45%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (5.40%) Retail
8 59 (5.31%) Law
9 58 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (4.59%) Manufacturing
11 39 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (3.42%) Banking
13 34 (3.06%) Back Office
13 34 (3.06%) Legal
14 22 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.62%) Advertising
15 18 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (1.53%) Billing
17 14 (1.26%) Brand Awareness
17 14 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 185 (16.65%) Senior
2 121 (10.89%) Analyst
3 116 (10.44%) Architect
4 107 (9.63%) Data Engineer
5 89 (8.01%) Lead
6 73 (6.57%) Developer
7 62 (5.58%) Data Architect
8 55 (4.95%) Senior Manager
9 46 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (3.87%) Analytics Manager
11 42 (3.78%) Designer
12 41 (3.69%) Data Analyst
13 34 (3.06%) Senior Analytics Manager
14 33 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
15 32 (2.88%) Support Engineer
16 31 (2.79%) Data Manager
17 29 (2.61%) Senior Data Engineer
18 28 (2.52%) Consultant
18 28 (2.52%) Desktop Engineer
18 28 (2.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.14%) HTML
2 44 (3.96%) OAuth
3 43 (3.87%) RESTful
4 37 (3.33%) CSS
5 35 (3.15%) OAuth2
6 31 (2.79%) JSON
7 30 (2.70%) PySpark
8 23 (2.07%) Kafka
8 23 (2.07%) SAML
9 19 (1.71%) Node.js
10 15 (1.35%) React
11 14 (1.26%) .NET
12 13 (1.17%) REST
12 13 (1.17%) XML
13 11 (0.99%) Pandas
13 11 (0.99%) scikit-learn
13 11 (0.99%) TensorFlow
14 10 (0.90%) Jest
15 9 (0.81%) PyTorch
15 9 (0.81%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
2 80 (7.20%) Cloud Native
3 72 (6.48%) Product Ownership
4 60 (5.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 60 (5.40%) Social Media
5 39 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 26 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 26 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.53%) Blog
10 15 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
11 14 (1.26%) Reinsurance
12 13 (1.17%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.90%) IoT
15 9 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.49%) Windows
2 28 (2.52%) Windows 10
3 22 (1.98%) Linux
4 12 (1.08%) Unix
5 6 (0.54%) Android
6 5 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 295 (26.55%) AI
3 290 (26.10%) Agile
4 261 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (23.04%) Decision-Making
6 245 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 205 (18.45%) DevOps
8 200 (18.00%) Data Modelling
9 185 (16.65%) Data Analytics
10 162 (14.58%) ETL
11 151 (13.59%) CI/CD
12 148 (13.32%) Data Engineering
13 143 (12.87%) Roadmaps
14 142 (12.78%) Machine Learning
15 138 (12.42%) Visualisation
16 136 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
17 132 (11.88%) Coaching
18 125 (11.25%) User Experience
19 121 (10.89%) Data Management
20 111 (9.99%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 348 (31.32%) SQL
2 275 (24.75%) Python
3 48 (4.32%) PowerShell
4 45 (4.05%) Java
5 40 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (3.15%) JavaScript
7 31 (2.79%) R
8 29 (2.61%) Bicep
9 28 (2.52%) Scala
10 25 (2.25%) T-SQL
11 24 (2.16%) Bash
12 23 (2.07%) PL/SQL
13 20 (1.80%) C#
14 18 (1.62%) Shell Script
15 14 (1.26%) TypeScript
16 12 (1.08%) C++
17 5 (0.45%) Go
18 4 (0.36%) Fortran
18 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 4 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 203 (18.27%) Degree
2 105 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 29 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 28 (2.52%) CTC Cleared
6 27 (2.43%) CISA
6 27 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.07%) CISSP
7 23 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 22 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.89%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.71%) ACCA
11 16 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.35%) CISM
13 13 (1.17%) CIMA
14 12 (1.08%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
16 10 (0.90%) CGEIT
16 10 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (11.52%) Data Quality
2 100 (9.00%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.04%) GDPR
4 37 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (3.33%) WCAG
5 32 (2.88%) SLA
6 27 (2.43%) NIST
7 19 (1.71%) QA
8 15 (1.35%) COBIT
9 14 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.17%) IFRS
11 12 (1.08%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.63%) GRC
14 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.45%) ITGC
15 5 (0.45%) PMO
16 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.18%) GAAP
17 2 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 21 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.71%) Docker
2 19 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
7 1 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.090%) vCloud
7 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 103 (9.27%) Terraform
2 24 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.72%) SCCM
5 7 (0.63%) Ansible
6 6 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.45%) Grafana
7 5 (0.45%) QRadar
7 5 (0.45%) SCOM
8 3 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.18%) Argo
10 1 (0.090%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.090%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.090%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.090%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.090%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 231 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 132 (11.88%) Google
3 90 (8.10%) Databricks
4 63 (5.67%) Adobe
5 55 (4.95%) Oracle
6 45 (4.05%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.69%) SAP
8 40 (3.60%) Cisco
9 18 (1.62%) HubSpot
10 15 (1.35%) Apple
11 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
12 13 (1.17%) Sage
12 13 (1.17%) Zoho
13 12 (1.08%) Talend
14 11 (0.99%) Autodesk
15 9 (0.81%) Alteryx
15 9 (0.81%) VMware
16 8 (0.72%) IBM
16 8 (0.72%) Informatica
16 8 (0.72%) ServiceNow