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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 29 26
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,424 1,221 2,394
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 8.36% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.11% 8.81% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 776 661 1,535
10th Percentile £39,000 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.51% -10.82%
75th Percentile £86,063 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £107,500
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 15,628 13,867 29,674
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 94.93% 90.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,147 8,130 23,403
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £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 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

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 25 May 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 49 (3.44%) CMS
2 41 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.39%) Confluence
4 29 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.76%) Apache
6 21 (1.47%) WordPress
7 17 (1.19%) SAS
8 16 (1.12%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.14%) Moodle
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.11%) UserZoom
4 13 (0.91%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) InDesign
7 3 (0.21%) SPSS
7 3 (0.21%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (2.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.49%) Shopify
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.35%) Magento
7 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
10 1 (0.070%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 348 (24.44%) Azure
2 216 (15.17%) Power Platform
3 193 (13.55%) Adobe Analytics
4 152 (10.67%) AWS
5 103 (7.23%) Figma
6 100 (7.02%) Google Analytics
7 97 (6.81%) SaaS
8 89 (6.25%) GCP
9 80 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 63 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
11 62 (4.35%) Contentsquare
12 60 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
13 59 (4.14%) GitHub
14 54 (3.79%) Entra ID
15 53 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 39 (2.74%) Snowflake
17 33 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (2.25%) Amazon S3
19 31 (2.18%) Serverless
20 28 (1.97%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 258 (18.12%) Broadband
2 21 (1.47%) CHAP
3 12 (0.84%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.70%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.56%) Firewall
7 7 (0.49%) 5G
7 7 (0.49%) VPN
8 6 (0.42%) SMS
9 4 (0.28%) DHCP
9 4 (0.28%) Network Security
10 3 (0.21%) BGP
10 3 (0.21%) Modbus
10 3 (0.21%) OSPF
10 3 (0.21%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
11 2 (0.14%) SSL
12 1 (0.070%) Intranet
12 1 (0.070%) MPLS
12 1 (0.070%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (13.41%) Power BI
2 84 (5.90%) Metadata
3 73 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (4.35%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.58%) Data Lake
6 50 (3.51%) Tableau
7 42 (2.95%) BigQuery
8 41 (2.88%) Relational Database
9 39 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (2.74%) Looker
10 35 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (1.90%) NoSQL
12 21 (1.47%) Big Data
12 21 (1.47%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.40%) Delta Lake
13 20 (1.40%) Star Schema
14 18 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (1.19%) Power Query
16 16 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 55 (3.86%) Git
2 32 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.76%) JIRA
4 22 (1.54%) TeamCity
5 13 (0.91%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.91%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.91%) Crashlytics
5 13 (0.91%) XCTest
6 10 (0.70%) MLflow
6 10 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.49%) GitLab
8 5 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.21%) Storybook
10 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.14%) MSI
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.14%) Selenium
11 1 (0.070%) PHPUnit
General
1 438 (30.76%) Social Skills
2 348 (24.44%) Finance
3 285 (20.01%) Analytical Skills
4 225 (15.80%) Marketing
5 198 (13.90%) Games
6 146 (10.25%) Public Sector
7 88 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 77 (5.41%) Retail
9 73 (5.13%) Law
10 55 (3.86%) Banking
11 53 (3.72%) Legal
12 52 (3.65%) Back Office
13 40 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (2.39%) Advertising
16 29 (2.04%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.12%) Automotive
19 13 (0.91%) Brand Awareness
20 12 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 275 (19.31%) Senior
2 218 (15.31%) Lead
3 173 (12.15%) Data Engineer
4 130 (9.13%) Analyst
5 102 (7.16%) Architect
6 78 (5.48%) Designer
7 77 (5.41%) Product Manager
8 69 (4.85%) Developer
9 59 (4.14%) Senior Manager
10 58 (4.07%) Support Engineer
11 49 (3.44%) Lead Designer
12 48 (3.37%) Desktop Engineer
12 48 (3.37%) Desktop Support
12 48 (3.37%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 48 (3.37%) Site Engineer
12 48 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.30%) Data Analyst
13 47 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
14 43 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
15 42 (2.95%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.72%) PySpark
2 46 (3.23%) HTML
3 42 (2.95%) CSS
4 38 (2.67%) .NET
5 34 (2.39%) Kafka
6 23 (1.62%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.54%) Akka
8 19 (1.33%) Node.js
9 17 (1.19%) JSON
9 17 (1.19%) OAuth
10 16 (1.12%) React
11 15 (1.05%) REST
11 15 (1.05%) RESTful
12 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.91%) SwiftUI
12 13 (0.91%) UIKit
13 12 (0.84%) ASP.NET
14 11 (0.77%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.77%) ASP.NET Core
15 10 (0.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 235 (16.50%) Social Media
2 99 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.07%) Over-the-Top Content
4 54 (3.79%) Cloud Native
5 50 (3.51%) Marketing Technology
6 47 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
8 41 (2.88%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.81%) Algorithms
10 38 (2.67%) Virtual Team
11 35 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.76%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.69%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
15 21 (1.47%) Blog
15 21 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
16 15 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
16 15 (1.05%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.42%) Windows
2 48 (3.37%) Windows 10
3 23 (1.62%) Linux
4 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.28%) Android
8 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (37.22%) AI
2 429 (30.13%) Agile
3 357 (25.07%) Roadmaps
4 338 (23.74%) Customer Experience
5 293 (20.58%) Decision-Making
6 246 (17.28%) Business Intelligence
7 239 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (16.36%) Data Modelling
9 219 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 216 (15.17%) Product Roadmap
11 213 (14.96%) Storytelling
12 204 (14.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 198 (13.90%) CI/CD
14 178 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
15 177 (12.43%) Data Engineering
15 177 (12.43%) Digital Customer Experience
16 173 (12.15%) Data Analytics
17 170 (11.94%) User Research
18 168 (11.80%) DevOps
18 168 (11.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 335 (23.53%) SQL
2 284 (19.94%) Python
3 57 (4.00%) Scala
4 43 (3.02%) C#
5 37 (2.60%) Java
6 28 (1.97%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.97%) R
7 27 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 24 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.33%) Bicep
11 18 (1.26%) C++
11 18 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 16 (1.12%) Bash
13 13 (0.91%) Kotlin
13 13 (0.91%) Swift
14 10 (0.70%) Go
15 8 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.56%) Rust
16 7 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (12.99%) Degree
2 132 (9.27%) Security Cleared
3 113 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.37%) CTC Cleared
5 28 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.83%) CISA
7 21 (1.47%) CGEIT
7 21 (1.47%) CISM
7 21 (1.47%) CISSP
7 21 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (1.47%) FFIEC
7 21 (1.47%) SANS
8 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.19%) ACCA
10 16 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.05%) CIMA
12 13 (0.91%) PhD
13 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.42%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (16.78%) Accessibility
2 197 (13.83%) Data Quality
3 95 (6.67%) GDPR
4 81 (5.69%) WCAG
5 50 (3.51%) SLA
6 39 (2.74%) QA
7 27 (1.90%) NIST
8 21 (1.47%) COBIT
9 18 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.63%) IFRS
10 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) GRC
13 5 (0.35%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.28%) PERC
15 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 59 (4.14%) Docker
2 23 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (5.55%) Terraform
2 69 (4.85%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.42%) Ansible
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.28%) Grafana
5 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.21%) Control-M
6 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 1 (0.070%) OpenView
8 1 (0.070%) QRadar
8 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.070%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 265 (18.61%) Adobe
2 264 (18.54%) Microsoft
3 138 (9.69%) Google
4 114 (8.01%) Databricks
5 49 (3.44%) Cisco
5 49 (3.44%) Oracle
6 47 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.30%) SAP
7 23 (1.62%) HubSpot
8 14 (0.98%) Amplitude
9 13 (0.91%) Braze
9 13 (0.91%) Instagram
10 12 (0.84%) Pardot
11 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
11 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
11 11 (0.77%) Wrike
12 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
14 8 (0.56%) Workday
15 7 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud