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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 28 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,479 1,223 2,392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.72% 8.39% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.31% 8.85% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 806 662 1,533
10th Percentile £38,875 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,290 £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 £86,188 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,487
% change year-on-year - +9.27% -8.48%

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 15,889 13,827 29,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.91% 94.82% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,338 8,083 23,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,300 £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 £106,100 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -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 28 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 50 (3.38%) CMS
2 40 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.30%) Confluence
4 27 (1.83%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.76%) Apache
6 21 (1.42%) WordPress
7 17 (1.15%) SAS
8 16 (1.08%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.61%) Drupal
10 5 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.20%) 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 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.068%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.50%) UserZoom
3 34 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.81%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.41%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) SPSS
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (2.30%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.47%) Shopify
6 6 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.34%) Magento
7 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.068%) Actimize
10 1 (0.068%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 362 (24.48%) Azure
2 218 (14.74%) Power Platform
3 199 (13.46%) Adobe Analytics
4 155 (10.48%) AWS
5 103 (6.96%) Figma
6 102 (6.90%) Google Analytics
7 99 (6.69%) SaaS
8 87 (5.88%) GCP
9 83 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 69 (4.67%) Contentsquare
11 67 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
12 61 (4.12%) GitHub
12 61 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (3.72%) Entra ID
14 54 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (2.70%) Snowflake
16 36 (2.43%) Azure Monitor
17 33 (2.23%) Amazon S3
18 31 (2.10%) Serverless
19 28 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 266 (17.99%) Broadband
2 21 (1.42%) CHAP
3 13 (0.88%) DNS
4 11 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.68%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.54%) Firewall
7 7 (0.47%) 5G
7 7 (0.47%) SMS
7 7 (0.47%) VPN
8 4 (0.27%) DHCP
8 4 (0.27%) Network Security
9 3 (0.20%) BGP
9 3 (0.20%) Modbus
9 3 (0.20%) OSPF
9 3 (0.20%) VLAN
9 3 (0.20%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.14%) SSL
11 1 (0.068%) Intranet
11 1 (0.068%) MPLS
11 1 (0.068%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (13.05%) Power BI
2 83 (5.61%) Metadata
3 79 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (4.33%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.65%) Data Lake
6 49 (3.31%) Tableau
7 44 (2.97%) BigQuery
8 43 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (2.77%) Relational Database
10 38 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
11 37 (2.50%) Looker
12 28 (1.89%) Big Data
13 27 (1.83%) NoSQL
14 25 (1.69%) MongoDB
15 20 (1.35%) Delta Lake
15 20 (1.35%) Star Schema
16 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (1.15%) Power Query
18 16 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 53 (3.58%) Git
2 32 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.76%) JIRA
4 22 (1.49%) TeamCity
5 13 (0.88%) Crashlytics
5 13 (0.88%) XCTest
6 12 (0.81%) Axure RP
6 12 (0.81%) Balsamiq
7 10 (0.68%) MLflow
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
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 3 (0.20%) Storybook
11 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.14%) MSI
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) Selenium
11 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 453 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 371 (25.08%) Finance
3 304 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (15.48%) Marketing
5 206 (13.93%) Games
6 148 (10.01%) Public Sector
7 90 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 77 (5.21%) Retail
9 74 (5.00%) Law
10 61 (4.12%) Banking
11 55 (3.72%) Legal
12 52 (3.52%) Back Office
13 42 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.50%) Advertising
15 36 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (2.10%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.08%) Automotive
19 13 (0.88%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 292 (19.74%) Senior
2 225 (15.21%) Lead
3 185 (12.51%) Data Engineer
4 136 (9.20%) Analyst
5 108 (7.30%) Architect
6 83 (5.61%) Product Manager
7 78 (5.27%) Designer
8 72 (4.87%) Developer
9 65 (4.39%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.92%) Support Engineer
11 53 (3.58%) Data Analyst
12 51 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
13 49 (3.31%) Lead Designer
13 49 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
14 48 (3.25%) Desktop Engineer
14 48 (3.25%) Desktop Support
14 48 (3.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 48 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
14 48 (3.25%) Site Engineer
15 42 (2.84%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.65%) PySpark
2 46 (3.11%) HTML
3 42 (2.84%) CSS
4 40 (2.70%) .NET
5 32 (2.16%) Kafka
6 26 (1.76%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.49%) Akka
8 18 (1.22%) JSON
8 18 (1.22%) Node.js
9 17 (1.15%) OAuth
9 17 (1.15%) RESTful
10 16 (1.08%) React
10 16 (1.08%) REST
11 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET
11 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (0.88%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.88%) SwiftUI
12 13 (0.88%) UIKit
13 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.68%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 243 (16.43%) Social Media
2 96 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 58 (3.92%) Over-the-Top Content
4 50 (3.38%) Marketing Technology
5 48 (3.25%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.04%) Data Structures
7 44 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
8 42 (2.84%) Algorithms
9 37 (2.50%) Virtual Team
10 35 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.69%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.62%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
14 21 (1.42%) Blog
14 21 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
15 15 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (1.01%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.26%) Windows
2 48 (3.25%) Windows 10
3 26 (1.76%) Linux
4 15 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.41%) Unix
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.20%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Android
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.068%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (37.59%) AI
2 438 (29.61%) Agile
3 383 (25.90%) Roadmaps
4 350 (23.66%) Customer Experience
5 312 (21.10%) Decision-Making
6 252 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
7 246 (16.63%) Data Modelling
8 241 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 236 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
10 224 (15.15%) Storytelling
11 223 (15.08%) Product Roadmap
12 210 (14.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 201 (13.59%) CI/CD
14 186 (12.58%) Data Engineering
14 186 (12.58%) Data Pipeline
15 184 (12.44%) Digital Customer Experience
16 180 (12.17%) Data Analytics
17 178 (12.04%) User Research
18 173 (11.70%) DevOps
19 170 (11.49%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 362 (24.48%) SQL
2 313 (21.16%) Python
3 56 (3.79%) Scala
4 45 (3.04%) C#
5 36 (2.43%) Java
6 29 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 29 (1.96%) R
7 28 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.83%) JavaScript
9 23 (1.56%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.28%) Bicep
11 18 (1.22%) Bash
11 18 (1.22%) C++
11 18 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.88%) Kotlin
12 13 (0.88%) Swift
13 10 (0.68%) Go
14 9 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.54%) Rust
16 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 189 (12.78%) Degree
2 138 (9.33%) Security Cleared
3 119 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.25%) CTC Cleared
5 30 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.76%) CISA
7 22 (1.49%) CISSP
7 22 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.42%) CGEIT
8 21 (1.42%) CISM
8 21 (1.42%) FFIEC
8 21 (1.42%) SANS
9 19 (1.28%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.15%) ACCA
11 16 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.01%) CIMA
13 13 (0.88%) PhD
14 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.54%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.41%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (16.77%) Accessibility
2 210 (14.20%) Data Quality
3 95 (6.42%) GDPR
4 82 (5.54%) WCAG
5 50 (3.38%) SLA
6 38 (2.57%) QA
7 27 (1.83%) NIST
8 21 (1.42%) COBIT
9 18 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.61%) IFRS
10 9 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.41%) GRC
14 5 (0.34%) GAAP
15 4 (0.27%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.27%) PERC
16 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 62 (4.19%) Docker
2 24 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 83 (5.61%) Terraform
2 74 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.41%) Ansible
5 5 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.27%) Grafana
6 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.20%) Control-M
7 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) Graylog
9 1 (0.068%) OpenView
9 1 (0.068%) QRadar
9 1 (0.068%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.068%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.068%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 278 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 270 (18.26%) Adobe
3 141 (9.53%) Google
4 114 (7.71%) Databricks
5 50 (3.38%) Oracle
6 49 (3.31%) Cisco
7 47 (3.18%) Salesforce
7 47 (3.18%) SAP
8 25 (1.69%) HubSpot
9 14 (0.95%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.88%) Braze
10 13 (0.88%) Instagram
11 12 (0.81%) Pardot
12 11 (0.74%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.74%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 11 (0.74%) Wrike
13 9 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
14 8 (0.54%) Alteryx
14 8 (0.54%) Workday