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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,344 1,331 2,066
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.95% 9.96% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.37% 10.46% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 682 720 1,574
10th Percentile £36,275 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £89,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £104,625 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -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 14,348 12,730 27,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.84% 95.26% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,446 8,781 22,926
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £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 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 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 (3.87%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (3.42%) CMS
3 25 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.86%) Confluence
4 22 (1.64%) Apache
5 21 (1.56%) WordPress
6 16 (1.19%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.12%) SAS
8 10 (0.74%) Drupal
8 10 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.37%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.22%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
Applications
1 85 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.86%) Adobe XD
4 22 (1.64%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.89%) InDesign
5 12 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.30%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.22%) SketchUp
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.074%) Notion
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.04%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.89%) Dynamics GP
6 12 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
7 11 (0.82%) Shopify
8 10 (0.74%) Magento
8 10 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
9 9 (0.67%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 387 (28.79%) Azure
2 218 (16.22%) Power Platform
3 136 (10.12%) AWS
4 134 (9.97%) Adobe Analytics
5 116 (8.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 100 (7.44%) Google Analytics
7 95 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
8 94 (6.99%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.85%) SaaS
10 85 (6.32%) GCP
11 84 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 81 (6.03%) Figma
12 81 (6.03%) GitHub
13 79 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
14 51 (3.79%) Entra ID
15 44 (3.27%) dbt
16 40 (2.98%) Contentsquare
17 38 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (2.38%) Amazon S3
19 30 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 178 (13.24%) Broadband
2 24 (1.79%) CHAP
3 9 (0.67%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.52%) VPN
5 6 (0.45%) Network Security
5 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.30%) Firewall
7 3 (0.22%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.074%) ATM
9 1 (0.074%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.074%) LAN
9 1 (0.074%) MPLS
9 1 (0.074%) SMS
9 1 (0.074%) SNMP
9 1 (0.074%) VoIP
9 1 (0.074%) WAN
9 1 (0.074%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (15.03%) Power BI
2 135 (10.04%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (6.03%) Metadata
4 80 (5.95%) SQL Server
5 70 (5.21%) Tableau
6 65 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
7 64 (4.76%) Data Lake
8 42 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 41 (3.05%) BigQuery
10 32 (2.38%) Looker
11 26 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (1.56%) NoSQL
13 21 (1.56%) Relational Database
14 19 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (1.41%) Power Query
15 18 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
15 18 (1.34%) Delta Lake
16 15 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 49 (3.65%) Git
2 43 (3.20%) JIRA
3 39 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.86%) Axure RP
4 25 (1.86%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.71%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
7 9 (0.67%) Crashlytics
7 9 (0.67%) XCTest
8 8 (0.60%) MLflow
9 7 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.45%) GitLab
11 4 (0.30%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.30%) ERwin
11 4 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.22%) Storybook
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
14 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.074%) Selenium
General
1 497 (36.98%) Social Skills
2 394 (29.32%) Finance
3 295 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (14.21%) Marketing
5 138 (10.27%) Public Sector
6 135 (10.04%) Games
7 82 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (4.84%) Back Office
9 61 (4.54%) Law
10 59 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (4.09%) Banking
12 54 (4.02%) Retail
13 45 (3.35%) Legal
14 39 (2.90%) Manufacturing
15 36 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
16 34 (2.53%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.64%) Advertising
19 16 (1.19%) Automotive
20 15 (1.12%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 221 (16.44%) Senior
2 190 (14.14%) Lead
3 142 (10.57%) Data Engineer
4 123 (9.15%) Analyst
5 116 (8.63%) Architect
6 74 (5.51%) Designer
7 66 (4.91%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.46%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.46%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 58 (4.32%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.17%) Developer
10 56 (4.17%) Site Engineer
11 47 (3.50%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (3.05%) Data Analyst
14 38 (2.83%) Data Manager
15 37 (2.75%) Product Manager
16 35 (2.60%) Consultant
16 35 (2.60%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.50%) HTML
2 41 (3.05%) CSS
3 38 (2.83%) Kafka
4 35 (2.60%) PySpark
5 31 (2.31%) OAuth
6 29 (2.16%) .NET
7 27 (2.01%) RESTful
8 25 (1.86%) OAuth2
9 23 (1.71%) Akka
10 22 (1.64%) JSON
11 15 (1.12%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.12%) Node.js
12 12 (0.89%) React
12 12 (0.89%) TensorFlow
13 11 (0.82%) REST
14 10 (0.74%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.74%) SAML
15 9 (0.67%) LangChain
15 9 (0.67%) SwiftUI
15 9 (0.67%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 198 (14.73%) Social Media
2 86 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
3 85 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 74 (5.51%) Cloud Native
5 54 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 54 (4.02%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.75%) Over-the-Top Content
7 36 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 31 (2.31%) Data Structures
10 28 (2.08%) Algorithms
11 26 (1.93%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
12 25 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
13 24 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
14 23 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.26%) Blog
16 17 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
17 16 (1.19%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 77 (5.73%) Windows
2 60 (4.46%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.41%) Linux
4 16 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.74%) Unix
6 8 (0.60%) Android
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.074%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (32.51%) AI
2 376 (27.98%) Agile
3 306 (22.77%) Decision-Making
4 290 (21.58%) Customer Experience
5 282 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 271 (20.16%) Business Intelligence
7 260 (19.35%) Roadmaps
8 242 (18.01%) Data Modelling
9 232 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
10 194 (14.43%) Data Analytics
11 189 (14.06%) CI/CD
12 185 (13.76%) Data Engineering
13 182 (13.54%) DevOps
14 181 (13.47%) ETL
15 169 (12.57%) Storytelling
16 158 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
17 153 (11.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 149 (11.09%) Coaching
18 149 (11.09%) Data Governance
19 143 (10.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 314 (23.36%) SQL
2 250 (18.60%) Python
3 55 (4.09%) Scala
4 44 (3.27%) Java
5 35 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.38%) C#
6 32 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 25 (1.86%) Bicep
7 25 (1.86%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.64%) R
8 22 (1.64%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.49%) C++
10 18 (1.34%) Bash
11 14 (1.04%) Go
11 14 (1.04%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.89%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.89%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.67%) Swift
15 8 (0.60%) Rust
Qualifications
1 230 (17.11%) Degree
2 139 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 122 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.46%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.38%) CISA
7 28 (2.08%) CISSP
7 28 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.79%) CGEIT
8 24 (1.79%) CISM
8 24 (1.79%) FFIEC
8 24 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.79%) SANS
9 22 (1.64%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.97%) PhD
12 12 (0.89%) ACCA
12 12 (0.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 8 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (16.15%) Accessibility
2 181 (13.47%) Data Quality
3 82 (6.10%) GDPR
4 76 (5.65%) WCAG
5 63 (4.69%) SLA
6 35 (2.60%) NIST
7 28 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.79%) COBIT
8 24 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.79%) QA
9 17 (1.26%) IFRS
10 16 (1.19%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.45%) GAAP
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
15 2 (0.15%) GMP
15 2 (0.15%) MiFID
15 2 (0.15%) PMO
15 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (3.87%) Docker
2 11 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.074%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.074%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 90 (6.70%) Terraform
2 56 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.67%) Ansible
6 7 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.37%) Grafana
8 3 (0.22%) Control-M
9 2 (0.15%) Argo
9 2 (0.15%) QRadar
9 2 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.074%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.074%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.074%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.074%) OpenView
10 1 (0.074%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.074%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.074%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 254 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 205 (15.25%) Adobe
3 143 (10.64%) Google
4 96 (7.14%) Databricks
5 70 (5.21%) Cisco
6 54 (4.02%) Oracle
7 44 (3.27%) Salesforce
8 40 (2.98%) SAP
9 21 (1.56%) HubSpot
10 17 (1.26%) Instagram
11 13 (0.97%) Informatica
12 12 (0.89%) Ab Initio
12 12 (0.89%) Hootsuite
12 12 (0.89%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.82%) Wrike
14 10 (0.74%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.74%) Sage
14 10 (0.74%) Talend
15 9 (0.67%) Pardot
15 9 (0.67%) Zoho