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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 37 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,686 1,062 1,644
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.78% 6.30% 7.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.40% 6.72% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 663 800
10th Percentile £39,285 £35,000 £39,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,153 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,438 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £66,805 £60,000 £65,766
% change year-on-year +11.34% -8.77% +1.18%

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 20,083 15,814 19,645
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.74% 93.84% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14,322 8,472 11,653
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,460 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%

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 4 October 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 34 (2.02%) CMS
2 33 (1.96%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.60%) Apache
4 24 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.36%) Confluence
6 19 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 17 (1.01%) WordPress
8 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
10 11 (0.65%) SAS
11 6 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.12%) IIS
14 2 (0.12%) nginx
14 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
15 1 (0.059%) Drupal
15 1 (0.059%) Moodle
15 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 89 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.07%) UserZoom
4 15 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 12 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.36%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.30%) Notion
9 5 (0.30%) Trello
10 4 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.24%) SPSS
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.18%) InDesign
11 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.66%) Dynamics GP
3 22 (1.30%) Shopify
4 14 (0.83%) Adobe Campaign
5 8 (0.47%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.24%) FastStats
7 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.12%) FastStats PeopleStage
8 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.059%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 1 (0.059%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.059%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.059%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 410 (24.32%) Azure
2 324 (19.22%) Power Platform
3 211 (12.51%) AWS
4 126 (7.47%) Google Analytics
5 110 (6.52%) GCP
6 106 (6.29%) SaaS
7 98 (5.81%) GitHub
8 90 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 71 (4.21%) Snowflake
11 66 (3.91%) Serverless
12 62 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 54 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
14 53 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
15 52 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
16 49 (2.91%) Adobe Analytics
16 49 (2.91%) Google Ads
17 40 (2.37%) dbt
17 40 (2.37%) Figma
18 39 (2.31%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.09%) Broadband
2 39 (2.31%) VPN
3 22 (1.30%) DNS
4 21 (1.25%) Firewall
5 18 (1.07%) SMS
6 16 (0.95%) 5G
6 16 (0.95%) Network Security
7 12 (0.71%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.65%) CTI
8 11 (0.65%) Unified Communications
8 11 (0.65%) VoIP
9 7 (0.42%) DHCP
10 6 (0.36%) BGP
10 6 (0.36%) OSPF
10 6 (0.36%) VLAN
10 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.18%) 4G
11 3 (0.18%) CHAP
11 3 (0.18%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (18.39%) Power BI
2 160 (9.49%) Data Warehouse
3 115 (6.82%) Metadata
4 90 (5.34%) Tableau
5 80 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 79 (4.69%) Data Lake
7 71 (4.21%) SQL Server
8 51 (3.02%) MongoDB
9 45 (2.67%) Looker
10 41 (2.43%) Relational Database
11 37 (2.19%) Big Data
12 36 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
13 35 (2.08%) Delta Lake
13 35 (2.08%) Star Schema
14 33 (1.96%) BigQuery
15 27 (1.60%) Semantic Layer
16 25 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
16 25 (1.48%) NoSQL
17 23 (1.36%) DynamoDB
17 23 (1.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 77 (4.57%) Git
2 33 (1.96%) JIRA
3 10 (0.59%) Claude Code
3 10 (0.59%) GitLab
4 9 (0.53%) MLflow
5 8 (0.47%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.36%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.30%) Crashlytics
7 5 (0.30%) Poetry
7 5 (0.30%) XCTest
8 3 (0.18%) Appium
8 3 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.18%) RStudio
8 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.12%) ERwin
9 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 530 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 525 (31.14%) Analytical Skills
3 463 (27.46%) Finance
4 319 (18.92%) Marketing
5 225 (13.35%) Public Sector
6 141 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 120 (7.12%) Retail
8 110 (6.52%) Legal
9 98 (5.81%) Law
10 74 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
11 73 (4.33%) Games
12 71 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
13 66 (3.91%) Banking
14 47 (2.79%) Advertising
15 39 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 23 (1.36%) Aerospace
18 22 (1.30%) Police
18 22 (1.30%) Publishing
19 18 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 356 (21.12%) Senior
2 244 (14.47%) Analyst
3 213 (12.63%) Data Engineer
4 191 (11.33%) Lead
5 176 (10.44%) Architect
6 107 (6.35%) Developer
7 106 (6.29%) Data Analyst
8 88 (5.22%) Data Architect
9 81 (4.80%) Senior Data Engineer
10 74 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
11 66 (3.91%) Product Manager
12 65 (3.86%) Consultant
13 61 (3.62%) Marketing Manager
14 59 (3.50%) Data Scientist
15 50 (2.97%) Senior Manager
16 44 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.25%) Azure Engineer
17 38 (2.25%) Senior Data Analyst
18 34 (2.02%) .NET Developer
18 34 (2.02%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (6.70%) Terraform
2 111 (6.58%) PySpark
3 62 (3.68%) .NET
4 43 (2.55%) CSS
4 43 (2.55%) HTML
5 39 (2.31%) React
6 32 (1.90%) .NET Core
7 31 (1.84%) ASP.NET
7 31 (1.84%) ASP.NET Core
8 24 (1.42%) REST
9 23 (1.36%) JSON
10 20 (1.19%) Kafka
11 19 (1.13%) Vue
12 18 (1.07%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.07%) Pandas
13 17 (1.01%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.83%) ARM Templates
14 14 (0.83%) SubSonic
15 13 (0.77%) LangChain
15 13 (0.77%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 86 (5.10%) Social Media
3 81 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.86%) Marketing Technology
5 60 (3.56%) Blog
6 51 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 39 (2.31%) Algorithms
9 37 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
10 34 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 34 (2.02%) Onboarding
11 33 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.90%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.84%) AI Agents
14 29 (1.72%) Credit Risk
14 29 (1.72%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
15 22 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.67%) Windows
2 20 (1.19%) Linux
3 12 (0.71%) Apple iOS
3 12 (0.71%) VMS
4 8 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (40.21%) AI
2 470 (27.88%) Decision-Making
3 412 (24.44%) Business Intelligence
4 385 (22.84%) Agile
5 348 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 331 (19.63%) Roadmaps
7 284 (16.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 281 (16.67%) Data Modelling
9 261 (15.48%) CI/CD
10 258 (15.30%) Mentoring
11 256 (15.18%) Data Engineering
12 250 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 226 (13.40%) Data Pipeline
14 214 (12.69%) Machine Learning
15 212 (12.57%) Actionable Insight
16 208 (12.34%) Data Analytics
17 186 (11.03%) Data Science
18 179 (10.62%) ETL
19 175 (10.38%) Customer Experience
20 174 (10.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 608 (36.06%) SQL
2 442 (26.22%) Python
3 79 (4.69%) C#
4 64 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.44%) PowerShell
6 56 (3.32%) Bicep
7 48 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 39 (2.31%) Java
10 33 (1.96%) R
11 31 (1.84%) Bash
12 28 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 22 (1.30%) Scala
14 19 (1.13%) C++
15 12 (0.71%) Go
16 11 (0.65%) VBA
17 10 (0.59%) PHP
18 9 (0.53%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.47%) Kotlin
19 8 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 188 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.79%) Degree
2 165 (9.79%) SC Cleared
3 59 (3.50%) Azure Certification
4 40 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (1.48%) DBS Check
6 23 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.07%) SnowPro
8 16 (0.95%) ACCA
8 16 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
9 13 (0.77%) CISSP
10 12 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.71%) CIMA
10 12 (0.71%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.42%) CISM
12 7 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.36%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.36%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (17.79%) Data Quality
2 165 (9.79%) Accessibility
3 101 (5.99%) GDPR
4 53 (3.14%) QA
5 27 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 25 (1.48%) WCAG
7 19 (1.13%) NIST
8 13 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.65%) SLA
11 10 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.53%) IFRS
13 7 (0.42%) GRC
13 7 (0.42%) PMO
14 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.30%) PERC
15 4 (0.24%) COBIT
15 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 70 (4.15%) Docker
2 40 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.71%) vSphere
6 11 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.059%) Firmware
8 1 (0.059%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 70 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.89%) Grafana
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.53%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Argo
6 3 (0.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
6 3 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.059%) Control-M
8 1 (0.059%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.059%) Istio
8 1 (0.059%) linkerd
8 1 (0.059%) logstash
8 1 (0.059%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 407 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 194 (11.51%) Google
3 148 (8.78%) Databricks
4 96 (5.69%) Adobe
5 53 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 47 (2.79%) SAP
7 42 (2.49%) Oracle
8 31 (1.84%) YouTube
9 28 (1.66%) HubSpot
10 24 (1.42%) Workday
11 21 (1.25%) Informatica
12 20 (1.19%) VMware
13 19 (1.13%) Cisco
14 15 (0.89%) TikTok
15 14 (0.83%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.71%) Braze
16 12 (0.71%) Genesys
16 12 (0.71%) Instagram
16 12 (0.71%) ScienceLogic
16 12 (0.71%) Splunk