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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 27 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,115 1,413 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 8.61% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.35% 9.18% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 642 693 1,198
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,683 £110,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £70,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -9.89% +10.24% -5.93%

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 13,352 15,391 20,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 9,047 16,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 January 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 37 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (2.78%) CMS
3 22 (1.97%) Apache
4 21 (1.88%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.70%) WordPress
6 17 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.43%) Confluence
8 15 (1.35%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.63%) SAS
11 5 (0.45%) Drupal
11 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.27%) Moodle
13 1 (0.090%) DNN
13 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
Applications
1 104 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.33%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.26%) InDesign
5 13 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.17%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.45%) Trello
10 4 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.36%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.18%) SPSS
12 2 (0.18%) UserZoom
13 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.090%) Notion
13 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.87%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 15 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (1.26%) Dynamics GP
5 14 (1.26%) Oracle Financials
6 12 (1.08%) Shopify
7 10 (0.90%) Magento
8 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.18%) Adaptiv
10 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 398 (35.70%) Azure
2 241 (21.61%) Power Platform
3 117 (10.49%) AWS
4 102 (9.15%) Snowflake
5 100 (8.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 96 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
7 93 (8.34%) SaaS
8 90 (8.07%) GitHub
9 85 (7.62%) Google Analytics
10 84 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 72 (6.46%) GCP
12 58 (5.20%) Entra ID
13 51 (4.57%) dbt
14 47 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (3.86%) GitHub Copilot
16 36 (3.23%) Figma
17 33 (2.96%) Amazon S3
18 26 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
19 25 (2.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.41%) Broadband
2 17 (1.52%) VPN
3 14 (1.26%) CHAP
4 9 (0.81%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.72%) Firewall
6 7 (0.63%) DNS
7 5 (0.45%) Network Security
8 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.090%) DAB
10 1 (0.090%) DHCP
10 1 (0.090%) SMS
10 1 (0.090%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (20.00%) Power BI
2 141 (12.65%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (9.15%) Tableau
4 72 (6.46%) Data Lake
5 71 (6.37%) SQL Server
6 60 (5.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 60 (5.38%) Metadata
7 43 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (2.60%) BigQuery
9 27 (2.42%) Looker
10 25 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.61%) Delta Lake
14 16 (1.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (1.17%) Big Data
17 12 (1.08%) NoSQL
17 12 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
17 12 (1.08%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 59 (5.29%) JIRA
2 52 (4.66%) Git
3 45 (4.04%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.78%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (2.33%) Axure RP
5 26 (2.33%) Balsamiq
6 22 (1.97%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.63%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.54%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.54%) MLflow
9 5 (0.45%) GitLab
10 4 (0.36%) ERwin
10 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.27%) Storybook
12 2 (0.18%) Selenium
12 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.090%) Deequ
13 1 (0.090%) JUnit
13 1 (0.090%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.090%) TestNG
General
1 437 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 401 (35.96%) Finance
3 282 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (13.81%) Marketing
5 112 (10.04%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.20%) Law
8 53 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (4.48%) Back Office
10 46 (4.13%) Retail
11 45 (4.04%) Manufacturing
12 43 (3.86%) Banking
13 40 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (2.69%) Legal
15 26 (2.33%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.52%) Billing
17 14 (1.26%) Brand Awareness
17 14 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.17%) Advertising
18 13 (1.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 169 (15.16%) Senior
2 127 (11.39%) Analyst
3 123 (11.03%) Data Engineer
4 112 (10.04%) Architect
5 97 (8.70%) Lead
6 68 (6.10%) Developer
7 59 (5.29%) Data Architect
8 48 (4.30%) Support Engineer
9 45 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (3.95%) Desktop Engineer
10 44 (3.95%) Desktop Support
10 44 (3.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 42 (3.77%) Data Analyst
12 41 (3.68%) Designer
13 40 (3.59%) Data Manager
13 40 (3.59%) Site Engineer
14 35 (3.14%) Senior Manager
15 32 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.51%) Senior Data Engineer
17 26 (2.33%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.86%) OAuth
2 36 (3.23%) HTML
2 36 (3.23%) RESTful
3 35 (3.14%) PySpark
4 34 (3.05%) OAuth2
5 31 (2.78%) CSS
5 31 (2.78%) Kafka
6 29 (2.60%) JSON
7 22 (1.97%) Akka
7 22 (1.97%) SAML
8 15 (1.35%) .NET
9 13 (1.17%) TensorFlow
10 12 (1.08%) XML
11 11 (0.99%) Node.js
11 11 (0.99%) PyTorch
12 10 (0.90%) Pandas
12 10 (0.90%) scikit-learn
13 9 (0.81%) .NET Core
13 9 (0.81%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 73 (6.55%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.29%) Analytical Mindset
5 58 (5.20%) Social Media
6 40 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.78%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.33%) Algorithms
9 26 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (2.06%) Video\Live Streaming
12 22 (1.97%) Over-the-Top Content
13 16 (1.43%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
14 14 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.17%) Blog
16 10 (0.90%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.90%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.90%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.82%) Windows
2 44 (3.95%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.88%) Linux
4 13 (1.17%) Unix
5 7 (0.63%) Android
6 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (27.17%) AI
2 299 (26.82%) Agile
3 296 (26.55%) Business Intelligence
4 268 (24.04%) Decision-Making
5 265 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 220 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
7 212 (19.01%) DevOps
8 211 (18.92%) Data Analytics
9 208 (18.65%) Data Modelling
10 178 (15.96%) ETL
11 167 (14.98%) CI/CD
12 163 (14.62%) Data Engineering
13 150 (13.45%) Machine Learning
14 149 (13.36%) Data Pipeline
15 147 (13.18%) Coaching
16 143 (12.83%) Visualisation
17 141 (12.65%) Roadmaps
18 138 (12.38%) Data Governance
19 131 (11.75%) Data Management
20 122 (10.94%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 341 (30.58%) SQL
2 284 (25.47%) Python
3 54 (4.84%) Scala
4 51 (4.57%) Java
5 45 (4.04%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 34 (3.05%) R
8 31 (2.78%) Bicep
9 28 (2.51%) JavaScript
10 27 (2.42%) Bash
11 23 (2.06%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.97%) C#
13 21 (1.88%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.70%) Shell Script
15 12 (1.08%) C++
16 9 (0.81%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.45%) Go
18 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 4 (0.36%) PHP
19 3 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 221 (19.82%) Degree
2 122 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 112 (10.04%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.95%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (3.14%) CISA
6 29 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.42%) CISSP
8 26 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 25 (2.24%) DBS Check
10 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.70%) ACCA
11 19 (1.70%) CISM
12 16 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.26%) CGEIT
13 14 (1.26%) FFIEC
13 14 (1.26%) SANS
14 13 (1.17%) CIMA
15 12 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.99%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (14.62%) Data Quality
2 93 (8.34%) Accessibility
3 60 (5.38%) GDPR
4 48 (4.30%) SLA
5 38 (3.41%) WCAG
6 37 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (2.78%) NIST
8 20 (1.79%) QA
9 19 (1.70%) COBIT
10 15 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.26%) ISO 9001
12 13 (1.17%) IFRS
13 9 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.63%) GRC
15 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.45%) ITGC
17 4 (0.36%) PMO
17 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
18 2 (0.18%) GAAP
18 2 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (4.13%) Docker
2 20 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.090%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 109 (9.78%) Terraform
2 50 (4.48%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.72%) Ansible
5 8 (0.72%) SCCM
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%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.090%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 236 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 123 (11.03%) Google
3 90 (8.07%) Databricks
4 67 (6.01%) Adobe
5 56 (5.02%) Cisco
6 55 (4.93%) Oracle
7 46 (4.13%) Salesforce
8 37 (3.32%) SAP
9 18 (1.61%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.26%) Ab Initio
11 13 (1.17%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.17%) Talend
11 13 (1.17%) Zoho
12 12 (1.08%) Sage
13 11 (0.99%) Autodesk
14 10 (0.90%) Informatica
15 9 (0.81%) Alteryx
15 9 (0.81%) VMware
16 8 (0.72%) IBM
16 8 (0.72%) Workday