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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 26 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,173 1,426 1,904
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.44% 8.74% 7.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.57% 9.25% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 645 720 1,418
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,822 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
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 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 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 42 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (2.56%) CMS
3 24 (2.05%) Apache
4 21 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.62%) WordPress
6 18 (1.53%) SharePoint
7 17 (1.45%) Confluence
7 17 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.77%) SAS
9 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.51%) Drupal
11 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.26%) Moodle
13 1 (0.085%) DNN
13 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
Applications
1 101 (8.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.05%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.28%) InDesign
5 13 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.11%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.51%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.43%) Trello
10 4 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.34%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) SPSS
13 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.085%) Notion
13 1 (0.085%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.73%) Oracle ERP
2 17 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.36%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.36%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (1.19%) Oracle Financials
5 13 (1.11%) Dynamics GP
5 13 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.85%) Magento
6 10 (0.85%) Shopify
7 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.17%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 404 (34.44%) Azure
2 237 (20.20%) Power Platform
3 116 (9.89%) AWS
4 113 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
5 108 (9.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 98 (8.35%) Snowflake
7 94 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
8 88 (7.50%) GitHub
9 87 (7.42%) SaaS
10 86 (7.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 78 (6.65%) Google Analytics
12 74 (6.31%) Entra ID
13 67 (5.71%) GCP
14 49 (4.18%) Azure Monitor
15 47 (4.01%) dbt
16 43 (3.67%) Figma
16 43 (3.67%) GitHub Copilot
17 33 (2.81%) Adobe Analytics
17 33 (2.81%) Amazon S3
18 26 (2.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.20%) Broadband
2 18 (1.53%) VPN
3 17 (1.45%) CHAP
4 9 (0.77%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.68%) Firewall
6 7 (0.60%) DNS
7 5 (0.43%) Network Security
8 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.085%) DAB
10 1 (0.085%) DHCP
10 1 (0.085%) SMS
10 1 (0.085%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (18.58%) Power BI
2 141 (12.02%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (8.01%) Tableau
4 72 (6.14%) Data Lake
4 72 (6.14%) SQL Server
5 63 (5.37%) Metadata
6 62 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 27 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (2.13%) BigQuery
10 23 (1.96%) Looker
11 20 (1.71%) Snowflake Schema
12 19 (1.62%) Delta Lake
13 18 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
14 16 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (1.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (1.28%) Big Data
15 15 (1.28%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.19%) Power Query
17 13 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 60 (5.12%) JIRA
2 49 (4.18%) Git
3 43 (3.67%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.64%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (2.05%) Axure RP
5 24 (2.05%) Balsamiq
6 23 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.51%) MLflow
9 5 (0.43%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.43%) GitLab
10 4 (0.34%) ERwin
10 4 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.26%) Storybook
12 2 (0.17%) Selenium
13 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.085%) JUnit
13 1 (0.085%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.085%) TestNG
General
1 458 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 411 (35.04%) Finance
3 279 (23.79%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (12.36%) Marketing
5 117 (9.97%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.63%) Back Office
8 53 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.43%) Law
10 47 (4.01%) Banking
11 42 (3.58%) Manufacturing
12 41 (3.50%) Retail
13 40 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (3.15%) Games
15 32 (2.73%) Legal
16 30 (2.56%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.45%) Billing
18 16 (1.36%) Advertising
19 15 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
20 13 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (15.35%) Senior
2 134 (11.42%) Data Engineer
3 126 (10.74%) Analyst
4 119 (10.14%) Lead
5 112 (9.55%) Architect
6 73 (6.22%) Developer
7 65 (5.54%) Support Engineer
8 60 (5.12%) Data Architect
8 60 (5.12%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.12%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (4.77%) Site Engineer
10 51 (4.35%) Designer
11 45 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (3.67%) Data Analyst
13 42 (3.58%) Data Manager
14 36 (3.07%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
16 30 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
17 27 (2.30%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.58%) OAuth
2 37 (3.15%) RESTful
3 36 (3.07%) PySpark
4 35 (2.98%) HTML
5 34 (2.90%) Kafka
5 34 (2.90%) OAuth2
6 30 (2.56%) CSS
7 29 (2.47%) JSON
8 23 (1.96%) Akka
9 21 (1.79%) SAML
10 19 (1.62%) .NET
11 12 (1.02%) .NET Core
11 12 (1.02%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.94%) React
12 11 (0.94%) XML
13 10 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.85%) Node.js
13 10 (0.85%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.85%) REST
14 7 (0.60%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
1 82 (6.99%) Social Media
2 81 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 76 (6.48%) Product Ownership
4 60 (5.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 42 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.81%) Virtual Team
8 27 (2.30%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
10 24 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.96%) Over-the-Top Content
12 19 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.45%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
15 10 (0.85%) AI Agents
15 10 (0.85%) Blog
15 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.42%) Windows
2 60 (5.12%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.79%) Linux
4 11 (0.94%) Unix
5 8 (0.68%) Android
6 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.085%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (27.96%) AI
2 319 (27.20%) Agile
3 289 (24.64%) Business Intelligence
4 285 (24.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 278 (23.70%) Decision-Making
6 228 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
7 223 (19.01%) Data Modelling
8 212 (18.07%) Data Analytics
8 212 (18.07%) DevOps
9 189 (16.11%) ETL
10 184 (15.69%) CI/CD
11 173 (14.75%) Data Engineering
12 160 (13.64%) Roadmaps
13 154 (13.13%) Customer Experience
14 152 (12.96%) Data Pipeline
15 151 (12.87%) Coaching
16 149 (12.70%) Data Governance
17 145 (12.36%) Machine Learning
17 145 (12.36%) Visualisation
18 135 (11.51%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 339 (28.90%) SQL
2 281 (23.96%) Python
3 56 (4.77%) Scala
4 55 (4.69%) Java
5 48 (4.09%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 32 (2.73%) Bicep
8 30 (2.56%) C#
9 29 (2.47%) Bash
9 29 (2.47%) JavaScript
9 29 (2.47%) R
10 24 (2.05%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.79%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.62%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.36%) C++
14 10 (0.85%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.77%) Go
16 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.43%) PHP
17 4 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 237 (20.20%) Degree
2 140 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 128 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.12%) CTC Cleared
5 36 (3.07%) CISA
6 31 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 28 (2.39%) CISSP
8 27 (2.30%) Master's Degree
9 24 (2.05%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.88%) CISM
12 17 (1.45%) ACCA
12 17 (1.45%) CGEIT
12 17 (1.45%) FFIEC
12 17 (1.45%) SANS
13 16 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.94%) CIMA
16 10 (0.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (14.75%) Data Quality
2 112 (9.55%) Accessibility
3 64 (5.46%) GDPR
3 64 (5.46%) SLA
4 38 (3.24%) WCAG
5 36 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (2.98%) NIST
7 22 (1.88%) COBIT
8 21 (1.79%) QA
9 16 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (1.19%) ISO 9001
11 13 (1.11%) IFRS
12 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.60%) GRC
13 7 (0.60%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.43%) ITGC
15 4 (0.34%) PMO
15 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.17%) GAAP
16 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 50 (4.26%) Docker
2 20 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.085%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.085%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 110 (9.38%) Terraform
2 51 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.68%) SCCM
6 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.51%) QRadar
7 5 (0.43%) Ansible
7 5 (0.43%) Grafana
7 5 (0.43%) SCOM
8 3 (0.26%) Control-M
9 2 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.085%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.085%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.085%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.085%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 252 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.72%) Google
3 92 (7.84%) Databricks
4 88 (7.50%) Adobe
5 72 (6.14%) Cisco
6 53 (4.52%) Oracle
7 41 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 36 (3.07%) SAP
9 15 (1.28%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.19%) Ab Initio
11 11 (0.94%) Autodesk
11 11 (0.94%) Instagram
11 11 (0.94%) Sage
12 10 (0.85%) Informatica
12 10 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.77%) Talend
13 9 (0.77%) VMware
13 9 (0.77%) Zoho
14 8 (0.68%) IBM
14 8 (0.68%) Workday