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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,409 1,319 2,309
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.95% 9.98% 7.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.56% 10.53% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 705 753 1,561
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,276 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +0.75% -8.47%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,270 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 14,746 12,526 29,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.22% 94.76% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,299 8,909 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,436 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%

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 18 April 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 51 (3.62%) CMS
2 49 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.41%) Confluence
4 28 (1.99%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.70%) Apache
6 22 (1.56%) WordPress
7 17 (1.21%) SharePoint
8 14 (0.99%) SAS
9 9 (0.64%) Drupal
10 8 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.21%) Moodle
11 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 73 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.13%) UserZoom
4 23 (1.63%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.50%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.35%) InDesign
9 4 (0.28%) Trello
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.071%) Notion
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.071%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.99%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
3 15 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
4 13 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
5 10 (0.71%) Magento
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (0.64%) Shopify
7 6 (0.43%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 382 (27.11%) Azure
2 215 (15.26%) Power Platform
3 182 (12.92%) Adobe Analytics
4 138 (9.79%) AWS
5 116 (8.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 113 (8.02%) Google Analytics
7 104 (7.38%) Figma
8 92 (6.53%) GCP
9 90 (6.39%) SaaS
10 82 (5.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 78 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
12 77 (5.46%) Snowflake
13 72 (5.11%) GitHub
14 68 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
15 58 (4.12%) Contentsquare
16 45 (3.19%) Entra ID
17 41 (2.91%) dbt
18 34 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
19 31 (2.20%) Amazon S3
20 28 (1.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 238 (16.89%) Broadband
2 25 (1.77%) CHAP
3 9 (0.64%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.50%) Firewall
4 7 (0.50%) VPN
5 6 (0.43%) DNS
6 5 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 2 (0.14%) Network Security
8 2 (0.14%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.071%) ATM
9 1 (0.071%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.071%) LAN
9 1 (0.071%) MPLS
9 1 (0.071%) SMS
9 1 (0.071%) SNMP
9 1 (0.071%) VoIP
9 1 (0.071%) WAN
9 1 (0.071%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (13.84%) Power BI
2 114 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (6.32%) Metadata
4 80 (5.68%) SQL Server
5 65 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 62 (4.40%) Data Lake
7 55 (3.90%) Tableau
8 44 (3.12%) BigQuery
9 38 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 37 (2.63%) Looker
11 36 (2.56%) Relational Database
12 31 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
13 24 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (1.56%) NoSQL
15 19 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (1.35%) Power Query
16 18 (1.28%) Delta Lake
17 17 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
18 14 (0.99%) Star Schema
19 13 (0.92%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 53 (3.76%) Git
2 42 (2.98%) JIRA
3 36 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.63%) Axure RP
4 23 (1.63%) Balsamiq
4 23 (1.63%) TeamCity
5 18 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (0.71%) Crashlytics
6 10 (0.71%) XCTest
7 9 (0.64%) MLflow
8 6 (0.43%) GitLab
8 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.21%) Storybook
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.14%) Selenium
13 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.071%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.071%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 483 (34.28%) Social Skills
2 379 (26.90%) Finance
3 298 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (15.05%) Marketing
5 181 (12.85%) Games
6 134 (9.51%) Public Sector
7 78 (5.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 67 (4.76%) Retail
9 65 (4.61%) Back Office
9 65 (4.61%) Law
10 56 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (3.90%) Banking
12 48 (3.41%) Legal
13 37 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.34%) Financial Institution
15 29 (2.06%) Advertising
16 26 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.49%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.14%) Automotive
19 14 (0.99%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 219 (15.54%) Senior
2 217 (15.40%) Lead
3 158 (11.21%) Data Engineer
4 126 (8.94%) Analyst
5 116 (8.23%) Architect
6 85 (6.03%) Designer
7 70 (4.97%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.26%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.26%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (3.97%) Site Engineer
10 54 (3.83%) Product Manager
11 53 (3.76%) Data Architect
12 52 (3.69%) Developer
13 49 (3.48%) Senior Manager
14 47 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
15 45 (3.19%) Lead Designer
16 40 (2.84%) Data Manager
16 40 (2.84%) Digital Designer
17 38 (2.70%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.34%) HTML
2 46 (3.26%) PySpark
3 42 (2.98%) CSS
4 38 (2.70%) Kafka
5 28 (1.99%) .NET
5 28 (1.99%) OAuth
6 23 (1.63%) Akka
6 23 (1.63%) RESTful
7 22 (1.56%) JSON
8 21 (1.49%) OAuth2
9 17 (1.21%) Node.js
10 14 (0.99%) .NET Core
10 14 (0.99%) REST
11 13 (0.92%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.92%) React
12 12 (0.85%) TensorFlow
13 11 (0.78%) PyTorch
14 10 (0.71%) SwiftUI
14 10 (0.71%) UIKit
15 9 (0.64%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 232 (16.47%) Social Media
2 102 (7.24%) Product Ownership
3 73 (5.18%) Cloud Native
4 71 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 52 (3.69%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.69%) Over-the-Top Content
7 43 (3.05%) Marketing Technology
8 40 (2.84%) Virtual Team
9 35 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.27%) Algorithms
11 27 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
11 27 (1.92%) Onboarding
12 26 (1.85%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.77%) Video\Live Streaming
14 21 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
15 20 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
16 19 (1.35%) Blog
17 17 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.04%) Windows
2 60 (4.26%) Windows 10
3 16 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.06%) Linux
5 7 (0.50%) Android
6 6 (0.43%) Unix
7 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (35.77%) AI
2 413 (29.31%) Agile
3 349 (24.77%) Customer Experience
4 330 (23.42%) Decision-Making
5 312 (22.14%) Roadmaps
6 285 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 268 (19.02%) Business Intelligence
8 262 (18.59%) Data Modelling
9 226 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
10 211 (14.98%) Storytelling
11 203 (14.41%) Data Engineering
12 196 (13.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 191 (13.56%) Product Roadmap
14 188 (13.34%) CI/CD
15 187 (13.27%) ETL
16 182 (12.92%) Data Analytics
17 176 (12.49%) Data Pipeline
18 175 (12.42%) DevOps
19 173 (12.28%) User Research
20 166 (11.78%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 328 (23.28%) SQL
2 252 (17.89%) Python
3 57 (4.05%) Scala
4 43 (3.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 41 (2.91%) Java
6 32 (2.27%) C#
7 31 (2.20%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.77%) Bicep
9 21 (1.49%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.35%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.35%) R
11 17 (1.21%) C++
12 14 (0.99%) Bash
12 14 (0.99%) Go
12 14 (0.99%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.78%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.71%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.71%) Swift
15 9 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 225 (15.97%) Degree
2 145 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 127 (9.01%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.26%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.13%) CISA
7 26 (1.85%) CISSP
8 25 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.77%) CGEIT
8 25 (1.77%) CISM
8 25 (1.77%) FFIEC
8 25 (1.77%) SANS
9 22 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.06%) ACCA
11 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.92%) PhD
13 12 (0.85%) CIMA
13 12 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 9 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (18.24%) Accessibility
2 197 (13.98%) Data Quality
3 95 (6.74%) GDPR
4 87 (6.17%) WCAG
5 63 (4.47%) SLA
6 32 (2.27%) NIST
7 28 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 26 (1.85%) QA
9 25 (1.77%) COBIT
10 13 (0.92%) IFRS
11 10 (0.71%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.43%) GAAP
14 3 (0.21%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) GMP
15 2 (0.14%) GRC
15 2 (0.14%) MiFID
15 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 55 (3.90%) Docker
2 12 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.071%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.071%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 86 (6.10%) Terraform
2 63 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.64%) Ansible
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.43%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) QRadar
10 1 (0.071%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.071%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.071%) OpenView
10 1 (0.071%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.071%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 257 (18.24%) Adobe
2 255 (18.10%) Microsoft
3 150 (10.65%) Google
4 105 (7.45%) Databricks
5 63 (4.47%) Cisco
6 53 (3.76%) Oracle
7 44 (3.12%) SAP
8 38 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.42%) HubSpot
10 15 (1.06%) Instagram
11 12 (0.85%) Pardot
12 11 (0.78%) Amplitude
12 11 (0.78%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.78%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.78%) Wrike
13 10 (0.71%) Ab Initio
13 10 (0.71%) Braze
13 10 (0.71%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.64%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.57%) Workday