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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,321 1,431 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.88% 9.70% 6.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.22% 10.18% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 683 726 1,572
10th Percentile £36,550 £34,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £103,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -9.77%

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 14,323 14,051 27,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.46% 95.24% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,353 8,959 22,405
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £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 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 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 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (3.18%) CMS
3 29 (2.20%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.89%) Apache
5 21 (1.59%) Confluence
5 21 (1.59%) WordPress
6 16 (1.21%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.14%) SAS
8 13 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 11 (0.83%) Drupal
10 5 (0.38%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.23%) Moodle
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.076%) DNN
14 1 (0.076%) Jupyter
Applications
1 93 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.82%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.14%) InDesign
5 14 (1.06%) UserZoom
6 13 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.76%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.30%) Trello
10 3 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.23%) SketchUp
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.076%) Notion
12 1 (0.076%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.98%) Dynamics GP
4 13 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
4 13 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 12 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
6 11 (0.83%) Shopify
7 10 (0.76%) Magento
7 10 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.61%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
12 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
12 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
12 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 407 (30.81%) Azure
2 230 (17.41%) Power Platform
3 131 (9.92%) AWS
4 113 (8.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 102 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
6 98 (7.42%) Google Analytics
7 96 (7.27%) Snowflake
8 95 (7.19%) Adobe Analytics
9 94 (7.12%) SaaS
10 85 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (6.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 83 (6.28%) GCP
11 83 (6.28%) GitHub
12 67 (5.07%) Figma
13 63 (4.77%) Entra ID
14 48 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
14 48 (3.63%) dbt
15 35 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
16 33 (2.50%) Amazon S3
17 27 (2.04%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 133 (10.07%) Broadband
2 21 (1.59%) CHAP
3 13 (0.98%) VPN
4 9 (0.68%) Firewall
4 9 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 7 (0.53%) DNS
6 6 (0.45%) Network Security
7 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.15%) Modbus
9 1 (0.076%) ATM
9 1 (0.076%) DHCP
9 1 (0.076%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.076%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.076%) LAN
9 1 (0.076%) MPLS
9 1 (0.076%) SNMP
9 1 (0.076%) VoIP
9 1 (0.076%) WAN
9 1 (0.076%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (16.05%) Power BI
2 141 (10.67%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (6.13%) Metadata
4 80 (6.06%) Tableau
5 79 (5.98%) SQL Server
6 69 (5.22%) Data Lake
7 66 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 40 (3.03%) BigQuery
10 33 (2.50%) Looker
11 26 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.51%) Delta Lake
13 19 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
13 19 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (1.29%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.21%) Power Query
15 16 (1.21%) Relational Database
16 13 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 13 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (3.94%) JIRA
2 48 (3.63%) Git
3 41 (3.10%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.82%) Axure RP
4 24 (1.82%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.74%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.74%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.61%) MLflow
7 7 (0.53%) GitLab
7 7 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.30%) Crashlytics
8 4 (0.30%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.30%) ERwin
8 4 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.30%) XCTest
9 3 (0.23%) Storybook
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.076%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 498 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 413 (31.26%) Finance
3 293 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (13.78%) Marketing
5 137 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 97 (7.34%) Games
7 86 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (5.00%) Back Office
9 62 (4.69%) Law
10 59 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (4.09%) Retail
12 50 (3.79%) Banking
13 41 (3.10%) Legal
13 41 (3.10%) Manufacturing
14 36 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (2.42%) Financial Institution
16 24 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.51%) Advertising
18 16 (1.21%) Brand Awareness
19 15 (1.14%) Billing
Job Titles
1 216 (16.35%) Senior
2 172 (13.02%) Lead
3 144 (10.90%) Data Engineer
4 128 (9.69%) Analyst
5 118 (8.93%) Architect
6 69 (5.22%) Support Engineer
7 65 (4.92%) Designer
8 64 (4.84%) Developer
9 60 (4.54%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (4.54%) Desktop Support
9 60 (4.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 59 (4.47%) Data Architect
11 56 (4.24%) Site Engineer
12 46 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
13 45 (3.41%) Senior Manager
14 42 (3.18%) Data Analyst
15 40 (3.03%) Data Manager
16 35 (2.65%) Senior Data Engineer
17 33 (2.50%) Consultant
18 29 (2.20%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.33%) HTML
2 39 (2.95%) Kafka
3 37 (2.80%) CSS
3 37 (2.80%) OAuth
3 37 (2.80%) PySpark
4 32 (2.42%) RESTful
5 30 (2.27%) OAuth2
6 27 (2.04%) .NET
7 26 (1.97%) JSON
8 23 (1.74%) Akka
9 14 (1.06%) SAML
9 14 (1.06%) TensorFlow
10 13 (0.98%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.91%) PyTorch
12 11 (0.83%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.76%) Node.js
13 10 (0.76%) React
13 10 (0.76%) XML
14 9 (0.68%) LangChain
14 9 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 161 (12.19%) Social Media
2 88 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (6.36%) Product Ownership
4 76 (5.75%) Cloud Native
5 54 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 50 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.80%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.50%) Virtual Team
10 32 (2.42%) Data Structures
11 30 (2.27%) Over-the-Top Content
12 26 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
14 24 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
15 21 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (1.44%) Mobile App
17 18 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
18 15 (1.14%) Blog
19 12 (0.91%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 80 (6.06%) Windows
2 60 (4.54%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.51%) Linux
4 11 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.83%) Unix
5 8 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.076%) AIX
7 1 (0.076%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (31.04%) AI
2 357 (27.02%) Agile
3 298 (22.56%) Decision-Making
4 287 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 281 (21.27%) Business Intelligence
6 242 (18.32%) Data Modelling
7 241 (18.24%) Customer Experience
8 236 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
9 226 (17.11%) Roadmaps
10 206 (15.59%) Data Analytics
11 193 (14.61%) DevOps
12 189 (14.31%) ETL
13 187 (14.16%) Data Engineering
14 184 (13.93%) CI/CD
15 159 (12.04%) Coaching
16 157 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
17 152 (11.51%) Data Governance
18 146 (11.05%) Machine Learning
19 142 (10.75%) Visualisation
20 134 (10.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 324 (24.53%) SQL
2 266 (20.14%) Python
3 56 (4.24%) Scala
4 51 (3.86%) Java
5 37 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 34 (2.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 33 (2.50%) Bicep
8 32 (2.42%) C#
9 30 (2.27%) JavaScript
10 25 (1.89%) R
11 24 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.67%) Bash
12 22 (1.67%) C++
13 15 (1.14%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.14%) Shell Script
14 12 (0.91%) Go
15 11 (0.83%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.53%) Rust
17 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 236 (17.87%) Degree
2 149 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 134 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.54%) CTC Cleared
5 33 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.27%) CISA
7 29 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 27 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 26 (1.97%) CISSP
10 24 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.59%) CGEIT
12 21 (1.59%) CISM
12 21 (1.59%) FFIEC
12 21 (1.59%) SANS
13 16 (1.21%) ACCA
13 16 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.83%) PhD
16 9 (0.68%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (13.63%) Data Quality
2 177 (13.40%) Accessibility
3 75 (5.68%) GDPR
4 64 (4.84%) SLA
5 63 (4.77%) WCAG
6 32 (2.42%) NIST
7 26 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 26 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 25 (1.89%) QA
9 21 (1.59%) COBIT
10 17 (1.29%) IFRS
11 15 (1.14%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.61%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 3 (0.23%) GRC
16 2 (0.15%) GMP
16 2 (0.15%) MiFID
16 2 (0.15%) PMO
16 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (4.16%) Docker
2 17 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.15%) vSphere
7 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.076%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 100 (7.57%) Terraform
2 54 (4.09%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.61%) Ansible
6 7 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.38%) Grafana
7 5 (0.38%) SCOM
8 4 (0.30%) SCCM
9 3 (0.23%) Control-M
10 2 (0.15%) Argo
10 2 (0.15%) QRadar
11 1 (0.076%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.076%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.076%) OpenView
11 1 (0.076%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.076%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 267 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 161 (12.19%) Adobe
3 142 (10.75%) Google
4 95 (7.19%) Databricks
5 71 (5.37%) Cisco
6 56 (4.24%) Oracle
7 49 (3.71%) Salesforce
8 47 (3.56%) SAP
9 23 (1.74%) HubSpot
10 17 (1.29%) Instagram
11 14 (1.06%) Ab Initio
12 13 (0.98%) Informatica
13 12 (0.91%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.83%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.83%) Wrike
15 10 (0.76%) Sage
15 10 (0.76%) Talend
15 10 (0.76%) Workday
16 9 (0.68%) Pardot
16 9 (0.68%) VMware