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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,432 1,323 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.89% 9.80% 7.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.52% 10.34% 7.87%
Number of salaries quoted 712 751 1,543
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,313 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.18% -10.96%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,750 £107,500
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 15,038 12,797 29,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.83% 94.76% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,506 8,904 23,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -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% -10.93%

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 28 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 56 (3.91%) CMS
2 48 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (2.65%) Confluence
4 29 (2.03%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.82%) Apache
6 23 (1.61%) WordPress
7 17 (1.19%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.70%) Drupal
9 9 (0.63%) SAS
10 8 (0.56%) 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 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 72 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.09%) UserZoom
4 22 (1.54%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) InDesign
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.070%) Notion
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 33 (2.30%) Adobe Campaign
2 18 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
4 11 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
5 10 (0.70%) Magento
6 9 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (0.63%) Shopify
7 6 (0.42%) 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 FI
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 383 (26.75%) Azure
2 215 (15.01%) Power Platform
3 194 (13.55%) Adobe Analytics
4 143 (9.99%) AWS
5 114 (7.96%) Figma
6 113 (7.89%) Google Analytics
7 111 (7.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 91 (6.35%) GCP
9 89 (6.22%) SaaS
10 80 (5.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 74 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
12 72 (5.03%) Snowflake
13 71 (4.96%) GitHub
14 68 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
15 63 (4.40%) Contentsquare
16 50 (3.49%) Entra ID
17 39 (2.72%) dbt
18 32 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
19 30 (2.09%) Amazon S3
19 30 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 255 (17.81%) Broadband
2 27 (1.89%) CHAP
3 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.56%) DNS
5 7 (0.49%) Firewall
6 6 (0.42%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.42%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
9 2 (0.14%) Network Security
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.070%) ATM
10 1 (0.070%) BGP
10 1 (0.070%) LAN
10 1 (0.070%) SMS
10 1 (0.070%) SNMP
10 1 (0.070%) VLAN
10 1 (0.070%) VoIP
10 1 (0.070%) WAN
10 1 (0.070%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (13.41%) Power BI
2 108 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (6.22%) Metadata
4 79 (5.52%) SQL Server
5 61 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 57 (3.98%) Data Lake
7 52 (3.63%) Tableau
8 44 (3.07%) BigQuery
9 39 (2.72%) Looker
10 37 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 37 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 33 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (1.54%) NoSQL
14 19 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (1.19%) Power Query
17 16 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
18 15 (1.05%) Star Schema
19 12 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 55 (3.84%) Git
2 40 (2.79%) JIRA
3 36 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.61%) TeamCity
5 22 (1.54%) Axure RP
5 22 (1.54%) Balsamiq
6 17 (1.19%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.77%) Crashlytics
7 11 (0.77%) XCTest
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
10 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.21%) Storybook
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.14%) Selenium
14 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.070%) GCC
14 1 (0.070%) PHPUnit
General
1 488 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 383 (26.75%) Finance
3 296 (20.67%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (15.43%) Marketing
5 193 (13.48%) Games
6 136 (9.50%) Public Sector
7 78 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 67 (4.68%) Retail
9 65 (4.54%) Back Office
10 64 (4.47%) Law
11 58 (4.05%) Banking
12 56 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
13 52 (3.63%) Legal
14 38 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (2.37%) Financial Institution
15 34 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (2.09%) Advertising
17 17 (1.19%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.12%) Automotive
19 14 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 231 (16.13%) Senior
2 224 (15.64%) Lead
3 159 (11.10%) Data Engineer
4 122 (8.52%) Analyst
5 116 (8.10%) Architect
6 88 (6.15%) Designer
7 70 (4.89%) Support Engineer
8 69 (4.82%) Product Manager
9 60 (4.19%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (4.19%) Desktop Support
9 60 (4.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 56 (3.91%) Site Engineer
11 53 (3.70%) Senior Manager
12 52 (3.63%) Developer
13 51 (3.56%) Data Architect
14 49 (3.42%) Lead Designer
15 48 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (3.00%) Digital Designer
17 40 (2.79%) Data Manager
18 37 (2.58%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.35%) PySpark
2 45 (3.14%) HTML
3 40 (2.79%) CSS
4 39 (2.72%) Kafka
5 29 (2.03%) .NET
6 27 (1.89%) OAuth
7 23 (1.61%) Akka
8 22 (1.54%) RESTful
9 20 (1.40%) JSON
9 20 (1.40%) OAuth2
10 19 (1.33%) Node.js
11 15 (1.05%) React
12 14 (0.98%) .NET Core
12 14 (0.98%) REST
13 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.84%) TensorFlow
15 11 (0.77%) PyTorch
15 11 (0.77%) SwiftUI
15 11 (0.77%) UIKit
16 9 (0.63%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 240 (16.76%) Social Media
2 104 (7.26%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (4.61%) Cloud Native
5 57 (3.98%) Over-the-Top Content
6 54 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 54 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 48 (3.35%) Marketing Technology
8 40 (2.79%) Virtual Team
9 37 (2.58%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.23%) Algorithms
11 28 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
12 26 (1.82%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
14 23 (1.61%) Blog
14 23 (1.61%) Onboarding
15 21 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
17 19 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
18 18 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 74 (5.17%) Windows
2 60 (4.19%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.33%) Linux
4 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.49%) Android
6 6 (0.42%) Unix
7 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (35.82%) AI
2 423 (29.54%) Agile
3 370 (25.84%) Customer Experience
4 338 (23.60%) Roadmaps
5 337 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 288 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 262 (18.30%) Business Intelligence
8 260 (18.16%) Data Modelling
9 235 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
10 224 (15.64%) Storytelling
11 209 (14.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 203 (14.18%) Product Roadmap
13 201 (14.04%) Data Engineering
14 195 (13.62%) CI/CD
15 180 (12.57%) ETL
15 180 (12.57%) User Research
16 178 (12.43%) Data Analytics
16 178 (12.43%) Digital Customer Experience
17 177 (12.36%) Data Pipeline
18 174 (12.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 328 (22.91%) SQL
2 258 (18.02%) Python
3 57 (3.98%) Scala
4 44 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 41 (2.86%) Java
6 34 (2.37%) C#
7 31 (2.16%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.75%) Bicep
9 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.40%) R
11 19 (1.33%) PowerShell
12 18 (1.26%) C++
13 16 (1.12%) TypeScript
14 13 (0.91%) Bash
14 13 (0.91%) Go
15 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.77%) Swift
17 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
19 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 218 (15.22%) Degree
2 147 (10.27%) Security Cleared
3 128 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.19%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.23%) CISA
6 31 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.96%) CISSP
8 27 (1.89%) CGEIT
8 27 (1.89%) CISM
8 27 (1.89%) FFIEC
8 27 (1.89%) SANS
9 26 (1.82%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.54%) DBS Check
11 20 (1.40%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.98%) ACCA
13 13 (0.91%) CIMA
13 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.84%) PhD
14 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (18.65%) Accessibility
2 199 (13.90%) Data Quality
3 97 (6.77%) GDPR
4 91 (6.35%) WCAG
5 63 (4.40%) SLA
6 33 (2.30%) NIST
7 31 (2.16%) QA
8 28 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (1.89%) COBIT
10 12 (0.84%) IFRS
11 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.42%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.14%) GMP
16 2 (0.14%) GRC
16 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (3.91%) Docker
2 18 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.070%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 82 (5.73%) Terraform
2 64 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.42%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.070%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.070%) OpenView
10 1 (0.070%) QRadar
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 272 (18.99%) Adobe
2 254 (17.74%) Microsoft
3 151 (10.54%) Google
4 104 (7.26%) Databricks
5 61 (4.26%) Cisco
6 50 (3.49%) Oracle
7 42 (2.93%) SAP
8 37 (2.58%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.47%) HubSpot
10 14 (0.98%) Instagram
11 13 (0.91%) Pardot
12 12 (0.84%) Amplitude
13 11 (0.77%) Braze
13 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.77%) Screaming Frog
13 11 (0.77%) Wrike
14 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.63%) Ab Initio
16 8 (0.56%) Informatica