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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 25 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,182 1,403 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.42% 8.82% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.57% 9.33% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 647 706 1,520
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,725
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 £108,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,866
% change year-on-year -7.14% +15.01% -9.83%

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 13,796 15,040 25,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.64% 94.55% 92.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,783 8,921 20,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,808
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
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 4 February 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 43 (3.64%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (2.79%) CMS
3 25 (2.12%) Apache
4 21 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.78%) WordPress
5 18 (1.52%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.35%) Confluence
8 9 (0.76%) SAS
9 8 (0.68%) Drupal
9 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.25%) Moodle
12 1 (0.085%) DNN
12 1 (0.085%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.085%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 99 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.95%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.27%) InDesign
5 13 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.42%) Trello
9 4 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.34%) SketchUp
9 4 (0.34%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.17%) SPSS
12 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.085%) Notion
12 1 (0.085%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.71%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.35%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.35%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
4 14 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
5 12 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
6 11 (0.93%) Shopify
7 10 (0.85%) Magento
8 6 (0.51%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.17%) Adaptiv
11 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 408 (34.52%) Azure
2 235 (19.88%) Power Platform
3 114 (9.64%) AWS
4 113 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
5 110 (9.31%) Azure Data Factory
6 96 (8.12%) Snowflake
7 94 (7.95%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (7.61%) SaaS
9 87 (7.36%) GitHub
10 85 (7.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 84 (7.11%) Google Analytics
12 74 (6.26%) Entra ID
13 67 (5.67%) GCP
14 50 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
15 48 (4.06%) dbt
16 43 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
17 42 (3.55%) Figma
18 34 (2.88%) Adobe Analytics
19 33 (2.79%) Amazon S3
20 26 (2.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.25%) Broadband
2 18 (1.52%) VPN
3 17 (1.44%) CHAP
4 9 (0.76%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.68%) Firewall
6 7 (0.59%) DNS
7 5 (0.42%) 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
1 215 (18.19%) Power BI
2 140 (11.84%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (7.95%) Tableau
4 73 (6.18%) SQL Server
5 71 (6.01%) Data Lake
6 68 (5.75%) Metadata
7 62 (5.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (2.20%) BigQuery
11 25 (2.12%) Looker
12 20 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (1.52%) Delta Lake
14 17 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 15 (1.27%) Big Data
16 15 (1.27%) NoSQL
17 14 (1.18%) Power Query
18 13 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (4.99%) JIRA
2 48 (4.06%) Git
3 42 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.62%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.95%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.95%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.95%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.59%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.51%) MLflow
8 5 (0.42%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.42%) GitLab
9 4 (0.34%) ERwin
9 4 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.25%) Storybook
11 2 (0.17%) Selenium
12 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.085%) JUnit
12 1 (0.085%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.085%) TestNG
General
1 461 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 413 (34.94%) Finance
3 280 (23.69%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (12.61%) Marketing
5 115 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 75 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.58%) Back Office
8 53 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.40%) Law
10 47 (3.98%) Banking
11 44 (3.72%) Retail
12 43 (3.64%) Manufacturing
12 43 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (3.21%) Games
14 33 (2.79%) Legal
15 30 (2.54%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.44%) Advertising
16 17 (1.44%) Billing
16 17 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.18%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 180 (15.23%) Senior
2 135 (11.42%) Data Engineer
3 126 (10.66%) Analyst
4 124 (10.49%) Lead
5 112 (9.48%) Architect
6 72 (6.09%) Developer
7 66 (5.58%) Support Engineer
8 60 (5.08%) Data Architect
8 60 (5.08%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.08%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (4.74%) Site Engineer
10 50 (4.23%) Designer
11 45 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (3.64%) Data Analyst
13 42 (3.55%) Data Manager
14 36 (3.05%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.62%) Senior Data Engineer
16 30 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (2.37%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.47%) OAuth
2 37 (3.13%) HTML
2 37 (3.13%) RESTful
3 36 (3.05%) PySpark
4 35 (2.96%) Kafka
5 34 (2.88%) OAuth2
6 32 (2.71%) CSS
7 28 (2.37%) JSON
8 23 (1.95%) Akka
9 21 (1.78%) .NET
10 20 (1.69%) SAML
11 13 (1.10%) .NET Core
11 13 (1.10%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.93%) PyTorch
12 11 (0.93%) React
13 10 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.85%) Node.js
14 9 (0.76%) REST
14 9 (0.76%) XML
15 7 (0.59%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
1 85 (7.19%) Social Media
2 82 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 76 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 61 (5.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 42 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.79%) Virtual Team
8 31 (2.62%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.12%) Video\Live Streaming
10 23 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.95%) Over-the-Top Content
11 19 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.52%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
13 11 (0.93%) Blog
14 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.76%) Blockchain
15 9 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.28%) Windows
2 60 (5.08%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.69%) Linux
4 10 (0.85%) Unix
5 8 (0.68%) Android
6 7 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.085%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (28.43%) AI
2 312 (26.40%) Agile
3 288 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 287 (24.28%) Business Intelligence
5 281 (23.77%) Decision-Making
6 227 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
7 223 (18.87%) Data Modelling
8 207 (17.51%) Data Analytics
8 207 (17.51%) DevOps
9 188 (15.91%) ETL
10 182 (15.40%) CI/CD
11 176 (14.89%) Data Engineering
12 161 (13.62%) Customer Experience
13 160 (13.54%) Roadmaps
14 155 (13.11%) Coaching
15 152 (12.86%) Data Governance
16 151 (12.77%) Data Pipeline
17 146 (12.35%) Visualisation
18 145 (12.27%) Machine Learning
19 136 (11.51%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 337 (28.51%) SQL
2 276 (23.35%) Python
3 55 (4.65%) Java
4 54 (4.57%) Scala
5 49 (4.15%) PowerShell
6 32 (2.71%) Bicep
7 31 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 30 (2.54%) Bash
8 30 (2.54%) C#
9 29 (2.45%) JavaScript
10 25 (2.12%) R
11 23 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 20 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.61%) Shell Script
14 15 (1.27%) C++
15 10 (0.85%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 6 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.42%) PHP
19 4 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 233 (19.71%) Degree
2 139 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 127 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.08%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (2.96%) CISA
6 31 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 27 (2.28%) CISSP
8 24 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.86%) CISM
9 22 (1.86%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.44%) CGEIT
10 17 (1.44%) FFIEC
10 17 (1.44%) SANS
11 16 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.27%) ACCA
13 12 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
15 9 (0.76%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (14.97%) Data Quality
2 113 (9.56%) Accessibility
3 65 (5.50%) GDPR
4 64 (5.41%) SLA
5 37 (3.13%) WCAG
6 35 (2.96%) NIST
7 34 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (1.86%) COBIT
9 21 (1.78%) QA
10 17 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.18%) ISO 9001
12 13 (1.10%) IFRS
13 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.59%) GRC
15 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.42%) ITGC
17 4 (0.34%) PMO
18 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
19 2 (0.17%) GAAP
19 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 50 (4.23%) Docker
2 20 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.59%) 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
1 108 (9.14%) Terraform
2 51 (4.31%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.68%) SCCM
6 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.51%) QRadar
7 5 (0.42%) Ansible
7 5 (0.42%) Grafana
7 5 (0.42%) SCOM
8 3 (0.25%) 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
1 253 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 121 (10.24%) Google
3 93 (7.87%) Databricks
4 87 (7.36%) Adobe
5 72 (6.09%) Cisco
6 52 (4.40%) Oracle
7 44 (3.72%) Salesforce
8 36 (3.05%) SAP
9 17 (1.44%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.18%) Ab Initio
11 12 (1.02%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.93%) Instagram
12 11 (0.93%) Sage
13 10 (0.85%) Informatica
13 10 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.76%) Talend
14 9 (0.76%) VMware
14 9 (0.76%) Zoho
15 8 (0.68%) IBM
15 8 (0.68%) Workday