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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,361 1,333 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.98% 9.96% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.41% 10.46% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 685 722 1,559
10th Percentile £36,350 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,438 £84,964
90th Percentile £103,500 £104,925 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -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 14,463 12,740 27,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.85% 95.23% 91.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,528 8,782 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 21 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 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (3.38%) CMS
3 26 (1.91%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.84%) Confluence
5 22 (1.62%) Apache
6 21 (1.54%) WordPress
7 16 (1.18%) SharePoint
8 15 (1.10%) SAS
9 10 (0.73%) Drupal
9 10 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.37%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.22%) Moodle
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 85 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.84%) Adobe XD
4 22 (1.62%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.88%) InDesign
5 12 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.22%) SketchUp
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.073%) Notion
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.03%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
6 12 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
7 11 (0.81%) Shopify
8 10 (0.73%) Magento
8 10 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
9 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 387 (28.43%) Azure
2 218 (16.02%) Power Platform
3 146 (10.73%) Adobe Analytics
4 137 (10.07%) AWS
5 116 (8.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 100 (7.35%) Google Analytics
7 95 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
8 94 (6.91%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.76%) SaaS
10 87 (6.39%) Figma
11 85 (6.25%) GCP
12 84 (6.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 81 (5.95%) GitHub
14 79 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
15 51 (3.75%) Entra ID
16 45 (3.31%) dbt
17 40 (2.94%) Contentsquare
18 38 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (2.42%) Amazon S3
20 30 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 190 (13.96%) Broadband
2 24 (1.76%) CHAP
3 9 (0.66%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.51%) VPN
5 6 (0.44%) Network Security
5 6 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.29%) Firewall
7 3 (0.22%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.073%) ATM
9 1 (0.073%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.073%) LAN
9 1 (0.073%) MPLS
9 1 (0.073%) SMS
9 1 (0.073%) SNMP
9 1 (0.073%) VoIP
9 1 (0.073%) WAN
9 1 (0.073%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (14.84%) Power BI
2 135 (9.92%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (5.95%) Metadata
4 80 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 70 (5.14%) Tableau
6 65 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 64 (4.70%) Data Lake
8 42 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 41 (3.01%) BigQuery
10 33 (2.42%) Looker
11 26 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (1.54%) NoSQL
13 21 (1.54%) Relational Database
14 19 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (1.40%) Power Query
15 18 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
15 18 (1.32%) Delta Lake
16 15 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 49 (3.60%) Git
2 43 (3.16%) JIRA
3 39 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.84%) Axure RP
4 25 (1.84%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.69%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
7 9 (0.66%) Crashlytics
7 9 (0.66%) XCTest
8 8 (0.59%) MLflow
9 7 (0.51%) GitLab
9 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.29%) ERwin
10 4 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.22%) Storybook
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 499 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 396 (29.10%) Finance
3 296 (21.75%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (14.03%) Marketing
5 147 (10.80%) Games
6 138 (10.14%) Public Sector
7 83 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (4.78%) Back Office
9 62 (4.56%) Law
10 59 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (4.11%) Banking
12 55 (4.04%) Retail
13 45 (3.31%) Legal
14 39 (2.87%) Manufacturing
15 36 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
16 34 (2.50%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.62%) Advertising
19 16 (1.18%) Automotive
20 15 (1.10%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 221 (16.24%) Senior
2 196 (14.40%) Lead
3 142 (10.43%) Data Engineer
4 123 (9.04%) Analyst
5 117 (8.60%) Architect
6 78 (5.73%) Designer
7 66 (4.85%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.41%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.41%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 59 (4.34%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.11%) Developer
10 56 (4.11%) Site Engineer
11 47 (3.45%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
13 41 (3.01%) Data Analyst
14 39 (2.87%) Product Manager
15 38 (2.79%) Data Manager
15 38 (2.79%) Lead Designer
16 35 (2.57%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.45%) HTML
2 41 (3.01%) CSS
3 38 (2.79%) Kafka
4 35 (2.57%) PySpark
5 32 (2.35%) OAuth
6 29 (2.13%) .NET
7 27 (1.98%) RESTful
8 25 (1.84%) OAuth2
9 23 (1.69%) Akka
10 22 (1.62%) JSON
11 16 (1.18%) Node.js
12 15 (1.10%) .NET Core
13 12 (0.88%) React
13 12 (0.88%) TensorFlow
14 11 (0.81%) REST
15 10 (0.73%) PyTorch
15 10 (0.73%) SAML
16 9 (0.66%) LangChain
16 9 (0.66%) SwiftUI
16 9 (0.66%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.43%) Social Media
2 86 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
3 85 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 74 (5.44%) Cloud Native
5 54 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 54 (3.97%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.72%) Over-the-Top Content
6 37 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 34 (2.50%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.28%) Data Structures
9 28 (2.06%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.91%) Mobile App
11 25 (1.84%) Video\Live Streaming
11 25 (1.84%) Web Conferencing
12 24 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.32%) Blog
16 17 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
17 16 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 77 (5.66%) Windows
2 60 (4.41%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.40%) Linux
4 16 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.73%) Unix
6 8 (0.59%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.073%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (33.14%) AI
2 388 (28.51%) Agile
3 307 (22.56%) Decision-Making
4 303 (22.26%) Customer Experience
5 282 (20.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 273 (20.06%) Roadmaps
7 272 (19.99%) Business Intelligence
8 243 (17.85%) Data Modelling
9 233 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
10 195 (14.33%) Data Analytics
11 190 (13.96%) CI/CD
12 185 (13.59%) Data Engineering
13 182 (13.37%) DevOps
14 181 (13.30%) ETL
14 181 (13.30%) Storytelling
15 165 (12.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 158 (11.61%) Data Pipeline
17 156 (11.46%) Product Roadmap
18 154 (11.32%) User Research
19 149 (10.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 316 (23.22%) SQL
2 251 (18.44%) Python
3 56 (4.11%) Scala
4 44 (3.23%) Java
5 35 (2.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.35%) C#
6 32 (2.35%) JavaScript
7 25 (1.84%) Bicep
7 25 (1.84%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.62%) R
8 22 (1.62%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.47%) C++
10 18 (1.32%) Bash
11 14 (1.03%) Go
11 14 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.88%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.66%) Swift
15 8 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 232 (17.05%) Degree
2 139 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 122 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.41%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.35%) CISA
7 28 (2.06%) CISSP
7 28 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.76%) CGEIT
8 24 (1.76%) CISM
8 24 (1.76%) FFIEC
8 24 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.76%) SANS
9 22 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.96%) PhD
12 12 (0.88%) ACCA
12 12 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 8 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (16.83%) Accessibility
2 181 (13.30%) Data Quality
3 82 (6.02%) GDPR
4 79 (5.80%) WCAG
5 63 (4.63%) SLA
6 35 (2.57%) NIST
7 28 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.76%) COBIT
8 24 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.76%) QA
9 17 (1.25%) IFRS
10 16 (1.18%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.44%) GAAP
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
15 2 (0.15%) GMP
15 2 (0.15%) MiFID
15 2 (0.15%) PMO
15 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (3.89%) Docker
2 11 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.073%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 90 (6.61%) Terraform
2 57 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.66%) Ansible
6 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.37%) Grafana
8 3 (0.22%) Control-M
9 2 (0.15%) Argo
9 2 (0.15%) QRadar
9 2 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.073%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.073%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.073%) OpenView
10 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.073%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.073%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 254 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 217 (15.94%) Adobe
3 143 (10.51%) Google
4 96 (7.05%) Databricks
5 70 (5.14%) Cisco
6 54 (3.97%) Oracle
7 44 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 41 (3.01%) SAP
9 21 (1.54%) HubSpot
10 17 (1.25%) Instagram
11 13 (0.96%) Informatica
12 12 (0.88%) Ab Initio
12 12 (0.88%) Hootsuite
12 12 (0.88%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.81%) Wrike
14 10 (0.73%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.73%) Sage
14 10 (0.73%) Talend
15 9 (0.66%) Pardot
15 9 (0.66%) Zoho