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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 38 25
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,623 1,058 1,860
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.94% 6.41% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 6.89% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 682 951
10th Percentile £39,750 £34,100 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,688 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £66,722 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.20% -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 19,177 15,355 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.02% 93.03% 87.59%
Number of salaries quoted 13,861 8,958 14,299
10th Percentile £34,674 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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 30 August 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 37 (2.28%) CMS
2 33 (2.03%) Apache Spark
3 30 (1.85%) Confluence
4 27 (1.66%) Apache
5 25 (1.54%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.99%) WordPress
7 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.68%) SAS
9 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.062%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.062%) Moodle
11 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
Applications
1 67 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.16%) UserZoom
3 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.86%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) SPSS
10 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.85%) Dynamics GP
3 28 (1.73%) Adobe Campaign
4 25 (1.54%) Shopify
5 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Maximo
8 1 (0.062%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 382 (23.54%) Azure
2 296 (18.24%) Power Platform
3 187 (11.52%) AWS
4 123 (7.58%) Adobe Analytics
5 119 (7.33%) Google Analytics
6 107 (6.59%) GCP
7 96 (5.91%) SaaS
8 83 (5.11%) GitHub
9 76 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
10 71 (4.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 70 (4.31%) Figma
12 58 (3.57%) Snowflake
13 57 (3.51%) Contentsquare
14 54 (3.33%) Serverless
15 50 (3.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 48 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
17 44 (2.71%) Azure Monitor
18 38 (2.34%) Google Ads
19 37 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
20 36 (2.22%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 156 (9.61%) Broadband
2 33 (2.03%) VPN
3 22 (1.36%) DNS
4 21 (1.29%) Firewall
5 18 (1.11%) SMS
6 17 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.68%) CTI
7 11 (0.68%) Network Security
7 11 (0.68%) VoIP
8 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
9 8 (0.49%) DHCP
10 7 (0.43%) 5G
11 6 (0.37%) BGP
11 6 (0.37%) CHAP
11 6 (0.37%) OSPF
11 6 (0.37%) VLAN
11 6 (0.37%) VXLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.18%) Modbus
12 3 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (17.13%) Power BI
2 133 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
3 99 (6.10%) Metadata
4 83 (5.11%) Tableau
5 75 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 73 (4.50%) Data Lake
7 66 (4.07%) SQL Server
8 51 (3.14%) Relational Database
9 49 (3.02%) MongoDB
10 47 (2.90%) Looker
11 44 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
12 35 (2.16%) Delta Lake
13 34 (2.09%) Big Data
14 33 (2.03%) Star Schema
15 30 (1.85%) BigQuery
16 27 (1.66%) NoSQL
17 23 (1.42%) Semantic Layer
18 20 (1.23%) Data Vault
19 19 (1.17%) DynamoDB
20 16 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (3.88%) Git
2 24 (1.48%) JIRA
3 11 (0.68%) Crashlytics
3 11 (0.68%) XCTest
4 10 (0.62%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.49%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.43%) GitLab
6 7 (0.43%) MLflow
7 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.18%) Appium
8 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.18%) RStudio
9 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.12%) ERwin
9 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.12%) MSI
9 2 (0.12%) Poetry
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 490 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 456 (28.10%) Analytical Skills
3 419 (25.82%) Finance
4 296 (18.24%) Marketing
5 182 (11.21%) Public Sector
6 141 (8.69%) Games
7 111 (6.84%) Legal
8 109 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 107 (6.59%) Retail
10 92 (5.67%) Law
11 64 (3.94%) Banking
12 60 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (2.77%) Advertising
15 41 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.23%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.11%) Financial Institution
19 15 (0.92%) Publishing
20 13 (0.80%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 309 (19.04%) Senior
2 225 (13.86%) Analyst
3 211 (13.00%) Lead
4 173 (10.66%) Data Engineer
5 166 (10.23%) Architect
6 95 (5.85%) Developer
7 94 (5.79%) Data Analyst
8 87 (5.36%) Product Manager
9 80 (4.93%) Data Architect
10 74 (4.56%) Senior Analyst
11 59 (3.64%) Marketing Manager
12 55 (3.39%) Senior Manager
13 53 (3.27%) Consultant
14 52 (3.20%) Data Scientist
15 50 (3.08%) Designer
16 48 (2.96%) Senior Data Engineer
17 44 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
18 36 (2.22%) Senior Data Analyst
19 35 (2.16%) .NET Developer
20 33 (2.03%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (6.53%) Terraform
2 88 (5.42%) PySpark
3 53 (3.27%) .NET
4 45 (2.77%) CSS
4 45 (2.77%) HTML
5 36 (2.22%) .NET Core
6 33 (2.03%) React
7 32 (1.97%) ASP.NET
7 32 (1.97%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (1.29%) Kafka
9 20 (1.23%) REST
10 18 (1.11%) AngularJS
10 18 (1.11%) Entity Framework
10 18 (1.11%) FastAPI
10 18 (1.11%) JSON
11 17 (1.05%) Node.js
12 16 (0.99%) Next.js
13 14 (0.86%) SubSonic
13 14 (0.86%) Vue
14 12 (0.74%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 155 (9.55%) Social Media
2 101 (6.22%) Product Ownership
3 93 (5.73%) Cloud Native
4 82 (5.05%) Marketing Technology
5 63 (3.88%) Blog
6 44 (2.71%) Data Structures
6 44 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
7 39 (2.40%) Algorithms
7 39 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 38 (2.34%) Virtual Team
9 37 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 35 (2.16%) Onboarding
11 34 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.97%) Mobile App
13 30 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
14 24 (1.48%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.23%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
17 18 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (1.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.09%) Windows
2 16 (0.99%) Linux
3 15 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.74%) VMS
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Android
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (42.33%) AI
2 438 (26.99%) Decision-Making
3 411 (25.32%) Agile
4 398 (24.52%) Roadmaps
5 362 (22.30%) Business Intelligence
6 308 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
7 271 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (15.47%) Data Modelling
9 246 (15.16%) Customer Experience
10 231 (14.23%) CI/CD
11 218 (13.43%) Data Engineering
12 211 (13.00%) Machine Learning
13 210 (12.94%) Mentoring
14 199 (12.26%) Data Pipeline
15 192 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 189 (11.65%) Actionable Insight
17 184 (11.34%) Data Science
18 182 (11.21%) Data Analytics
19 169 (10.41%) Storytelling
20 168 (10.35%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 533 (32.84%) SQL
2 378 (23.29%) Python
3 64 (3.94%) C#
4 46 (2.83%) Bicep
4 46 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 44 (2.71%) TypeScript
6 40 (2.46%) JavaScript
7 37 (2.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 29 (1.79%) R
9 26 (1.60%) Scala
10 25 (1.54%) Bash
10 25 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
11 20 (1.23%) Java
12 14 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 14 (0.86%) Swift
13 13 (0.80%) Go
14 12 (0.74%) VBA
15 10 (0.62%) C++
16 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.31%) C
Qualifications
1 154 (9.49%) Degree
2 134 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 110 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 56 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 36 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.29%) ACCA
6 21 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.11%) SnowPro
8 17 (1.05%) CIMA
9 14 (0.86%) CISSP
9 14 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.55%) CISM
13 9 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
14 7 (0.43%) PhD
14 7 (0.43%) SANS
15 6 (0.37%) CGEIT
15 6 (0.37%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (15.83%) Data Quality
2 210 (12.94%) Accessibility
3 93 (5.73%) GDPR
4 53 (3.27%) QA
5 50 (3.08%) WCAG
6 25 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 19 (1.17%) NIST
8 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.62%) SLA
10 9 (0.55%) IFRS
10 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.43%) GRC
11 7 (0.43%) PMO
12 6 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.37%) COBIT
13 5 (0.31%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.31%) PERC
14 4 (0.25%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 50 (3.08%) Docker
2 36 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.74%) vSphere
6 11 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 68 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.49%) Grafana
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.18%) Argo
5 3 (0.18%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 1 (0.062%) Ansible
7 1 (0.062%) Istio
7 1 (0.062%) linkerd
7 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.062%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.062%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 370 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 180 (11.09%) Adobe
3 179 (11.03%) Google
4 148 (9.12%) Databricks
5 49 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.77%) SAP
7 36 (2.22%) Oracle
8 25 (1.54%) HubSpot
9 19 (1.17%) VMware
9 19 (1.17%) YouTube
10 18 (1.11%) Informatica
11 17 (1.05%) Cisco
11 17 (1.05%) Workday
12 14 (0.86%) Braze
13 12 (0.74%) Amplitude
13 12 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.74%) ScienceLogic
13 12 (0.74%) Screaming Frog
14 11 (0.68%) Avaya
14 11 (0.68%) Genesys