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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,430 1,319 2,342
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.80% 9.34% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 9.84% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 746 756 1,533
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -11.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,563 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £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 15,141 13,407 29,643
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.62% 94.90% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10,685 8,886 23,498
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 May 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 55 (3.85%) CMS
2 47 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (2.52%) Confluence
4 32 (2.24%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.75%) Apache
6 21 (1.47%) WordPress
7 18 (1.26%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.63%) Drupal
8 9 (0.63%) SAS
9 8 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.28%) Moodle
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 71 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.10%) UserZoom
4 19 (1.33%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) InDesign
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Notion
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.070%) SPSS
9 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.38%) Adobe Campaign
2 18 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.70%) Magento
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.56%) Shopify
7 5 (0.35%) 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 ERP
9 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 358 (25.03%) Azure
2 200 (13.99%) Power Platform
3 194 (13.57%) Adobe Analytics
4 148 (10.35%) AWS
5 111 (7.76%) Figma
6 106 (7.41%) Google Analytics
7 91 (6.36%) GCP
8 89 (6.22%) SaaS
9 85 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 72 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
11 67 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
11 67 (4.69%) GitHub
12 65 (4.55%) Snowflake
13 63 (4.41%) Contentsquare
14 57 (3.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 52 (3.64%) Entra ID
16 37 (2.59%) dbt
17 30 (2.10%) Amazon S3
17 30 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
17 30 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 254 (17.76%) Broadband
2 27 (1.89%) CHAP
3 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.56%) DNS
5 7 (0.49%) Firewall
5 7 (0.49%) 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%) BGP
10 1 (0.070%) Intranet
10 1 (0.070%) LAN
10 1 (0.070%) MPLS
10 1 (0.070%) OSPF
10 1 (0.070%) SMS
10 1 (0.070%) SNMP
10 1 (0.070%) VoIP
10 1 (0.070%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (12.17%) Power BI
2 98 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (5.80%) Metadata
4 56 (3.92%) SQL Server
5 55 (3.85%) Data Lake
6 50 (3.50%) Tableau
7 43 (3.01%) BigQuery
8 39 (2.73%) Relational Database
9 37 (2.59%) Looker
10 35 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 33 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (1.54%) NoSQL
13 21 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (1.12%) Big Data
16 16 (1.12%) Power Query
16 16 (1.12%) Star Schema
17 12 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (4.13%) Git
2 36 (2.52%) JIRA
3 35 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.54%) TeamCity
5 19 (1.33%) Axure RP
5 19 (1.33%) Balsamiq
6 16 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.84%) Crashlytics
7 12 (0.84%) XCTest
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
10 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
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
1 452 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 368 (25.73%) Finance
3 283 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 220 (15.38%) Marketing
5 193 (13.50%) Games
6 150 (10.49%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (4.76%) Retail
9 65 (4.55%) Back Office
10 60 (4.20%) Banking
10 60 (4.20%) Law
11 50 (3.50%) Legal
12 39 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.45%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
15 30 (2.10%) Advertising
16 16 (1.12%) Automotive
17 15 (1.05%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 246 (17.20%) Senior
2 224 (15.66%) Lead
3 163 (11.40%) Data Engineer
4 125 (8.74%) Architect
5 121 (8.46%) Analyst
6 85 (5.94%) Designer
7 72 (5.03%) Product Manager
8 69 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 61 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
10 59 (4.13%) Desktop Engineer
10 59 (4.13%) Desktop Support
10 59 (4.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 56 (3.92%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.85%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.64%) Developer
14 49 (3.43%) Data Architect
14 49 (3.43%) Lead Designer
15 43 (3.01%) Digital Designer
16 42 (2.94%) Data Manager
17 39 (2.73%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.50%) PySpark
2 45 (3.15%) HTML
3 40 (2.80%) CSS
4 38 (2.66%) Kafka
5 29 (2.03%) .NET
6 25 (1.75%) OAuth
7 22 (1.54%) Akka
8 21 (1.47%) RESTful
9 20 (1.40%) Node.js
10 18 (1.26%) JSON
10 18 (1.26%) OAuth2
11 16 (1.12%) React
12 15 (1.05%) .NET Core
13 14 (0.98%) REST
14 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.84%) SwiftUI
15 12 (0.84%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.84%) UIKit
16 11 (0.77%) PyTorch
17 9 (0.63%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 238 (16.64%) Social Media
2 100 (6.99%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.48%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.99%) Over-the-Top Content
5 53 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.64%) Virtual Team
7 49 (3.43%) Marketing Technology
8 45 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.66%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.24%) Algorithms
11 30 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
12 25 (1.75%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.75%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
15 20 (1.40%) Blog
15 20 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
16 17 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.10%) Windows
2 59 (4.13%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.40%) Linux
4 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Android
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (36.15%) AI
2 424 (29.65%) Agile
3 354 (24.76%) Customer Experience
4 343 (23.99%) Roadmaps
5 293 (20.49%) Decision-Making
6 258 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 243 (16.99%) Data Modelling
8 235 (16.43%) Business Intelligence
9 225 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
10 212 (14.83%) Storytelling
11 211 (14.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 210 (14.69%) Product Roadmap
13 205 (14.34%) Data Engineering
14 201 (14.06%) CI/CD
15 182 (12.73%) Data Pipeline
15 182 (12.73%) ETL
16 178 (12.45%) Digital Customer Experience
17 176 (12.31%) User Research
18 172 (12.03%) Data Analytics
18 172 (12.03%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 307 (21.47%) SQL
2 261 (18.25%) Python
3 57 (3.99%) Scala
4 41 (2.87%) Java
5 35 (2.45%) C#
6 30 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.68%) Bicep
8 21 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 21 (1.47%) R
9 19 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.26%) C++
10 18 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.12%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.91%) Bash
13 12 (0.84%) Go
13 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.84%) Swift
14 10 (0.70%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 199 (13.92%) Degree
2 145 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.81%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.13%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.24%) CISA
6 27 (1.89%) CGEIT
6 27 (1.89%) CISM
6 27 (1.89%) CISSP
6 27 (1.89%) FFIEC
6 27 (1.89%) SANS
7 26 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.98%) ACCA
11 13 (0.91%) CIMA
11 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.84%) PhD
13 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (18.32%) Accessibility
2 193 (13.50%) Data Quality
3 97 (6.78%) GDPR
4 88 (6.15%) WCAG
5 62 (4.34%) SLA
6 33 (2.31%) NIST
6 33 (2.31%) QA
7 27 (1.89%) COBIT
8 16 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.84%) IFRS
10 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.49%) GAAP
13 4 (0.28%) GRC
13 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.14%) GMP
15 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (3.92%) Docker
2 21 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) vCloud
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (5.66%) Terraform
2 63 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.35%) 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%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.070%) OpenView
10 1 (0.070%) QRadar
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 271 (18.95%) Adobe
2 255 (17.83%) Microsoft
3 143 (10.00%) Google
4 112 (7.83%) Databricks
5 60 (4.20%) Cisco
6 49 (3.43%) Oracle
7 42 (2.94%) SAP
8 36 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.54%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.91%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.91%) Instagram
10 13 (0.91%) Pardot
11 12 (0.84%) Braze
12 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.77%) Wrike
13 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.56%) Ab Initio
15 8 (0.56%) Workday