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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,162 1,427 1,907
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.40% 8.76% 7.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.52% 9.28% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 644 717 1,422
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,828 £47,500 £44,235
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 £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%

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 13,635 15,375 23,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.82% 94.35% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,666 9,056 19,660
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 28 January 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 40 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (2.58%) CMS
3 24 (2.07%) Apache
4 21 (1.81%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.64%) WordPress
6 17 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 17 (1.46%) SharePoint
7 16 (1.38%) Confluence
8 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.60%) SAS
10 6 (0.52%) Drupal
11 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.26%) Moodle
13 1 (0.086%) DNN
13 1 (0.086%) Jupyter
Applications
1 101 (8.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.07%) Adobe XD
4 15 (1.29%) InDesign
5 13 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.12%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.52%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.43%) Trello
10 4 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.34%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) SPSS
13 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.086%) Notion
13 1 (0.086%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 32 (2.75%) Oracle ERP
2 21 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
5 13 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
5 13 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.86%) Magento
6 10 (0.86%) Shopify
7 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.17%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 405 (34.85%) Azure
2 238 (20.48%) Power Platform
3 120 (10.33%) AWS
4 112 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
5 106 (9.12%) Azure Data Factory
6 102 (8.78%) Snowflake
7 97 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (7.83%) GitHub
9 90 (7.75%) SaaS
10 86 (7.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 78 (6.71%) Google Analytics
12 74 (6.37%) Entra ID
13 71 (6.11%) GCP
14 51 (4.39%) dbt
15 49 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
16 43 (3.70%) GitHub Copilot
17 35 (3.01%) Figma
18 33 (2.84%) Amazon S3
19 26 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
19 26 (2.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.48%) Broadband
2 18 (1.55%) VPN
3 16 (1.38%) CHAP
4 9 (0.77%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.69%) Firewall
6 7 (0.60%) DNS
7 5 (0.43%) Network Security
8 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.086%) DAB
10 1 (0.086%) DHCP
10 1 (0.086%) SMS
10 1 (0.086%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (18.93%) Power BI
2 144 (12.39%) Data Warehouse
3 98 (8.43%) Tableau
4 74 (6.37%) SQL Server
5 72 (6.20%) Data Lake
6 63 (5.42%) Metadata
7 62 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (2.50%) BigQuery
10 27 (2.32%) Looker
10 27 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.64%) Delta Lake
14 16 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 15 (1.29%) Big Data
15 15 (1.29%) NoSQL
16 13 (1.12%) Power Query
17 12 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (5.08%) JIRA
2 52 (4.48%) Git
3 43 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.67%) Oracle Forms
5 24 (2.07%) Axure RP
5 24 (2.07%) Balsamiq
6 23 (1.98%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.52%) MLflow
9 5 (0.43%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.43%) GitLab
10 4 (0.34%) ERwin
10 4 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.26%) Storybook
12 2 (0.17%) Selenium
13 1 (0.086%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.086%) JUnit
13 1 (0.086%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.086%) TestNG
General
1 459 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 413 (35.54%) Finance
3 276 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (12.91%) Marketing
5 115 (9.90%) Public Sector
6 77 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.68%) Back Office
8 53 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.48%) Law
10 46 (3.96%) Banking
11 45 (3.87%) Retail
12 42 (3.61%) Manufacturing
13 39 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (2.75%) Legal
15 29 (2.50%) Financial Institution
16 28 (2.41%) Games
17 17 (1.46%) Billing
18 16 (1.38%) Advertising
19 15 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
20 13 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (15.49%) Senior
2 132 (11.36%) Data Engineer
3 129 (11.10%) Analyst
4 112 (9.64%) Architect
5 111 (9.55%) Lead
6 71 (6.11%) Developer
7 65 (5.59%) Support Engineer
8 60 (5.16%) Data Architect
8 60 (5.16%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.16%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (4.82%) Site Engineer
10 45 (3.87%) Designer
10 45 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
11 43 (3.70%) Data Analyst
11 43 (3.70%) Data Manager
12 36 (3.10%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.67%) Senior Data Engineer
14 30 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (2.24%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.61%) OAuth
2 36 (3.10%) PySpark
2 36 (3.10%) RESTful
3 34 (2.93%) HTML
3 34 (2.93%) Kafka
3 34 (2.93%) OAuth2
4 29 (2.50%) CSS
5 28 (2.41%) JSON
6 23 (1.98%) Akka
7 21 (1.81%) SAML
8 18 (1.55%) .NET
9 12 (1.03%) TensorFlow
10 11 (0.95%) .NET Core
10 11 (0.95%) XML
11 10 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.86%) PyTorch
11 10 (0.86%) React
12 9 (0.77%) Node.js
12 9 (0.77%) REST
13 8 (0.69%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
2 80 (6.88%) Cloud Native
3 73 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 73 (6.28%) Social Media
4 59 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.10%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.84%) Virtual Team
8 27 (2.32%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.15%) Video\Live Streaming
10 24 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.98%) Over-the-Top Content
12 18 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.46%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
15 10 (0.86%) AI Agents
15 10 (0.86%) Blog
15 10 (0.86%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.49%) Windows
2 60 (5.16%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.81%) Linux
4 11 (0.95%) Unix
5 8 (0.69%) Android
6 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (27.71%) AI
2 307 (26.42%) Agile
3 292 (25.13%) Business Intelligence
4 284 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 274 (23.58%) Decision-Making
6 225 (19.36%) Problem-Solving
7 218 (18.76%) Data Modelling
8 215 (18.50%) DevOps
9 210 (18.07%) Data Analytics
10 189 (16.27%) ETL
11 180 (15.49%) CI/CD
12 170 (14.63%) Data Engineering
13 154 (13.25%) Data Pipeline
14 150 (12.91%) Coaching
14 150 (12.91%) Roadmaps
15 148 (12.74%) Machine Learning
16 147 (12.65%) Data Governance
17 146 (12.56%) Customer Experience
18 144 (12.39%) Visualisation
19 134 (11.53%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 344 (29.60%) SQL
2 284 (24.44%) Python
3 56 (4.82%) Scala
4 55 (4.73%) Java
5 47 (4.04%) PowerShell
6 36 (3.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 32 (2.75%) Bicep
8 29 (2.50%) Bash
8 29 (2.50%) C#
8 29 (2.50%) R
9 27 (2.32%) JavaScript
10 24 (2.07%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.81%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.64%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.38%) C++
14 10 (0.86%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.77%) Go
16 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.34%) PHP
17 4 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 235 (20.22%) Degree
2 138 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 126 (10.84%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.16%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (3.01%) CISA
6 30 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.41%) Azure Certification
8 27 (2.32%) CISSP
9 26 (2.24%) Master's Degree
10 24 (2.07%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.81%) CISM
13 17 (1.46%) ACCA
14 16 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (1.38%) CGEIT
14 16 (1.38%) FFIEC
14 16 (1.38%) SANS
15 12 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 11 (0.95%) CIMA
17 10 (0.86%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (14.97%) Data Quality
2 104 (8.95%) Accessibility
3 64 (5.51%) SLA
4 62 (5.34%) GDPR
5 38 (3.27%) WCAG
6 35 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (2.93%) NIST
8 22 (1.89%) QA
9 21 (1.81%) COBIT
10 16 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.20%) ISO 9001
12 13 (1.12%) IFRS
13 8 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.60%) GRC
14 7 (0.60%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.43%) ITGC
16 4 (0.34%) PMO
16 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.17%) GAAP
17 2 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 49 (4.22%) Docker
2 20 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.086%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 110 (9.47%) Terraform
2 51 (4.39%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.69%) SCCM
6 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.52%) QRadar
7 5 (0.43%) Ansible
7 5 (0.43%) Grafana
7 5 (0.43%) SCOM
8 3 (0.26%) Control-M
9 2 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.086%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.086%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.086%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.086%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 249 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 118 (10.15%) Google
3 92 (7.92%) Databricks
4 80 (6.88%) Adobe
5 72 (6.20%) Cisco
6 54 (4.65%) Oracle
7 44 (3.79%) Salesforce
8 36 (3.10%) SAP
9 19 (1.64%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.20%) Ab Initio
11 13 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.12%) Talend
11 13 (1.12%) Zoho
12 11 (0.95%) Autodesk
12 11 (0.95%) Instagram
12 11 (0.95%) Sage
13 10 (0.86%) Informatica
14 9 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.77%) VMware
15 8 (0.69%) IBM