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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 28 26
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,423 1,269 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 8.47% 7.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.16% 8.91% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 770 696 1,528
10th Percentile £39,000 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.51% -10.82%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 15,535 14,247 29,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,045 8,583 23,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

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 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 50 (3.51%) CMS
2 40 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.39%) Confluence
4 28 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.69%) Apache
6 21 (1.48%) WordPress
7 17 (1.19%) SAS
8 16 (1.12%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 6 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.14%) Moodle
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.070%) Umbraco
Applications
1 60 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.11%) UserZoom
4 14 (0.98%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) InDesign
7 3 (0.21%) SPSS
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (2.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.49%) Shopify
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.35%) Magento
8 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
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
10 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.070%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 352 (24.74%) Azure
2 210 (14.76%) Power Platform
3 193 (13.56%) Adobe Analytics
4 149 (10.47%) AWS
5 104 (7.31%) Figma
6 99 (6.96%) Google Analytics
6 99 (6.96%) SaaS
7 89 (6.25%) GCP
8 81 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 67 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (4.36%) Contentsquare
10 62 (4.36%) GitHub
11 60 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
12 54 (3.79%) Entra ID
13 53 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 42 (2.95%) Snowflake
15 34 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
16 31 (2.18%) Amazon S3
16 31 (2.18%) Serverless
17 30 (2.11%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 258 (18.13%) Broadband
2 21 (1.48%) CHAP
3 12 (0.84%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.70%) Unified Communications
6 8 (0.56%) Firewall
7 7 (0.49%) 5G
7 7 (0.49%) VPN
8 5 (0.35%) SMS
9 4 (0.28%) DHCP
9 4 (0.28%) Network Security
10 3 (0.21%) BGP
10 3 (0.21%) Modbus
10 3 (0.21%) OSPF
10 3 (0.21%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
11 2 (0.14%) SSL
12 1 (0.070%) Intranet
12 1 (0.070%) MPLS
12 1 (0.070%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (13.00%) Power BI
2 83 (5.83%) Metadata
3 76 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.58%) Data Lake
6 50 (3.51%) Tableau
7 43 (3.02%) BigQuery
8 40 (2.81%) Looker
9 39 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (2.74%) Relational Database
10 34 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
11 25 (1.76%) NoSQL
12 20 (1.41%) Big Data
12 20 (1.41%) Delta Lake
12 20 (1.41%) MongoDB
13 19 (1.34%) Star Schema
14 18 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (1.19%) Power Query
16 15 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 56 (3.94%) Git
2 33 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.97%) JIRA
4 22 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.98%) Axure RP
5 14 (0.98%) Balsamiq
6 13 (0.91%) Crashlytics
6 13 (0.91%) XCTest
7 12 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
9 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.21%) Storybook
12 2 (0.14%) MSI
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.14%) Selenium
13 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 435 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 353 (24.81%) Finance
3 283 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.67%) Marketing
5 197 (13.84%) Games
6 145 (10.19%) Public Sector
7 88 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 78 (5.48%) Retail
9 70 (4.92%) Law
10 55 (3.87%) Banking
11 53 (3.72%) Back Office
12 51 (3.58%) Legal
13 39 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (2.39%) Advertising
16 30 (2.11%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.12%) Automotive
19 13 (0.91%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 273 (19.18%) Senior
2 217 (15.25%) Lead
3 173 (12.16%) Data Engineer
4 131 (9.21%) Analyst
5 103 (7.24%) Architect
6 79 (5.55%) Designer
7 75 (5.27%) Product Manager
8 66 (4.64%) Developer
9 58 (4.08%) Senior Manager
9 58 (4.08%) Support Engineer
10 49 (3.44%) Lead Designer
10 49 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
11 48 (3.37%) Data Analyst
11 48 (3.37%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (3.37%) Desktop Support
11 48 (3.37%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 48 (3.37%) Site Engineer
12 47 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
13 45 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (2.95%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.65%) PySpark
2 47 (3.30%) HTML
3 42 (2.95%) CSS
4 38 (2.67%) .NET
5 34 (2.39%) Kafka
6 23 (1.62%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.55%) Akka
8 19 (1.34%) Node.js
8 19 (1.34%) OAuth
9 18 (1.26%) JSON
10 17 (1.19%) RESTful
11 15 (1.05%) React
11 15 (1.05%) REST
12 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.91%) SwiftUI
12 13 (0.91%) UIKit
13 12 (0.84%) ASP.NET
13 12 (0.84%) OAuth2
14 11 (0.77%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.77%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 235 (16.51%) Social Media
2 99 (6.96%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.08%) Over-the-Top Content
4 55 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 51 (3.58%) Marketing Technology
6 46 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
8 40 (2.81%) Algorithms
8 40 (2.81%) Data Structures
9 39 (2.74%) Virtual Team
10 34 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.76%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.76%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
14 22 (1.55%) Blog
15 21 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
16 16 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.05%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.43%) Windows
2 48 (3.37%) Windows 10
3 23 (1.62%) Linux
4 17 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.28%) Android
8 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (36.89%) AI
2 429 (30.15%) Agile
3 354 (24.88%) Roadmaps
4 335 (23.54%) Customer Experience
5 291 (20.45%) Decision-Making
6 241 (16.94%) Business Intelligence
7 236 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (16.37%) Data Modelling
9 215 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
10 213 (14.97%) Product Roadmap
10 213 (14.97%) Storytelling
11 205 (14.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 200 (14.05%) CI/CD
13 179 (12.58%) Data Engineering
14 178 (12.51%) Data Pipeline
15 177 (12.44%) Digital Customer Experience
16 174 (12.23%) Data Analytics
17 171 (12.02%) ETL
17 171 (12.02%) User Research
18 169 (11.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 334 (23.47%) SQL
2 285 (20.03%) Python
3 57 (4.01%) Scala
4 43 (3.02%) C#
5 38 (2.67%) Java
6 28 (1.97%) JavaScript
7 27 (1.90%) R
8 26 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 24 (1.69%) PowerShell
10 21 (1.48%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.41%) Bicep
12 18 (1.26%) C++
12 18 (1.26%) T-SQL
13 16 (1.12%) Bash
14 13 (0.91%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.91%) Swift
15 10 (0.70%) Go
16 8 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.56%) Rust
16 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (13.00%) Degree
2 130 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.37%) CTC Cleared
5 29 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.83%) CISA
7 21 (1.48%) CGEIT
7 21 (1.48%) CISM
7 21 (1.48%) CISSP
7 21 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (1.48%) FFIEC
7 21 (1.48%) SANS
8 19 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.19%) DBS Check
10 16 (1.12%) ACCA
11 15 (1.05%) CIMA
12 13 (0.91%) PhD
13 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.42%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (16.80%) Accessibility
2 198 (13.91%) Data Quality
3 96 (6.75%) GDPR
4 82 (5.76%) WCAG
5 50 (3.51%) SLA
6 37 (2.60%) QA
7 27 (1.90%) NIST
8 21 (1.48%) COBIT
9 18 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.63%) 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 6 (0.42%) GRC
13 5 (0.35%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.21%) PERC
15 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 58 (4.08%) Docker
2 23 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.070%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 79 (5.55%) Terraform
2 68 (4.78%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.42%) Ansible
3 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.28%) Grafana
5 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.21%) Control-M
6 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 1 (0.070%) OpenView
8 1 (0.070%) QRadar
8 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.070%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 266 (18.69%) Adobe
2 262 (18.41%) Microsoft
3 138 (9.70%) Google
4 114 (8.01%) Databricks
5 50 (3.51%) Oracle
6 49 (3.44%) Cisco
7 47 (3.30%) SAP
8 44 (3.09%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.62%) HubSpot
10 14 (0.98%) Amplitude
11 13 (0.91%) Braze
11 13 (0.91%) Instagram
12 12 (0.84%) Pardot
13 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.77%) Wrike
14 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
16 8 (0.56%) Workday
17 6 (0.42%) dotdigital