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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 30 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,662 1,195 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 7.25% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.80% 8.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 685 1,066
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,042
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £48,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -3.85%

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 18,792 15,324 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,561 9,021 15,723
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +0.34% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 8 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 44 (2.65%) CMS
2 40 (2.41%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.11%) Confluence
4 26 (1.56%) Apache
5 19 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.96%) SharePoint
7 15 (0.90%) SAS
7 15 (0.90%) WordPress
8 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.24%) Drupal
10 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.060%) Moodle
11 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.65%) UserZoom
3 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.90%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.48%) Adobe XD
8 7 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.24%) Trello
10 2 (0.12%) InDesign
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.12%) SPSS
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (2.05%) Adobe Campaign
3 32 (1.93%) Dynamics GP
4 10 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.54%) Shopify
6 5 (0.30%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
8 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.060%) HFM
10 1 (0.060%) Maximo
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
10 1 (0.060%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 376 (22.62%) Azure
2 286 (17.21%) Power Platform
3 183 (11.01%) AWS
4 181 (10.89%) Adobe Analytics
5 108 (6.50%) Google Analytics
6 107 (6.44%) GCP
7 92 (5.54%) Figma
8 91 (5.48%) SaaS
9 78 (4.69%) GitHub
10 72 (4.33%) Contentsquare
11 70 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
12 65 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 61 (3.67%) Snowflake
14 49 (2.95%) Serverless
15 46 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 33 (1.99%) dbt
16 33 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
16 33 (1.99%) Google Ads
16 33 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
17 32 (1.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 224 (13.48%) Broadband
2 27 (1.62%) VPN
3 18 (1.08%) DNS
4 16 (0.96%) Firewall
4 16 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 13 (0.78%) SMS
6 12 (0.72%) VoIP
7 11 (0.66%) CTI
8 10 (0.60%) Unified Communications
9 9 (0.54%) CHAP
9 9 (0.54%) Network Security
10 7 (0.42%) 5G
11 6 (0.36%) BGP
11 6 (0.36%) DHCP
11 6 (0.36%) OSPF
11 6 (0.36%) VLAN
11 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 3 (0.18%) Modbus
13 2 (0.12%) Intranet
13 2 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (15.88%) Power BI
2 127 (7.64%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (5.78%) Metadata
4 74 (4.45%) Data Lake
4 74 (4.45%) Tableau
5 72 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 64 (3.85%) SQL Server
7 53 (3.19%) Relational Database
8 47 (2.83%) Looker
9 46 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
10 45 (2.71%) MongoDB
11 42 (2.53%) BigQuery
12 34 (2.05%) Big Data
13 30 (1.81%) Delta Lake
14 28 (1.68%) Star Schema
15 25 (1.50%) NoSQL
16 24 (1.44%) Semantic Layer
17 17 (1.02%) Data Vault
18 15 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 14 (0.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 58 (3.49%) Git
2 25 (1.50%) JIRA
3 14 (0.84%) Crashlytics
3 14 (0.84%) XCTest
4 10 (0.60%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.48%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.42%) GitLab
6 7 (0.42%) MLflow
7 5 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.18%) Appium
8 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.12%) ERwin
9 2 (0.12%) MSI
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 498 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 421 (25.33%) Finance
3 414 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (18.05%) Marketing
5 198 (11.91%) Games
6 172 (10.35%) Public Sector
7 117 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 112 (6.74%) Legal
9 98 (5.90%) Law
10 90 (5.42%) Retail
11 64 (3.85%) Banking
12 49 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 44 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
14 43 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 42 (2.53%) Advertising
16 24 (1.44%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.96%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.96%) Publishing
19 12 (0.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 328 (19.74%) Senior
2 244 (14.68%) Lead
3 213 (12.82%) Analyst
4 173 (10.41%) Data Engineer
5 164 (9.87%) Architect
6 90 (5.42%) Developer
6 90 (5.42%) Product Manager
7 89 (5.35%) Data Analyst
8 76 (4.57%) Data Architect
9 68 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
10 61 (3.67%) Senior Manager
11 60 (3.61%) Designer
12 59 (3.55%) Marketing Manager
13 54 (3.25%) Data Scientist
14 51 (3.07%) Senior Data Engineer
15 50 (3.01%) Consultant
16 47 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
17 37 (2.23%) .NET Developer
17 37 (2.23%) Senior Product Manager
18 35 (2.11%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.21%) PySpark
2 52 (3.13%) .NET
3 49 (2.95%) HTML
4 48 (2.89%) CSS
5 36 (2.17%) .NET Core
6 32 (1.93%) ASP.NET
6 32 (1.93%) ASP.NET Core
6 32 (1.93%) React
7 25 (1.50%) Kafka
8 21 (1.26%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.14%) JSON
9 19 (1.14%) Node.js
10 18 (1.08%) Entity Framework
10 18 (1.08%) FastAPI
10 18 (1.08%) REST
11 14 (0.84%) Next.js
11 14 (0.84%) SubSonic
11 14 (0.84%) SwiftUI
11 14 (0.84%) UIKit
11 14 (0.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 227 (13.66%) Social Media
2 106 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 85 (5.11%) Marketing Technology
4 84 (5.05%) Cloud Native
5 63 (3.79%) Blog
6 56 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (3.13%) Data Structures
8 43 (2.59%) Algorithms
8 43 (2.59%) Management Information System
9 38 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 36 (2.17%) Over-the-Top Content
11 35 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 35 (2.11%) Virtual Team
12 34 (2.05%) Onboarding
12 34 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.26%) AI Agents
13 21 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
14 20 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 20 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.14%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 30 (1.81%) Windows
2 20 (1.20%) Linux
3 17 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.72%) VMS
5 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Android
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.060%) AIX
8 1 (0.060%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 718 (43.20%) AI
2 448 (26.96%) Agile
3 447 (26.90%) Roadmaps
4 426 (25.63%) Decision-Making
5 341 (20.52%) Business Intelligence
6 309 (18.59%) Customer Experience
7 292 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
8 278 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 256 (15.40%) Data Modelling
10 223 (13.42%) Storytelling
11 215 (12.94%) Product Roadmap
12 213 (12.82%) CI/CD
13 209 (12.58%) Data Engineering
14 208 (12.52%) Machine Learning
15 197 (11.85%) Mentoring
16 195 (11.73%) Data Pipeline
17 194 (11.67%) Data Analytics
18 188 (11.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 181 (10.89%) Data Science
20 176 (10.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 492 (29.60%) SQL
2 356 (21.42%) Python
3 58 (3.49%) C#
4 42 (2.53%) TypeScript
5 41 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 39 (2.35%) Bicep
7 36 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 35 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (1.74%) Scala
10 27 (1.62%) R
11 24 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 23 (1.38%) Bash
13 21 (1.26%) Java
14 17 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 17 (1.02%) Swift
15 12 (0.72%) C++
15 12 (0.72%) VBA
16 11 (0.66%) Go
17 9 (0.54%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 160 (9.63%) Degree
2 129 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.07%) Azure Certification
5 32 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (1.44%) ACCA
7 23 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.14%) CIMA
9 17 (1.02%) DBS Check
10 16 (0.96%) CISSP
11 15 (0.90%) SnowPro
12 14 (0.84%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.78%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.72%) CISM
15 10 (0.60%) CISA
15 10 (0.60%) PhD
15 10 (0.60%) SANS
16 9 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.54%) CGEIT
16 9 (0.54%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (15.46%) Accessibility
2 236 (14.20%) Data Quality
3 100 (6.02%) GDPR
4 74 (4.45%) WCAG
5 51 (3.07%) QA
6 25 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 21 (1.26%) NIST
8 12 (0.72%) IFRS
8 12 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.54%) COBIT
10 9 (0.54%) SLA
11 6 (0.36%) GRC
11 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.30%) GAAP
12 5 (0.30%) IFRS 17
12 5 (0.30%) PERC
12 5 (0.30%) PMO
13 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (3.07%) Docker
2 33 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.72%) vSphere
6 9 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (5.72%) Terraform
2 67 (4.03%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.48%) Grafana
5 7 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.24%) Ansible
8 3 (0.18%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) Graylog
10 1 (0.060%) Istio
10 1 (0.060%) linkerd
10 1 (0.060%) OpenView
10 1 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.060%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.060%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 341 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 242 (14.56%) Adobe
3 166 (9.99%) Google
4 145 (8.72%) Databricks
5 61 (3.67%) SAP
6 52 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 45 (2.71%) Oracle
8 26 (1.56%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.96%) Cisco
9 16 (0.96%) VMware
9 16 (0.96%) Workday
10 15 (0.90%) Amplitude
10 15 (0.90%) Braze
11 14 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 14 (0.84%) Informatica
11 14 (0.84%) Instagram
12 12 (0.72%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.66%) Avaya
13 11 (0.66%) Genesys
13 11 (0.66%) Screaming Frog