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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,375 1,316 2,203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.15% 10.18% 7.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.66% 10.71% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 691 735 1,554
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,276 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,350 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,018 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.82% +15.03% -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 14,237 12,283 28,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.42% 95.05% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,595 8,796 23,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,806
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 March 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 51 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.49%) CMS
3 29 (2.11%) Confluence
4 26 (1.89%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.67%) Apache
6 22 (1.60%) WordPress
7 15 (1.09%) SAS
7 15 (1.09%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.65%) Drupal
8 9 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.36%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 84 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.82%) Adobe XD
4 23 (1.67%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.87%) InDesign
5 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.22%) SketchUp
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.073%) Notion
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (1.02%) Adobe Campaign
5 13 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
6 11 (0.80%) Shopify
7 10 (0.73%) Magento
7 10 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 385 (28.00%) Azure
2 215 (15.64%) Power Platform
3 161 (11.71%) Adobe Analytics
4 137 (9.96%) AWS
5 115 (8.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 98 (7.13%) Google Analytics
7 97 (7.05%) SaaS
8 93 (6.76%) Figma
8 93 (6.76%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
10 85 (6.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 85 (6.18%) GCP
11 78 (5.67%) GitHub
12 75 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (3.49%) Entra ID
14 46 (3.35%) Contentsquare
15 44 (3.20%) dbt
16 36 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
17 33 (2.40%) Amazon S3
18 28 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 206 (14.98%) Broadband
2 24 (1.75%) CHAP
3 9 (0.65%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.51%) VPN
5 6 (0.44%) Network Security
5 6 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.29%) Firewall
7 3 (0.22%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.073%) ATM
9 1 (0.073%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.073%) LAN
9 1 (0.073%) MPLS
9 1 (0.073%) SMS
9 1 (0.073%) SNMP
9 1 (0.073%) VoIP
9 1 (0.073%) WAN
9 1 (0.073%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (14.55%) Power BI
2 133 (9.67%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (6.04%) Metadata
4 81 (5.89%) SQL Server
5 66 (4.80%) Tableau
6 65 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 63 (4.58%) Data Lake
8 42 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 41 (2.98%) BigQuery
10 32 (2.33%) Looker
11 26 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (1.75%) Relational Database
13 23 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (1.60%) NoSQL
15 19 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (1.38%) Power Query
16 18 (1.31%) Delta Lake
17 17 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
18 14 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
19 13 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 48 (3.49%) Git
2 39 (2.84%) JIRA
3 38 (2.76%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.82%) Axure RP
4 25 (1.82%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.67%) TeamCity
6 19 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
7 9 (0.65%) Crashlytics
7 9 (0.65%) XCTest
8 8 (0.58%) MLflow
9 7 (0.51%) GitLab
9 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.29%) ERwin
10 4 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.22%) Storybook
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 499 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 388 (28.22%) Finance
3 295 (21.45%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (14.18%) Marketing
5 162 (11.78%) Games
6 136 (9.89%) Public Sector
7 82 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (4.73%) Back Office
9 60 (4.36%) Law
9 60 (4.36%) Retail
10 58 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (4.07%) Banking
12 49 (3.56%) Legal
13 36 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.55%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.40%) Financial Institution
16 25 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (1.67%) Advertising
18 16 (1.16%) Automotive
19 15 (1.09%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 223 (16.22%) Senior
2 205 (14.91%) Lead
3 148 (10.76%) Data Engineer
4 121 (8.80%) Analyst
5 119 (8.65%) Architect
6 83 (6.04%) Designer
7 67 (4.87%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.36%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.36%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 59 (4.29%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.07%) Site Engineer
11 54 (3.93%) Developer
12 47 (3.42%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.98%) Lead Designer
15 40 (2.91%) Data Analyst
16 39 (2.84%) Product Manager
17 38 (2.76%) Data Manager
18 37 (2.69%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.27%) HTML
2 39 (2.84%) CSS
2 39 (2.84%) Kafka
3 37 (2.69%) PySpark
4 30 (2.18%) OAuth
5 29 (2.11%) .NET
6 25 (1.82%) RESTful
7 23 (1.67%) Akka
7 23 (1.67%) OAuth2
8 22 (1.60%) JSON
9 16 (1.16%) Node.js
10 15 (1.09%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.87%) React
11 12 (0.87%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.80%) REST
13 10 (0.73%) PyTorch
14 9 (0.65%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.65%) LangChain
14 9 (0.65%) SwiftUI
14 9 (0.65%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 221 (16.07%) Social Media
2 84 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
4 72 (5.24%) Cloud Native
5 54 (3.93%) Management Information System
6 53 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 39 (2.84%) Virtual Team
8 38 (2.76%) Over-the-Top Content
9 36 (2.62%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.25%) Data Structures
11 28 (2.04%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.89%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
13 25 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
13 25 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
14 22 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
15 18 (1.31%) Blog
15 18 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.53%) Windows
2 60 (4.36%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.38%) Linux
4 16 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.73%) Unix
6 8 (0.58%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.073%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (34.11%) AI
2 399 (29.02%) Agile
3 319 (23.20%) Customer Experience
4 316 (22.98%) Decision-Making
5 286 (20.80%) Roadmaps
6 283 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 271 (19.71%) Business Intelligence
8 248 (18.04%) Data Modelling
9 233 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
10 196 (14.25%) Storytelling
11 192 (13.96%) Data Analytics
12 190 (13.82%) Data Engineering
13 188 (13.67%) CI/CD
14 180 (13.09%) DevOps
14 180 (13.09%) ETL
15 179 (13.02%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 171 (12.44%) Product Roadmap
17 164 (11.93%) User Research
18 161 (11.71%) Data Pipeline
19 150 (10.91%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 316 (22.98%) SQL
2 250 (18.18%) Python
3 57 (4.15%) Scala
4 44 (3.20%) Java
5 36 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.33%) C#
7 31 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 24 (1.75%) Bicep
9 22 (1.60%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.60%) R
9 22 (1.60%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.45%) C++
11 16 (1.16%) Bash
12 14 (1.02%) Go
12 14 (1.02%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.73%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.65%) Swift
16 8 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 229 (16.65%) Degree
2 140 (10.18%) Security Cleared
3 122 (8.87%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.36%) CTC Cleared
5 35 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.33%) CISA
7 28 (2.04%) CISSP
7 28 (2.04%) DBS Check
8 24 (1.75%) CGEIT
8 24 (1.75%) CISM
8 24 (1.75%) FFIEC
8 24 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.75%) SANS
9 22 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.16%) ACCA
10 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.95%) PhD
12 12 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (0.80%) CIMA
14 9 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (17.75%) Accessibility
2 186 (13.53%) Data Quality
3 85 (6.18%) WCAG
4 84 (6.11%) GDPR
5 63 (4.58%) SLA
6 35 (2.55%) NIST
7 28 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
8 25 (1.82%) QA
9 24 (1.75%) COBIT
9 24 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 17 (1.24%) ISO 9001
11 16 (1.16%) IFRS
12 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.44%) GAAP
15 3 (0.22%) GRC
16 2 (0.15%) GMP
16 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.15%) PMO
16 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (3.85%) Docker
2 10 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.15%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.15%) vSphere
6 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.073%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 86 (6.25%) Terraform
2 57 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.65%) Ansible
4 9 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.15%) Argo
8 2 (0.15%) QRadar
9 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.073%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.073%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.073%) OpenView
9 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.073%) SCCM
9 1 (0.073%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.073%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 256 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 233 (16.95%) Adobe
3 142 (10.33%) Google
4 99 (7.20%) Databricks
5 70 (5.09%) Cisco
6 56 (4.07%) Oracle
7 42 (3.05%) Salesforce
8 40 (2.91%) SAP
9 21 (1.53%) HubSpot
10 17 (1.24%) Instagram
11 14 (1.02%) Informatica
12 12 (0.87%) Hootsuite
12 12 (0.87%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.80%) Ab Initio
13 11 (0.80%) Wrike
14 10 (0.73%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.73%) Sage
14 10 (0.73%) Talend
15 9 (0.65%) Pardot
15 9 (0.65%) Zoho