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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,234 1,417 2,020
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 9.04% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.81% 9.54% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 675 709 1,523
10th Percentile £36,950 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

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 14,007 14,853 25,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.29% 94.77% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,090 8,864 21,313
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,808
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 14 February 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 45 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.92%) CMS
3 25 (2.03%) Apache
4 23 (1.86%) WordPress
5 22 (1.78%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.46%) SharePoint
7 17 (1.38%) Confluence
8 16 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 13 (1.05%) SAS
10 9 (0.73%) Drupal
11 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.24%) Moodle
14 1 (0.081%) DNN
14 1 (0.081%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 99 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.86%) Adobe XD
4 16 (1.30%) InDesign
5 13 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.97%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.32%) SketchUp
10 4 (0.32%) Trello
10 4 (0.32%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.16%) SPSS
13 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.081%) Notion
13 1 (0.081%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 30 (2.43%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 16 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 15 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
6 13 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
7 12 (0.97%) Dynamics GP
8 11 (0.89%) Shopify
9 10 (0.81%) Magento
10 6 (0.49%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
12 2 (0.16%) Adaptiv
12 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
12 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
12 2 (0.16%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 415 (33.63%) Azure
2 240 (19.45%) Power Platform
3 121 (9.81%) AWS
4 113 (9.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 111 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
6 99 (8.02%) Snowflake
7 98 (7.94%) Google Analytics
8 96 (7.78%) SaaS
9 91 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (7.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 86 (6.97%) GitHub
12 75 (6.08%) GCP
13 73 (5.92%) Entra ID
14 50 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
15 48 (3.89%) dbt
16 46 (3.73%) Adobe Analytics
17 44 (3.57%) Figma
18 41 (3.32%) GitHub Copilot
19 33 (2.67%) Amazon S3
20 25 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (5.92%) Broadband
2 19 (1.54%) CHAP
3 16 (1.30%) VPN
4 9 (0.73%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.65%) Firewall
6 7 (0.57%) DNS
7 5 (0.41%) Network Security
8 2 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.16%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.081%) DAB
9 1 (0.081%) DHCP
9 1 (0.081%) SMS
9 1 (0.081%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (17.99%) Power BI
2 145 (11.75%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (7.37%) Tableau
4 78 (6.32%) SQL Server
5 74 (6.00%) Metadata
6 71 (5.75%) Data Lake
7 64 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 44 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (2.92%) BigQuery
10 32 (2.59%) Looker
11 28 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
12 21 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (1.54%) Delta Lake
13 19 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
14 16 (1.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 14 (1.13%) Big Data
15 14 (1.13%) NoSQL
15 14 (1.13%) Power Query
16 12 (0.97%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 59 (4.78%) JIRA
2 48 (3.89%) Git
3 41 (3.32%) Jenkins
4 29 (2.35%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.86%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.86%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.86%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.65%) MLflow
7 7 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.41%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.41%) GitLab
9 4 (0.32%) ERwin
9 4 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.24%) Storybook
11 2 (0.16%) Selenium
12 1 (0.081%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.081%) JUnit
12 1 (0.081%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.081%) TestNG
General
1 480 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 421 (34.12%) Finance
3 293 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (12.72%) Marketing
5 133 (10.78%) Public Sector
6 81 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (5.35%) Back Office
8 57 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 53 (4.29%) Law
10 49 (3.97%) Banking
10 49 (3.97%) Retail
11 48 (3.89%) Games
12 44 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (3.40%) Manufacturing
14 37 (3.00%) Legal
15 32 (2.59%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.62%) Advertising
17 19 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.38%) Billing
19 16 (1.30%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 197 (15.96%) Senior
2 141 (11.43%) Lead
3 136 (11.02%) Data Engineer
4 134 (10.86%) Analyst
5 116 (9.40%) Architect
6 71 (5.75%) Developer
7 69 (5.59%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.86%) Data Architect
8 60 (4.86%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.86%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (4.54%) Designer
9 56 (4.54%) Site Engineer
10 46 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
11 44 (3.57%) Data Analyst
12 43 (3.48%) Data Manager
13 36 (2.92%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
15 31 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.27%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.48%) HTML
2 39 (3.16%) OAuth
3 37 (3.00%) CSS
4 36 (2.92%) PySpark
4 36 (2.92%) RESTful
5 35 (2.84%) Kafka
6 33 (2.67%) OAuth2
7 27 (2.19%) JSON
8 26 (2.11%) .NET
9 23 (1.86%) Akka
10 18 (1.46%) SAML
11 13 (1.05%) .NET Core
11 13 (1.05%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.05%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.89%) React
13 10 (0.81%) Node.js
13 10 (0.81%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
14 9 (0.73%) XML
15 8 (0.65%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 100 (8.10%) Social Media
2 88 (7.13%) Self-Motivation
3 79 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 77 (6.24%) Product Ownership
5 59 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 47 (3.81%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.67%) Algorithms
8 33 (2.67%) Virtual Team
9 28 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.03%) Video\Live Streaming
11 23 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.86%) Over-the-Top Content
12 22 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
14 16 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.05%) Blog
16 12 (0.97%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 84 (6.81%) Windows
2 60 (4.86%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.62%) Linux
4 11 (0.89%) Unix
5 8 (0.65%) Android
5 8 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.081%) AIX
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (28.77%) AI
2 322 (26.09%) Agile
3 293 (23.74%) Business Intelligence
4 286 (23.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (23.01%) Decision-Making
6 233 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
7 231 (18.72%) Data Modelling
8 210 (17.02%) Data Analytics
9 206 (16.69%) DevOps
10 187 (15.15%) ETL
11 184 (14.91%) CI/CD
12 183 (14.83%) Data Engineering
13 180 (14.59%) Customer Experience
14 174 (14.10%) Roadmaps
15 169 (13.70%) Coaching
16 151 (12.24%) Data Governance
17 150 (12.16%) Data Pipeline
18 146 (11.83%) Machine Learning
19 144 (11.67%) Visualisation
20 136 (11.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 340 (27.55%) SQL
2 275 (22.29%) Python
3 56 (4.54%) Java
4 54 (4.38%) Scala
5 49 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.67%) Bicep
6 33 (2.67%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 31 (2.51%) C#
9 28 (2.27%) Bash
10 27 (2.19%) R
11 24 (1.94%) T-SQL
12 19 (1.54%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.46%) Shell Script
14 16 (1.30%) C++
15 10 (0.81%) Go
15 10 (0.81%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.41%) PHP
17 5 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 237 (19.21%) Degree
2 149 (12.07%) Security Cleared
3 133 (10.78%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.86%) CTC Cleared
5 33 (2.67%) CISA
6 32 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.43%) Azure Certification
8 27 (2.19%) CISSP
9 24 (1.94%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.78%) CISM
12 19 (1.54%) CGEIT
12 19 (1.54%) FFIEC
12 19 (1.54%) SANS
13 16 (1.30%) ACCA
13 16 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.81%) CIMA
15 10 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (14.59%) Data Quality
2 125 (10.13%) Accessibility
3 68 (5.51%) GDPR
4 64 (5.19%) SLA
5 38 (3.08%) WCAG
6 34 (2.76%) NIST
7 32 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (1.78%) COBIT
9 20 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 20 (1.62%) QA
10 15 (1.22%) IFRS
11 14 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.41%) GRC
15 4 (0.32%) PMO
16 3 (0.24%) GAAP
16 3 (0.24%) ITGC
16 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.16%) GMP
System Software
1 52 (4.21%) Docker
2 20 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.57%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) vSphere
6 1 (0.081%) Firmware
6 1 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.081%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 109 (8.83%) Terraform
2 53 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.57%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.57%) SCCM
5 5 (0.41%) Ansible
5 5 (0.41%) Grafana
5 5 (0.41%) SCOM
6 4 (0.32%) QRadar
7 3 (0.24%) Control-M
8 2 (0.16%) Argo
9 1 (0.081%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.081%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.081%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.081%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.081%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 260 (21.07%) Microsoft
2 136 (11.02%) Google
3 101 (8.18%) Adobe
4 94 (7.62%) Databricks
5 72 (5.83%) Cisco
6 53 (4.29%) Oracle
7 45 (3.65%) Salesforce
7 45 (3.65%) SAP
8 21 (1.70%) HubSpot
9 14 (1.13%) Ab Initio
10 12 (0.97%) Informatica
10 12 (0.97%) Instagram
11 11 (0.89%) Autodesk
11 11 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 11 (0.89%) Sage
12 10 (0.81%) Talend
13 9 (0.73%) Pardot
13 9 (0.73%) VMware
13 9 (0.73%) Zoho
14 8 (0.65%) IBM