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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,421 1,345 2,369
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.71% 9.20% 7.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.31% 9.68% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 771 756 1,531
10th Percentile £38,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £86,731 £82,958 £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 15,256 13,894 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.05% 91.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10,822 8,909 23,455
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 11 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 54 (3.80%) CMS
2 47 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.39%) Confluence
4 32 (2.25%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.76%) Apache
6 21 (1.48%) WordPress
7 18 (1.27%) SharePoint
8 15 (1.06%) SAS
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.28%) Moodle
12 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
14 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 63 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.11%) UserZoom
4 18 (1.27%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.070%) Notion
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.070%) SPSS
10 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.63%) Magento
5 8 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.49%) Shopify
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.14%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 358 (25.19%) Azure
2 206 (14.50%) Power Platform
3 193 (13.58%) Adobe Analytics
4 148 (10.42%) AWS
5 109 (7.67%) Figma
6 104 (7.32%) Google Analytics
7 94 (6.62%) SaaS
8 91 (6.40%) GCP
9 83 (5.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 67 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
11 66 (4.64%) GitHub
12 64 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
13 63 (4.43%) Contentsquare
14 56 (3.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 53 (3.73%) Entra ID
16 48 (3.38%) Snowflake
17 34 (2.39%) dbt
18 30 (2.11%) Amazon S3
18 30 (2.11%) Serverless
19 29 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 257 (18.09%) Broadband
2 27 (1.90%) CHAP
3 10 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.63%) DNS
5 8 (0.56%) Firewall
5 8 (0.56%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.49%) 5G
6 7 (0.49%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 3 (0.21%) Network Security
8 3 (0.21%) SMS
9 2 (0.14%) BGP
9 2 (0.14%) OSPF
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
9 2 (0.14%) VXLAN
10 1 (0.070%) Intranet
10 1 (0.070%) MPLS
10 1 (0.070%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (12.60%) Power BI
2 85 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (5.77%) Metadata
4 62 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.80%) Data Lake
6 48 (3.38%) Tableau
7 43 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (3.03%) BigQuery
8 40 (2.81%) Relational Database
9 37 (2.60%) Looker
10 34 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (1.62%) NoSQL
12 21 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (1.34%) Delta Lake
13 19 (1.34%) MongoDB
14 18 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (1.20%) Star Schema
16 16 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (1.13%) Power Query
17 15 (1.06%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 58 (4.08%) Git
2 34 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 31 (2.18%) JIRA
4 22 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 18 (1.27%) Axure RP
5 18 (1.27%) Balsamiq
6 14 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.84%) Crashlytics
7 12 (0.84%) XCTest
8 10 (0.70%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
9 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.21%) Storybook
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.14%) Selenium
13 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.070%) GCC
13 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 436 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 352 (24.77%) Finance
3 276 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.69%) Marketing
5 197 (13.86%) Games
6 142 (9.99%) Public Sector
7 84 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 71 (5.00%) Retail
9 65 (4.57%) Law
10 59 (4.15%) Banking
11 57 (4.01%) Back Office
12 50 (3.52%) Legal
13 38 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.46%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (2.18%) Advertising
16 20 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.13%) Automotive
18 14 (0.99%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 256 (18.02%) Senior
2 222 (15.62%) Lead
3 169 (11.89%) Data Engineer
4 126 (8.87%) Analyst
5 105 (7.39%) Architect
6 83 (5.84%) Designer
7 72 (5.07%) Product Manager
8 65 (4.57%) Developer
9 61 (4.29%) Support Engineer
10 55 (3.87%) Senior Manager
11 51 (3.59%) Desktop Engineer
11 51 (3.59%) Desktop Support
11 51 (3.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 50 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
13 49 (3.45%) Lead Designer
14 48 (3.38%) Site Engineer
15 43 (3.03%) Data Analyst
15 43 (3.03%) Senior Data Engineer
16 42 (2.96%) Digital Designer
17 41 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.59%) PySpark
2 49 (3.45%) HTML
3 44 (3.10%) CSS
4 37 (2.60%) .NET
4 37 (2.60%) Kafka
5 23 (1.62%) .NET Core
6 22 (1.55%) Akka
6 22 (1.55%) OAuth
7 21 (1.48%) Node.js
8 19 (1.34%) RESTful
9 17 (1.20%) JSON
9 17 (1.20%) React
10 15 (1.06%) OAuth2
11 14 (0.99%) REST
12 13 (0.91%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
13 12 (0.84%) ASP.NET
13 12 (0.84%) SwiftUI
13 12 (0.84%) UIKit
14 11 (0.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 236 (16.61%) Social Media
2 100 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.22%) Cloud Native
4 57 (4.01%) Over-the-Top Content
5 53 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 50 (3.52%) Marketing Technology
7 40 (2.81%) Data Structures
7 40 (2.81%) Virtual Team
8 39 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
9 37 (2.60%) Algorithms
10 32 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.76%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.69%) Onboarding
15 23 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 20 (1.41%) Blog
17 19 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
18 18 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
19 16 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.57%) Windows
2 51 (3.59%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.48%) Linux
4 17 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Android
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.070%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (36.24%) AI
2 436 (30.68%) Agile
3 343 (24.14%) Roadmaps
4 335 (23.57%) Customer Experience
5 284 (19.99%) Decision-Making
6 239 (16.82%) Business Intelligence
7 238 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 232 (16.33%) Data Modelling
9 214 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
10 211 (14.85%) Storytelling
11 210 (14.78%) Product Roadmap
12 208 (14.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 203 (14.29%) CI/CD
14 191 (13.44%) Data Engineering
15 181 (12.74%) Data Pipeline
16 180 (12.67%) Data Analytics
17 179 (12.60%) ETL
18 177 (12.46%) Digital Customer Experience
19 175 (12.32%) User Research
20 174 (12.24%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 329 (23.15%) SQL
2 274 (19.28%) Python
3 57 (4.01%) Scala
4 43 (3.03%) C#
5 40 (2.81%) Java
6 31 (2.18%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 24 (1.69%) R
8 23 (1.62%) Bicep
9 21 (1.48%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.34%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.27%) C++
12 13 (0.91%) Bash
13 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.84%) Swift
14 11 (0.77%) Go
15 9 (0.63%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 189 (13.30%) Degree
2 137 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 118 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.59%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.25%) CISA
6 27 (1.90%) CGEIT
6 27 (1.90%) CISM
6 27 (1.90%) CISSP
6 27 (1.90%) FFIEC
6 27 (1.90%) SANS
7 26 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 24 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.48%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.06%) ACCA
12 14 (0.99%) CIMA
13 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.84%) PhD
15 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (17.52%) Accessibility
2 193 (13.58%) Data Quality
3 97 (6.83%) GDPR
4 86 (6.05%) WCAG
5 54 (3.80%) SLA
6 36 (2.53%) QA
7 33 (2.32%) NIST
8 27 (1.90%) COBIT
9 16 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.77%) IFRS
11 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.49%) GAAP
14 5 (0.35%) GRC
15 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
16 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.14%) GMP
17 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 61 (4.29%) Docker
2 22 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) vCloud
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (5.56%) Terraform
2 68 (4.79%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.28%) Grafana
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.070%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.070%) OpenView
10 1 (0.070%) QRadar
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 269 (18.93%) Adobe
2 259 (18.23%) Microsoft
3 141 (9.92%) Google
4 114 (8.02%) Databricks
5 52 (3.66%) Cisco
6 48 (3.38%) Oracle
7 45 (3.17%) SAP
8 39 (2.74%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.55%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.91%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.91%) Instagram
11 12 (0.84%) Braze
11 12 (0.84%) Pardot
12 11 (0.77%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.77%) Wrike
13 10 (0.70%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.56%) Workday
16 7 (0.49%) Ab Initio