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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,391 1,304 2,250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.24% 10.14% 7.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.78% 10.68% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 702 729 1,556
10th Percentile £36,525 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,276 £45,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,743 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +1.99% -8.38%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,950 £110,000
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 14,216 12,215 28,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.23% 94.97% 91.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,693 8,786 23,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,767
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 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,999 £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 28 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 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.45%) CMS
3 28 (2.01%) Confluence
4 26 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.73%) Apache
6 19 (1.37%) WordPress
7 15 (1.08%) SAS
7 15 (1.08%) 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 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 85 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.73%) Adobe XD
4 23 (1.65%) UserZoom
5 12 (0.86%) InDesign
5 12 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.29%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.29%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.072%) Notion
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.51%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
3 19 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (0.79%) Dynamics GP
6 11 (0.79%) Shopify
7 10 (0.72%) Magento
7 10 (0.72%) 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 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 389 (27.97%) Azure
2 221 (15.89%) Power Platform
3 162 (11.65%) Adobe Analytics
4 140 (10.06%) AWS
5 115 (8.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 97 (6.97%) Google Analytics
6 97 (6.97%) SaaS
7 95 (6.83%) Snowflake
8 92 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
9 91 (6.54%) Figma
10 89 (6.40%) GCP
11 85 (6.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 78 (5.61%) GitHub
13 75 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
14 48 (3.45%) Entra ID
15 46 (3.31%) Contentsquare
16 44 (3.16%) dbt
17 36 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
18 34 (2.44%) Amazon S3
19 29 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 213 (15.31%) Broadband
2 24 (1.73%) CHAP
3 9 (0.65%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.50%) VPN
5 6 (0.43%) Network Security
5 6 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.29%) Firewall
7 3 (0.22%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 2 (0.14%) DHCP
9 1 (0.072%) ATM
9 1 (0.072%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.072%) LAN
9 1 (0.072%) MPLS
9 1 (0.072%) SMS
9 1 (0.072%) SNMP
9 1 (0.072%) VoIP
9 1 (0.072%) WAN
9 1 (0.072%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (14.81%) Power BI
2 135 (9.71%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (5.97%) Metadata
4 82 (5.90%) SQL Server
5 68 (4.89%) Tableau
6 66 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 65 (4.67%) Data Lake
8 42 (3.02%) BigQuery
8 42 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (2.37%) Looker
10 28 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 26 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (1.58%) NoSQL
13 20 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (1.44%) Power Query
14 18 (1.29%) Delta Lake
15 17 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
16 14 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 50 (3.59%) Git
2 38 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 38 (2.73%) JIRA
3 24 (1.73%) Axure RP
3 24 (1.73%) Balsamiq
4 23 (1.65%) TeamCity
5 19 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.65%) Crashlytics
6 9 (0.65%) XCTest
7 8 (0.58%) MLflow
8 7 (0.50%) GitLab
8 7 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.29%) ERwin
9 4 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.22%) Storybook
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) Selenium
12 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
General
1 500 (35.95%) Social Skills
2 390 (28.04%) Finance
3 299 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (14.45%) Marketing
5 162 (11.65%) Games
6 134 (9.63%) Public Sector
7 81 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (4.67%) Back Office
9 61 (4.39%) Retail
10 58 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
11 57 (4.10%) Law
12 56 (4.03%) Banking
13 48 (3.45%) Legal
14 36 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (2.44%) Manufacturing
16 33 (2.37%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (1.65%) Advertising
19 16 (1.15%) Automotive
20 14 (1.01%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 225 (16.18%) Senior
2 205 (14.74%) Lead
3 152 (10.93%) Data Engineer
4 125 (8.99%) Analyst
5 119 (8.55%) Architect
6 81 (5.82%) Designer
7 67 (4.82%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.31%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.31%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 59 (4.24%) Data Architect
10 56 (4.03%) Site Engineer
11 55 (3.95%) Developer
12 49 (3.52%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (3.16%) Product Manager
15 41 (2.95%) Data Analyst
15 41 (2.95%) Lead Designer
16 38 (2.73%) Data Manager
17 37 (2.66%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.16%) HTML
2 40 (2.88%) PySpark
3 39 (2.80%) Kafka
4 38 (2.73%) CSS
5 30 (2.16%) OAuth
6 29 (2.08%) .NET
7 25 (1.80%) RESTful
8 23 (1.65%) Akka
8 23 (1.65%) OAuth2
9 22 (1.58%) JSON
10 16 (1.15%) Node.js
11 15 (1.08%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.93%) REST
13 12 (0.86%) React
13 12 (0.86%) TensorFlow
14 10 (0.72%) PyTorch
15 9 (0.65%) FastAPI
15 9 (0.65%) LangChain
15 9 (0.65%) SwiftUI
15 9 (0.65%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 226 (16.25%) Social Media
2 90 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (5.25%) Cloud Native
5 54 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 53 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 45 (3.24%) Over-the-Top Content
8 39 (2.80%) Virtual Team
9 36 (2.59%) Onboarding
10 32 (2.30%) Data Structures
11 29 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
12 28 (2.01%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.87%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
14 25 (1.80%) Video\Live Streaming
14 25 (1.80%) Web Conferencing
15 23 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
17 17 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
18 16 (1.15%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.46%) Windows
2 60 (4.31%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.37%) Linux
4 16 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.72%) Unix
6 8 (0.58%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (33.86%) AI
2 397 (28.54%) Agile
3 327 (23.51%) Customer Experience
4 324 (23.29%) Decision-Making
5 293 (21.06%) Roadmaps
6 284 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 280 (20.13%) Business Intelligence
8 256 (18.40%) Data Modelling
9 236 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
10 196 (14.09%) Data Engineering
10 196 (14.09%) Storytelling
11 193 (13.87%) Data Analytics
12 191 (13.73%) CI/CD
13 185 (13.30%) ETL
14 180 (12.94%) DevOps
15 177 (12.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 171 (12.29%) Product Roadmap
17 167 (12.01%) Data Pipeline
18 162 (11.65%) User Research
19 151 (10.86%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 324 (23.29%) SQL
2 257 (18.48%) Python
3 57 (4.10%) Scala
4 44 (3.16%) Java
5 40 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.30%) C#
7 31 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 24 (1.73%) Bicep
9 23 (1.65%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.58%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.58%) R
11 20 (1.44%) C++
12 16 (1.15%) Bash
13 14 (1.01%) Go
13 14 (1.01%) TypeScript
14 11 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 10 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.65%) Swift
17 8 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 230 (16.53%) Degree
2 137 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.63%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.31%) CTC Cleared
5 37 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.30%) CISA
7 28 (2.01%) CISSP
8 27 (1.94%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.73%) CGEIT
9 24 (1.73%) CISM
9 24 (1.73%) FFIEC
9 24 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.73%) SANS
10 23 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.15%) ACCA
13 13 (0.93%) PhD
14 12 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.79%) CIMA
16 9 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (17.25%) Accessibility
2 190 (13.66%) Data Quality
3 84 (6.04%) GDPR
4 83 (5.97%) WCAG
5 63 (4.53%) SLA
6 35 (2.52%) NIST
7 28 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.73%) COBIT
8 24 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.73%) QA
9 17 (1.22%) ISO 9001
10 16 (1.15%) IFRS
11 10 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.43%) GAAP
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
15 2 (0.14%) GMP
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) PMO
15 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (3.81%) Docker
2 10 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.072%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 88 (6.33%) Terraform
2 59 (4.24%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.65%) Ansible
4 9 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) QRadar
9 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.072%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.072%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.072%) OpenView
9 1 (0.072%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.072%) SCCM
9 1 (0.072%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.072%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 260 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 239 (17.18%) Adobe
3 141 (10.14%) Google
4 101 (7.26%) Databricks
5 70 (5.03%) Cisco
6 57 (4.10%) Oracle
7 42 (3.02%) SAP
8 40 (2.88%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.44%) HubSpot
10 16 (1.15%) Instagram
11 14 (1.01%) Informatica
12 12 (0.86%) Hootsuite
12 12 (0.86%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.79%) Ab Initio
13 11 (0.79%) Wrike
14 10 (0.72%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.72%) Talend
15 9 (0.65%) Sage
15 9 (0.65%) Zoho
16 8 (0.58%) IBM