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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 30 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,626 1,208 1,948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.32% 7.30% 7.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.81% 7.86% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 973 691 1,127
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.57% -3.20% -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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 1 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 47 (2.89%) CMS
2 39 (2.40%) Apache Spark
3 33 (2.03%) Confluence
4 24 (1.48%) Apache
5 20 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (1.05%) WordPress
7 15 (0.92%) SAS
7 15 (0.92%) SharePoint
8 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.37%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.37%) Drupal
10 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.062%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.062%) Moodle
12 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 59 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.77%) UserZoom
3 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.49%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
9 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.12%) SPSS
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (2.09%) Adobe Campaign
3 33 (2.03%) Dynamics GP
4 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.31%) Shopify
5 5 (0.31%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.062%) HFM
9 1 (0.062%) Maximo
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 363 (22.32%) Azure
2 276 (16.97%) Power Platform
3 181 (11.13%) Adobe Analytics
4 173 (10.64%) AWS
5 104 (6.40%) Google Analytics
6 97 (5.97%) GCP
6 97 (5.97%) SaaS
7 91 (5.60%) Figma
8 74 (4.55%) Contentsquare
9 72 (4.43%) GitHub
10 67 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
11 63 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
12 56 (3.44%) Snowflake
13 47 (2.89%) Serverless
14 42 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 33 (2.03%) PaaS
16 30 (1.85%) dbt
16 30 (1.85%) Google Ads
17 29 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
17 29 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 225 (13.84%) Broadband
2 26 (1.60%) VPN
3 16 (0.98%) DNS
4 14 (0.86%) Firewall
4 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.74%) VoIP
6 11 (0.68%) CTI
6 11 (0.68%) SMS
7 10 (0.62%) CHAP
7 10 (0.62%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.55%) Network Security
9 7 (0.43%) 5G
10 6 (0.37%) BGP
10 6 (0.37%) OSPF
10 6 (0.37%) VLAN
10 6 (0.37%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.25%) DHCP
12 3 (0.18%) Modbus
13 2 (0.12%) Intranet
13 2 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 253 (15.56%) Power BI
2 118 (7.26%) Data Warehouse
3 88 (5.41%) Metadata
4 68 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 64 (3.94%) Data Lake
5 64 (3.94%) Tableau
6 59 (3.63%) SQL Server
7 52 (3.20%) Relational Database
8 44 (2.71%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
9 41 (2.52%) BigQuery
10 40 (2.46%) Looker
11 34 (2.09%) Big Data
12 26 (1.60%) Delta Lake
12 26 (1.60%) Star Schema
13 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
14 22 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
15 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (0.92%) Power Query
17 14 (0.86%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 55 (3.38%) Git
2 24 (1.48%) JIRA
3 14 (0.86%) Crashlytics
3 14 (0.86%) XCTest
4 9 (0.55%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.49%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.43%) GitLab
6 7 (0.43%) MLflow
7 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.12%) Appium
9 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
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
10 1 (0.062%) Ant
10 1 (0.062%) Visual Studio
General
1 490 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 406 (24.97%) Finance
3 390 (23.99%) Analytical Skills
4 294 (18.08%) Marketing
5 200 (12.30%) Games
6 167 (10.27%) Public Sector
7 117 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (6.58%) Legal
9 97 (5.97%) Law
10 87 (5.35%) Retail
11 64 (3.94%) Banking
12 49 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.64%) Advertising
14 42 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
15 39 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.54%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.05%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.05%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.98%) Publishing
19 15 (0.92%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 314 (19.31%) Senior
2 245 (15.07%) Lead
3 199 (12.24%) Analyst
4 168 (10.33%) Data Engineer
5 155 (9.53%) Architect
6 89 (5.47%) Developer
6 89 (5.47%) Product Manager
7 86 (5.29%) Data Analyst
8 69 (4.24%) Data Architect
9 63 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
10 61 (3.75%) Designer
10 61 (3.75%) Senior Manager
11 59 (3.63%) Marketing Manager
12 54 (3.32%) Data Scientist
13 52 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
14 47 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
15 45 (2.77%) Consultant
16 38 (2.34%) .NET Developer
17 37 (2.28%) Senior Product Manager
18 36 (2.21%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (3.94%) PySpark
2 54 (3.32%) .NET
3 52 (3.20%) HTML
4 50 (3.08%) CSS
5 36 (2.21%) .NET Core
6 32 (1.97%) ASP.NET
6 32 (1.97%) ASP.NET Core
7 29 (1.78%) React
8 25 (1.54%) Kafka
9 21 (1.29%) AngularJS
10 18 (1.11%) Entity Framework
10 18 (1.11%) FastAPI
10 18 (1.11%) JSON
10 18 (1.11%) Node.js
10 18 (1.11%) REST
11 14 (0.86%) SubSonic
11 14 (0.86%) SwiftUI
11 14 (0.86%) UIKit
11 14 (0.86%) Vue
12 13 (0.80%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 229 (14.08%) Social Media
2 102 (6.27%) Product Ownership
3 84 (5.17%) Marketing Technology
4 82 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 59 (3.63%) Blog
6 58 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (3.20%) Data Structures
8 46 (2.83%) Algorithms
9 42 (2.58%) Management Information System
10 39 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 36 (2.21%) Over-the-Top Content
12 35 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (2.15%) Virtual Team
13 32 (1.97%) Mobile App
14 30 (1.85%) Onboarding
15 22 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
16 20 (1.23%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
17 19 (1.17%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.66%) Windows
2 20 (1.23%) Linux
3 16 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.74%) VMS
5 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Android
7 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.062%) AIX
8 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (43.30%) AI
2 440 (27.06%) Roadmaps
3 438 (26.94%) Agile
4 413 (25.40%) Decision-Making
5 324 (19.93%) Business Intelligence
6 309 (19.00%) Customer Experience
7 280 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 275 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
9 247 (15.19%) Data Modelling
10 224 (13.78%) Storytelling
11 213 (13.10%) Product Roadmap
12 206 (12.67%) Data Engineering
13 203 (12.48%) CI/CD
14 193 (11.87%) Machine Learning
15 191 (11.75%) Mentoring
15 191 (11.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 188 (11.56%) Data Analytics
17 180 (11.07%) Data Pipeline
18 172 (10.58%) User Experience
18 172 (10.58%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 462 (28.41%) SQL
2 341 (20.97%) Python
3 58 (3.57%) C#
4 41 (2.52%) PowerShell
5 39 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 36 (2.21%) Bicep
7 35 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 35 (2.15%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.66%) R
8 27 (1.66%) Scala
9 24 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
10 23 (1.41%) Bash
11 22 (1.35%) Java
12 16 (0.98%) Kotlin
12 16 (0.98%) Swift
13 14 (0.86%) C++
14 12 (0.74%) VBA
15 10 (0.62%) Go
15 10 (0.62%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 154 (9.47%) Degree
2 120 (7.38%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 47 (2.89%) Azure Certification
5 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (1.48%) ACCA
7 23 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.17%) CIMA
9 17 (1.05%) CISSP
9 17 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.80%) CISM
11 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.80%) SnowPro
12 11 (0.68%) CISA
12 11 (0.68%) SANS
13 10 (0.62%) CGEIT
13 10 (0.62%) FFIEC
13 10 (0.62%) PhD
14 8 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (16.05%) Accessibility
2 223 (13.71%) Data Quality
3 97 (5.97%) GDPR
4 76 (4.67%) WCAG
5 52 (3.20%) QA
6 23 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 23 (1.41%) NIST
7 13 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.68%) IFRS
8 11 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.62%) COBIT
10 9 (0.55%) SLA
11 6 (0.37%) GRC
11 6 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.31%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.31%) GAAP
12 5 (0.31%) PERC
12 5 (0.31%) PMO
13 4 (0.25%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (3.01%) Docker
2 31 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.74%) vSphere
6 7 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 88 (5.41%) Terraform
2 65 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.43%) Grafana
5 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.25%) Ansible
7 3 (0.18%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.062%) Istio
9 1 (0.062%) linkerd
9 1 (0.062%) OpenView
9 1 (0.062%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.062%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.062%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.062%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 328 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 243 (14.94%) Adobe
3 161 (9.90%) Google
4 134 (8.24%) Databricks
5 57 (3.51%) SAP
6 54 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 44 (2.71%) Oracle
8 25 (1.54%) HubSpot
9 16 (0.98%) Cisco
10 15 (0.92%) Amplitude
10 15 (0.92%) Braze
10 15 (0.92%) Workday
11 14 (0.86%) Alteryx
11 14 (0.86%) Instagram
11 14 (0.86%) VMware
12 12 (0.74%) Informatica
12 12 (0.74%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.68%) Avaya
13 11 (0.68%) Genesys
13 11 (0.68%) Screaming Frog