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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,061 1,427 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 8.58% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.99% 9.18% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 625 707 1,126
10th Percentile £36,950 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

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 13,271 15,543 19,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.60% 93.41% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,417 9,212 15,769
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 33 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
1 33 (3.11%) CMS
2 21 (1.98%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.70%) Apache
4 17 (1.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 17 (1.60%) WordPress
5 16 (1.51%) Confluence
6 15 (1.41%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.57%) SAS
9 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.38%) Drupal
11 3 (0.28%) Moodle
12 1 (0.094%) DNN
12 1 (0.094%) Jupyter
Applications
1 104 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.45%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.32%) InDesign
4 14 (1.32%) Photoshop
5 13 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.57%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.47%) Trello
10 4 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.38%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.19%) SPSS
13 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.094%) Notion
13 1 (0.094%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.094%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 32 (3.02%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 16 (1.51%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.51%) Oracle Receivables
4 15 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (1.41%) Shopify
5 14 (1.32%) Dynamics GP
5 14 (1.32%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.94%) Magento
7 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 398 (37.51%) Azure
2 238 (22.43%) Power Platform
3 110 (10.37%) AWS
4 101 (9.52%) Snowflake
5 96 (9.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 94 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (8.58%) GitHub
8 89 (8.39%) SaaS
9 84 (7.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 83 (7.82%) Google Analytics
11 80 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
12 69 (6.50%) GCP
13 51 (4.81%) dbt
14 44 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (4.05%) GitHub Copilot
16 42 (3.96%) Entra ID
17 36 (3.39%) Figma
18 30 (2.83%) Amazon S3
19 26 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
20 25 (2.36%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.45%) Broadband
2 17 (1.60%) VPN
3 12 (1.13%) CHAP
4 9 (0.85%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.75%) Firewall
6 7 (0.66%) DNS
7 5 (0.47%) Network Security
8 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.094%) DAB
10 1 (0.094%) DHCP
10 1 (0.094%) SMS
10 1 (0.094%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (20.74%) Power BI
2 139 (13.10%) Data Warehouse
3 98 (9.24%) Tableau
4 75 (7.07%) Data Lake
5 67 (6.31%) SQL Server
6 60 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 58 (5.47%) Metadata
8 43 (4.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (2.73%) BigQuery
10 23 (2.17%) Looker
10 23 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
13 17 (1.60%) Delta Lake
14 15 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 13 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (1.23%) Big Data
16 12 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
17 11 (1.04%) NoSQL
17 11 (1.04%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 59 (5.56%) JIRA
2 49 (4.62%) Git
3 35 (3.30%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.92%) Oracle Forms
5 26 (2.45%) Axure RP
5 26 (2.45%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.13%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.57%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.47%) GitLab
8 5 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.38%) ERwin
9 4 (0.38%) MLflow
9 4 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.28%) Storybook
11 2 (0.19%) Selenium
12 1 (0.094%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.094%) Pivotal Tracker
12 1 (0.094%) Postman
12 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.094%) TestNG
General
1 406 (38.27%) Social Skills
2 394 (37.13%) Finance
3 272 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (15.17%) Marketing
5 98 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 73 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.47%) Law
8 55 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (4.81%) Retail
10 47 (4.43%) Manufacturing
11 40 (3.77%) Banking
12 39 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (3.30%) Back Office
14 32 (3.02%) Legal
15 24 (2.26%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.60%) Billing
17 15 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.23%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 149 (14.04%) Senior
2 120 (11.31%) Analyst
3 115 (10.84%) Data Engineer
4 114 (10.74%) Architect
5 87 (8.20%) Lead
6 65 (6.13%) Developer
7 61 (5.75%) Data Architect
8 45 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 41 (3.86%) Data Analyst
10 40 (3.77%) Designer
11 32 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (3.02%) Support Engineer
12 28 (2.64%) Desktop Engineer
12 28 (2.64%) Desktop Support
12 28 (2.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 27 (2.54%) Senior Data Engineer
14 26 (2.45%) Consultant
14 26 (2.45%) Data Manager
14 26 (2.45%) Senior Manager
15 24 (2.26%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.15%) OAuth
2 37 (3.49%) HTML
3 36 (3.39%) RESTful
4 34 (3.20%) OAuth2
5 33 (3.11%) PySpark
6 31 (2.92%) CSS
7 30 (2.83%) JSON
8 26 (2.45%) Kafka
9 23 (2.17%) SAML
10 14 (1.32%) .NET
11 13 (1.23%) XML
12 12 (1.13%) Akka
12 12 (1.13%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.04%) Node.js
13 11 (1.04%) Pandas
13 11 (1.04%) REST
13 11 (1.04%) scikit-learn
14 10 (0.94%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.94%) PyTorch
15 8 (0.75%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 84 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 73 (6.88%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 56 (5.28%) Social Media
6 39 (3.68%) Onboarding
7 37 (3.49%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.92%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (2.36%) Algorithms
10 25 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
12 14 (1.32%) Blog
12 14 (1.32%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
14 12 (1.13%) Over-the-Top Content
15 10 (0.94%) Reinsurance
16 9 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.56%) Windows
2 28 (2.64%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.89%) Linux
4 12 (1.13%) Unix
5 6 (0.57%) Android
6 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.094%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (27.52%) AI
2 290 (27.33%) Business Intelligence
3 286 (26.96%) Agile
4 253 (23.85%) Decision-Making
5 249 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 211 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
7 206 (19.42%) DevOps
8 202 (19.04%) Data Modelling
9 197 (18.57%) Data Analytics
10 164 (15.46%) ETL
11 159 (14.99%) CI/CD
12 151 (14.23%) Data Engineering
13 147 (13.85%) Machine Learning
14 140 (13.20%) Data Pipeline
15 139 (13.10%) Roadmaps
16 138 (13.01%) Visualisation
17 133 (12.54%) Coaching
18 121 (11.40%) Data Management
19 119 (11.22%) Data Governance
20 110 (10.37%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 331 (31.20%) SQL
2 275 (25.92%) Python
3 49 (4.62%) Java
4 45 (4.24%) PowerShell
5 43 (4.05%) Scala
6 37 (3.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 31 (2.92%) R
8 29 (2.73%) Bicep
8 29 (2.73%) JavaScript
9 25 (2.36%) Bash
10 24 (2.26%) T-SQL
11 23 (2.17%) PL/SQL
12 22 (2.07%) C#
13 19 (1.79%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.13%) C++
15 9 (0.85%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.47%) Go
17 4 (0.38%) Fortran
17 4 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 201 (18.94%) Degree
2 104 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.11%) CISA
5 28 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.64%) CTC Cleared
6 25 (2.36%) CISSP
6 25 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 24 (2.26%) DBS Check
8 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.79%) ACCA
10 17 (1.60%) CISM
11 16 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.23%) CIMA
13 12 (1.13%) CGEIT
13 12 (1.13%) FFIEC
13 12 (1.13%) SANS
13 12 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (13.29%) Data Quality
2 92 (8.67%) Accessibility
3 58 (5.47%) GDPR
4 38 (3.58%) WCAG
5 37 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.02%) SLA
7 29 (2.73%) NIST
8 19 (1.79%) QA
9 17 (1.60%) COBIT
10 14 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (1.32%) ISO 9001
11 13 (1.23%) IFRS
12 9 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.66%) GRC
14 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.47%) ITGC
16 4 (0.38%) PMO
16 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.19%) GAAP
17 2 (0.19%) GMP
System Software
1 32 (3.02%) Docker
2 20 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.094%) vCloud
8 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 105 (9.90%) Terraform
2 37 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.75%) SCCM
6 7 (0.66%) Ansible
7 6 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.47%) Grafana
8 5 (0.47%) QRadar
8 5 (0.47%) SCOM
9 3 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.19%) Argo
11 1 (0.094%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.094%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.094%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.094%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.094%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 223 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.40%) Google
3 90 (8.48%) Databricks
4 64 (6.03%) Adobe
5 53 (5.00%) Oracle
6 44 (4.15%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.77%) Cisco
8 37 (3.49%) SAP
9 18 (1.70%) HubSpot
10 14 (1.32%) Ab Initio
11 13 (1.23%) Zoho
12 12 (1.13%) Sage
12 12 (1.13%) Talend
13 11 (1.04%) Autodesk
14 10 (0.94%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.75%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.75%) IBM
15 8 (0.75%) Informatica
15 8 (0.75%) VMware
15 8 (0.75%) Workday