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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 26 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,418 1,294 2,394
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.57% 8.57% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 9.02% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 771 716 1,531
10th Percentile £38,250 £31,000 £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 £86,250 £83,156 £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 15,505 14,349 29,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,008 8,690 23,384
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -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 19 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 50 (3.53%) CMS
2 40 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.40%) Confluence
4 28 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.69%) Apache
6 21 (1.48%) WordPress
7 18 (1.27%) SharePoint
8 17 (1.20%) SAS
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.071%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 60 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.12%) UserZoom
4 15 (1.06%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) InDesign
7 3 (0.21%) SPSS
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (2.40%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 8 (0.56%) Magento
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.49%) Shopify
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.071%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.071%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 351 (24.75%) Azure
2 212 (14.95%) Power Platform
3 193 (13.61%) Adobe Analytics
4 146 (10.30%) AWS
5 105 (7.40%) Figma
6 102 (7.19%) Google Analytics
7 96 (6.77%) SaaS
8 87 (6.14%) GCP
9 81 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 67 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
11 62 (4.37%) Contentsquare
11 62 (4.37%) GitHub
11 62 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (3.88%) Entra ID
13 54 (3.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 42 (2.96%) Snowflake
15 32 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
16 31 (2.19%) Amazon S3
16 31 (2.19%) Serverless
17 30 (2.12%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 257 (18.12%) Broadband
2 21 (1.48%) CHAP
3 11 (0.78%) DNS
3 11 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.71%) Unified Communications
5 8 (0.56%) Firewall
6 7 (0.49%) 5G
6 7 (0.49%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
7 4 (0.28%) Network Security
7 4 (0.28%) SMS
8 3 (0.21%) BGP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
8 3 (0.21%) OSPF
8 3 (0.21%) VLAN
8 3 (0.21%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.071%) Intranet
10 1 (0.071%) MPLS
10 1 (0.071%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (13.12%) Power BI
2 82 (5.78%) Metadata
3 75 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (4.51%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.60%) Data Lake
6 48 (3.39%) Tableau
7 42 (2.96%) BigQuery
8 40 (2.82%) Looker
9 39 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (2.75%) Relational Database
10 32 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (1.69%) NoSQL
12 19 (1.34%) Big Data
12 19 (1.34%) Delta Lake
12 19 (1.34%) MongoDB
12 19 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (1.34%) Star Schema
13 18 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (1.20%) Power Query
15 15 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 56 (3.95%) Git
2 33 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.97%) JIRA
4 22 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.06%) Axure RP
5 15 (1.06%) Balsamiq
6 13 (0.92%) Crashlytics
6 13 (0.92%) XCTest
7 12 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.71%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
9 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.21%) Storybook
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.14%) Selenium
14 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.071%) MSI
14 1 (0.071%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 428 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 350 (24.68%) Finance
3 278 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 224 (15.80%) Marketing
5 197 (13.89%) Games
6 145 (10.23%) Public Sector
7 85 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (5.36%) Retail
9 69 (4.87%) Law
10 55 (3.88%) Banking
11 53 (3.74%) Back Office
12 50 (3.53%) Legal
13 39 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (2.33%) Advertising
16 30 (2.12%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.13%) Automotive
19 13 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 270 (19.04%) Senior
2 218 (15.37%) Lead
3 171 (12.06%) Data Engineer
4 131 (9.24%) Analyst
5 102 (7.19%) Architect
6 80 (5.64%) Designer
7 75 (5.29%) Product Manager
8 66 (4.65%) Developer
9 58 (4.09%) Support Engineer
10 57 (4.02%) Senior Manager
11 49 (3.46%) Lead Designer
11 49 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
12 48 (3.39%) Desktop Engineer
12 48 (3.39%) Desktop Support
12 48 (3.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 48 (3.39%) Site Engineer
13 47 (3.31%) Data Analyst
14 46 (3.24%) Senior Data Engineer
15 45 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
16 42 (2.96%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.60%) PySpark
2 46 (3.24%) HTML
3 41 (2.89%) CSS
4 37 (2.61%) .NET
5 34 (2.40%) Kafka
6 23 (1.62%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.55%) Akka
8 19 (1.34%) Node.js
8 19 (1.34%) OAuth
9 17 (1.20%) JSON
9 17 (1.20%) RESTful
10 15 (1.06%) React
10 15 (1.06%) REST
11 13 (0.92%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.92%) SwiftUI
11 13 (0.92%) UIKit
12 12 (0.85%) ASP.NET
12 12 (0.85%) OAuth2
13 11 (0.78%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.78%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 235 (16.57%) Social Media
2 100 (7.05%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.02%) Over-the-Top Content
4 55 (3.88%) Cloud Native
5 50 (3.53%) Marketing Technology
6 46 (3.24%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
8 40 (2.82%) Data Structures
9 39 (2.75%) Algorithms
9 39 (2.75%) Virtual Team
10 33 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.76%) Mobile App
13 25 (1.76%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
15 22 (1.55%) Blog
16 20 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
17 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.06%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.44%) Windows
2 48 (3.39%) Windows 10
3 23 (1.62%) Linux
4 17 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.28%) Android
8 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.071%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (36.74%) AI
2 424 (29.90%) Agile
3 351 (24.75%) Roadmaps
4 335 (23.62%) Customer Experience
5 285 (20.10%) Decision-Making
6 241 (17.00%) Business Intelligence
7 235 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 229 (16.15%) Data Modelling
9 213 (15.02%) Storytelling
10 212 (14.95%) Product Roadmap
11 211 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
12 205 (14.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 198 (13.96%) CI/CD
14 179 (12.62%) Data Engineering
15 177 (12.48%) Digital Customer Experience
16 176 (12.41%) Data Pipeline
17 175 (12.34%) Data Analytics
18 172 (12.13%) User Research
19 171 (12.06%) ETL
20 168 (11.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 334 (23.55%) SQL
2 281 (19.82%) Python
3 57 (4.02%) Scala
4 43 (3.03%) C#
5 37 (2.61%) Java
6 27 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.90%) R
7 26 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 23 (1.62%) PowerShell
9 21 (1.48%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.41%) Bicep
11 18 (1.27%) C++
11 18 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.06%) Bash
13 13 (0.92%) Kotlin
13 13 (0.92%) Swift
14 10 (0.71%) Go
15 8 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.56%) Rust
15 8 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (13.05%) Degree
2 130 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.39%) CTC Cleared
5 28 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.83%) CISA
7 21 (1.48%) CGEIT
7 21 (1.48%) CISM
7 21 (1.48%) CISSP
7 21 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (1.48%) FFIEC
7 21 (1.48%) SANS
8 19 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.06%) ACCA
11 14 (0.99%) CIMA
12 13 (0.92%) PhD
13 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.42%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (16.93%) Accessibility
2 193 (13.61%) Data Quality
3 93 (6.56%) GDPR
4 83 (5.85%) WCAG
5 51 (3.60%) SLA
6 38 (2.68%) QA
7 27 (1.90%) NIST
8 21 (1.48%) COBIT
9 16 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.63%) IFRS
10 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) GRC
13 5 (0.35%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.21%) PERC
15 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 57 (4.02%) Docker
2 23 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.071%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.071%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 77 (5.43%) Terraform
2 66 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.42%) Ansible
4 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.21%) Control-M
6 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.21%) Grafana
6 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 1 (0.071%) Argo
8 1 (0.071%) OpenView
8 1 (0.071%) QRadar
8 1 (0.071%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.071%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.071%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 266 (18.76%) Adobe
2 263 (18.55%) Microsoft
3 141 (9.94%) Google
4 114 (8.04%) Databricks
5 49 (3.46%) Cisco
6 48 (3.39%) Oracle
7 46 (3.24%) SAP
8 43 (3.03%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.62%) HubSpot
10 14 (0.99%) Amplitude
11 13 (0.92%) Braze
11 13 (0.92%) Instagram
12 12 (0.85%) Pardot
13 11 (0.78%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.78%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.78%) Wrike
14 10 (0.71%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
16 8 (0.56%) Workday
17 6 (0.42%) dotdigital