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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 28 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,485 1,242 2,401
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.74% 8.31% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.35% 8.77% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 818 677 1,536
10th Percentile £39,421 £30,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,290 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.51% -11.44%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £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 15,882 14,159 29,959
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.77% 89.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,378 8,323 23,497
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 31 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 (3.37%) CMS
2 41 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.29%) Confluence
4 29 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 28 (1.89%) Apache
6 21 (1.41%) WordPress
7 17 (1.14%) SAS
8 16 (1.08%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.61%) Drupal
10 4 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.067%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.56%) UserZoom
3 36 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.81%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) SPSS
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.067%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (2.29%) Adobe Campaign
2 11 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.47%) Shopify
6 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.20%) Magento
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.13%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.067%) SAP MII
10 1 (0.067%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 356 (23.97%) Azure
2 220 (14.81%) Power Platform
3 200 (13.47%) Adobe Analytics
4 155 (10.44%) AWS
5 103 (6.94%) Figma
6 102 (6.87%) Google Analytics
7 99 (6.67%) SaaS
8 87 (5.86%) GCP
9 81 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 70 (4.71%) Contentsquare
11 61 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (3.70%) Entra ID
13 54 (3.64%) GitHub
14 53 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 37 (2.49%) Snowflake
16 34 (2.29%) Amazon S3
16 34 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
17 32 (2.15%) Serverless
18 26 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 267 (17.98%) Broadband
2 21 (1.41%) CHAP
3 14 (0.94%) DNS
4 12 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.67%) Unified Communications
6 9 (0.61%) Firewall
7 8 (0.54%) SMS
7 8 (0.54%) VPN
8 7 (0.47%) 5G
9 5 (0.34%) Network Security
10 4 (0.27%) BGP
10 4 (0.27%) DHCP
10 4 (0.27%) OSPF
10 4 (0.27%) VLAN
10 4 (0.27%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.20%) Modbus
12 2 (0.13%) SSL
13 1 (0.067%) Intranet
13 1 (0.067%) MPLS
13 1 (0.067%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (13.13%) Power BI
2 82 (5.52%) Metadata
3 77 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (4.31%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.64%) Data Lake
6 48 (3.23%) Tableau
7 44 (2.96%) BigQuery
8 43 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (2.76%) Relational Database
10 38 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
11 37 (2.49%) Looker
12 29 (1.95%) Big Data
13 28 (1.89%) NoSQL
14 26 (1.75%) MongoDB
15 20 (1.35%) Delta Lake
15 20 (1.35%) Star Schema
16 18 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 17 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
17 17 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (1.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (3.50%) Git
2 30 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.48%) JIRA
3 22 (1.48%) TeamCity
4 13 (0.88%) Crashlytics
4 13 (0.88%) XCTest
5 12 (0.81%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.81%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.67%) MLflow
7 8 (0.54%) GitLab
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.20%) Storybook
11 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.13%) MSI
11 2 (0.13%) Selenium
11 2 (0.13%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 452 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 367 (24.71%) Finance
3 308 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (15.42%) Marketing
5 207 (13.94%) Games
6 150 (10.10%) Public Sector
7 91 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (5.12%) Law
8 76 (5.12%) Retail
9 61 (4.11%) Banking
10 58 (3.91%) Legal
11 52 (3.50%) Back Office
12 42 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.49%) Advertising
13 37 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (2.09%) Financial Institution
15 26 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.08%) Automotive
17 14 (0.94%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.88%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 291 (19.60%) Senior
2 228 (15.35%) Lead
3 189 (12.73%) Data Engineer
4 135 (9.09%) Analyst
5 108 (7.27%) Architect
6 84 (5.66%) Product Manager
7 78 (5.25%) Designer
8 73 (4.92%) Developer
9 66 (4.44%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.91%) Support Engineer
11 53 (3.57%) Data Analyst
12 51 (3.43%) Senior Data Engineer
13 49 (3.30%) Lead Designer
13 49 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
14 48 (3.23%) Desktop Engineer
14 48 (3.23%) Desktop Support
14 48 (3.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 48 (3.23%) Site Engineer
15 46 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
16 42 (2.83%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.77%) PySpark
2 46 (3.10%) HTML
3 42 (2.83%) CSS
4 40 (2.69%) .NET
5 33 (2.22%) Kafka
6 26 (1.75%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.48%) Akka
8 18 (1.21%) Node.js
9 16 (1.08%) JSON
9 16 (1.08%) React
9 16 (1.08%) REST
10 14 (0.94%) ASP.NET
10 14 (0.94%) ASP.NET Core
11 13 (0.88%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.88%) OAuth
11 13 (0.88%) RESTful
11 13 (0.88%) SwiftUI
11 13 (0.88%) UIKit
12 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 244 (16.43%) Social Media
2 97 (6.53%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.91%) Over-the-Top Content
4 54 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 50 (3.37%) Marketing Technology
6 48 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.16%) Data Structures
8 44 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
9 43 (2.90%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.49%) Virtual Team
11 35 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.68%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.62%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
15 21 (1.41%) Blog
15 21 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
16 15 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
16 15 (1.01%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.24%) Windows
2 48 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 26 (1.75%) Linux
4 15 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.40%) Unix
6 5 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.20%) VMS
8 2 (0.13%) Android
8 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.067%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (37.64%) AI
2 438 (29.49%) Agile
3 386 (25.99%) Roadmaps
4 353 (23.77%) Customer Experience
5 315 (21.21%) Decision-Making
6 252 (16.97%) Business Intelligence
7 244 (16.43%) Data Modelling
8 241 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 240 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
10 226 (15.22%) Storytelling
11 225 (15.15%) Product Roadmap
12 211 (14.21%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 196 (13.20%) CI/CD
14 189 (12.73%) Data Engineering
15 186 (12.53%) Data Pipeline
16 185 (12.46%) Digital Customer Experience
17 182 (12.26%) Data Analytics
18 179 (12.05%) User Research
19 169 (11.38%) DevOps
20 167 (11.25%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 364 (24.51%) SQL
2 317 (21.35%) Python
3 56 (3.77%) Scala
4 46 (3.10%) C#
5 35 (2.36%) Java
6 30 (2.02%) R
7 29 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 28 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 28 (1.89%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.21%) Bash
10 18 (1.21%) C++
11 17 (1.14%) Bicep
11 17 (1.14%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.88%) Kotlin
12 13 (0.88%) Swift
13 10 (0.67%) Go
14 9 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.54%) Rust
16 6 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 191 (12.86%) Degree
2 141 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 121 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
5 30 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.75%) CISA
7 23 (1.55%) CISSP
8 22 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.48%) SANS
9 21 (1.41%) CGEIT
9 21 (1.41%) CISM
9 21 (1.41%) FFIEC
10 19 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.21%) ACCA
12 17 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 15 (1.01%) CIMA
14 13 (0.88%) PhD
15 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.61%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.40%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (16.84%) Accessibility
2 212 (14.28%) Data Quality
3 94 (6.33%) GDPR
4 82 (5.52%) WCAG
5 50 (3.37%) SLA
6 40 (2.69%) QA
7 28 (1.89%) NIST
8 21 (1.41%) COBIT
9 18 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.61%) IFRS
12 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.47%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.40%) GRC
15 5 (0.34%) GAAP
16 4 (0.27%) IFRS 17
16 4 (0.27%) PERC
17 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
18 2 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 63 (4.24%) Docker
2 24 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) Firmware
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 80 (5.39%) Terraform
2 75 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.40%) Ansible
5 4 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.27%) Grafana
5 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.20%) Control-M
6 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 1 (0.067%) OpenView
8 1 (0.067%) QRadar
8 1 (0.067%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.067%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.067%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 279 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 271 (18.25%) Adobe
3 141 (9.49%) Google
4 114 (7.68%) Databricks
5 49 (3.30%) Cisco
6 48 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 48 (3.23%) SAP
7 47 (3.16%) Oracle
8 25 (1.68%) HubSpot
9 14 (0.94%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.88%) Braze
10 13 (0.88%) Instagram
11 12 (0.81%) Pardot
12 11 (0.74%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.74%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 11 (0.74%) Wrike
13 9 (0.61%) Alteryx
13 9 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
13 9 (0.61%) Workday