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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,481 1,229 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.72% 8.28% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.36% 8.73% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 801 670 1,538
10th Percentile £39,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,290 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.56% -11.30%
75th Percentile £86,000 £83,750 £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 15,829 14,071 30,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.52% 94.77% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,309 8,239 23,590
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 3 June 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 49 (3.31%) CMS
2 38 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (2.23%) Confluence
4 29 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.82%) Apache
6 20 (1.35%) WordPress
7 17 (1.15%) 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%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.14%) Moodle
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.068%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.57%) UserZoom
3 35 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.74%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.27%) Trello
9 3 (0.20%) InDesign
9 3 (0.20%) SPSS
10 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.068%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (2.30%) Adobe Campaign
2 11 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
4 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.47%) Shopify
5 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.20%) Magento
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.068%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.068%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 344 (23.23%) Azure
2 219 (14.79%) Power Platform
3 199 (13.44%) Adobe Analytics
4 150 (10.13%) AWS
5 102 (6.89%) Figma
6 101 (6.82%) Google Analytics
7 98 (6.62%) SaaS
8 84 (5.67%) GCP
9 78 (5.27%) Azure Data Factory
10 70 (4.73%) Contentsquare
11 61 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
13 54 (3.65%) Entra ID
14 53 (3.58%) GitHub
15 50 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 37 (2.50%) Snowflake
17 35 (2.36%) Serverless
18 34 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
19 31 (2.09%) Amazon S3
20 27 (1.82%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 266 (17.96%) Broadband
2 21 (1.42%) CHAP
3 14 (0.95%) DNS
4 12 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 10 (0.68%) VPN
6 9 (0.61%) Firewall
7 8 (0.54%) SMS
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 (0.14%) SSL
13 1 (0.068%) ATM
13 1 (0.068%) MPLS
13 1 (0.068%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (13.17%) Power BI
2 80 (5.40%) Metadata
3 77 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (4.25%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.44%) Data Lake
6 49 (3.31%) Tableau
7 46 (3.11%) Relational Database
8 43 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (2.90%) BigQuery
9 38 (2.57%) Looker
9 38 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
10 29 (1.96%) Big Data
11 27 (1.82%) NoSQL
12 25 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.35%) Star Schema
14 17 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 17 (1.15%) Power Query
15 16 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
15 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (3.44%) Git
2 30 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.49%) TeamCity
4 21 (1.42%) JIRA
5 14 (0.95%) Crashlytics
5 14 (0.95%) XCTest
6 11 (0.74%) Axure RP
6 11 (0.74%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.61%) MLflow
8 8 (0.54%) GitLab
9 6 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.20%) Storybook
12 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.14%) MSI
12 2 (0.14%) Selenium
12 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 455 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 373 (25.19%) Finance
3 315 (21.27%) Analytical Skills
4 228 (15.40%) Marketing
5 206 (13.91%) Games
6 147 (9.93%) Public Sector
7 96 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (5.13%) Law
8 76 (5.13%) Retail
9 66 (4.46%) Banking
10 58 (3.92%) Legal
11 51 (3.44%) Back Office
12 40 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.57%) Advertising
14 35 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (2.09%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.08%) Automotive
18 14 (0.95%) Manufacturing
19 13 (0.88%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 301 (20.32%) Senior
2 228 (15.40%) Lead
3 183 (12.36%) Data Engineer
4 148 (9.99%) Analyst
5 104 (7.02%) Architect
6 89 (6.01%) Product Manager
7 76 (5.13%) Designer
8 71 (4.79%) Senior Manager
9 70 (4.73%) Developer
10 64 (4.32%) Data Analyst
11 58 (3.92%) Support Engineer
12 52 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
13 51 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Support
14 48 (3.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 48 (3.24%) Lead Designer
14 48 (3.24%) Site Engineer
15 47 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.77%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.38%) PySpark
2 45 (3.04%) HTML
3 41 (2.77%) CSS
4 39 (2.63%) .NET
5 31 (2.09%) Kafka
6 26 (1.76%) .NET Core
7 22 (1.49%) Akka
8 18 (1.22%) Node.js
9 16 (1.08%) React
9 16 (1.08%) REST
10 15 (1.01%) JSON
11 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET
11 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
11 14 (0.95%) SwiftUI
11 14 (0.95%) UIKit
12 13 (0.88%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.88%) OAuth
12 13 (0.88%) RESTful
13 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.68%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 244 (16.48%) Social Media
2 96 (6.48%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.92%) Over-the-Top Content
4 53 (3.58%) Cloud Native
5 50 (3.38%) Marketing Technology
6 48 (3.24%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.11%) Data Structures
8 45 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
9 43 (2.90%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.50%) Virtual Team
11 35 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.76%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.62%) Onboarding
15 24 (1.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 21 (1.42%) Blog
16 21 (1.42%) Web Conferencing
17 15 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (1.01%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.32%) Windows
2 48 (3.24%) Windows 10
3 25 (1.69%) Linux
4 16 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.34%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) Android
7 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.068%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (37.54%) AI
2 434 (29.30%) Agile
3 394 (26.60%) Roadmaps
4 358 (24.17%) Customer Experience
5 323 (21.81%) Decision-Making
6 251 (16.95%) Business Intelligence
7 248 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
8 238 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 237 (16.00%) Data Modelling
10 227 (15.33%) Storytelling
11 223 (15.06%) Product Roadmap
12 209 (14.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 190 (12.83%) CI/CD
14 187 (12.63%) Data Analytics
15 185 (12.49%) Data Engineering
16 184 (12.42%) Digital Customer Experience
17 182 (12.29%) Data Pipeline
18 177 (11.95%) User Research
19 165 (11.14%) DevOps
20 162 (10.94%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 368 (24.85%) SQL
2 316 (21.34%) Python
3 54 (3.65%) Scala
4 45 (3.04%) C#
5 35 (2.36%) Java
6 31 (2.09%) R
7 29 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (1.96%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.82%) JavaScript
9 23 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.28%) Bash
10 19 (1.28%) Bicep
11 18 (1.22%) C++
12 17 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 14 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 14 (0.95%) Swift
14 11 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.68%) Go
16 8 (0.54%) Rust
17 6 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 188 (12.69%) Degree
2 137 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.24%) CTC Cleared
5 31 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.76%) CISA
7 24 (1.62%) CISSP
8 22 (1.49%) CISM
8 22 (1.49%) SANS
9 21 (1.42%) CGEIT
9 21 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.42%) FFIEC
10 18 (1.22%) ACCA
10 18 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.01%) CIMA
13 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.88%) PhD
14 9 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.41%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (16.68%) Accessibility
2 207 (13.98%) Data Quality
3 93 (6.28%) GDPR
4 80 (5.40%) WCAG
5 50 (3.38%) SLA
6 40 (2.70%) QA
7 28 (1.89%) NIST
8 21 (1.42%) COBIT
9 18 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.61%) IFRS
12 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.34%) GAAP
14 5 (0.34%) GRC
15 4 (0.27%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.27%) PERC
16 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
17 2 (0.14%) GMP
System Software
1 60 (4.05%) Docker
2 25 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) vSphere
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (5.33%) Terraform
2 72 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.34%) 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 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) Graylog
8 1 (0.068%) OpenView
8 1 (0.068%) QRadar
8 1 (0.068%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.068%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.068%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 273 (18.43%) Microsoft
2 269 (18.16%) Adobe
3 140 (9.45%) Google
4 110 (7.43%) Databricks
5 49 (3.31%) Cisco
6 48 (3.24%) Salesforce
7 47 (3.17%) SAP
8 45 (3.04%) Oracle
9 26 (1.76%) HubSpot
10 15 (1.01%) Amplitude
11 14 (0.95%) Braze
12 13 (0.88%) Instagram
13 12 (0.81%) Pardot
14 11 (0.74%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.74%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.74%) Wrike
15 9 (0.61%) Alteryx
15 9 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
16 8 (0.54%) Workday