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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 28
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,440 1,322 2,344
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.84% 9.28% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.49% 9.78% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 754 758 1,539
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,168 £44,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -10.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,188 £81,975
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 15,172 13,521 29,708
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.63% 94.90% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,708 8,881 23,561
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%

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 7 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 55 (3.82%) CMS
2 47 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (2.50%) Confluence
4 32 (2.22%) Apache Spark
5 25 (1.74%) Apache
6 22 (1.53%) WordPress
7 18 (1.25%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.69%) SAS
9 9 (0.63%) Drupal
10 8 (0.56%) 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 (0.069%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 71 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (2.08%) UserZoom
4 19 (1.32%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.069%) Notion
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.069%) SPSS
10 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.36%) Adobe Campaign
2 18 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.69%) Magento
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.56%) Shopify
7 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
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
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 364 (25.28%) Azure
2 201 (13.96%) Power Platform
3 194 (13.47%) Adobe Analytics
4 150 (10.42%) AWS
5 111 (7.71%) Figma
6 107 (7.43%) Google Analytics
7 92 (6.39%) GCP
8 91 (6.32%) SaaS
9 84 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 72 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
11 69 (4.79%) GitHub
12 68 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
13 66 (4.58%) Snowflake
14 63 (4.38%) Contentsquare
15 57 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 52 (3.61%) Entra ID
17 37 (2.57%) dbt
18 30 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
18 30 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
18 30 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 255 (17.71%) Broadband
2 27 (1.88%) CHAP
3 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.56%) DNS
5 7 (0.49%) Firewall
5 7 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.42%) VPN
7 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.21%) Modbus
9 2 (0.14%) 5G
9 2 (0.14%) Network Security
9 2 (0.14%) SMS
9 2 (0.14%) SSL
10 1 (0.069%) BGP
10 1 (0.069%) Intranet
10 1 (0.069%) MPLS
10 1 (0.069%) OSPF
10 1 (0.069%) VLAN
10 1 (0.069%) VoIP
10 1 (0.069%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.15%) Power BI
2 100 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (5.83%) Metadata
4 57 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 55 (3.82%) Data Lake
6 51 (3.54%) Tableau
7 43 (2.99%) BigQuery
8 39 (2.71%) Relational Database
9 38 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 37 (2.57%) Looker
11 34 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.60%) NoSQL
13 21 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.32%) Delta Lake
15 18 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
16 16 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (1.11%) Big Data
16 16 (1.11%) Power Query
16 16 (1.11%) Star Schema
17 13 (0.90%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 59 (4.10%) Git
2 36 (2.50%) JIRA
3 35 (2.43%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.53%) TeamCity
5 19 (1.32%) Axure RP
5 19 (1.32%) Balsamiq
6 16 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.83%) Crashlytics
7 12 (0.83%) XCTest
8 10 (0.69%) MLflow
9 6 (0.42%) GitLab
10 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Storybook
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.14%) Selenium
14 1 (0.069%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.069%) GCC
14 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 454 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 367 (25.49%) Finance
3 286 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.49%) Marketing
5 194 (13.47%) Games
6 151 (10.49%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (4.72%) Retail
9 65 (4.51%) Back Office
10 61 (4.24%) Law
11 60 (4.17%) Banking
12 51 (3.54%) Legal
13 40 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.43%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (2.08%) Advertising
17 16 (1.11%) Automotive
18 15 (1.04%) Manufacturing
19 14 (0.97%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 251 (17.43%) Senior
2 223 (15.49%) Lead
3 164 (11.39%) Data Engineer
4 127 (8.82%) Architect
5 122 (8.47%) Analyst
6 85 (5.90%) Designer
7 72 (5.00%) Product Manager
8 69 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 61 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
10 59 (4.10%) Desktop Engineer
10 59 (4.10%) Desktop Support
10 59 (4.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 56 (3.89%) Site Engineer
12 55 (3.82%) Developer
12 55 (3.82%) Senior Manager
13 51 (3.54%) Data Architect
14 49 (3.40%) Lead Designer
15 43 (2.99%) Digital Designer
16 42 (2.92%) Data Manager
17 40 (2.78%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.47%) PySpark
2 46 (3.19%) HTML
3 41 (2.85%) CSS
4 38 (2.64%) Kafka
5 31 (2.15%) .NET
6 25 (1.74%) OAuth
7 22 (1.53%) Akka
8 21 (1.46%) RESTful
9 20 (1.39%) Node.js
10 18 (1.25%) JSON
10 18 (1.25%) OAuth2
11 17 (1.18%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.11%) React
13 14 (0.97%) REST
14 13 (0.90%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.83%) SwiftUI
15 12 (0.83%) TensorFlow
15 12 (0.83%) UIKit
16 11 (0.76%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.76%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 238 (16.53%) Social Media
2 100 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 53 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.61%) Virtual Team
7 49 (3.40%) Marketing Technology
8 46 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.64%) Data Structures
10 33 (2.29%) Algorithms
11 32 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
12 30 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.74%) Mobile App
14 24 (1.67%) Onboarding
15 23 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 20 (1.39%) Blog
16 20 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
18 17 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.07%) Windows
2 59 (4.10%) Windows 10
3 20 (1.39%) Linux
4 17 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.42%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Android
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.069%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (36.11%) AI
2 429 (29.79%) Agile
3 355 (24.65%) Customer Experience
4 343 (23.82%) Roadmaps
5 294 (20.42%) Decision-Making
6 259 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 245 (17.01%) Data Modelling
8 237 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
9 226 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
10 212 (14.72%) Storytelling
11 210 (14.58%) Product Roadmap
11 210 (14.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 205 (14.24%) Data Engineering
13 202 (14.03%) CI/CD
14 182 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
14 182 (12.64%) ETL
15 178 (12.36%) Digital Customer Experience
16 176 (12.22%) User Research
17 175 (12.15%) Data Analytics
18 173 (12.01%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 313 (21.74%) SQL
2 263 (18.26%) Python
3 57 (3.96%) Scala
4 41 (2.85%) Java
5 37 (2.57%) C#
6 30 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.67%) Bicep
8 22 (1.53%) R
9 21 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (1.32%) PowerShell
11 18 (1.25%) C++
11 18 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.25%) TypeScript
12 13 (0.90%) Bash
13 12 (0.83%) Go
13 12 (0.83%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.83%) Swift
14 10 (0.69%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 199 (13.82%) Degree
2 145 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.10%) CTC Cleared
5 32 (2.22%) CISA
6 27 (1.88%) CGEIT
6 27 (1.88%) CISM
6 27 (1.88%) CISSP
6 27 (1.88%) FFIEC
6 27 (1.88%) SANS
7 26 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.39%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.97%) ACCA
11 13 (0.90%) CIMA
11 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.83%) PhD
13 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (18.26%) Accessibility
2 193 (13.40%) Data Quality
3 98 (6.81%) GDPR
4 88 (6.11%) WCAG
5 62 (4.31%) SLA
6 34 (2.36%) QA
7 33 (2.29%) NIST
8 27 (1.88%) COBIT
9 16 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.83%) IFRS
11 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.49%) GAAP
14 4 (0.28%) GRC
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.14%) GMP
16 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 58 (4.03%) Docker
2 21 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.069%) vCloud
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (5.63%) Terraform
2 65 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.63%) Ansible
4 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.35%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.14%) Argo
9 2 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.069%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.069%) OpenView
10 1 (0.069%) QRadar
10 1 (0.069%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.069%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 271 (18.82%) Adobe
2 260 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 144 (10.00%) Google
4 113 (7.85%) Databricks
5 60 (4.17%) Cisco
6 50 (3.47%) Oracle
7 44 (3.06%) SAP
8 38 (2.64%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.53%) HubSpot
10 13 (0.90%) Amplitude
10 13 (0.90%) Instagram
10 13 (0.90%) Pardot
11 12 (0.83%) Braze
12 11 (0.76%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.76%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.76%) Wrike
13 10 (0.69%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.63%) Screaming Frog
15 8 (0.56%) Ab Initio
15 8 (0.56%) Workday