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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,395 1,277 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 9.97% 7.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.95% 10.51% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 710 732 1,559
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,276 £44,817 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,743 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +1.24% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.88%

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 14,015 12,148 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.70% 94.82% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,753 8,786 23,233
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 1 April 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 51 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.37%) CMS
3 29 (2.08%) Confluence
4 25 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.65%) Apache
6 19 (1.36%) WordPress
7 14 (1.00%) SAS
7 14 (1.00%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.65%) Drupal
9 8 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.22%) Moodle
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 84 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.15%) UserZoom
4 24 (1.72%) Adobe XD
5 12 (0.86%) InDesign
5 12 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.29%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.072%) Notion
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.51%) Adobe Campaign
2 19 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.86%) Shopify
7 10 (0.72%) Dynamics GP
7 10 (0.72%) Magento
7 10 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.57%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 384 (27.53%) Azure
2 221 (15.84%) Power Platform
3 170 (12.19%) Adobe Analytics
4 136 (9.75%) AWS
5 115 (8.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 101 (7.24%) Google Analytics
7 100 (7.17%) SaaS
8 93 (6.67%) Snowflake
9 91 (6.52%) Figma
10 90 (6.45%) GCP
11 89 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
12 86 (6.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 74 (5.30%) GitHub
14 71 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
15 53 (3.80%) Contentsquare
16 45 (3.23%) Entra ID
17 44 (3.15%) dbt
18 34 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
19 31 (2.22%) Amazon S3
20 27 (1.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 220 (15.77%) Broadband
2 24 (1.72%) CHAP
3 9 (0.65%) Unified Communications
4 7 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.50%) VPN
5 5 (0.36%) Firewall
5 5 (0.36%) Network Security
6 4 (0.29%) DNS
7 3 (0.22%) DHCP
7 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 1 (0.072%) ATM
8 1 (0.072%) Frame Relay
8 1 (0.072%) LAN
8 1 (0.072%) MPLS
8 1 (0.072%) SMS
8 1 (0.072%) SNMP
8 1 (0.072%) VoIP
8 1 (0.072%) WAN
8 1 (0.072%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (14.62%) Power BI
2 132 (9.46%) Data Warehouse
3 85 (6.09%) Metadata
4 81 (5.81%) SQL Server
5 67 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 66 (4.73%) Data Lake
6 66 (4.73%) Tableau
7 43 (3.08%) BigQuery
7 43 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (2.44%) Looker
9 30 (2.15%) Relational Database
10 28 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 26 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (1.58%) NoSQL
13 20 (1.43%) Power Query
14 18 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (1.29%) Delta Lake
15 17 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 13 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 50 (3.58%) Git
2 37 (2.65%) JIRA
3 36 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.72%) Axure RP
4 24 (1.72%) Balsamiq
5 23 (1.65%) TeamCity
6 18 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
7 9 (0.65%) Crashlytics
7 9 (0.65%) XCTest
8 8 (0.57%) MLflow
9 7 (0.50%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.43%) GitLab
11 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.29%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.29%) ERwin
12 4 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.22%) Storybook
14 2 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
14 2 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
14 2 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 500 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 388 (27.81%) Finance
3 299 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (14.91%) Marketing
5 169 (12.11%) Games
6 134 (9.61%) Public Sector
7 81 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (4.87%) Retail
9 65 (4.66%) Back Office
10 59 (4.23%) Law
11 58 (4.16%) Banking
11 58 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
12 48 (3.44%) Legal
13 37 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.37%) Financial Institution
15 32 (2.29%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (1.72%) Advertising
18 16 (1.15%) Automotive
19 14 (1.00%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 223 (15.99%) Senior
2 210 (15.05%) Lead
3 150 (10.75%) Data Engineer
4 126 (9.03%) Analyst
5 120 (8.60%) Architect
6 81 (5.81%) Designer
7 68 (4.87%) Support Engineer
8 60 (4.30%) Data Architect
8 60 (4.30%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (4.30%) Desktop Support
8 60 (4.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (4.01%) Site Engineer
10 54 (3.87%) Developer
11 49 (3.51%) Senior Manager
12 46 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (3.15%) Product Manager
14 41 (2.94%) Data Analyst
14 41 (2.94%) Lead Designer
15 38 (2.72%) Data Manager
16 37 (2.65%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.30%) HTML
2 40 (2.87%) CSS
2 40 (2.87%) PySpark
3 39 (2.80%) Kafka
4 28 (2.01%) .NET
4 28 (2.01%) OAuth
5 23 (1.65%) Akka
5 23 (1.65%) JSON
5 23 (1.65%) RESTful
6 21 (1.51%) OAuth2
7 16 (1.15%) Node.js
8 14 (1.00%) .NET Core
9 13 (0.93%) REST
10 12 (0.86%) React
10 12 (0.86%) TensorFlow
11 10 (0.72%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.65%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.65%) FastAPI
12 9 (0.65%) LangChain
12 9 (0.65%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 232 (16.63%) Social Media
2 86 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 69 (4.95%) Cloud Native
5 54 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 53 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.23%) Over-the-Top Content
8 39 (2.80%) Virtual Team
9 36 (2.58%) Onboarding
10 35 (2.51%) Marketing Technology
11 33 (2.37%) Data Structures
12 29 (2.08%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.86%) Mobile App
14 25 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
14 25 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
14 25 (1.79%) Web Conferencing
15 21 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (1.15%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.45%) Windows
2 60 (4.30%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.36%) Linux
4 16 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.72%) Unix
6 8 (0.57%) Android
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (34.34%) AI
2 397 (28.46%) Agile
3 334 (23.94%) Customer Experience
4 324 (23.23%) Decision-Making
5 298 (21.36%) Roadmaps
6 279 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 275 (19.71%) Business Intelligence
8 258 (18.49%) Data Modelling
9 235 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 202 (14.48%) Storytelling
11 196 (14.05%) Data Engineering
12 191 (13.69%) Data Analytics
13 186 (13.33%) CI/CD
14 184 (13.19%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 183 (13.12%) ETL
16 178 (12.76%) Product Roadmap
17 174 (12.47%) DevOps
18 169 (12.11%) User Research
19 163 (11.68%) Data Pipeline
20 154 (11.04%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 326 (23.37%) SQL
2 248 (17.78%) Python
3 57 (4.09%) Scala
4 42 (3.01%) Java
5 40 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 31 (2.22%) C#
8 24 (1.72%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.65%) Bicep
10 22 (1.58%) R
11 19 (1.36%) C++
12 18 (1.29%) PowerShell
13 14 (1.00%) Go
13 14 (1.00%) TypeScript
14 13 (0.93%) Bash
15 10 (0.72%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.72%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.65%) Swift
17 8 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 232 (16.63%) Degree
2 138 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 121 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 60 (4.30%) CTC Cleared
5 37 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.29%) CISA
7 28 (2.01%) CISSP
8 26 (1.86%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.72%) CGEIT
9 24 (1.72%) CISM
9 24 (1.72%) FFIEC
9 24 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.72%) SANS
10 21 (1.51%) ACCA
11 16 (1.15%) CIMA
11 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.93%) PhD
13 12 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 9 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (17.71%) Accessibility
2 189 (13.55%) Data Quality
3 85 (6.09%) GDPR
4 83 (5.95%) WCAG
5 63 (4.52%) SLA
6 34 (2.44%) NIST
7 28 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
8 25 (1.79%) QA
9 24 (1.72%) COBIT
10 23 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 17 (1.22%) ISO 9001
12 16 (1.15%) IFRS
13 10 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.57%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.43%) GAAP
16 3 (0.22%) GRC
17 2 (0.14%) GMP
17 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
17 2 (0.14%) PMO
17 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (3.80%) Docker
2 10 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.14%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.072%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 84 (6.02%) Terraform
2 60 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.65%) Ansible
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) QRadar
9 1 (0.072%) Ganglia
9 1 (0.072%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.072%) OpenView
9 1 (0.072%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.072%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.072%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 259 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 247 (17.71%) Adobe
3 145 (10.39%) Google
4 102 (7.31%) Databricks
5 70 (5.02%) Cisco
6 56 (4.01%) Oracle
7 44 (3.15%) SAP
8 41 (2.94%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.43%) HubSpot
10 15 (1.08%) Instagram
11 14 (1.00%) Informatica
12 11 (0.79%) Hootsuite
12 11 (0.79%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.79%) Wrike
13 10 (0.72%) Ab Initio
13 10 (0.72%) Amplitude
13 10 (0.72%) Talend
14 9 (0.65%) Zoho
15 8 (0.57%) IBM
15 8 (0.57%) Pardot