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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 1,676 1,145 1,841
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.34% 6.90% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.90% 7.43% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 675 1,032
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £62,879
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.58% -3.26%

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 18,835 15,419 21,621
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.48% 92.96% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13,574 8,935 15,360
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 16 August 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 43 (2.57%) CMS
2 40 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.09%) Confluence
4 26 (1.55%) Apache
5 21 (1.25%) SharePoint
6 19 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.95%) WordPress
8 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.72%) SAS
10 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.18%) Drupal
13 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.060%) Moodle
13 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 68 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.63%) UserZoom
3 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.24%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) SPSS
10 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.060%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.060%) InDesign
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 36 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (2.03%) Adobe Campaign
3 32 (1.91%) Dynamics GP
4 14 (0.84%) Shopify
5 6 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.18%) BambooHR
8 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.060%) HFM
10 1 (0.060%) Maximo
10 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 380 (22.67%) Azure
2 292 (17.42%) Power Platform
3 182 (10.86%) AWS
4 169 (10.08%) Adobe Analytics
5 109 (6.50%) GCP
5 109 (6.50%) Google Analytics
6 91 (5.43%) SaaS
7 89 (5.31%) Figma
8 81 (4.83%) GitHub
9 72 (4.30%) Contentsquare
10 71 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 68 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 57 (3.40%) Snowflake
13 49 (2.92%) Serverless
14 47 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 38 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
16 36 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
16 36 (2.15%) dbt
17 34 (2.03%) Google Ads
18 33 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 214 (12.77%) Broadband
2 29 (1.73%) VPN
3 19 (1.13%) DNS
4 18 (1.07%) Firewall
5 16 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.84%) SMS
7 12 (0.72%) VoIP
8 11 (0.66%) CTI
9 10 (0.60%) Network Security
9 10 (0.60%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.48%) CHAP
11 7 (0.42%) 5G
12 6 (0.36%) BGP
12 6 (0.36%) DHCP
12 6 (0.36%) OSPF
12 6 (0.36%) VLAN
12 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
13 3 (0.18%) Modbus
13 3 (0.18%) SSL
14 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 271 (16.17%) Power BI
2 127 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
3 97 (5.79%) Metadata
4 78 (4.65%) Tableau
5 74 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 71 (4.24%) Data Lake
7 65 (3.88%) SQL Server
8 54 (3.22%) Relational Database
9 47 (2.80%) MongoDB
10 46 (2.74%) Looker
11 45 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
12 35 (2.09%) BigQuery
13 34 (2.03%) Big Data
14 31 (1.85%) Delta Lake
14 31 (1.85%) Star Schema
15 26 (1.55%) NoSQL
16 24 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
17 18 (1.07%) Data Vault
18 16 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 14 (0.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 61 (3.64%) Git
2 23 (1.37%) JIRA
3 13 (0.78%) Crashlytics
3 13 (0.78%) XCTest
4 10 (0.60%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.48%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.42%) GitLab
7 6 (0.36%) MLflow
8 5 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.24%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.18%) Appium
10 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) ERwin
11 2 (0.12%) MSI
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 507 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 431 (25.72%) Analytical Skills
3 427 (25.48%) Finance
4 307 (18.32%) Marketing
5 187 (11.16%) Games
6 176 (10.50%) Public Sector
7 118 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 113 (6.74%) Legal
9 99 (5.91%) Law
10 94 (5.61%) Retail
11 63 (3.76%) Banking
12 58 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
14 43 (2.57%) Advertising
15 42 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.19%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.95%) Financial Institution
19 15 (0.89%) Publishing
20 13 (0.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 317 (18.91%) Senior
2 236 (14.08%) Lead
3 219 (13.07%) Analyst
4 177 (10.56%) Data Engineer
5 162 (9.67%) Architect
6 96 (5.73%) Product Manager
7 93 (5.55%) Data Analyst
8 92 (5.49%) Developer
9 76 (4.53%) Data Architect
10 71 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
11 61 (3.64%) Designer
11 61 (3.64%) Marketing Manager
12 60 (3.58%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.10%) Data Scientist
14 51 (3.04%) Consultant
14 51 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
15 45 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.21%) Senior Product Manager
17 36 (2.15%) .NET Developer
18 34 (2.03%) Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (4.42%) PySpark
2 48 (2.86%) .NET
3 46 (2.74%) CSS
3 46 (2.74%) HTML
4 36 (2.15%) .NET Core
5 33 (1.97%) React
6 32 (1.91%) ASP.NET
6 32 (1.91%) ASP.NET Core
7 25 (1.49%) Kafka
8 20 (1.19%) JSON
9 18 (1.07%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.07%) Entity Framework
9 18 (1.07%) FastAPI
9 18 (1.07%) Node.js
9 18 (1.07%) REST
10 16 (0.95%) Next.js
11 14 (0.84%) SubSonic
11 14 (0.84%) Vue
12 13 (0.78%) SwiftUI
12 13 (0.78%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 216 (12.89%) Social Media
2 106 (6.32%) Product Ownership
3 90 (5.37%) Cloud Native
4 88 (5.25%) Marketing Technology
5 65 (3.88%) Blog
6 49 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
7 48 (2.86%) Data Structures
8 41 (2.45%) Algorithms
9 39 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 39 (2.33%) Management Information System
10 37 (2.21%) Virtual Team
11 36 (2.15%) Over-the-Top Content
12 35 (2.09%) Onboarding
13 34 (2.03%) Mobile App
14 32 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.31%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
18 18 (1.07%) Podcast
18 18 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.85%) Windows
2 18 (1.07%) Linux
3 17 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.72%) VMS
5 6 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.18%) Android
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 730 (43.56%) AI
2 447 (26.67%) Agile
3 446 (26.61%) Roadmaps
4 438 (26.13%) Decision-Making
5 349 (20.82%) Business Intelligence
6 301 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
7 299 (17.84%) Customer Experience
8 279 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 256 (15.27%) Data Modelling
10 220 (13.13%) CI/CD
10 220 (13.13%) Data Engineering
11 214 (12.77%) Machine Learning
12 211 (12.59%) Product Roadmap
13 210 (12.53%) Storytelling
14 205 (12.23%) Data Pipeline
15 202 (12.05%) Mentoring
16 189 (11.28%) Data Analytics
17 184 (10.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 183 (10.92%) Actionable Insight
18 183 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 512 (30.55%) SQL
2 374 (22.32%) Python
3 57 (3.40%) C#
4 43 (2.57%) TypeScript
5 42 (2.51%) PowerShell
6 40 (2.39%) Bicep
7 36 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 34 (2.03%) JavaScript
9 30 (1.79%) Scala
10 26 (1.55%) R
11 24 (1.43%) Bash
11 24 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 20 (1.19%) Java
13 16 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 16 (0.95%) Swift
14 12 (0.72%) Go
14 12 (0.72%) VBA
15 11 (0.66%) C++
16 10 (0.60%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 155 (9.25%) Degree
2 131 (7.82%) Security Cleared
3 108 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.04%) Azure Certification
5 33 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (1.37%) ACCA
7 22 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.07%) CIMA
9 16 (0.95%) CISSP
9 16 (0.95%) DBS Check
9 16 (0.95%) SnowPro
10 14 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.66%) CISM
13 10 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.54%) CISA
14 9 (0.54%) PhD
14 9 (0.54%) SANS
15 8 (0.48%) CGEIT
15 8 (0.48%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (15.10%) Accessibility
2 241 (14.38%) Data Quality
3 96 (5.73%) GDPR
4 73 (4.36%) WCAG
5 52 (3.10%) QA
6 27 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 21 (1.25%) NIST
8 12 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.60%) IFRS
10 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.54%) SLA
11 8 (0.48%) COBIT
12 7 (0.42%) GRC
13 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.36%) PMO
14 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.30%) PERC
15 4 (0.24%) GAAP
15 4 (0.24%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (2.92%) Docker
2 35 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.72%) vSphere
5 9 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (5.67%) Terraform
2 68 (4.06%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.48%) Grafana
5 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Ansible
6 3 (0.18%) Argo
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.060%) Istio
8 1 (0.060%) linkerd
8 1 (0.060%) OpenView
8 1 (0.060%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.060%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.060%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 354 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 234 (13.96%) Adobe
3 171 (10.20%) Google
4 147 (8.77%) Databricks
5 52 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.04%) SAP
7 42 (2.51%) Oracle
8 26 (1.55%) HubSpot
9 17 (1.01%) Cisco
9 17 (1.01%) VMware
9 17 (1.01%) Workday
10 16 (0.95%) Braze
11 14 (0.84%) Amplitude
11 14 (0.84%) Instagram
12 13 (0.78%) Informatica
13 12 (0.72%) Alteryx
13 12 (0.72%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.72%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.66%) Genesys
14 11 (0.66%) Screaming Frog