Hybrid/Remote Business Data Analyst Job Trends

Business Data Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Business Data Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 427 478
Rank change year-on-year +58 +51 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 2 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.013% 0.030% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.032% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £56,500 £64,750 £42,125
25th Percentile £60,625 £70,000 £45,142
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £55,284
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +31.14% +32.49%
75th Percentile £78,125 £83,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £81,500 - £71,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,996 15,789 20,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.08% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,087 9,529 17,098
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Data Analyst' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Data Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Business Data Analyst
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Business Data Analyst job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Business Data Analyst job vacancies

Business Data Analyst
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Business Data Analyst salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Business Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Foundry
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Palantir
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Foundry
1 1 (50.00%) Palantir