Hybrid/Remote Data Analytics Job Trends

Data Analytics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 174 163
Rank change year-on-year -29 -11 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 185 328 415
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.21% 1.91% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 2.06% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 122 168 315
10th Percentile £43,795 £41,250 £36,411
25th Percentile £57,628 £46,250 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,743 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% +1.24% -7.69%
75th Percentile £96,875 £80,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £129,250 £98,250 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data 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 13,498 15,959 19,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.40% 92.95% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 9,592 15,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analytics and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Analytics job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Analytics
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Data Analytics salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data 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 6 (3.24%) SAS
2 4 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.62%) Apache
3 3 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.62%) CMS
3 3 (1.62%) Confluence
4 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.54%) Jupyter
Applications
1 31 (16.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) Notion
3 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.54%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.54%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 62 (33.51%) Power Platform
2 50 (27.03%) Azure
3 24 (12.97%) SaaS
4 21 (11.35%) AWS
5 15 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (7.03%) Snowflake
7 12 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (5.95%) GCP
9 9 (4.86%) Amazon S3
10 8 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.32%) Serverless
11 7 (3.78%) dbt
12 6 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (2.70%) Google Analytics
14 4 (2.16%) Amazon Kinesis
14 4 (2.16%) Amazon SageMaker
14 4 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (2.16%) AWS Step Functions
14 4 (2.16%) Fivetran
15 3 (1.62%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.41%) CHAP
2 5 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (32.43%) Power BI
2 27 (14.59%) Tableau
3 20 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (7.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (7.03%) SQL Server
4 13 (7.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (6.49%) Looker
6 8 (4.32%) Metadata
7 6 (3.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (3.24%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (2.70%) Big Data
8 5 (2.70%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.70%) Power Query
9 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.62%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.62%) IBM InfoSphere
10 2 (1.08%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.08%) QlikView
10 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.08%) ER Studio
1 2 (1.08%) Git
1 2 (1.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (43.78%) Social Skills
2 63 (34.05%) Finance
3 46 (24.86%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.35%) Banking
5 14 (7.57%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.57%) Marketing
6 12 (6.49%) Billing
6 12 (6.49%) Financial Institution
6 12 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.49%) Law
7 11 (5.95%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.86%) Retail
9 6 (3.24%) Legal
9 6 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.70%) Front Office
11 4 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.62%) Avionics
12 3 (1.62%) Electronics
12 3 (1.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (21.08%) Analyst
2 24 (12.97%) Senior
3 21 (11.35%) Auditor
3 21 (11.35%) Data Engineer
3 21 (11.35%) Internal Auditor
4 16 (8.65%) Audit Manager
4 16 (8.65%) Insight Analyst
5 15 (8.11%) Architect
6 12 (6.49%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (6.49%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.95%) Developer
8 10 (5.41%) Data Analyst
8 10 (5.41%) IT Audit Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Security Auditor
9 9 (4.86%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.32%) Analytics Manager
10 8 (4.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (4.32%) Data Manager
10 8 (4.32%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.78%) Internal Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.86%) PySpark
2 5 (2.70%) Middleware
2 5 (2.70%) PyXLL
3 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.08%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.08%) Kafka
3 2 (1.08%) Node.js
3 2 (1.08%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.08%) React
3 2 (1.08%) Vue
4 1 (0.54%) Akka
4 1 (0.54%) CSS
4 1 (0.54%) EDI
4 1 (0.54%) HTML
4 1 (0.54%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (10.27%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.78%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.24%) Augmented Reality
5 6 (3.24%) IoT
6 5 (2.70%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.16%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.62%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.62%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.62%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.62%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.08%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.08%) Social Media
10 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.54%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.78%) Linux
1 7 (3.78%) Unix
1 7 (3.78%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Android
2 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (100.00%) Analytics
2 69 (37.30%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (30.27%) Agile
5 53 (28.65%) Decision-Making
6 42 (22.70%) AI
6 42 (22.70%) Visualisation
7 39 (21.08%) Data Analysis
8 36 (19.46%) Actionable Insight
9 32 (17.30%) DevOps
10 29 (15.68%) Data Governance
11 27 (14.59%) Risk Management
12 25 (13.51%) Data Management
12 25 (13.51%) ETL
13 24 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (12.97%) Project Management
14 23 (12.43%) Data Visualisation
14 23 (12.43%) Internal Audit
15 22 (11.89%) Data Modelling
16 19 (10.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 67 (36.22%) SQL
2 63 (34.05%) Python
3 16 (8.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (7.57%) R
5 11 (5.95%) C++
6 7 (3.78%) Java
7 6 (3.24%) C#
8 4 (2.16%) Fortran
8 4 (2.16%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.16%) Scala
9 3 (1.62%) C
9 3 (1.62%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.62%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.62%) Tcl
10 1 (0.54%) Bash
10 1 (0.54%) Go
10 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.54%) PHP
10 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (24.32%) Degree
2 21 (11.35%) CISA
3 18 (9.73%) CISSP
4 14 (7.57%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.03%) ACCA
5 13 (7.03%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.41%) CGEIT
6 10 (5.41%) CISM
6 10 (5.41%) FFIEC
6 10 (5.41%) SANS
7 9 (4.86%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.78%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.78%) CIMA
9 6 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.08%) PhD
10 2 (1.08%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.84%) Data Quality
2 18 (9.73%) GDPR
3 12 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.49%) NIST
4 11 (5.95%) IFRS
5 10 (5.41%) COBIT
6 6 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.70%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.16%) PMO
9 3 (1.62%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.08%) GRC
10 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.08%) WCAG
11 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.54%) NCSC
11 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 9 (4.86%) Terraform
2 6 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.54%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.73%) Google
3 13 (7.03%) Databricks
4 11 (5.95%) Oracle
5 7 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.70%) SAP
7 4 (2.16%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.62%) Teradata
9 2 (1.08%) Adobe
9 2 (1.08%) Informatica
9 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.08%) Talend
10 1 (0.54%) DataRobot
10 1 (0.54%) dotdigital
10 1 (0.54%) Planon
10 1 (0.54%) RedPrairie
10 1 (0.54%) Splunk
10 1 (0.54%) Spotify
10 1 (0.54%) TikTok