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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 141 158
Rank change year-on-year -46 +17 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 211 371 570
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 2.39% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.52% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 124 216 407
10th Percentile £42,098 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £74,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,000 £98,474 £98,374
UK median annual salary £57,264 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.73% +1.24% -7.88%

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 14,165 14,737 25,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.13% 94.91% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,173 8,842 21,140
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 19 February 2026.

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 8 (3.79%) SAS
2 4 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.42%) Apache
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.42%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Notion
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.91%) Power Platform
2 52 (24.64%) Azure
3 27 (12.80%) AWS
4 19 (9.00%) SaaS
5 18 (8.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 15 (7.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (6.64%) GCP
7 14 (6.64%) Snowflake
8 9 (4.27%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.79%) Serverless
10 7 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.84%) dbt
12 5 (2.37%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.90%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (1.90%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (1.90%) AWS Step Functions
13 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.90%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.80%) Broadband
2 19 (9.00%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (27.96%) Power BI
2 23 (10.90%) Tableau
3 19 (9.00%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (7.58%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (4.74%) Looker
8 9 (4.27%) Power Query
9 8 (3.79%) Metadata
10 5 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (2.37%) BigQuery
10 5 (2.37%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.37%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.90%) Big Data
11 4 (1.90%) PowerPivot
12 3 (1.42%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.42%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.42%) SAS EBI
12 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.90%) Jenkins
1 23 (10.90%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (0.95%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.47%) MLflow
General
1 94 (44.55%) Social Skills
2 76 (36.02%) Finance
3 44 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.74%) Banking
5 21 (9.95%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.16%) Law
7 12 (5.69%) Billing
7 12 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.74%) Marketing
8 10 (4.74%) Retail
9 9 (4.27%) Legal
9 9 (4.27%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.84%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.90%) Advertising
12 4 (1.90%) Automotive
13 3 (1.42%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 44 (20.85%) Analyst
2 36 (17.06%) Senior
3 27 (12.80%) Auditor
4 24 (11.37%) Data Engineer
4 24 (11.37%) Internal Auditor
5 18 (8.53%) Architect
5 18 (8.53%) Security Auditor
6 17 (8.06%) Developer
6 17 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 16 (7.58%) Insight Analyst
8 14 (6.64%) Audit Manager
9 12 (5.69%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (5.69%) Scala Engineer
10 11 (5.21%) Data Analyst
11 9 (4.27%) Data Architect
11 9 (4.27%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.79%) Scala Developer
12 8 (3.79%) Scala Software Engineer
12 8 (3.79%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.79%) Senior Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.90%) Akka
2 10 (4.74%) PySpark
3 3 (1.42%) Middleware
3 3 (1.42%) React
4 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.95%) CSS
4 2 (0.95%) HTML
4 2 (0.95%) Hugging Face
4 2 (0.95%) Kafka
4 2 (0.95%) Node.js
4 2 (0.95%) Nuxt
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.95%) Vue
5 1 (0.47%) EDI
5 1 (0.47%) LangChain
5 1 (0.47%) PyXLL
5 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.80%) Management Information System
2 24 (11.37%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (11.37%) Video\Live Streaming
3 23 (10.90%) Over-the-Top Content
4 13 (6.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (5.21%) Blockchain
6 8 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.32%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.84%) IoT
9 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.37%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.90%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
12 2 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (0.95%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.95%) PMI
12 2 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.37%) Unix
1 5 (2.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.90%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) AIX
3 1 (0.47%) Android
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) Analytics
2 75 (35.55%) Agile
3 62 (29.38%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (26.07%) Decision-Making
5 52 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.75%) AI
7 43 (20.38%) Actionable Insight
8 42 (19.91%) Visualisation
9 38 (18.01%) Project Management
10 37 (17.54%) Data Analysis
10 37 (17.54%) Risk Management
11 33 (15.64%) Data Governance
12 30 (14.22%) Internal Audit
13 28 (13.27%) Kanban
13 28 (13.27%) Scrum
14 27 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (12.32%) Acceptance Criteria
15 26 (12.32%) Data Protection
15 26 (12.32%) DevOps
15 26 (12.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 64 (30.33%) SQL
2 59 (27.96%) Python
3 27 (12.80%) Scala
4 16 (7.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (5.69%) R
6 8 (3.79%) Java
7 7 (3.32%) C++
8 3 (1.42%) C
8 3 (1.42%) C#
8 3 (1.42%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (1.42%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.42%) Tcl
9 1 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (19.91%) Degree
2 25 (11.85%) CISA
3 24 (11.37%) CISSP
4 19 (9.00%) CGEIT
4 19 (9.00%) CISM
4 19 (9.00%) FFIEC
4 19 (9.00%) SANS
5 17 (8.06%) Security Cleared
6 15 (7.11%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.74%) ACCA
8 7 (3.32%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.37%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.90%) CIMA
11 4 (1.90%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.95%) ISACA
13 2 (0.95%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.11%) Data Quality
2 26 (12.32%) GDPR
3 21 (9.95%) NIST
4 19 (9.00%) COBIT
5 12 (5.69%) IFRS
6 8 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.90%) PMO
8 4 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.42%) WCAG
10 2 (0.95%) GMP
10 2 (0.95%) GRC
10 2 (0.95%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.47%) NCSC
11 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 27 (12.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.06%) Google
3 12 (5.69%) Oracle
4 11 (5.21%) Databricks
5 9 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.32%) Alteryx
7 6 (2.84%) OpenAI
8 5 (2.37%) Informatica
9 4 (1.90%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.90%) SAP
9 4 (1.90%) Talend
10 3 (1.42%) Teradata
11 2 (0.95%) Adobe
11 2 (0.95%) Civica
11 2 (0.95%) iManage
11 2 (0.95%) Northgate
11 2 (0.95%) Orchard
11 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.47%) dotdigital
12 1 (0.47%) Planon