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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 158 165
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 212 352 456
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.14% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.28% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 128 191 337
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,125 £78,458 £84,056
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 13,337 15,436 21,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.10% 93.91% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 9,087 17,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 18 January 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 7 (3.30%) SAS
2 4 (1.89%) 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 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 32 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Notion
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.36%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.72%) Power Platform
2 50 (23.58%) Azure
3 23 (10.85%) SaaS
4 22 (10.38%) AWS
5 16 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (5.66%) GCP
7 12 (5.66%) Snowflake
8 9 (4.25%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.77%) Serverless
10 7 (3.30%) dbt
11 6 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.36%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.89%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (1.89%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.89%) AWS Step Functions
13 4 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.74%) Broadband
2 14 (6.60%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (28.77%) Power BI
2 27 (12.74%) Tableau
3 18 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.60%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (5.19%) Looker
8 8 (3.77%) Metadata
9 7 (3.30%) Power Query
10 6 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (2.36%) Big Data
11 5 (2.36%) BigQuery
11 5 (2.36%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.42%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.42%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.42%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.42%) PowerPivot
12 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.85%) Jenkins
1 23 (10.85%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (0.94%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.94%) Git
General
1 88 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.60%) Finance
3 44 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.79%) Banking
5 16 (7.55%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.13%) Law
6 13 (6.13%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.66%) Billing
7 12 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.66%) Marketing
8 11 (5.19%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.77%) Legal
9 8 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.30%) Retail
11 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.36%) Front Office
12 5 (2.36%) Local Government
13 4 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.42%) Automotive
14 3 (1.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 41 (19.34%) Analyst
2 39 (18.40%) Senior
3 26 (12.26%) Auditor
4 25 (11.79%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (11.32%) Data Engineer
6 19 (8.96%) Developer
7 17 (8.02%) Architect
7 17 (8.02%) Software Engineer
8 16 (7.55%) Audit Manager
8 16 (7.55%) Insight Analyst
9 14 (6.60%) Security Auditor
10 12 (5.66%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (5.66%) IT Manager
10 12 (5.66%) Scala Engineer
11 11 (5.19%) Data Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) IT Audit Manager
12 10 (4.72%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.77%) Data Architect
13 8 (3.77%) Data Manager
13 8 (3.77%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.85%) Akka
2 9 (4.25%) PySpark
3 5 (2.36%) PyXLL
4 3 (1.42%) Middleware
5 2 (0.94%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.94%) CSS
5 2 (0.94%) HTML
5 2 (0.94%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.94%) Kafka
5 2 (0.94%) Node.js
5 2 (0.94%) Nuxt
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.94%) React
5 2 (0.94%) Vue
6 1 (0.47%) EDI
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.85%) Over-the-Top Content
1 23 (10.85%) Video\Live Streaming
2 22 (10.38%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.38%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.30%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.30%) Blockchain
4 7 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.83%) IoT
6 5 (2.36%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.42%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.94%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.30%) Linux
1 7 (3.30%) Unix
1 7 (3.30%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) Analytics
2 77 (36.32%) Agile
3 67 (31.60%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (25.47%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.75%) AI
6 44 (20.75%) Visualisation
7 38 (17.92%) Data Analysis
8 37 (17.45%) Actionable Insight
9 32 (15.09%) DevOps
10 31 (14.62%) Data Governance
10 31 (14.62%) Risk Management
11 29 (13.68%) Project Management
12 28 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (13.21%) Internal Audit
12 28 (13.21%) Kanban
12 28 (13.21%) Scrum
13 26 (12.26%) ETL
14 25 (11.79%) Acceptance Criteria
15 24 (11.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 68 (32.08%) SQL
2 65 (30.66%) Python
3 26 (12.26%) Scala
4 16 (7.55%) R
5 15 (7.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (5.19%) C++
7 8 (3.77%) Java
8 7 (3.30%) C#
9 3 (1.42%) C
9 3 (1.42%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.42%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.42%) Tcl
10 2 (0.94%) Fortran
10 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.47%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) Ruby
11 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (20.75%) Degree
2 25 (11.79%) CISA
3 22 (10.38%) CISSP
4 15 (7.08%) Security Cleared
5 14 (6.60%) CGEIT
5 14 (6.60%) CISM
5 14 (6.60%) FFIEC
5 14 (6.60%) SANS
5 14 (6.60%) SC Cleared
6 13 (6.13%) ACCA
7 8 (3.77%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.30%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.30%) CIMA
9 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.89%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.94%) PhD
11 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.94%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 20 (9.43%) GDPR
3 16 (7.55%) NIST
4 14 (6.60%) COBIT
5 11 (5.19%) IFRS
5 11 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.89%) PMO
8 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.94%) GMP
9 2 (0.94%) GRC
9 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.94%) WCAG
10 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.47%) NCSC
10 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 27 (12.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.25%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.49%) Google
3 12 (5.66%) Oracle
4 11 (5.19%) Databricks
5 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.36%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.89%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.42%) Informatica
8 3 (1.42%) SAP
8 3 (1.42%) Talend
8 3 (1.42%) Teradata
9 2 (0.94%) Adobe
9 2 (0.94%) iManage
9 2 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.47%) DataRobot
10 1 (0.47%) dotdigital
10 1 (0.47%) IBM
10 1 (0.47%) Planon
10 1 (0.47%) Spotify
10 1 (0.47%) TikTok