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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 239 248
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -78
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 213 195 267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 1.18% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.26% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 121 122 142
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,350 £41,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,198 £54,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £129,250 £104,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -

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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 14 October 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 5 (2.35%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.41%) Apache
3 3 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.41%) SAS
4 2 (0.94%) CMS
4 2 (0.94%) Confluence
4 2 (0.94%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (15.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.94%) SPSS
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 65 (30.52%) Azure
1 65 (30.52%) Power Platform
2 21 (9.86%) AWS
3 19 (8.92%) GitHub
4 17 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (7.51%) GitHub Copilot
6 10 (4.69%) SaaS
7 9 (4.23%) GCP
7 9 (4.23%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.23%) PowerApps
7 9 (4.23%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.82%) dbt
11 5 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) VPN
2 2 (0.94%) CHAP
2 2 (0.94%) Firewall
2 2 (0.94%) OpenVPN
3 1 (0.47%) GoToMeeting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (25.82%) Power BI
2 32 (15.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (14.55%) MongoDB
4 21 (9.86%) Tableau
5 14 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.16%) Metadata
6 11 (5.16%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.82%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.82%) Looker
7 6 (2.82%) Power Query
7 6 (2.82%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.88%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.41%) OLTP
9 3 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.41%) SSDT
10 2 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.94%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.76%) Git
2 6 (2.82%) JIRA
3 2 (0.94%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.94%) GitLab
3 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.47%) ERwin
4 1 (0.47%) MLflow
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 83 (38.97%) Finance
2 82 (38.50%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (27.23%) Social Skills
4 33 (15.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (11.74%) Marketing
6 17 (7.98%) Games
7 15 (7.04%) Aerospace
8 13 (6.10%) Public Sector
9 12 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (5.16%) Legal
11 9 (4.23%) Law
12 8 (3.76%) Retail
13 7 (3.29%) Banking
14 5 (2.35%) Police
14 5 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.88%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (1.41%) Local Government
17 2 (0.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (24.41%) Analyst
2 41 (19.25%) Data Analyst
3 40 (18.78%) Developer
3 40 (18.78%) Senior
4 31 (14.55%) .NET Developer
5 21 (9.86%) Senior Analyst
6 18 (8.45%) Senior Data Analyst
7 15 (7.04%) Data Engineer
8 14 (6.57%) Architect
9 12 (5.63%) Lead
10 10 (4.69%) Data Manager
10 10 (4.69%) IT Manager
11 9 (4.23%) Audit Manager
11 9 (4.23%) Data Architect
12 8 (3.76%) Administrator
12 8 (3.76%) IT Audit Manager
13 7 (3.29%) Analytics Manager
13 7 (3.29%) Systems Administrator
14 6 (2.82%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.82%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.43%) .NET
2 31 (14.55%) .NET Core
2 31 (14.55%) ASP.NET
2 31 (14.55%) ASP.NET Core
3 17 (7.98%) CSS
3 17 (7.98%) Entity Framework
3 17 (7.98%) HTML
4 14 (6.57%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.57%) SubSonic
4 14 (6.57%) Vue
5 8 (3.76%) Terraform
6 4 (1.88%) JSON
6 4 (1.88%) React
7 3 (1.41%) Matplotlib
7 3 (1.41%) NumPy
7 3 (1.41%) Pandas
7 3 (1.41%) REST
8 2 (0.94%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.94%) RESTful
9 1 (0.47%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.98%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.23%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.76%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.82%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.35%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.88%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.88%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.88%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.88%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.94%) Blog
8 2 (0.94%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.94%) NHS
8 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (100.00%) Analytics
2 76 (35.68%) Decision-Making
3 65 (30.52%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (27.70%) Agile
5 51 (23.94%) AI
6 50 (23.47%) Business Intelligence
7 46 (21.60%) Actionable Insight
8 44 (20.66%) Data Analysis
9 38 (17.84%) DevOps
10 37 (17.37%) Data Management
10 37 (17.37%) Roadmaps
10 37 (17.37%) Visualisation
11 36 (16.90%) Data Governance
12 35 (16.43%) CI/CD
12 35 (16.43%) Full-Stack Development
13 34 (15.96%) Data Transformation
13 34 (15.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 33 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (15.49%) Data Modelling
15 27 (12.68%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 112 (52.58%) SQL
2 53 (24.88%) Python
3 38 (17.84%) C#
4 17 (7.98%) TypeScript
5 7 (3.29%) R
6 6 (2.82%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (2.35%) VBA
8 3 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.41%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.94%) Bicep
9 2 (0.94%) Groovy
10 1 (0.47%) Ada
10 1 (0.47%) C
10 1 (0.47%) C++
10 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 32 (15.02%) Degree
2 20 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.82%) ACCA
4 6 (2.82%) CIMA
5 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.41%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.41%) CISA
6 3 (1.41%) CISM
6 3 (1.41%) CISSP
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.94%) CGEIT
7 2 (0.94%) FFIEC
7 2 (0.94%) SANS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.37%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.98%) QA
3 16 (7.51%) Accessibility
4 12 (5.63%) GDPR
5 9 (4.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.88%) NIST
7 3 (1.41%) IFRS
8 2 (0.94%) COBIT
8 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (10.33%) Docker
2 7 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.41%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.94%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (28.64%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.04%) Databricks
3 8 (3.76%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.82%) Google
4 6 (2.82%) SAP
5 3 (1.41%) Informatica
5 3 (1.41%) RedGate
6 2 (0.94%) Dataiku
6 2 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.94%) YouTube
7 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.47%) Capita
7 1 (0.47%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.47%) Foundry
7 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.47%) N-able
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle
7 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.47%) Sparx
7 1 (0.47%) Talend