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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 154 166
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 212 355 514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 2.17% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 2.30% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 127 199 380
10th Percentile £42,270 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £43,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £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 - - -7.69%

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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 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 30 (14.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.36%) 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 62 (29.25%) Power Platform
2 51 (24.06%) Azure
3 23 (10.85%) AWS
4 21 (9.91%) SaaS
5 17 (8.02%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (6.60%) GCP
7 12 (5.66%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.77%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.30%) Serverless
10 6 (2.83%) dbt
11 5 (2.36%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.89%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.89%) Amazon SageMaker
12 4 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.89%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.89%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.21%) Broadband
2 17 (8.02%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (28.30%) Power BI
2 23 (10.85%) Tableau
3 19 (8.96%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (7.08%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (4.72%) Looker
8 9 (4.25%) Power Query
9 8 (3.77%) Metadata
10 5 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (2.36%) Big Data
10 5 (2.36%) BigQuery
10 5 (2.36%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.89%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.89%) PowerPivot
12 3 (1.42%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.42%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.94%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 23 (10.85%) Jenkins
1 23 (10.85%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (0.94%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
General
1 87 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 69 (32.55%) Finance
3 41 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.21%) Banking
5 19 (8.96%) Financial Institution
6 12 (5.66%) Billing
6 12 (5.66%) Law
7 11 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.19%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.72%) Marketing
9 8 (3.77%) Legal
9 8 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.77%) Retail
10 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.36%) Front Office
12 4 (1.89%) Automotive
12 4 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.89%) Local Government
12 4 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (19.34%) Analyst
2 39 (18.40%) Senior
3 27 (12.74%) Auditor
4 26 (12.26%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (11.32%) Data Engineer
6 21 (9.91%) Developer
7 17 (8.02%) Security Auditor
7 17 (8.02%) Software Engineer
8 16 (7.55%) Architect
8 16 (7.55%) Insight Analyst
9 14 (6.60%) Audit Manager
10 12 (5.66%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (5.66%) Scala Engineer
11 11 (5.19%) Data Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) IT Manager
12 10 (4.72%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.77%) Data Architect
13 8 (3.77%) Data Manager
13 8 (3.77%) IT Audit 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%) React
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%) Middleware
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%) Vue
6 1 (0.47%) EDI
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.32%) Management Information System
1 24 (11.32%) Video\Live Streaming
2 23 (10.85%) Over-the-Top Content
3 22 (10.38%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.25%) Blockchain
6 7 (3.30%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.83%) IoT
8 4 (1.89%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.94%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.94%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Linux
1 5 (2.36%) Unix
1 5 (2.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) Analytics
2 78 (36.79%) Agile
3 64 (30.19%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.75%) AI
6 44 (20.75%) Visualisation
7 37 (17.45%) Actionable Insight
7 37 (17.45%) Data Analysis
8 34 (16.04%) Data Governance
9 33 (15.57%) Project Management
9 33 (15.57%) Risk Management
10 29 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (13.68%) DevOps
10 29 (13.68%) Internal Audit
11 28 (13.21%) Kanban
11 28 (13.21%) Scrum
12 27 (12.74%) ETL
13 26 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
14 25 (11.79%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 65 (30.66%) SQL
2 61 (28.77%) Python
3 27 (12.74%) Scala
4 17 (8.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (6.13%) R
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 1 (0.47%) Fortran
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (19.34%) Degree
2 26 (12.26%) CISA
3 23 (10.85%) CISSP
4 17 (8.02%) CGEIT
4 17 (8.02%) CISM
4 17 (8.02%) FFIEC
4 17 (8.02%) SANS
5 16 (7.55%) Security Cleared
6 14 (6.60%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.19%) ACCA
8 7 (3.30%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.83%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.36%) CIMA
11 4 (1.89%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.94%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.57%) Data Quality
2 23 (10.85%) GDPR
3 19 (8.96%) NIST
4 17 (8.02%) COBIT
5 11 (5.19%) IFRS
6 9 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.83%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.89%) PMO
8 4 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.42%) WCAG
10 2 (0.94%) GMP
10 2 (0.94%) GRC
10 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
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 (12.74%) 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 17 (8.02%) Google
3 11 (5.19%) Databricks
4 10 (4.72%) Oracle
5 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.36%) Alteryx
6 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.42%) Informatica
7 3 (1.42%) SAP
7 3 (1.42%) Talend
7 3 (1.42%) Teradata
8 2 (0.94%) Adobe
8 2 (0.94%) iManage
8 2 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) Apple
9 1 (0.47%) Civica
9 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.47%) IBM
9 1 (0.47%) Northgate
9 1 (0.47%) Splunk