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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 136 168
Rank change year-on-year -70 +32 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 192 338 584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 2.61% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 2.76% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 120 206 392
10th Percentile £41,125 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,931 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £73,750 £75,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £98,474 £96,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -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 13,955 12,263 28,441
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.82% 94.83% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 8,874 23,206
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,868
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 March 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 9 (4.69%) SAS
2 4 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.56%) CMS
3 3 (1.56%) Confluence
4 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
Applications
1 32 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (28.13%) Power Platform
2 45 (23.44%) Azure
3 19 (9.90%) AWS
4 17 (8.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (7.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 15 (7.81%) SaaS
6 12 (6.25%) Snowflake
7 11 (5.73%) GCP
8 7 (3.65%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.13%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.60%) dbt
11 4 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.08%) Fivetran
12 3 (1.56%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (1.56%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (1.56%) Collibra
12 3 (1.56%) Figma
12 3 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.54%) Broadband
2 24 (12.50%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (28.13%) Power BI
2 17 (8.85%) SQL Server
3 15 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (7.29%) Tableau
5 12 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (5.73%) Power Query
7 8 (4.17%) Metadata
8 7 (3.65%) PowerPivot
9 6 (3.13%) Looker
10 5 (2.60%) NoSQL
11 4 (2.08%) BigQuery
11 4 (2.08%) SAS EBI
12 3 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.56%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.56%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
13 2 (1.04%) QlikView
13 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (11.98%) Jenkins
1 23 (11.98%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.56%) JIRA
3 2 (1.04%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (1.04%) Git
4 1 (0.52%) MLflow
General
1 90 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 73 (38.02%) Finance
3 42 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (17.19%) Banking
5 25 (13.02%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.77%) Marketing
7 12 (6.25%) Billing
8 10 (5.21%) Retail
9 9 (4.69%) Law
9 9 (4.69%) Legal
9 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.65%) Automotive
12 6 (3.13%) Advertising
12 6 (3.13%) General Ledger
13 5 (2.60%) French Language
13 5 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing
14 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (22.40%) Analyst
2 36 (18.75%) Senior
3 30 (15.63%) Auditor
4 26 (13.54%) Internal Auditor
5 23 (11.98%) Security Auditor
6 15 (7.81%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.81%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) Architect
7 14 (7.29%) Developer
8 13 (6.77%) Data Analyst
8 13 (6.77%) Insight Analyst
9 12 (6.25%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (6.25%) Scala Engineer
10 10 (5.21%) Audit Manager
11 8 (4.17%) Scala Developer
11 8 (4.17%) Scala Software Engineer
11 8 (4.17%) Senior Scala Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Data Architect
12 7 (3.65%) IT Manager
12 7 (3.65%) Senior Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.98%) Akka
2 8 (4.17%) PySpark
3 3 (1.56%) CSS
3 3 (1.56%) HTML
4 2 (1.04%) JSON
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.52%) .NET
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.52%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.52%) LangChain
5 1 (0.52%) Middleware
5 1 (0.52%) React
5 1 (0.52%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.52%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 24 (12.50%) Video\Live Streaming
3 23 (11.98%) Over-the-Top Content
3 23 (11.98%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (6.77%) Blockchain
5 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.13%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.08%) Social Media
9 3 (1.56%) IoT
10 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.04%) PMI
11 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
11 1 (0.52%) EPoS
11 1 (0.52%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.08%) Unix
1 4 (2.08%) Windows
2 3 (1.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) AIX
3 1 (0.52%) Android
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (100.00%) Analytics
2 71 (36.98%) Agile
3 58 (30.21%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (23.96%) Decision-Making
6 45 (23.44%) Data Analysis
7 44 (22.92%) Project Management
8 39 (20.31%) Actionable Insight
8 39 (20.31%) Risk Management
9 38 (19.79%) AI
9 38 (19.79%) Visualisation
10 33 (17.19%) Internal Audit
11 31 (16.15%) Data Protection
12 29 (15.10%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (14.58%) Incident Response
14 27 (14.06%) Data Governance
14 27 (14.06%) Kanban
14 27 (14.06%) Scrum
15 26 (13.54%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 59 (30.73%) SQL
2 38 (19.79%) Python
3 27 (14.06%) Scala
4 16 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (5.21%) R
6 4 (2.08%) Java
7 3 (1.56%) C#
8 2 (1.04%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) ABAP
9 1 (0.52%) Go
9 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.52%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) Ruby
9 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (17.71%) Degree
2 28 (14.58%) CISSP
3 27 (14.06%) CISA
4 24 (12.50%) CGEIT
4 24 (12.50%) CISM
4 24 (12.50%) FFIEC
4 24 (12.50%) SANS
5 8 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.65%) ACCA
7 6 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.08%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.56%) CIMA
9 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.04%) ISACA
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.04%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.10%) GDPR
2 26 (13.54%) NIST
3 25 (13.02%) Data Quality
4 24 (12.50%) COBIT
5 9 (4.69%) IFRS
6 8 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.56%) QA
8 3 (1.56%) WCAG
9 2 (1.04%) GMP
9 2 (1.04%) GRC
9 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.04%) PMO
9 2 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.52%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.52%) NCSC
10 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.65%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 29 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.29%) Oracle
3 12 (6.25%) Databricks
4 10 (5.21%) Google
5 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.13%) Informatica
6 6 (3.13%) SAP
7 5 (2.60%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.08%) HubSpot
8 4 (2.08%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.08%) Talend
9 2 (1.04%) Adobe
9 2 (1.04%) Civica
9 2 (1.04%) iManage
9 2 (1.04%) Northgate
9 2 (1.04%) Orchard
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix
10 1 (0.52%) Foundry
10 1 (0.52%) IBM
10 1 (0.52%) Splunk