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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 237 245
Rank change year-on-year -33 +8 -68
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 208 204 277
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.21% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.29% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 121 126 148
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,198 £54,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,200
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +4.17% -7.31%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £122,500 £99,375
UK median annual salary £64,125 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +3.17% -3.08%

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 20,104 15,790 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.81% 93.84% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,346 8,455 11,710
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 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 (2.40%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.44%) Apache
2 3 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.44%) SAS
2 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) CMS
3 2 (0.96%) Confluence
3 2 (0.96%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.96%) SPSS
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.48%) Maximo
1 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.77%) Azure
2 61 (29.33%) Power Platform
3 20 (9.62%) AWS
4 19 (9.13%) GitHub
5 17 (8.17%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
7 11 (5.29%) SaaS
8 9 (4.33%) GCP
8 9 (4.33%) Power Automate
8 9 (4.33%) PowerApps
8 9 (4.33%) Snowflake
9 8 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (3.37%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.88%) dbt
12 5 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.92%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.92%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.92%) VPN
2 3 (1.44%) CHAP
3 2 (0.96%) Firewall
3 2 (0.96%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.48%) GoToMeeting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (25.00%) Power BI
2 32 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (14.90%) MongoDB
4 18 (8.65%) Tableau
5 14 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.29%) Metadata
6 11 (5.29%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.88%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.40%) Looker
8 5 (2.40%) Power Query
9 4 (1.92%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.44%) OLTP
10 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.44%) SSDT
11 2 (0.96%) Big Data
11 2 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 8 (3.85%) Git
2 6 (2.88%) JIRA
3 2 (0.96%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.96%) GitLab
3 2 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.48%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.48%) ERwin
4 1 (0.48%) MLflow
4 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 81 (38.94%) Finance
2 79 (37.98%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (28.37%) Social Skills
4 33 (15.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (11.06%) Marketing
6 17 (8.17%) Games
7 15 (7.21%) Aerospace
8 12 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.77%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.29%) Legal
10 9 (4.33%) Law
11 8 (3.85%) Banking
12 5 (2.40%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.40%) Police
12 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.40%) Retail
13 4 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.96%) Advertising
15 2 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (24.04%) Analyst
2 39 (18.75%) Data Analyst
2 39 (18.75%) Senior
3 38 (18.27%) Developer
4 31 (14.90%) .NET Developer
5 20 (9.62%) Senior Analyst
6 17 (8.17%) Senior Data Analyst
7 15 (7.21%) Architect
7 15 (7.21%) Data Engineer
8 12 (5.77%) Lead
9 9 (4.33%) Audit Manager
9 9 (4.33%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.85%) Administrator
10 8 (3.85%) Data Architect
10 8 (3.85%) IT Audit Manager
11 7 (3.37%) Systems Administrator
12 6 (2.88%) Data Manager
12 6 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.88%) Vendor Manager
13 5 (2.40%) Marketing Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.83%) .NET
2 31 (14.90%) .NET Core
2 31 (14.90%) ASP.NET
2 31 (14.90%) ASP.NET Core
3 17 (8.17%) CSS
3 17 (8.17%) Entity Framework
3 17 (8.17%) HTML
4 14 (6.73%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.73%) SubSonic
4 14 (6.73%) Vue
5 8 (3.85%) Terraform
6 5 (2.40%) JSON
7 4 (1.92%) React
8 3 (1.44%) Matplotlib
8 3 (1.44%) NumPy
8 3 (1.44%) Pandas
8 3 (1.44%) REST
9 2 (0.96%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.96%) RESTful
10 1 (0.48%) Prisma
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.17%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.33%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.88%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.40%) Housing Association
6 5 (2.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.92%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.44%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.96%) Blog
9 2 (0.96%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.96%) NHS
9 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.48%) Clustering
10 1 (0.48%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.48%) IoT
10 1 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.44%) Windows
2 2 (0.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) Analytics
2 72 (34.62%) Decision-Making
3 64 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (28.37%) Agile
5 51 (24.52%) AI
6 46 (22.12%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (21.15%) Actionable Insight
7 44 (21.15%) Data Analysis
8 38 (18.27%) DevOps
9 36 (17.31%) Data Management
10 35 (16.83%) CI/CD
10 35 (16.83%) Data Governance
10 35 (16.83%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (16.83%) Roadmaps
11 34 (16.35%) Visualisation
12 33 (15.87%) Data Transformation
13 32 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (14.90%) Data Modelling
15 27 (12.98%) Data Extraction
Programming Languages
1 110 (52.88%) SQL
2 51 (24.52%) Python
3 38 (18.27%) C#
4 17 (8.17%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.88%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.88%) R
6 5 (2.40%) VBA
7 4 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.96%) Bicep
9 2 (0.96%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) Ada
10 1 (0.48%) C
10 1 (0.48%) C++
10 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (14.90%) Degree
2 18 (8.65%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.21%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.88%) ACCA
4 6 (2.88%) CIMA
5 4 (1.92%) CISA
5 4 (1.92%) CISM
5 4 (1.92%) CISSP
5 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.44%) CGEIT
6 3 (1.44%) FFIEC
6 3 (1.44%) SANS
7 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.83%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.69%) QA
3 14 (6.73%) Accessibility
4 13 (6.25%) GDPR
5 7 (3.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.40%) NIST
7 3 (1.44%) COBIT
7 3 (1.44%) IFRS
8 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (10.58%) Docker
2 7 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.44%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.96%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.69%) Databricks
3 8 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.37%) SAP
5 6 (2.88%) Google
6 3 (1.44%) Informatica
6 3 (1.44%) RedGate
7 2 (0.96%) Dataiku
7 2 (0.96%) YouTube
8 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.48%) Capita
8 1 (0.48%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.48%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.48%) Foundry
8 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.48%) N-able
8 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.48%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.48%) Sparx
8 1 (0.48%) Talend