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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 160 171
Rank change year-on-year -19 +11 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 211 343 439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.09% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.23% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 128 182 326
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 £90,625 £78,677 £84,056
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,000 £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 13,352 15,391 20,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 9,047 16,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £82,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 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 (3.32%) SAS
2 4 (1.90%) 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 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 32 (15.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Notion
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.33%) Power Platform
2 50 (23.70%) Azure
3 22 (10.43%) AWS
3 22 (10.43%) SaaS
4 16 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (6.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (6.16%) Snowflake
7 12 (5.69%) GCP
8 9 (4.27%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.79%) Serverless
10 7 (3.32%) dbt
11 6 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.37%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.90%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (1.90%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.90%) AWS Step Functions
13 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.90%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.32%) Broadband
2 14 (6.64%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (29.38%) Power BI
2 27 (12.80%) Tableau
3 19 (9.00%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.64%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (5.21%) Looker
8 8 (3.79%) Metadata
9 7 (3.32%) Power Query
10 6 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.84%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (2.37%) Big Data
11 5 (2.37%) BigQuery
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 22 (10.43%) Jenkins
1 22 (10.43%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (0.95%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.95%) Git
General
1 88 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.75%) Finance
3 44 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.85%) Banking
5 16 (7.58%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.16%) Law
6 13 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.69%) Billing
7 12 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.69%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.69%) Marketing
8 8 (3.79%) Legal
8 8 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.32%) Retail
10 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.37%) Front Office
11 5 (2.37%) Local Government
12 4 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.42%) Automotive
13 3 (1.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 41 (19.43%) Analyst
2 38 (18.01%) Senior
3 26 (12.32%) Auditor
4 25 (11.85%) Internal Auditor
5 22 (10.43%) Data Engineer
6 19 (9.00%) Developer
7 17 (8.06%) Architect
8 16 (7.58%) Audit Manager
8 16 (7.58%) Insight Analyst
8 16 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 14 (6.64%) Security Auditor
10 13 (6.16%) IT Manager
11 12 (5.69%) Commercial Analyst
12 11 (5.21%) Data Analyst
12 11 (5.21%) Scala Engineer
13 10 (4.74%) IT Audit Manager
13 10 (4.74%) Senior Developer
14 9 (4.27%) Lead
15 8 (3.79%) Data Architect
15 8 (3.79%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.43%) Akka
2 9 (4.27%) PySpark
3 5 (2.37%) PyXLL
4 4 (1.90%) Middleware
5 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.95%) CSS
5 2 (0.95%) HTML
5 2 (0.95%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.95%) Kafka
5 2 (0.95%) Node.js
5 2 (0.95%) Nuxt
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.95%) React
5 2 (0.95%) Vue
6 1 (0.47%) EDI
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.90%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.43%) Over-the-Top Content
2 22 (10.43%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (10.43%) Video\Live Streaming
3 13 (6.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.32%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.32%) Blockchain
4 7 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.84%) IoT
6 5 (2.37%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.42%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.95%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.32%) Linux
1 7 (3.32%) Unix
1 7 (3.32%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) Analytics
2 77 (36.49%) Agile
3 68 (32.23%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (25.59%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.85%) AI
6 44 (20.85%) Visualisation
7 38 (18.01%) Data Analysis
8 37 (17.54%) Actionable Insight
9 32 (15.17%) DevOps
10 31 (14.69%) Data Governance
10 31 (14.69%) Risk Management
11 29 (13.74%) Project Management
12 28 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (13.27%) Internal Audit
13 27 (12.80%) Kanban
13 27 (12.80%) Scrum
14 26 (12.32%) ETL
15 24 (11.37%) Acceptance Criteria
16 23 (10.90%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 68 (32.23%) SQL
2 64 (30.33%) Python
3 25 (11.85%) Scala
4 16 (7.58%) R
5 15 (7.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (5.21%) C++
7 8 (3.79%) Java
8 7 (3.32%) 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 (0.95%) Fortran
10 2 (0.95%) 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 (20.85%) Degree
2 25 (11.85%) CISA
3 22 (10.43%) CISSP
4 15 (7.11%) Security Cleared
5 14 (6.64%) CGEIT
5 14 (6.64%) CISM
5 14 (6.64%) FFIEC
5 14 (6.64%) SANS
5 14 (6.64%) SC Cleared
6 13 (6.16%) ACCA
7 8 (3.79%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.32%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.32%) CIMA
9 6 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.90%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.95%) PhD
11 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.95%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.11%) Data Quality
2 21 (9.95%) GDPR
3 16 (7.58%) NIST
4 14 (6.64%) COBIT
5 12 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (5.21%) IFRS
7 5 (2.37%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.90%) PMO
9 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.95%) GMP
10 2 (0.95%) GRC
10 2 (0.95%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.95%) WCAG
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 26 (12.32%) Docker
2 2 (0.95%) Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (12.80%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.53%) Google
3 12 (5.69%) Databricks
3 12 (5.69%) Oracle
4 7 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.37%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.90%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.42%) Informatica
7 3 (1.42%) SAP
7 3 (1.42%) Talend
7 3 (1.42%) Teradata
8 2 (0.95%) Adobe
8 2 (0.95%) iManage
8 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) Apple
9 1 (0.47%) Civica
9 1 (0.47%) IBM
9 1 (0.47%) Northgate
9 1 (0.47%) Orchard
9 1 (0.47%) Splunk