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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 130 175
Rank change year-on-year -83 +45 +32
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 192 333 584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 2.59% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.73% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 122 209 391
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,089 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.80% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £99,375 £72,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.45% +1.24% -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 14,363 12,178 28,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.42% 94.80% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,040 8,855 23,360
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 8 April 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 8 (4.17%) SAS
2 4 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.56%) CMS
3 3 (1.56%) Confluence
3 3 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 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
2 3 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.52%) Maximo
4 1 (0.52%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (27.08%) Power Platform
2 46 (23.96%) 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 11 (5.73%) Snowflake
7 10 (5.21%) 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
11 4 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (2.08%) dbt
11 4 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.56%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (1.56%) Collibra
12 3 (1.56%) Fivetran
12 3 (1.56%) OCI
12 3 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.54%) Broadband
2 25 (13.02%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (26.56%) Power BI
2 17 (8.85%) SQL Server
3 14 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (7.29%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (7.29%) Tableau
4 12 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (5.73%) Power Query
6 8 (4.17%) Metadata
7 7 (3.65%) PowerPivot
8 5 (2.60%) NoSQL
9 4 (2.08%) Looker
10 3 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.56%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.56%) Data Mining
10 3 (1.56%) IBM InfoSphere
10 3 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.56%) SAS EBI
11 2 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.04%) QlikView
11 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (11.98%) Jenkins
1 23 (11.98%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.56%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.56%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) MLflow
General
1 89 (46.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (36.98%) Finance
3 42 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (17.71%) Banking
5 26 (13.54%) Financial Institution
6 12 (6.25%) Billing
6 12 (6.25%) Marketing
7 10 (5.21%) Retail
8 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.17%) Law
9 8 (4.17%) Legal
10 7 (3.65%) Advertising
10 7 (3.65%) Automotive
10 7 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.13%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.60%) French Language
12 5 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (21.88%) Analyst
2 35 (18.23%) Senior
3 31 (16.15%) Auditor
4 27 (14.06%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (12.50%) Security Auditor
6 17 (8.85%) Architect
7 15 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Software Engineer
8 14 (7.29%) Developer
9 13 (6.77%) Insight Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Data Analyst
10 12 (6.25%) Scala Engineer
11 8 (4.17%) Audit Manager
11 8 (4.17%) Data Architect
11 8 (4.17%) Scala Developer
11 8 (4.17%) Scala Software Engineer
11 8 (4.17%) Senior Scala Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Project Analyst
12 7 (3.65%) Senior 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
3 3 (1.56%) 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
4 21 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (6.77%) Blockchain
6 8 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.13%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.08%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.08%) Social Media
10 3 (1.56%) IoT
11 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.04%) PMI
12 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
12 1 (0.52%) Genomics
12 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
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 55 (28.65%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (23.96%) Decision-Making
6 45 (23.44%) Data Analysis
7 44 (22.92%) Project Management
8 41 (21.35%) AI
9 38 (19.79%) Actionable Insight
9 38 (19.79%) Risk Management
10 36 (18.75%) Visualisation
11 34 (17.71%) Internal Audit
12 32 (16.67%) Data Protection
13 30 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (15.10%) Incident Response
15 27 (14.06%) Data Governance
15 27 (14.06%) Information Security
16 26 (13.54%) Scrum
16 26 (13.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (30.21%) SQL
2 37 (19.27%) 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 32 (16.67%) Degree
2 29 (15.10%) CISSP
3 28 (14.58%) CISA
4 25 (13.02%) CGEIT
4 25 (13.02%) CISM
4 25 (13.02%) FFIEC
4 25 (13.02%) SANS
5 9 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.13%) ACCA
6 6 (3.13%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.08%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.56%) CIMA
8 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.04%) ISACA
9 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.04%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.63%) GDPR
2 27 (14.06%) NIST
3 25 (13.02%) COBIT
4 24 (12.50%) Data Quality
5 8 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (3.65%) IFRS
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
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%) PMO
10 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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 30 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.29%) Oracle
3 13 (6.77%) Databricks
4 8 (4.17%) Google
5 7 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.65%) SAP
6 6 (3.13%) Informatica
7 5 (2.60%) Alteryx
7 5 (2.60%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.08%) HubSpot
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%) Apple
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix
10 1 (0.52%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.52%) IBM