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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 140 197
Rank change year-on-year -101 +57 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 172 353 539
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 2.54% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 2.68% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 113 216 370
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,386 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £59,778
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -7.99% -8.22%
75th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £98,474 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 15,147 13,187 29,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.84% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,663 8,892 23,493
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +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 5 May 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 3 (1.74%) CMS
1 3 (1.74%) Confluence
1 3 (1.74%) SAS
2 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) Apache
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Maximo
2 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.58%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.74%) Power Platform
2 37 (21.51%) Azure
3 14 (8.14%) AWS
4 13 (7.56%) Power Automate
5 11 (6.40%) SaaS
6 8 (4.65%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (4.65%) GCP
6 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (4.07%) PowerApps
7 7 (4.07%) Snowflake
8 6 (3.49%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.91%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (2.33%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.74%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.74%) Figma
12 2 (1.16%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 27 (15.70%) CHAP
2 25 (14.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (22.09%) Power BI
2 9 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.23%) Tableau
3 8 (4.65%) Power Query
4 7 (4.07%) PowerPivot
5 6 (3.49%) Metadata
6 5 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.33%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.74%) IBM InfoSphere
8 3 (1.74%) Looker
8 3 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.74%) SAS EBI
9 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.16%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.58%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (12.79%) Jenkins
1 22 (12.79%) TeamCity
2 4 (2.33%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (1.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.58%) MLflow
General
1 62 (36.05%) Finance
1 62 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.19%) Banking
3 27 (15.70%) Financial Institution
4 26 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.56%) Marketing
6 11 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.65%) Advertising
9 7 (4.07%) Automotive
10 6 (3.49%) Law
10 6 (3.49%) Legal
11 5 (2.91%) French Language
11 5 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.91%) Retail
12 4 (2.33%) Games
12 4 (2.33%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.74%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.74%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (20.35%) Senior
2 30 (17.44%) Auditor
3 26 (15.12%) Internal Auditor
3 26 (15.12%) Security Auditor
4 25 (14.53%) Analyst
5 17 (9.88%) Architect
6 15 (8.72%) Software Engineer
7 13 (7.56%) Data Engineer
7 13 (7.56%) Developer
8 12 (6.98%) Data Manager
8 12 (6.98%) Scala Engineer
9 11 (6.40%) Data Analyst
10 8 (4.65%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.65%) Scala Software Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) Senior Scala Engineer
11 7 (4.07%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (4.07%) Project Analyst
11 7 (4.07%) Scala Developer
11 7 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.79%) Akka
2 8 (4.65%) PySpark
3 4 (2.33%) CSS
3 4 (2.33%) HTML
3 4 (2.33%) JSON
4 3 (1.74%) .NET
5 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.16%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.16%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.16%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.58%) LangChain
6 1 (0.58%) Middleware
6 1 (0.58%) React
6 1 (0.58%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.58%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.02%) Management Information System
2 23 (13.37%) Video\Live Streaming
3 22 (12.79%) Over-the-Top Content
4 13 (7.56%) Blockchain
5 9 (5.23%) Data Structures
6 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.07%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.49%) Cyberattack
7 6 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.49%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.33%) Social Media
9 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.16%) IoT
9 2 (1.16%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.16%) PMI
10 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.58%) AIX
1 1 (0.58%) Android
1 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.58%) Unix
1 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (100.00%) Analytics
2 71 (41.28%) Agile
3 49 (28.49%) Project Management
4 46 (26.74%) AI
5 38 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (20.93%) Risk Management
6 36 (20.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 35 (20.35%) Data Analysis
8 32 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (18.60%) Data Protection
8 32 (18.60%) Internal Audit
9 31 (18.02%) Data Governance
10 29 (16.86%) Information Security
11 28 (16.28%) Validation
12 27 (15.70%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (15.70%) PRINCE2
12 27 (15.70%) Risk Assessment
12 27 (15.70%) Test Strategy
12 27 (15.70%) Threat Management
12 27 (15.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.33%) SQL
2 34 (19.77%) Python
3 26 (15.12%) Scala
4 7 (4.07%) R
5 5 (2.91%) C#
6 3 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.16%) Java
7 2 (1.16%) VBA
8 1 (0.58%) ABAP
8 1 (0.58%) C
8 1 (0.58%) C++
8 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.58%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (15.70%) CGEIT
1 27 (15.70%) CISA
1 27 (15.70%) CISM
1 27 (15.70%) CISSP
1 27 (15.70%) FFIEC
1 27 (15.70%) SANS
2 18 (10.47%) Degree
3 8 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.16%) ISACA
7 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CBAP
8 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.58%) IIBA
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (18.02%) GDPR
2 28 (16.28%) NIST
3 27 (15.70%) COBIT
4 23 (13.37%) Data Quality
5 10 (5.81%) QA
6 9 (5.23%) Accessibility
7 8 (4.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.74%) WCAG
9 2 (1.16%) GMP
9 2 (1.16%) IFRS
9 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.58%) GRC
10 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (13.37%) Docker
2 6 (3.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (12.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.65%) Databricks
3 7 (4.07%) Oracle
4 6 (3.49%) Google
4 6 (3.49%) OpenAI
4 6 (3.49%) SAP
5 5 (2.91%) Alteryx
5 5 (2.91%) Informatica
5 5 (2.91%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.33%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.74%) Talend
8 2 (1.16%) Adobe
8 2 (1.16%) Civica
8 2 (1.16%) iManage
8 2 (1.16%) Northgate
8 2 (1.16%) Orchard
9 1 (0.58%) Apple
9 1 (0.58%) Citrix
9 1 (0.58%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.58%) Spotify