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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 159 162
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +48
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 214 353 488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.15% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.29% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 129 193 363
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 £95,000 £78,458 £84,056
90th Percentile £122,500 £96,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.88%

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 13,454 15,421 22,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.93% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,565 9,081 18,236
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
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 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 22 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 (3.27%) SAS
2 4 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.40%) Apache
3 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.40%) CMS
3 3 (1.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 32 (14.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) Notion
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.44%) Power Platform
2 50 (23.36%) Azure
3 24 (11.21%) AWS
4 23 (10.75%) SaaS
5 16 (7.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (6.54%) GCP
7 12 (5.61%) Snowflake
8 9 (4.21%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.74%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.74%) Serverless
10 7 (3.27%) dbt
11 6 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.34%) Google Analytics
12 5 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.87%) Amazon Kinesis
13 4 (1.87%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.87%) AWS Step Functions
13 4 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.08%) Broadband
2 16 (7.48%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (28.50%) Power BI
2 25 (11.68%) Tableau
3 17 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.54%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (5.14%) Looker
8 9 (4.21%) Metadata
9 8 (3.74%) Power Query
10 6 (2.80%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (2.34%) Big Data
11 5 (2.34%) BigQuery
11 5 (2.34%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.87%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.87%) PowerPivot
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.40%) Data Mining
13 3 (1.40%) IBM InfoSphere
13 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.75%) Jenkins
1 23 (10.75%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.40%) JIRA
3 2 (0.93%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.93%) Git
General
1 89 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 69 (32.24%) Finance
3 42 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.62%) Banking
5 18 (8.41%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.07%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.61%) Billing
7 12 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.61%) Law
7 12 (5.61%) Marketing
8 11 (5.14%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.74%) Legal
9 8 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Retail
10 6 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.34%) Front Office
11 5 (2.34%) Local Government
12 4 (1.87%) Automotive
12 4 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (20.09%) Analyst
2 38 (17.76%) Senior
3 27 (12.62%) Auditor
4 26 (12.15%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (11.21%) Data Engineer
6 20 (9.35%) Developer
7 18 (8.41%) Architect
8 17 (7.94%) Software Engineer
9 16 (7.48%) Insight Analyst
9 16 (7.48%) Security Auditor
10 15 (7.01%) Audit Manager
11 12 (5.61%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (5.61%) Scala Engineer
12 11 (5.14%) Data Analyst
12 11 (5.14%) IT Manager
13 10 (4.67%) Senior Developer
14 9 (4.21%) Data Architect
14 9 (4.21%) IT Audit Manager
15 8 (3.74%) Data Manager
15 8 (3.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.75%) Akka
2 9 (4.21%) PySpark
3 5 (2.34%) PyXLL
4 3 (1.40%) Middleware
4 3 (1.40%) React
5 2 (0.93%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.93%) CSS
5 2 (0.93%) HTML
5 2 (0.93%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.93%) Kafka
5 2 (0.93%) Node.js
5 2 (0.93%) Nuxt
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.93%) Vue
6 1 (0.47%) EDI
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.68%) Management Information System
2 24 (11.21%) Video\Live Streaming
3 23 (10.75%) Over-the-Top Content
4 22 (10.28%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.74%) Blockchain
7 7 (3.27%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.80%) IoT
9 5 (2.34%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.87%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.40%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
12 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (0.93%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.80%) Linux
1 6 (2.80%) Unix
1 6 (2.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (100.00%) Analytics
2 79 (36.92%) Agile
3 66 (30.84%) Business Intelligence
4 58 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (24.77%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.56%) AI
6 44 (20.56%) Visualisation
7 37 (17.29%) Actionable Insight
7 37 (17.29%) Data Analysis
8 33 (15.42%) Data Governance
8 33 (15.42%) Risk Management
9 32 (14.95%) Project Management
10 31 (14.49%) DevOps
11 29 (13.55%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (13.55%) Internal Audit
12 28 (13.08%) Kanban
12 28 (13.08%) Scrum
13 26 (12.15%) Acceptance Criteria
14 25 (11.68%) ETL
14 25 (11.68%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 67 (31.31%) SQL
2 62 (28.97%) Python
3 27 (12.62%) Scala
4 15 (7.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (6.54%) R
6 11 (5.14%) C++
7 8 (3.74%) Java
8 7 (3.27%) C#
9 3 (1.40%) C
9 3 (1.40%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.40%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.40%) Tcl
10 1 (0.47%) Fortran
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (20.09%) Degree
2 26 (12.15%) CISA
3 23 (10.75%) CISSP
4 16 (7.48%) CGEIT
4 16 (7.48%) CISM
4 16 (7.48%) FFIEC
4 16 (7.48%) SANS
4 16 (7.48%) Security Cleared
5 15 (7.01%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.61%) ACCA
7 7 (3.27%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.27%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.80%) CIMA
9 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.93%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.89%) Data Quality
2 22 (10.28%) GDPR
3 18 (8.41%) NIST
4 16 (7.48%) COBIT
5 11 (5.14%) IFRS
6 10 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.87%) PMO
9 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.93%) GMP
10 2 (0.93%) GRC
10 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.93%) 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 27 (12.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.93%) Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.08%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.41%) Google
3 11 (5.14%) Databricks
3 11 (5.14%) Oracle
4 7 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.34%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.87%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.40%) Informatica
7 3 (1.40%) SAP
7 3 (1.40%) Talend
7 3 (1.40%) Teradata
8 2 (0.93%) Adobe
8 2 (0.93%) iManage
8 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) DataRobot
9 1 (0.47%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.47%) IBM
9 1 (0.47%) Planon
9 1 (0.47%) Spotify