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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 132 168
Rank change year-on-year -80 +36 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 188 337 587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 2.59% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 2.73% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 119 209 390
10th Percentile £41,000 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £98,750 £72,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £98,474 £95,125
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 14,440 12,333 28,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.32% 94.79% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,085 8,884 23,507
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,761
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 11 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 (4.26%) SAS
2 4 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.60%) CMS
3 3 (1.60%) Confluence
3 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
Applications
1 31 (16.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.06%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) Maximo
3 1 (0.53%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.13%) Power Platform
2 45 (23.94%) Azure
3 19 (10.11%) AWS
4 17 (9.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (7.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (7.45%) SaaS
7 11 (5.85%) Snowflake
8 10 (5.32%) GCP
9 7 (3.72%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.19%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.13%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (2.13%) dbt
12 4 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.60%) Collibra
13 3 (1.60%) Figma
13 3 (1.60%) Fivetran
13 3 (1.60%) OCI
13 3 (1.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.83%) Broadband
2 25 (13.30%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (26.60%) Power BI
2 17 (9.04%) SQL Server
3 14 (7.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (6.91%) Tableau
5 12 (6.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (5.85%) Power Query
7 8 (4.26%) Metadata
8 7 (3.72%) PowerPivot
9 5 (2.66%) NoSQL
10 4 (2.13%) Looker
11 3 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.60%) Data Mining
11 3 (1.60%) IBM InfoSphere
11 3 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (1.60%) SAS EBI
12 2 (1.06%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (1.06%) QlikView
12 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.23%) Jenkins
1 23 (12.23%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.60%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) MLflow
General
1 87 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 69 (36.70%) Finance
3 41 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (18.09%) Banking
5 26 (13.83%) Financial Institution
6 12 (6.38%) Billing
6 12 (6.38%) Marketing
7 10 (5.32%) Retail
8 9 (4.79%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.72%) Advertising
9 7 (3.72%) Automotive
9 7 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.72%) Law
9 7 (3.72%) Legal
10 6 (3.19%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.66%) French Language
11 5 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.60%) Games
13 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (22.34%) Analyst
2 34 (18.09%) Senior
3 30 (15.96%) Auditor
4 26 (13.83%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (12.77%) Security Auditor
6 16 (8.51%) Architect
7 15 (7.98%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.98%) Software Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Developer
9 13 (6.91%) Insight Analyst
10 12 (6.38%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (6.38%) Data Analyst
10 12 (6.38%) Scala Engineer
11 8 (4.26%) Data Architect
11 8 (4.26%) Scala Developer
11 8 (4.26%) Scala Software Engineer
11 8 (4.26%) Senior Scala Engineer
12 7 (3.72%) Operations Analyst
12 7 (3.72%) Project Analyst
12 7 (3.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.23%) Akka
2 8 (4.26%) PySpark
3 3 (1.60%) CSS
3 3 (1.60%) HTML
3 3 (1.60%) JSON
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.53%) .NET
5 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.53%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.53%) LangChain
5 1 (0.53%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.53%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.96%) Management Information System
2 24 (12.77%) Video\Live Streaming
3 23 (12.23%) Over-the-Top Content
4 20 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (6.91%) Blockchain
6 8 (4.26%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.72%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.19%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.13%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.13%) Social Media
10 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.06%) IoT
10 2 (1.06%) PMI
11 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.53%) EPoS
11 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.60%) Unix
1 3 (1.60%) Windows
2 2 (1.06%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) AIX
3 1 (0.53%) Android
3 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (100.00%) Analytics
2 70 (37.23%) Agile
3 54 (28.72%) Business Intelligence
4 46 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (23.94%) Decision-Making
6 44 (23.40%) Data Analysis
6 44 (23.40%) Project Management
7 41 (21.81%) AI
8 38 (20.21%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (19.68%) Risk Management
10 35 (18.62%) Visualisation
11 33 (17.55%) Internal Audit
12 32 (17.02%) Data Protection
13 30 (15.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (14.89%) Incident Response
16 27 (14.36%) Data Governance
16 27 (14.36%) Information Security
17 26 (13.83%) Scrum
17 26 (13.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 57 (30.32%) SQL
2 35 (18.62%) Python
3 27 (14.36%) Scala
4 16 (8.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (4.79%) R
6 3 (1.60%) C#
6 3 (1.60%) Java
7 1 (0.53%) ABAP
7 1 (0.53%) C++
7 1 (0.53%) Go
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.53%) PHP
7 1 (0.53%) Ruby
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (16.49%) Degree
2 28 (14.89%) CISSP
3 27 (14.36%) CISA
4 25 (13.30%) CGEIT
4 25 (13.30%) CISM
4 25 (13.30%) FFIEC
4 25 (13.30%) SANS
5 9 (4.79%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.19%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.13%) ACCA
7 4 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.06%) CIMA
9 2 (1.06%) ISACA
9 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.06%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.96%) GDPR
2 27 (14.36%) NIST
3 25 (13.30%) COBIT
4 24 (12.77%) Data Quality
5 8 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.66%) IFRS
7 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.60%) QA
7 3 (1.60%) WCAG
8 2 (1.06%) GMP
8 2 (1.06%) GRC
8 2 (1.06%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.53%) NCSC
9 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.53%) PMO
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (12.77%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 29 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.91%) Databricks
2 13 (6.91%) Oracle
3 8 (4.26%) Google
4 7 (3.72%) SAP
5 6 (3.19%) Informatica
5 6 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.66%) Alteryx
6 5 (2.66%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.13%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.13%) Talend
8 2 (1.06%) Adobe
8 2 (1.06%) Civica
8 2 (1.06%) iManage
8 2 (1.06%) Northgate
8 2 (1.06%) Orchard
9 1 (0.53%) Apple
9 1 (0.53%) Citrix
9 1 (0.53%) Foundry
9 1 (0.53%) IBM