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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 162 192
Rank change year-on-year -71 +30 +15
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 176 339 526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 2.33% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 2.45% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 117 200 362
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,281 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,177 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.96% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £77,941
90th Percentile £113,500 £98,474 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.81% +2.50% -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 15,280 13,822 29,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 95.02% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 8,823 23,459
10th Percentile £33,750 £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 £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 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 (1.70%) SAS
2 2 (1.14%) CMS
2 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Apache
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.57%) Maximo
2 1 (0.57%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.14%) Azure
1 46 (26.14%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.95%) Power Automate
3 13 (7.39%) AWS
4 10 (5.68%) SaaS
5 9 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (4.55%) GCP
6 8 (4.55%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.98%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.84%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (2.84%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.27%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.27%) GitHub
9 4 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.70%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.64%) Broadband
2 23 (13.07%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (21.02%) Power BI
2 11 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (6.25%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.55%) Power Query
4 8 (4.55%) Tableau
5 7 (3.98%) PowerPivot
6 5 (2.84%) Metadata
6 5 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.27%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.70%) IBM InfoSphere
8 3 (1.70%) Looker
8 3 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.70%) SAS EBI
9 2 (1.14%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.14%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.57%) GIS
10 1 (0.57%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 22 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 22 (12.50%) TeamCity
2 4 (2.27%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (1.14%) JIRA
4 1 (0.57%) MLflow
General
1 58 (32.95%) Finance
1 58 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.91%) Banking
3 27 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (13.07%) Financial Institution
5 13 (7.39%) Marketing
6 12 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.55%) Advertising
8 8 (4.55%) Games
9 7 (3.98%) Automotive
10 6 (3.41%) Law
11 5 (2.84%) French Language
11 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.84%) Legal
11 5 (2.84%) Retail
12 4 (2.27%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.27%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.70%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (19.32%) Senior
2 26 (14.77%) Auditor
3 25 (14.20%) Analyst
4 22 (12.50%) Developer
4 22 (12.50%) Internal Auditor
4 22 (12.50%) Security Auditor
5 18 (10.23%) Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Software Engineer
7 13 (7.39%) Data Engineer
8 12 (6.82%) Data Manager
8 12 (6.82%) Scala Engineer
9 11 (6.25%) .NET Developer
9 11 (6.25%) Data Analyst
10 8 (4.55%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.55%) Scala Software Engineer
10 8 (4.55%) Senior Scala Engineer
10 8 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.98%) Administrator
11 7 (3.98%) Scala Developer
11 7 (3.98%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.50%) Akka
2 12 (6.82%) .NET
3 11 (6.25%) .NET Core
3 11 (6.25%) ASP.NET
3 11 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (5.11%) CSS
4 9 (5.11%) HTML
5 8 (4.55%) PySpark
6 7 (3.98%) Entity Framework
7 4 (2.27%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.27%) JSON
7 4 (2.27%) SubSonic
7 4 (2.27%) Vue
8 1 (0.57%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.57%) LangChain
8 1 (0.57%) Middleware
8 1 (0.57%) React
8 1 (0.57%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.34%) Management Information System
2 23 (13.07%) Video\Live Streaming
3 22 (12.50%) Over-the-Top Content
4 11 (6.25%) Blockchain
5 10 (5.68%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.98%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.98%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.41%) Cyberattack
7 6 (3.41%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.70%) Social Media
11 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.14%) IoT
11 2 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.14%) PMI
12 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.57%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) AIX
1 1 (0.57%) Android
1 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.57%) Unix
1 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (100.00%) Analytics
2 74 (42.05%) Agile
3 45 (25.57%) AI
3 45 (25.57%) Project Management
4 36 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (19.89%) Data Analysis
6 32 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (17.61%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (17.61%) Risk Management
8 28 (15.91%) Data Governance
8 28 (15.91%) Data Protection
8 28 (15.91%) Internal Audit
9 26 (14.77%) Actionable Insight
9 26 (14.77%) Decision-Making
10 25 (14.20%) Information Security
11 24 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
11 24 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (13.64%) TDD
11 24 (13.64%) Validation
12 23 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 56 (31.82%) SQL
2 34 (19.32%) Python
3 26 (14.77%) Scala
4 14 (7.95%) C#
5 7 (3.98%) R
6 5 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.14%) Java
8 2 (1.14%) VBA
9 1 (0.57%) ABAP
9 1 (0.57%) C
9 1 (0.57%) C++
9 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (13.07%) CGEIT
1 23 (13.07%) CISA
1 23 (13.07%) CISM
1 23 (13.07%) CISSP
1 23 (13.07%) FFIEC
1 23 (13.07%) SANS
2 18 (10.23%) Degree
3 8 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.84%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.70%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.14%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.57%) ACCA
8 1 (0.57%) CBAP
8 1 (0.57%) CIMA
8 1 (0.57%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.57%) IIBA
8 1 (0.57%) ISACA
8 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.34%) GDPR
2 24 (13.64%) NIST
3 23 (13.07%) COBIT
3 23 (13.07%) Data Quality
4 12 (6.82%) QA
5 9 (5.11%) Accessibility
6 8 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.14%) GMP
7 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.14%) WCAG
8 1 (0.57%) GRC
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS
8 1 (0.57%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (15.34%) Docker
2 7 (3.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (14.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.98%) Databricks
2 7 (3.98%) Oracle
3 6 (3.41%) Google
3 6 (3.41%) OpenAI
3 6 (3.41%) SAP
4 4 (2.27%) Alteryx
4 4 (2.27%) HubSpot
4 4 (2.27%) Informatica
4 4 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.70%) Talend
6 2 (1.14%) Civica
6 2 (1.14%) iManage
6 2 (1.14%) Northgate
6 2 (1.14%) Orchard
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe
7 1 (0.57%) Apple
7 1 (0.57%) Citrix
7 1 (0.57%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.57%) Foundry