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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 167 173
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +31
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 207 337 435
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 2.06% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 2.20% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 124 179 326
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £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 £93,125 £79,375 £84,056
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £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 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 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 6 (2.90%) SAS
2 4 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.45%) Apache
3 3 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.45%) CMS
3 3 (1.45%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
Applications
1 31 (14.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Notion
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.48%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 60 (28.99%) Power Platform
2 49 (23.67%) Azure
3 22 (10.63%) AWS
3 22 (10.63%) SaaS
4 14 (6.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (6.28%) Snowflake
6 12 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 12 (5.80%) GCP
7 9 (4.35%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.86%) Serverless
9 7 (3.38%) dbt
10 6 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.42%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.93%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.93%) Amazon SageMaker
12 4 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.93%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.93%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.56%) Broadband
2 14 (6.76%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (28.02%) Power BI
2 26 (12.56%) Tableau
3 19 (9.18%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (6.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (6.28%) SQL Server
5 12 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (5.31%) Looker
7 8 (3.86%) Metadata
8 6 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.90%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.90%) Power Query
9 5 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.42%) Big Data
9 5 (2.42%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.45%) Data Mining
10 3 (1.45%) IBM InfoSphere
10 3 (1.45%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.97%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 22 (10.63%) Jenkins
1 22 (10.63%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.45%) JIRA
3 2 (0.97%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.97%) Git
General
1 86 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 65 (31.40%) Finance
3 44 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.59%) Banking
5 16 (7.73%) Financial Institution
6 13 (6.28%) Law
7 12 (5.80%) Billing
7 12 (5.80%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.80%) Marketing
8 11 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.31%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.38%) Legal
10 7 (3.38%) Retail
11 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.42%) Front Office
13 4 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.45%) Avionics
14 3 (1.45%) Electronics
14 3 (1.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (19.32%) Analyst
2 37 (17.87%) Senior
3 25 (12.08%) Auditor
3 25 (12.08%) Internal Auditor
4 22 (10.63%) Data Engineer
5 17 (8.21%) Architect
5 17 (8.21%) Developer
6 16 (7.73%) Audit Manager
6 16 (7.73%) Insight Analyst
6 16 (7.73%) Software Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) Security Auditor
8 13 (6.28%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.80%) Commercial Analyst
10 11 (5.31%) Data Analyst
10 11 (5.31%) Scala Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) IT Audit Manager
11 10 (4.83%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.86%) Data Architect
12 8 (3.86%) Scala Software Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.63%) Akka
2 9 (4.35%) PySpark
3 5 (2.42%) PyXLL
4 4 (1.93%) Middleware
5 2 (0.97%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.97%) CSS
5 2 (0.97%) HTML
5 2 (0.97%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.97%) Kafka
5 2 (0.97%) Node.js
5 2 (0.97%) Nuxt
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.97%) React
5 2 (0.97%) Vue
6 1 (0.48%) EDI
6 1 (0.48%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.63%) Over-the-Top Content
2 22 (10.63%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (10.63%) Video\Live Streaming
3 13 (6.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.38%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.38%) Blockchain
4 7 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.90%) IoT
6 5 (2.42%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.93%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.45%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.45%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.45%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.97%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.97%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.38%) Linux
1 7 (3.38%) Unix
1 7 (3.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.48%) Android
2 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (100.00%) Analytics
2 78 (37.68%) Agile
3 65 (31.40%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (24.15%) Decision-Making
6 41 (19.81%) AI
6 41 (19.81%) Visualisation
7 38 (18.36%) Data Analysis
8 35 (16.91%) Actionable Insight
9 32 (15.46%) DevOps
10 31 (14.98%) Data Governance
11 30 (14.49%) Risk Management
12 29 (14.01%) Project Management
13 28 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (13.04%) Internal Audit
14 27 (13.04%) Kanban
14 27 (13.04%) Scrum
15 24 (11.59%) Acceptance Criteria
16 23 (11.11%) ETL
16 23 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 66 (31.88%) SQL
2 61 (29.47%) Python
3 25 (12.08%) Scala
4 15 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (6.28%) R
6 11 (5.31%) C++
7 8 (3.86%) Java
8 7 (3.38%) C#
9 3 (1.45%) C
9 3 (1.45%) Fortran
9 3 (1.45%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (1.45%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.45%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.45%) Tcl
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (21.26%) Degree
2 25 (12.08%) CISA
3 22 (10.63%) CISSP
4 15 (7.25%) Security Cleared
5 14 (6.76%) CGEIT
5 14 (6.76%) CISM
5 14 (6.76%) FFIEC
5 14 (6.76%) SANS
5 14 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 13 (6.28%) ACCA
7 8 (3.86%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.38%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.38%) CIMA
9 6 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.93%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.97%) PhD
11 2 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.97%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.46%) Data Quality
2 21 (10.14%) GDPR
3 16 (7.73%) NIST
4 14 (6.76%) COBIT
5 12 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (5.31%) IFRS
7 5 (2.42%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.93%) PMO
9 3 (1.45%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.97%) GMP
10 2 (0.97%) GRC
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.97%) WCAG
11 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.48%) NCSC
11 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 26 (12.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.97%) Firmware
3 1 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.70%) Google
3 12 (5.80%) Databricks
4 11 (5.31%) Oracle
5 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.93%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.45%) SAP
7 3 (1.45%) Teradata
8 2 (0.97%) Adobe
8 2 (0.97%) iManage
8 2 (0.97%) Informatica
8 2 (0.97%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.97%) Talend
9 1 (0.48%) Apple
9 1 (0.48%) DataRobot
9 1 (0.48%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.48%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) Spotify
9 1 (0.48%) TikTok