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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 152 161
Rank change year-on-year -30 +9 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 208 354 556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 2.22% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 2.34% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 124 200 412
10th Percentile £42,098 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
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 £78,458 £84,056
90th Percentile £122,500 £97,597 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5 February 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 (3.37%) SAS
2 4 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.44%) Apache
3 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.44%) CMS
3 3 (1.44%) Confluence
4 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
Applications
1 29 (13.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Notion
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.40%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.48%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 60 (28.85%) Power Platform
2 50 (24.04%) Azure
3 23 (11.06%) AWS
4 20 (9.62%) SaaS
5 17 (8.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (6.73%) GCP
7 11 (5.29%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.85%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.37%) Serverless
10 6 (2.88%) dbt
11 5 (2.40%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.92%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (1.92%) Amazon SageMaker
12 4 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.92%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.92%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.46%) Broadband
2 18 (8.65%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (27.88%) Power BI
2 22 (10.58%) Tableau
3 18 (8.65%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (7.21%) SQL Server
5 13 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (4.81%) Looker
8 9 (4.33%) Power Query
9 8 (3.85%) Metadata
10 5 (2.40%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (2.40%) Big Data
10 5 (2.40%) BigQuery
10 5 (2.40%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.92%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.92%) PowerPivot
12 3 (1.44%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (11.06%) Jenkins
1 23 (11.06%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.44%) JIRA
3 2 (0.96%) Git
4 1 (0.48%) ER Studio
General
1 86 (41.35%) Social Skills
2 70 (33.65%) Finance
3 40 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.94%) Banking
5 20 (9.62%) Financial Institution
6 12 (5.77%) Billing
6 12 (5.77%) Law
7 11 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.29%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.81%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.33%) Marketing
9 9 (4.33%) Retail
10 8 (3.85%) Legal
10 8 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.92%) Automotive
12 4 (1.92%) Front Office
12 4 (1.92%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (19.71%) Analyst
2 38 (18.27%) Senior
3 27 (12.98%) Auditor
4 26 (12.50%) Internal Auditor
5 24 (11.54%) Data Engineer
6 20 (9.62%) Developer
7 18 (8.65%) Security Auditor
8 17 (8.17%) Software Engineer
9 16 (7.69%) Architect
9 16 (7.69%) Insight Analyst
10 13 (6.25%) Audit Manager
11 12 (5.77%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (5.77%) Scala Engineer
12 11 (5.29%) Data Analyst
13 9 (4.33%) IT Manager
13 9 (4.33%) Senior Developer
14 8 (3.85%) Data Architect
14 8 (3.85%) Data Manager
14 8 (3.85%) Scala Developer
14 8 (3.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.06%) Akka
2 9 (4.33%) PySpark
3 4 (1.92%) PyXLL
4 3 (1.44%) React
5 2 (0.96%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.96%) CSS
5 2 (0.96%) HTML
5 2 (0.96%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.96%) Kafka
5 2 (0.96%) Middleware
5 2 (0.96%) Node.js
5 2 (0.96%) Nuxt
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.96%) Vue
6 1 (0.48%) EDI
6 1 (0.48%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.02%) Management Information System
2 24 (11.54%) Video\Live Streaming
3 23 (11.06%) Over-the-Top Content
4 22 (10.58%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (4.81%) Blockchain
7 7 (3.37%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.88%) IoT
9 4 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.92%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.44%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.96%) PMI
11 2 (0.96%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.92%) Linux
1 4 (1.92%) Unix
1 4 (1.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.48%) Android
2 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) Analytics
2 76 (36.54%) Agile
3 61 (29.33%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (25.48%) Decision-Making
6 44 (21.15%) AI
7 42 (20.19%) Visualisation
8 37 (17.79%) Actionable Insight
9 35 (16.83%) Data Analysis
9 35 (16.83%) Data Governance
9 35 (16.83%) Project Management
10 34 (16.35%) Risk Management
11 29 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (13.94%) Internal Audit
12 28 (13.46%) Kanban
12 28 (13.46%) Scrum
13 27 (12.98%) DevOps
14 26 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
15 25 (12.02%) Data Protection
15 25 (12.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 63 (30.29%) SQL
2 57 (27.40%) Python
3 27 (12.98%) Scala
4 16 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (4.81%) C++
5 10 (4.81%) R
6 8 (3.85%) Java
7 6 (2.88%) C#
8 3 (1.44%) C
8 3 (1.44%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (1.44%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.44%) Tcl
9 1 (0.48%) Go
9 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby
9 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (19.71%) Degree
2 26 (12.50%) CISA
3 23 (11.06%) CISSP
4 18 (8.65%) CGEIT
4 18 (8.65%) CISM
4 18 (8.65%) FFIEC
4 18 (8.65%) SANS
5 16 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 14 (6.73%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.81%) ACCA
8 7 (3.37%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.40%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.92%) CIMA
12 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.96%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 24 (11.54%) GDPR
3 20 (9.62%) NIST
4 18 (8.65%) COBIT
5 11 (5.29%) IFRS
6 8 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.88%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.92%) PMO
8 4 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.44%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.44%) WCAG
10 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.96%) GMP
10 2 (0.96%) GRC
10 2 (0.96%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.48%) NCSC
11 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 27 (12.98%) Docker
2 2 (0.96%) Firmware
3 1 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.33%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.17%) Google
3 10 (4.81%) Databricks
4 9 (4.33%) Oracle
5 7 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.40%) Alteryx
6 5 (2.40%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.44%) Informatica
7 3 (1.44%) SAP
7 3 (1.44%) Talend
7 3 (1.44%) Teradata
8 2 (0.96%) Adobe
8 2 (0.96%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.96%) iManage
8 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.48%) DataRobot
9 1 (0.48%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.48%) IBM
9 1 (0.48%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) Spotify