Economics Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Economics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 469 531
Rank change year-on-year +72 +62 +82
Permanent jobs citing Economics 71 117 122
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.38% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 22 56 32
10th Percentile £37,625 £27,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,938 £35,142 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,672 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -18.78% +4.76%
75th Percentile £81,875 £60,633 £71,563
90th Percentile £94,250 £80,625 £77,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £44,343 £52,446
% change year-on-year +40.95% -15.45% -8.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Economics 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 17,565 31,100 38,209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.96% 90.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,249 23,476 26,508
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,621
Median % change year-on-year - -8.18% +4.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Economics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Economics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Economics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Economics
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Economics.

Economics salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Economics over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Economics salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Economics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.82%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (49.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (14.08%) Chatbot
3 5 (7.04%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (7.04%) Stata
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (45.07%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.04%) GitHub
3 4 (5.63%) AWS
4 3 (4.23%) Azure
5 2 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.82%) GCP
5 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.41%) dbt
6 1 (1.41%) Intacct
6 1 (1.41%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (45.07%) Power BI
2 6 (8.45%) Tableau
3 2 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.82%) Big Data
3 2 (2.82%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 43 (60.56%) Social Skills
2 42 (59.15%) Finance
3 18 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.49%) Agriculture
5 7 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.45%) Marketing
6 6 (8.45%) Retail
7 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.23%) Banking
9 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Advertising
10 1 (1.41%) Back Office
10 1 (1.41%) Legal
10 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (63.38%) Analyst
2 34 (47.89%) Data Analyst
3 26 (36.62%) Procurement Analyst
4 17 (23.94%) Senior
5 10 (14.08%) Research Scientist
5 10 (14.08%) Trainer
6 8 (11.27%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Lead
8 3 (4.23%) Developer
8 3 (4.23%) Digital Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Financial Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Technical Leader
9 2 (2.82%) Analyst Developer
9 2 (2.82%) Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Customer Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Data Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Market Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Kafka
2 1 (1.41%) .NET
2 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.41%) Django
2 1 (1.41%) EDI
2 1 (1.41%) Flask
2 1 (1.41%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 28 (39.44%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) Private Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.41%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.41%) PMI
5 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (59.15%) Analytics
2 40 (56.34%) Visualisation
3 31 (43.66%) Data Analytics
4 30 (42.25%) Data Analysis
5 29 (40.85%) Process Improvement
6 28 (39.44%) ERP
7 27 (38.03%) Data Management
8 26 (36.62%) Indirect Procurement
8 26 (36.62%) Source to Pay
9 19 (26.76%) Physics
10 18 (25.35%) Statistics
11 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (16.90%) Data Visualisation
12 12 (16.90%) Decision-Making
13 11 (15.49%) Artificial Intelligence
13 11 (15.49%) Data Science
13 11 (15.49%) Mathematics
14 10 (14.08%) Chemistry
14 10 (14.08%) Conversational UI
15 9 (12.68%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.99%) Python
2 17 (23.94%) SQL
3 12 (16.90%) R
4 2 (2.82%) Java
4 2 (2.82%) Scala
5 1 (1.41%) C#
5 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (85.92%) Degree
2 12 (16.90%) Master's Degree
3 11 (15.49%) PhD
4 5 (7.04%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.82%) ACCA
5 2 (2.82%) CIMA
6 1 (1.41%) CBAP
6 1 (1.41%) CFA
6 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.41%) PMP
6 1 (1.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (36.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.82%) GDPR
2 2 (2.82%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.41%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) SAP
2 10 (14.08%) PayPal
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.82%) Databricks
5 2 (2.82%) Google
5 2 (2.82%) Informatica
5 2 (2.82%) Talend
6 1 (1.41%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (1.41%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.41%) Oracle
6 1 (1.41%) Sage