Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,633 1,377 3,044
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.52% 8.36% 10.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% 9.07% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 1,063 1,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -2.43%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,701 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 20,416 15,183 27,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.20% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,436 20,549
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,903 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Analyst
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Analyst job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Analyst job vacancies

Analyst
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Analyst over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Analyst salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 383 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 345 (21.13%) SQL
3 344 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (17.82%) Agile
4 291 (17.82%) Degree
5 225 (13.78%) Decision-Making
6 223 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
7 215 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 209 (12.80%) Business Intelligence
9 208 (12.74%) Business Analysis
10 197 (12.06%) Power Platform
11 191 (11.70%) ITIL
12 189 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
13 188 (11.51%) Power BI
14 183 (11.21%) Analytics
15 180 (11.02%) Customer Service
16 173 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
17 170 (10.41%) Azure
18 155 (9.49%) Windows
19 153 (9.37%) Process Improvement
19 153 (9.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 151 (9.25%) QA
21 147 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
22 142 (8.70%) ServiceNow
23 140 (8.57%) Mentoring
24 135 (8.27%) User Stories
25 129 (7.90%) ITSM
26 128 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
27 127 (7.78%) AWS
28 122 (7.47%) Active Directory

Analyst Skill Set
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 66 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.78%) Confluence
4 13 (0.80%) IIS
5 6 (0.37%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.061%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.061%) CMS
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 173 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.47%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.55%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.31%) Shopify
7 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.24%) JDE World
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Magento
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.12%) Academy Housing
9 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (12.06%) Power Platform
3 170 (10.41%) Azure
4 127 (7.78%) AWS
5 69 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.31%) SaaS
7 50 (3.06%) GCP
8 33 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.90%) Google Analytics
10 28 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.10%) OneDrive
12 16 (0.98%) IaaS
12 16 (0.98%) PaaS
12 16 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
13 13 (0.80%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.80%) GitHub
13 13 (0.80%) Serverless
14 12 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.37%) VPN
2 49 (3.00%) Firewall
3 40 (2.45%) DNS
4 32 (1.96%) DHCP
4 32 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.65%) Broadband
6 27 (1.65%) Network Security
7 19 (1.16%) LAN
8 17 (1.04%) WAN
9 12 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.61%) Internet
11 5 (0.31%) HTTP
11 5 (0.31%) SSL
12 4 (0.24%) FTP
12 4 (0.24%) NGFW
12 4 (0.24%) SMTP
12 4 (0.24%) Wireless
13 3 (0.18%) VLAN
13 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (11.51%) Power BI
2 53 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 52 (3.18%) Tableau
4 29 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.29%) BigQuery
5 21 (1.29%) Power Query
6 20 (1.22%) Looker
6 20 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (0.86%) MySQL
9 12 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.49%) Db2
12 8 (0.49%) Metadata
13 6 (0.37%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 87 (5.33%) JIRA
2 19 (1.16%) Git
3 9 (0.55%) Selenium
4 7 (0.43%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.061%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.061%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.061%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.061%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.061%) Toad
9 1 (0.061%) WebDriver
General
1 566 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 441 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
3 397 (24.31%) Finance
4 138 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 104 (6.37%) Law
7 89 (5.45%) Retail
8 78 (4.78%) Legal
9 64 (3.92%) Banking
10 52 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.94%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.76%) Marketing
13 30 (1.84%) French Language
13 30 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.16%) Games
15 19 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.04%) Aviation
16 17 (1.04%) Front Office
17 16 (0.98%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.53%) .NET
2 24 (1.47%) XML
3 22 (1.35%) HTML
4 18 (1.10%) CSS
5 17 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (0.67%) .NET Framework
7 10 (0.61%) EDI
7 10 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (0.61%) Gherkin
7 10 (0.61%) JSON
7 10 (0.61%) Web Services
8 8 (0.49%) Middleware
9 7 (0.43%) Playwright
10 6 (0.37%) SOAP
11 5 (0.31%) HTML5
11 5 (0.31%) jQuery
12 4 (0.24%) LDAP
12 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
13 3 (0.18%) REST
14 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.61%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.18%) Security Posture
5 48 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.39%) Data Structures
6 39 (2.39%) Driving Licence
7 34 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
8 33 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 14 (0.86%) Housing Association
12 13 (0.80%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.80%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.80%) Social Media
13 12 (0.73%) Cloud Native
13 12 (0.73%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.73%) Derivative
13 12 (0.73%) FMCG
13 12 (0.73%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 155 (9.49%) Windows
2 56 (3.43%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.59%) Linux
4 23 (1.41%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.80%) Android
6 12 (0.73%) VMS
7 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (17.82%) Agile
3 225 (13.78%) Decision-Making
4 215 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 209 (12.80%) Business Intelligence
6 208 (12.74%) Business Analysis
7 191 (11.70%) ITIL
8 189 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
9 183 (11.21%) Analytics
10 180 (11.02%) Customer Service
11 153 (9.37%) Process Improvement
11 153 (9.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 140 (8.57%) Mentoring
13 135 (8.27%) User Stories
14 129 (7.90%) ITSM
15 128 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
16 114 (6.98%) Actionable Insight
17 113 (6.92%) AI
18 107 (6.55%) ERP
19 106 (6.49%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 345 (21.13%) SQL
2 94 (5.76%) Python
3 62 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.02%) C#
5 20 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 20 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 18 (1.10%) Java
6 18 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (0.98%) VBA
9 12 (0.73%) Bash
9 12 (0.73%) Bicep
10 11 (0.67%) R
11 10 (0.61%) C++
12 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.24%) Delphi
13 4 (0.24%) Pascal
13 4 (0.24%) PHP
13 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 291 (17.82%) Degree
2 107 (6.55%) AWS Certification
3 106 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 100 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (5.27%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.72%) MCSE
7 51 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (2.88%) ACCA
9 43 (2.63%) CIMA
10 31 (1.90%) CISSP
11 26 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.29%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.29%) CISM
14 19 (1.16%) DBS Check
15 17 (1.04%) AAT
15 17 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.73%) DV Cleared
17 10 (0.61%) CISA
18 8 (0.49%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.25%) QA
2 74 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 70 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.94%) GDPR
5 43 (2.63%) NIST
6 30 (1.84%) SLA
7 23 (1.41%) GRC
8 22 (1.35%) PMO
9 18 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.98%) FINREP
11 14 (0.86%) COREP
12 13 (0.80%) SOC 2
13 12 (0.73%) Accessibility
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.67%) IFRS
15 8 (0.49%) NCSC
16 7 (0.43%) EMIR
16 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.37%) GAAP
System Software
1 122 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.92%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.80%) vSphere
6 5 (0.31%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.061%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.04%) SCCM
3 12 (0.73%) Terraform
4 8 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.061%) Autotask
9 1 (0.061%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) Nessus
9 1 (0.061%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.061%) Nmap
9 1 (0.061%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.061%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 383 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 142 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.63%) Oracle
4 41 (2.51%) SAP
5 40 (2.45%) Google
6 33 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.78%) Adobe
8 27 (1.65%) Apple
9 25 (1.53%) VMware
10 21 (1.29%) Cisco
11 19 (1.16%) iManage
12 17 (1.04%) Citrix
13 16 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.98%) Qualys
14 14 (0.86%) Aruba
15 12 (0.73%) Intapp
15 12 (0.73%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.61%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.55%) IBM
17 9 (0.55%) Sage