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 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,424 1,644 3,116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.74% 10.45% 11.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.33% 10.90% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 900 959 2,355
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,241 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +5.43% -5.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 15,263 15,082 26,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 95.84% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,014 9,177 21,954
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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.

1 401 (28.16%) Microsoft
2 332 (23.31%) SQL
3 316 (22.19%) Degree
4 270 (18.96%) Agile
5 262 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
6 255 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
7 251 (17.63%) Customer Service
8 249 (17.49%) ITIL
9 223 (15.66%) Power Platform
10 217 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
11 213 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 212 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
13 195 (13.69%) Power BI
14 184 (12.92%) Decision-Making
14 184 (12.92%) ITSM
15 174 (12.22%) Microsoft Excel
16 165 (11.59%) AWS
17 164 (11.52%) QA
18 163 (11.45%) Azure
19 155 (10.88%) ServiceNow
20 146 (10.25%) Microsoft Certification
21 141 (9.90%) AWS Certification
22 134 (9.41%) Security Cleared
23 132 (9.27%) Data Analysis
24 131 (9.20%) Analytics
25 130 (9.13%) Windows
26 127 (8.92%) Performance Metrics
27 124 (8.71%) MCSE
28 123 (8.64%) ERP
29 119 (8.36%) Process Improvement

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 60 (4.21%) Confluence
2 54 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.19%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) IIS
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 217 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
2 174 (12.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.98%) Oracle Smart View
6 13 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.11%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (1.97%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (1.97%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (1.97%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.98%) Hyperion Planning
5 12 (0.84%) NEC Housing
5 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.63%) Shopify
7 8 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.56%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
9 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 255 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
2 223 (15.66%) Power Platform
3 165 (11.59%) AWS
4 163 (11.45%) Azure
5 69 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.37%) SaaS
7 40 (2.81%) Entra ID
8 38 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.62%) GCP
10 18 (1.26%) Google Analytics
11 16 (1.12%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (0.70%) OneDrive
16 9 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 8 (0.56%) PaaS
18 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
18 6 (0.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.74%) Firewall
2 27 (1.90%) VPN
3 20 (1.40%) DNS
4 19 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.19%) WAN
6 15 (1.05%) Wireshark
7 14 (0.98%) DHCP
7 14 (0.98%) LAN
7 14 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.91%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.91%) Wireless
9 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.49%) Network Security
10 7 (0.49%) VoIP
11 5 (0.35%) Broadband
12 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.21%) SCCP
14 2 (0.14%) 4G
15 1 (0.070%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (13.69%) Power BI
2 74 (5.20%) Tableau
3 54 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (1.26%) Looker
7 17 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 17 (1.19%) Power Query
7 17 (1.19%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.98%) BigQuery
9 14 (0.98%) Essbase
9 14 (0.98%) MySQL
10 12 (0.84%) Metadata
11 11 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.28%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 116 (8.15%) JIRA
2 28 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
3 21 (1.47%) Selenium
4 18 (1.26%) Postman
4 18 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (1.19%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.05%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Git
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) JMeter
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) Locust
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 685 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 430 (30.20%) Finance
3 366 (25.70%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (8.36%) French Language
5 95 (6.67%) Swedish Language
6 81 (5.69%) Retail
7 80 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (5.62%) Legal
8 77 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
9 72 (5.06%) Marketing
10 53 (3.72%) Public Sector
11 50 (3.51%) Banking
12 41 (2.88%) Law
13 28 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.76%) Advertising
14 25 (1.76%) Local Government
15 24 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.19%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.97%) SOAP
2 27 (1.90%) .NET
3 26 (1.83%) HTML
4 15 (1.05%) JSON
4 15 (1.05%) REST
5 14 (0.98%) Middleware
6 11 (0.77%) Flash
6 11 (0.77%) XML
7 10 (0.70%) EDI
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.21%) FHIR
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Playwright
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) Web Services
11 2 (0.14%) CSS
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) SLSA
11 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.23%) Onboarding
2 88 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 72 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 59 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 56 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.47%) Credit Risk
8 21 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.33%) NHS
11 18 (1.26%) FMCG
12 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (0.91%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 130 (9.13%) Windows
2 31 (2.18%) Windows Server
3 29 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.54%) Android
6 19 (1.33%) Linux
7 17 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.070%) AIX
10 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (18.96%) Agile
2 262 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (17.63%) Customer Service
4 249 (17.49%) ITIL
5 213 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 212 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
7 184 (12.92%) Decision-Making
7 184 (12.92%) ITSM
8 132 (9.27%) Data Analysis
9 131 (9.20%) Analytics
10 127 (8.92%) Performance Metrics
11 123 (8.64%) ERP
12 119 (8.36%) Process Improvement
13 111 (7.79%) Business Analysis
14 102 (7.16%) Asset Management
15 98 (6.88%) User Stories
16 96 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 95 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
18 94 (6.60%) User Acceptance Testing
19 92 (6.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 332 (23.31%) SQL
2 103 (7.23%) Python
3 41 (2.88%) C#
4 28 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.62%) Java
6 20 (1.40%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.98%) Groovy
8 14 (0.98%) VBA
9 12 (0.84%) R
10 7 (0.49%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.42%) ABAP
11 6 (0.42%) C++
12 5 (0.35%) C
13 4 (0.28%) Bicep
13 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Delphi
15 2 (0.14%) Pascal
15 2 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 316 (22.19%) Degree
2 146 (10.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 141 (9.90%) AWS Certification
4 134 (9.41%) Security Cleared
5 124 (8.71%) MCSE
6 76 (5.34%) ACCA
6 76 (5.34%) CIMA
7 68 (4.78%) SC Cleared
8 48 (3.37%) DV Cleared
9 35 (2.46%) CISSP
10 31 (2.18%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.62%) AAT
12 23 (1.62%) ISTQB
13 21 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.33%) PMI Certification
15 15 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 15 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.98%) CISM
17 13 (0.91%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (11.52%) QA
2 53 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.95%) NIST
5 32 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.47%) SLA
7 20 (1.40%) GDPR
7 20 (1.40%) PMO
8 19 (1.33%) GRC
9 17 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.42%) Basel II
14 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.28%) MiFID
15 4 (0.28%) SEPA
16 3 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 90 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.19%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (1.69%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 5 (0.35%) QRadar
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) Nessus
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.070%) Control-M
7 1 (0.070%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.070%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.070%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 401 (28.16%) Microsoft
2 155 (10.88%) ServiceNow
3 62 (4.35%) Oracle
4 39 (2.74%) SAP
5 35 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.25%) Google
7 25 (1.76%) Adobe
8 22 (1.54%) Apple
9 19 (1.33%) VMware
10 16 (1.12%) Blue Prism
11 14 (0.98%) Hyperion
12 13 (0.91%) Cisco
12 13 (0.91%) Meraki
12 13 (0.91%) Northgate
13 11 (0.77%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.70%) ConnectWise
15 8 (0.56%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.56%) Databricks
15 8 (0.56%) SolarWinds
15 8 (0.56%) WooCommerce