Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,558 1,295 3,686
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.18% 8.92% 11.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 9.70% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 932 2,384
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,700 £93,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.17%

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 17,912 13,354 31,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,218 8,198 25,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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.

1 322 (20.67%) SQL
2 321 (20.60%) Microsoft
3 292 (18.74%) Agile
4 276 (17.72%) Degree
5 240 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
6 194 (12.45%) Business Intelligence
7 193 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 192 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
9 183 (11.75%) Decision-Making
10 182 (11.68%) Power Platform
11 179 (11.49%) Power BI
12 168 (10.78%) Business Analysis
13 164 (10.53%) ITIL
14 162 (10.40%) Customer Service
15 161 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
16 154 (9.88%) Process Improvement
17 151 (9.69%) Security Cleared
18 147 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
19 143 (9.18%) Azure
20 138 (8.86%) ServiceNow
21 135 (8.66%) Analytics
22 134 (8.60%) Mentoring
23 127 (8.15%) QA
24 126 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
24 126 (8.09%) Windows
25 124 (7.96%) User Stories
26 121 (7.77%) AWS
27 116 (7.45%) ERP
28 113 (7.25%) ITSM
29 112 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 46 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.67%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) IIS
6 6 (0.39%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 147 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.54%) Cloudability
2 17 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (1.03%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.71%) NEC Housing
5 11 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
5 11 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
6 10 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
6 10 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
7 9 (0.58%) Magento
7 9 (0.58%) Shopify
8 7 (0.45%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.39%) Visualfiles
10 5 (0.32%) Hyperion Planning
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 192 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
2 182 (11.68%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.18%) Azure
4 121 (7.77%) AWS
5 53 (3.40%) GCP
6 44 (2.82%) SaaS
7 42 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 32 (2.05%) Google Analytics
10 15 (0.96%) OneDrive
10 15 (0.96%) Power Automate
11 13 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.58%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.45%) Miro
14 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.39%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.12%) VPN
2 31 (1.99%) Firewall
3 27 (1.73%) Network Security
4 25 (1.60%) Broadband
5 22 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.09%) DNS
7 12 (0.77%) DHCP
8 10 (0.64%) LAN
8 10 (0.64%) WAN
9 8 (0.51%) VoIP
10 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) Internet
12 5 (0.32%) SSL
13 4 (0.26%) NGFW
14 3 (0.19%) FTP
14 3 (0.19%) HTTP
14 3 (0.19%) SCCP
14 3 (0.19%) SMTP
15 2 (0.13%) 4G
15 2 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (11.49%) Power BI
2 63 (4.04%) Tableau
3 49 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 23 (1.48%) BigQuery
5 22 (1.41%) Looker
5 22 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.28%) Power Query
8 19 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.90%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.71%) Metadata
12 9 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.51%) DB2
14 7 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.32%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 104 (6.68%) JIRA
2 19 (1.22%) Postman
3 17 (1.09%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (0.83%) Selenium
6 11 (0.71%) WebDriver
7 10 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.45%) Git
9 5 (0.32%) GitLab
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 499 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 393 (25.22%) Finance
3 356 (22.85%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.33%) Legal
7 79 (5.07%) Retail
8 76 (4.88%) Law
9 67 (4.30%) Banking
10 51 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (3.21%) French Language
12 41 (2.63%) Marketing
13 23 (1.48%) Aviation
14 21 (1.35%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (1.09%) Back Office
16 17 (1.09%) Publishing
17 16 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.03%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.12%) .NET
2 25 (1.60%) HTML
2 25 (1.60%) SOAP
3 17 (1.09%) XML
4 15 (0.96%) Middleware
5 12 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (0.71%) JSON
7 10 (0.64%) CSS
7 10 (0.64%) REST
8 9 (0.58%) EDI
9 7 (0.45%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.26%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.26%) HTML5
10 4 (0.26%) jQuery
10 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.19%) LDAP
11 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.72%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.60%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 20 (1.28%) FMCG
11 18 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.96%) Credit Risk
13 14 (0.90%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.77%) Social Media
16 11 (0.71%) Operational Technology
17 9 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.09%) Windows
2 31 (1.99%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.80%) Android
4 26 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.35%) Linux
7 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (18.74%) Agile
2 240 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (12.45%) Business Intelligence
4 193 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (11.75%) Decision-Making
6 168 (10.78%) Business Analysis
7 164 (10.53%) ITIL
8 162 (10.40%) Customer Service
9 161 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
10 154 (9.88%) Process Improvement
11 135 (8.66%) Analytics
12 134 (8.60%) Mentoring
13 124 (7.96%) User Stories
14 116 (7.45%) ERP
15 113 (7.25%) ITSM
16 112 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 100 (6.42%) Data Analysis
18 96 (6.16%) AI
18 96 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
19 95 (6.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 322 (20.67%) SQL
2 84 (5.39%) Python
3 39 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.25%) C#
5 30 (1.93%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.86%) Java
7 13 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.58%) R
8 9 (0.58%) VBA
9 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.45%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.32%) Groovy
13 4 (0.26%) Delphi
13 4 (0.26%) Pascal
13 4 (0.26%) PHP
13 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) C++
14 2 (0.13%) Tcl
14 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 276 (17.72%) Degree
2 151 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.06%) AWS Certification
4 91 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 80 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (4.43%) MCSE
7 51 (3.27%) ACCA
8 50 (3.21%) CIMA
9 41 (2.63%) DV Cleared
10 38 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 30 (1.93%) CISSP
13 24 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.16%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.03%) AAT
16 16 (1.03%) CISM
17 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.96%) IIBA
17 15 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.15%) QA
2 61 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.50%) NIST
5 34 (2.18%) GDPR
6 28 (1.80%) SLA
7 24 (1.54%) GRC
8 21 (1.35%) PMO
9 20 (1.28%) Accessibility
9 20 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.96%) COREP
11 14 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.90%) FINREP
12 12 (0.77%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.45%) EMIR
14 7 (0.45%) NCSC
15 6 (0.39%) MiFID
15 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 85 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.51%) Docker
4 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.35%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.26%) QRadar
5 3 (0.19%) Ansible
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.19%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.064%) Autotask
7 1 (0.064%) Kibana
Vendors
1 321 (20.60%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.86%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.27%) Adobe
4 50 (3.21%) Oracle
5 47 (3.02%) Apple
6 42 (2.70%) SAP
7 40 (2.57%) Google
8 37 (2.37%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.83%) Citrix
9 13 (0.83%) iManage
10 12 (0.77%) ConnectWise
11 11 (0.71%) Northgate
12 9 (0.58%) IBM
12 9 (0.58%) JD Edwards
12 9 (0.58%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.51%) Cisco
13 8 (0.51%) Intapp
14 6 (0.39%) Aderant
14 6 (0.39%) VMware
15 5 (0.32%) Hyperion