Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,313 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,570 1,363 3,731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.89% 8.89% 10.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.39% 9.65% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 1,015 2,396
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £27,445
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,313 £48,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% +7.19% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,500 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -4.35%

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 18,713 14,121 33,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.11% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,634 8,624 25,955
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,005
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 16 June 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 16 June 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.

1 338 (21.53%) SQL
2 321 (20.45%) Microsoft
3 299 (19.04%) Agile
4 280 (17.83%) Degree
5 274 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (13.18%) Decision-Making
7 205 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
8 198 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 196 (12.48%) Power Platform
10 190 (12.10%) Power BI
11 188 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
12 180 (11.46%) Business Analysis
13 173 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
14 164 (10.45%) ITIL
15 162 (10.32%) Analytics
16 158 (10.06%) Customer Service
17 153 (9.75%) Process Improvement
18 148 (9.43%) Azure
18 148 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
19 139 (8.85%) Mentoring
20 131 (8.34%) Security Cleared
20 131 (8.34%) ServiceNow
21 130 (8.28%) QA
22 128 (8.15%) User Stories
23 126 (8.03%) Windows
24 124 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 122 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
26 112 (7.13%) Actionable Insight
27 110 (7.01%) AWS
27 110 (7.01%) Data Analysis

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 56 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.97%) Confluence
4 11 (0.70%) IIS
4 11 (0.70%) SAS
5 4 (0.25%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 148 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 122 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.38%) Magento
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.38%) Shopify
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.25%) JDE World
9 4 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 196 (12.48%) Power Platform
2 188 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
3 148 (9.43%) Azure
4 110 (7.01%) AWS
5 53 (3.38%) GCP
6 48 (3.06%) SaaS
7 42 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (2.17%) Google Analytics
9 23 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.15%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.83%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.64%) IaaS
13 10 (0.64%) PaaS
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (0.57%) Serverless
15 7 (0.45%) Azure Functions
15 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.45%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.87%) Firewall
2 41 (2.61%) VPN
3 30 (1.91%) Broadband
4 29 (1.85%) Network Security
5 24 (1.53%) DNS
6 23 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 18 (1.15%) DHCP
7 18 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.76%) WAN
9 11 (0.70%) LAN
10 8 (0.51%) Internet
11 7 (0.45%) VoIP
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.32%) SSL
14 4 (0.25%) FTP
14 4 (0.25%) HTTP
14 4 (0.25%) NGFW
14 4 (0.25%) SMTP
15 3 (0.19%) SCCP
16 2 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (12.10%) Power BI
2 61 (3.89%) Tableau
3 50 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.40%) BigQuery
5 22 (1.40%) Power Query
5 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.34%) Looker
7 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.89%) MySQL
9 12 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.57%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Db2
13 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (5.92%) JIRA
2 13 (0.83%) Git
3 12 (0.76%) Postman
4 10 (0.64%) SoapUI
5 9 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.51%) Selenium
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.064%) JUnit
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) TestNG
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 516 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 395 (25.16%) Analytical Skills
3 385 (24.52%) Finance
4 131 (8.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 84 (5.35%) Retail
7 82 (5.22%) Law
8 77 (4.90%) Legal
9 60 (3.82%) Banking
10 51 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.93%) Marketing
12 40 (2.55%) French Language
13 25 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 24 (1.53%) Swedish Language
15 23 (1.46%) Aviation
16 21 (1.34%) Games
17 19 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
19 16 (1.02%) Automotive
19 16 (1.02%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.78%) .NET
2 21 (1.34%) HTML
3 19 (1.21%) XML
4 15 (0.96%) SOAP
5 14 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.83%) CSS
7 12 (0.76%) Middleware
8 11 (0.70%) JSON
9 8 (0.51%) EDI
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
10 7 (0.45%) REST
11 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.32%) HTML5
12 5 (0.32%) jQuery
12 5 (0.32%) Web Services
13 4 (0.25%) LDAP
13 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
14 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
14 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 38 (2.42%) Security Posture
7 37 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 35 (2.23%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (1.27%) FMCG
12 17 (1.08%) Social Media
13 16 (1.02%) Client/Server
14 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.76%) Cyberattack
16 12 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.70%) Credit Risk
18 10 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.03%) Windows
2 31 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.27%) Linux
5 15 (0.96%) Android
6 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.38%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (19.04%) Agile
2 274 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (13.18%) Decision-Making
4 205 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
5 198 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 180 (11.46%) Business Analysis
7 173 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
8 164 (10.45%) ITIL
9 162 (10.32%) Analytics
10 158 (10.06%) Customer Service
11 153 (9.75%) Process Improvement
12 139 (8.85%) Mentoring
13 128 (8.15%) User Stories
14 124 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 112 (7.13%) Actionable Insight
16 110 (7.01%) Data Analysis
16 110 (7.01%) ERP
16 110 (7.01%) ITSM
17 105 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 96 (6.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 338 (21.53%) SQL
2 94 (5.99%) Python
3 45 (2.87%) PowerShell
4 29 (1.85%) C#
5 26 (1.66%) T-SQL
6 23 (1.46%) Java
7 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 15 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (0.70%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.70%) VBA
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.38%) Bash
11 6 (0.38%) Bicep
12 4 (0.25%) Delphi
12 4 (0.25%) Pascal
12 4 (0.25%) PHP
12 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) Groovy
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 280 (17.83%) Degree
2 131 (8.34%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.18%) AWS Certification
4 85 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 67 (4.27%) MCSE
6 47 (2.99%) ACCA
7 46 (2.93%) CIMA
8 43 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (2.10%) CISSP
9 33 (2.10%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.66%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 20 (1.27%) CISM
13 18 (1.15%) AAT
14 16 (1.02%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (0.96%) IIBA
16 12 (0.76%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (8.28%) QA
2 67 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.61%) GDPR
4 41 (2.61%) NIST
5 30 (1.91%) SLA
6 25 (1.59%) PMO
7 24 (1.53%) GRC
8 21 (1.34%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.89%) COREP
9 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.89%) FINREP
10 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.45%) NCSC
14 6 (0.38%) EMIR
14 6 (0.38%) MiFID
14 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.32%) IFRS
System Software
1 95 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 11 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.51%) Docker
5 7 (0.45%) vSphere
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.27%) SCCM
3 9 (0.57%) Terraform
4 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.32%) QRadar
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.064%) Autotask
9 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 321 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.34%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.80%) Oracle
4 43 (2.74%) Google
4 43 (2.74%) SAP
5 38 (2.42%) Adobe
5 38 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.17%) Apple
7 16 (1.02%) iManage
8 15 (0.96%) Cisco
8 15 (0.96%) Citrix
8 15 (0.96%) VMware
9 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
10 9 (0.57%) ConnectWise
10 9 (0.57%) IBM
10 9 (0.57%) Intapp
10 9 (0.57%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.51%) Northgate
11 8 (0.51%) Qualys
12 7 (0.45%) Sage