Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,518 1,339 3,614
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 9.91% 11.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.92% 10.81% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 955 2,427
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,609
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.91%

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 17,010 12,386 31,101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,273 9,044 24,864
10th Percentile £32,550 £31,335 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 309 (20.36%) SQL
3 282 (18.58%) Degree
4 264 (17.39%) Agile
5 230 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
7 199 (13.11%) Power Platform
8 197 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 196 (12.91%) Decision-Making
10 194 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
11 193 (12.71%) Power BI
12 180 (11.86%) ITIL
13 175 (11.53%) Customer Service
14 158 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
15 157 (10.34%) Process Improvement
16 155 (10.21%) Business Analysis
17 154 (10.14%) Azure
18 152 (10.01%) Security Cleared
19 151 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
20 143 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
21 138 (9.09%) ERP
22 133 (8.76%) ServiceNow
23 131 (8.63%) QA
24 126 (8.30%) Mentoring
25 123 (8.10%) Windows
26 122 (8.04%) Analytics
27 120 (7.91%) AWS
28 118 (7.77%) ITSM
29 110 (7.25%) User Stories
30 109 (7.18%) 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 48 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.98%) Confluence
4 11 (0.72%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 158 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 19 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
1 19 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 18 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.19%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (1.19%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
3 14 (0.92%) Cloudability
3 14 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
5 10 (0.66%) Shopify
6 9 (0.59%) Hyperion Planning
6 9 (0.59%) Magento
6 9 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (0.26%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 199 (13.11%) Power Platform
2 194 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
3 154 (10.14%) Azure
4 120 (7.91%) AWS
5 75 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (2.83%) GCP
7 42 (2.77%) SaaS
8 38 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 30 (1.98%) Google Analytics
10 17 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.05%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.53%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
16 6 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
17 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
17 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
17 5 (0.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.71%) Firewall
1 26 (1.71%) VPN
2 22 (1.45%) Network Security
3 19 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.19%) DNS
5 14 (0.92%) DHCP
6 13 (0.86%) Broadband
6 13 (0.86%) WAN
7 10 (0.66%) LAN
8 8 (0.53%) VoIP
9 6 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.33%) SSL
11 4 (0.26%) Wireless
12 3 (0.20%) SCCP
13 2 (0.13%) FTP
13 2 (0.13%) HTTP
13 2 (0.13%) Internet
13 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (12.71%) Power BI
2 70 (4.61%) Tableau
3 61 (4.02%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.65%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.65%) Looker
6 20 (1.32%) Power Query
7 14 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (0.72%) Metadata
9 11 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 10 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.59%) Essbase
11 9 (0.59%) MySQL
12 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.53%) DB2
13 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 92 (6.06%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 18 (1.19%) Oracle Forms
4 17 (1.12%) SoapUI
5 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (0.99%) Selenium
7 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.20%) Git
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.066%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.066%) Gatling
10 1 (0.066%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.066%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.066%) TestRail
10 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 538 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 410 (27.01%) Finance
3 359 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 88 (5.80%) Retail
7 80 (5.27%) Banking
8 74 (4.87%) Legal
9 65 (4.28%) French Language
10 61 (4.02%) Law
11 54 (3.56%) Marketing
12 50 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.52%) Aviation
14 23 (1.52%) Swedish Language
15 22 (1.45%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.32%) Advertising
18 18 (1.19%) Publishing
19 17 (1.12%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.11%) .NET
2 25 (1.65%) SOAP
3 18 (1.19%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 15 (0.99%) XML
6 14 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.86%) EDI
8 12 (0.79%) JSON
9 10 (0.66%) REST
10 7 (0.46%) Flash
11 3 (0.20%) CSS
11 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.20%) Playwright
11 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.20%) Swagger
11 3 (0.20%) XSLT
12 2 (0.13%) Matplotlib
12 2 (0.13%) NumPy
12 2 (0.13%) RESTful
12 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.65%) Product Ownership
2 70 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
5 46 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 45 (2.96%) Data Structures
7 29 (1.91%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.38%) FMCG
11 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
12 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.86%) Social Media
16 12 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
18 10 (0.66%) Client/Server
18 10 (0.66%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.10%) Windows
2 31 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 30 (1.98%) Android
3 30 (1.98%) Apple iOS
4 26 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.45%) Linux
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (17.39%) Agile
2 230 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 212 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
4 197 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 196 (12.91%) Decision-Making
6 180 (11.86%) ITIL
7 175 (11.53%) Customer Service
8 157 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 155 (10.21%) Business Analysis
10 143 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
11 138 (9.09%) ERP
12 126 (8.30%) Mentoring
13 122 (8.04%) Analytics
14 118 (7.77%) ITSM
15 110 (7.25%) User Stories
16 109 (7.18%) Data Analysis
17 103 (6.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 95 (6.26%) Coaching
19 90 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
20 86 (5.67%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 309 (20.36%) SQL
2 81 (5.34%) Python
3 40 (2.64%) C#
4 33 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.84%) Java
5 28 (1.84%) T-SQL
6 24 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (0.92%) VBA
8 9 (0.59%) Groovy
9 8 (0.53%) R
10 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.33%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.20%) C++
13 3 (0.20%) VC++
14 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 282 (18.58%) Degree
2 152 (10.01%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.98%) AWS Certification
4 93 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.86%) SC Cleared
6 79 (5.20%) ACCA
7 78 (5.14%) CIMA
8 77 (5.07%) MCSE
9 42 (2.77%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.04%) CISSP
11 30 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.84%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.38%) AAT
15 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.05%) IIBA
17 15 (0.99%) CISA
17 15 (0.99%) ISTQB
18 14 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 14 (0.92%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.63%) QA
2 68 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (2.57%) NIST
5 30 (1.98%) SLA
6 23 (1.52%) GDPR
6 23 (1.52%) GRC
6 23 (1.52%) PMO
7 22 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.99%) COREP
10 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.79%) FINREP
12 8 (0.53%) EMIR
13 7 (0.46%) NCSC
13 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.40%) Basel II
14 6 (0.40%) MiFID
15 4 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 76 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.25%) SCCM
3 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.20%) Ansible
4 3 (0.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.20%) QRadar
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.20%) Terraform
5 2 (0.13%) Graylog
6 1 (0.066%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.066%) Control-M
6 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 322 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.76%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.62%) Oracle
4 44 (2.90%) SAP
5 43 (2.83%) Google
6 38 (2.50%) Adobe
6 38 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.31%) Apple
8 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.72%) Northgate
10 10 (0.66%) Citrix
10 10 (0.66%) VMware
11 9 (0.59%) Hyperion
11 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.53%) IBM
12 8 (0.53%) iManage
12 8 (0.53%) JD Edwards
13 7 (0.46%) Aderant
14 6 (0.40%) Intapp
15 5 (0.33%) Databricks