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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,408 1,343 3,233
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.37% 10.47% 10.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.92% 11.10% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 930 956 2,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,747 £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 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% +5.56% -3.23%

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 15,789 12,094 29,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.27% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,010 8,866 24,416
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,965 £46,000 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
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 27 March 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 March 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.

1 344 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 291 (20.67%) Degree
3 290 (20.60%) SQL
4 252 (17.90%) Agile
5 233 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
7 212 (15.06%) Customer Service
8 209 (14.84%) ITIL
9 207 (14.70%) Business Intelligence
10 197 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 195 (13.85%) Power Platform
12 184 (13.07%) Power BI
13 182 (12.93%) Decision-Making
14 179 (12.71%) Microsoft Office
15 160 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
16 152 (10.80%) ITSM
17 143 (10.16%) QA
18 142 (10.09%) Azure
19 140 (9.94%) Security Cleared
20 136 (9.66%) ServiceNow
21 131 (9.30%) AWS
22 130 (9.23%) Business Analysis
23 129 (9.16%) Windows
24 123 (8.74%) Analytics
25 121 (8.59%) Data Analysis
26 120 (8.52%) ERP
26 120 (8.52%) Process Improvement
27 119 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
28 114 (8.10%) AWS Certification
29 101 (7.17%) User Stories

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 49 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.34%) Confluence
4 17 (1.21%) SAS
5 7 (0.50%) CMS
6 5 (0.36%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 179 (12.71%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 10 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
4 10 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.71%) Shopify
5 9 (0.64%) Magento
6 5 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.21%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 214 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
2 195 (13.85%) Power Platform
3 142 (10.09%) Azure
4 131 (9.30%) AWS
5 72 (5.11%) Dynamics 365
6 53 (3.76%) SaaS
7 41 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 24 (1.70%) GCP
9 23 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.56%) Google Analytics
11 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.78%) OneDrive
14 9 (0.64%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
16 6 (0.43%) PaaS
17 5 (0.36%) Google Tag Manager
17 5 (0.36%) Mimecast
18 4 (0.28%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.13%) Firewall
2 27 (1.92%) VPN
3 20 (1.42%) DNS
4 19 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
4 19 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.14%) DHCP
6 15 (1.07%) Network Security
7 9 (0.64%) WAN
7 9 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) VoIP
9 6 (0.43%) LAN
10 5 (0.36%) Broadband
10 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.28%) Wireless
12 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 3 (0.21%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
13 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (13.07%) Power BI
2 66 (4.69%) Tableau
3 64 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (1.63%) Looker
5 23 (1.63%) Power Query
6 17 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.85%) Metadata
10 11 (0.78%) MySQL
10 11 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.71%) Essbase
12 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.57%) DB2
14 7 (0.50%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 91 (6.46%) JIRA
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (1.21%) Selenium
4 15 (1.07%) Postman
5 14 (0.99%) SoapUI
6 13 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.78%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Git
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.071%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.071%) Gatling
11 1 (0.071%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.071%) Locust
11 1 (0.071%) TestRail
11 1 (0.071%) Zephyr
General
1 587 (41.69%) Social Skills
2 386 (27.41%) Finance
3 351 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.61%) French Language
5 88 (6.25%) Legal
6 85 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (5.97%) Retail
8 71 (5.04%) Banking
9 56 (3.98%) Law
9 56 (3.98%) Public Sector
10 55 (3.91%) Swedish Language
11 53 (3.76%) Marketing
12 52 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.56%) Local Government
16 21 (1.49%) Advertising
17 20 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 19 (1.35%) Automotive
18 19 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.20%) .NET
2 23 (1.63%) SOAP
3 16 (1.14%) HTML
4 15 (1.07%) Middleware
5 13 (0.92%) EDI
5 13 (0.92%) JSON
5 13 (0.92%) XML
6 12 (0.85%) REST
7 10 (0.71%) Flash
8 5 (0.36%) Playwright
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) XSLT
11 2 (0.14%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) FpML
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
12 1 (0.071%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 83 (5.89%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (2.63%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.78%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.56%) NHS
9 20 (1.42%) FMCG
10 19 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.78%) Client/Server
15 11 (0.78%) Social Media
15 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.16%) Windows
2 34 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.92%) Android
6 21 (1.49%) Linux
7 14 (0.99%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
9 1 (0.071%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (17.90%) Agile
2 233 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
3 212 (15.06%) Customer Service
4 209 (14.84%) ITIL
5 207 (14.70%) Business Intelligence
6 197 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (12.93%) Decision-Making
8 152 (10.80%) ITSM
9 130 (9.23%) Business Analysis
10 123 (8.74%) Analytics
11 121 (8.59%) Data Analysis
12 120 (8.52%) ERP
12 120 (8.52%) Process Improvement
13 101 (7.17%) User Stories
14 99 (7.03%) Performance Metrics
15 98 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
15 98 (6.96%) Mentoring
16 88 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
17 84 (5.97%) Project Management
18 82 (5.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 290 (20.60%) SQL
2 75 (5.33%) Python
3 42 (2.98%) C#
4 29 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.56%) T-SQL
6 21 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 20 (1.42%) Java
8 12 (0.85%) VBA
9 10 (0.71%) Groovy
10 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.57%) R
11 6 (0.43%) C++
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
12 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.28%) ABAP
13 4 (0.28%) C
13 4 (0.28%) Delphi
13 4 (0.28%) Pascal
13 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 291 (20.67%) Degree
2 140 (9.94%) Security Cleared
3 119 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 114 (8.10%) AWS Certification
5 97 (6.89%) MCSE
6 80 (5.68%) ACCA
6 80 (5.68%) CIMA
7 75 (5.33%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.20%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.41%) CISSP
10 30 (2.13%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.99%) AAT
12 25 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 18 (1.28%) ISTQB
15 16 (1.14%) IIBA
16 12 (0.85%) CISM
17 11 (0.78%) CISA
17 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.16%) QA
2 59 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.41%) NIST
5 23 (1.63%) GDPR
5 23 (1.63%) SLA
6 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.42%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.35%) PMO
9 18 (1.28%) GRC
10 13 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.64%) COREP
14 7 (0.50%) EMIR
15 6 (0.43%) Basel II
15 6 (0.43%) FINREP
16 5 (0.36%) MiFID
17 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
18 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.21%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.21%) Terraform
5 2 (0.14%) QRadar
6 1 (0.071%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.071%) Control-M
6 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 344 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 136 (9.66%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.69%) Oracle
4 41 (2.91%) SAP
5 36 (2.56%) Google
6 35 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.78%) Adobe
8 20 (1.42%) Apple
9 15 (1.07%) VMware
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 10 (0.71%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.64%) Citrix
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.50%) Databricks
14 6 (0.43%) iManage
15 5 (0.36%) Aderant
15 5 (0.36%) Cisco
15 5 (0.36%) JD Edwards