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 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,683 1,383 2,859
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 8.39% 10.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.08% 9.11% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,194 1,070 1,583
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -1.15%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,091 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,839 15,176 25,594
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.08% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 15,081 9,415 19,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 31 July 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 31 July 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.

1 396 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 361 (21.45%) SQL
3 358 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (17.65%) Agile
5 292 (17.35%) Degree
6 229 (13.61%) Decision-Making
7 224 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
8 219 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
8 219 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 217 (12.89%) Business Analysis
10 206 (12.24%) Power Platform
11 197 (11.71%) Analytics
11 197 (11.71%) Power BI
12 196 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
12 196 (11.65%) ITIL
13 185 (10.99%) Customer Service
14 181 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
15 177 (10.52%) Azure
16 165 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 161 (9.57%) Windows
18 159 (9.45%) Process Improvement
19 149 (8.85%) QA
20 146 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
21 144 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
22 141 (8.38%) Mentoring
22 141 (8.38%) User Stories
23 139 (8.26%) ServiceNow
24 131 (7.78%) AWS
25 129 (7.66%) ITSM
26 127 (7.55%) Active Directory

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 69 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.84%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) IIS
5 5 (0.30%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.059%) CMS
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 181 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.43%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.53%) Visualfiles
5 7 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.30%) Shopify
8 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.24%) JDE World
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Magento
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 224 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
2 206 (12.24%) Power Platform
3 177 (10.52%) Azure
4 131 (7.78%) AWS
5 72 (4.28%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.27%) GCP
7 52 (3.09%) SaaS
8 35 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.90%) Google Analytics
10 28 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.07%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.07%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.95%) IaaS
12 16 (0.95%) PaaS
12 16 (0.95%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.77%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
13 13 (0.77%) Serverless
14 12 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.03%) VPN
2 47 (2.79%) Firewall
3 40 (2.38%) DNS
4 34 (2.02%) DHCP
5 32 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.60%) Network Security
6 27 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.54%) Broadband
8 19 (1.13%) LAN
9 17 (1.01%) WAN
10 12 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.59%) Internet
12 6 (0.36%) HTTP
13 5 (0.30%) SSL
14 4 (0.24%) FTP
14 4 (0.24%) NGFW
14 4 (0.24%) SMTP
14 4 (0.24%) Wireless
15 2 (0.12%) SAN
15 2 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (11.71%) Power BI
2 53 (3.15%) Tableau
3 51 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.49%) Looker
6 23 (1.37%) Power Query
7 22 (1.31%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.65%) MySQL
13 10 (0.59%) Metadata
14 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
15 8 (0.48%) Db2
15 8 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
16 6 (0.36%) SAP BW
17 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
17 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 91 (5.41%) JIRA
2 19 (1.13%) Git
3 10 (0.59%) Selenium
4 7 (0.42%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.059%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.059%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.059%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.059%) TestNG
9 1 (0.059%) WebDriver
General
1 577 (34.28%) Social Skills
2 456 (27.09%) Analytical Skills
3 413 (24.54%) Finance
4 146 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 108 (6.42%) Law
7 93 (5.53%) Retail
8 78 (4.63%) Legal
9 65 (3.86%) Banking
10 56 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.85%) Swedish Language
12 46 (2.73%) Marketing
13 32 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.78%) French Language
15 24 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.07%) Front Office
18 17 (1.01%) Aviation
18 17 (1.01%) Games
19 16 (0.95%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.66%) .NET
2 25 (1.49%) XML
3 24 (1.43%) HTML
4 20 (1.19%) CSS
5 17 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.77%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.71%) EDI
7 12 (0.71%) Web Services
8 11 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.65%) Gherkin
9 8 (0.48%) JSON
10 7 (0.42%) Playwright
11 6 (0.36%) Middleware
12 5 (0.30%) HTML5
12 5 (0.30%) jQuery
12 5 (0.30%) SOAP
13 4 (0.24%) LDAP
13 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
14 2 (0.12%) FpML
14 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.21%) Security Posture
5 53 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.38%) Driving Licence
7 38 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 35 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
9 34 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.95%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.89%) Housing Association
13 13 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.77%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.71%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.71%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.71%) Derivative
14 12 (0.71%) Podcast
14 12 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 161 (9.57%) Windows
2 62 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.43%) Linux
4 22 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.77%) Android
6 12 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (17.65%) Agile
3 229 (13.61%) Decision-Making
4 219 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
4 219 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (12.89%) Business Analysis
6 197 (11.71%) Analytics
7 196 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
7 196 (11.65%) ITIL
8 185 (10.99%) Customer Service
9 165 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 159 (9.45%) Process Improvement
11 144 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 141 (8.38%) Mentoring
12 141 (8.38%) User Stories
13 129 (7.66%) ITSM
14 122 (7.25%) AI
15 118 (7.01%) Actionable Insight
16 116 (6.89%) Data Analysis
17 114 (6.77%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 361 (21.45%) SQL
2 99 (5.88%) Python
3 61 (3.62%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.20%) C#
5 20 (1.19%) Java
5 20 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.01%) VBA
9 16 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.77%) Bash
11 12 (0.71%) Bicep
12 11 (0.65%) C++
12 11 (0.65%) R
13 8 (0.48%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Delphi
14 4 (0.24%) Pascal
14 4 (0.24%) PHP
14 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 292 (17.35%) Degree
2 111 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.36%) AWS Certification
4 101 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 90 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.58%) MCSE
7 50 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.67%) ACCA
9 41 (2.44%) CIMA
10 29 (1.72%) CISSP
11 24 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.25%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.19%) CISM
15 19 (1.13%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
17 16 (0.95%) AAT
18 12 (0.71%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.53%) CISA
20 8 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.85%) QA
2 76 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 65 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (3.03%) GDPR
5 43 (2.55%) NIST
6 29 (1.72%) SLA
7 23 (1.37%) GRC
8 21 (1.25%) PMO
9 20 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.95%) FINREP
11 14 (0.83%) COREP
12 13 (0.77%) Accessibility
13 12 (0.71%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.65%) IFRS
15 10 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.48%) NCSC
17 7 (0.42%) EMIR
17 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 6 (0.36%) GAAP
System Software
1 127 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.77%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.07%) SCCM
3 13 (0.77%) Terraform
4 8 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.059%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) Nessus
9 1 (0.059%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.059%) Nmap
9 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 396 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.26%) ServiceNow
3 42 (2.50%) Oracle
3 42 (2.50%) SAP
4 41 (2.44%) Google
5 35 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.72%) Adobe
7 27 (1.60%) Apple
8 26 (1.54%) VMware
9 21 (1.25%) Cisco
10 19 (1.13%) iManage
11 17 (1.01%) Citrix
12 16 (0.95%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.95%) Qualys
13 14 (0.83%) Aruba
14 12 (0.71%) Intapp
14 12 (0.71%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (0.59%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.53%) Sage
16 9 (0.53%) SunGard