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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,432 1,344 3,254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.31% 10.40% 10.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.87% 11.09% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 957 963 2,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,625 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £52,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +16.03% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £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 16,140 12,123 30,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 93.78% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,576 8,988 24,807
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% -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 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 9 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 9 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.

1 331 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 302 (21.09%) SQL
3 292 (20.39%) Degree
4 239 (16.69%) Agile
5 235 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (14.87%) Business Intelligence
7 202 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
8 199 (13.90%) Customer Service
9 197 (13.76%) Power Platform
10 195 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 190 (13.27%) Power BI
12 189 (13.20%) Decision-Making
12 189 (13.20%) ITIL
13 168 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
14 164 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
15 149 (10.41%) Security Cleared
16 140 (9.78%) Business Analysis
16 140 (9.78%) QA
17 139 (9.71%) Azure
18 134 (9.36%) ServiceNow
19 131 (9.15%) Analytics
20 129 (9.01%) Process Improvement
21 128 (8.94%) AWS
22 127 (8.87%) ITSM
23 126 (8.80%) ERP
24 123 (8.59%) Windows
25 115 (8.03%) Data Analysis
26 111 (7.75%) AWS Certification
26 111 (7.75%) Cybersecurity
27 109 (7.61%) Mentoring

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 45 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.16%) Confluence
4 16 (1.12%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 6 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 168 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
2 164 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (1.12%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.77%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.70%) Hyperion Planning
6 10 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.70%) Shopify
7 9 (0.63%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) Cloudability
8 5 (0.35%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 202 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (13.76%) Power Platform
3 139 (9.71%) Azure
4 128 (8.94%) AWS
5 76 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
6 54 (3.77%) SaaS
7 36 (2.51%) GCP
8 35 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.09%) Google Analytics
10 19 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.77%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.77%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.49%) Adobe Analytics
16 6 (0.42%) PaaS
17 5 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
17 5 (0.35%) Lucidchart
17 5 (0.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.96%) Firewall
2 25 (1.75%) VPN
3 19 (1.33%) Network Security
4 18 (1.26%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.19%) DNS
5 17 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (1.05%) DHCP
7 11 (0.77%) WAN
8 8 (0.56%) LAN
8 8 (0.56%) VoIP
8 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.35%) Broadband
9 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.28%) Wireless
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 2 (0.14%) 4G
12 2 (0.14%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.14%) SSL
12 2 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (13.27%) Power BI
2 64 (4.47%) Tableau
3 63 (4.40%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.75%) Looker
6 24 (1.68%) BigQuery
6 24 (1.68%) Power Query
7 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.77%) Metadata
10 11 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.70%) Essbase
11 10 (0.70%) MySQL
12 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.56%) DB2
13 7 (0.49%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 91 (6.35%) JIRA
2 20 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (1.19%) Postman
3 17 (1.19%) Selenium
4 16 (1.12%) SoapUI
5 15 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (0.77%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Git
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) TestRail
10 1 (0.070%) Toad
10 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 573 (40.01%) Social Skills
2 397 (27.72%) Finance
3 359 (25.07%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (6.08%) Retail
6 81 (5.66%) French Language
7 78 (5.45%) Banking
8 75 (5.24%) Legal
9 61 (4.26%) Public Sector
10 58 (4.05%) Marketing
11 57 (3.98%) Law
12 51 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
13 41 (2.86%) Swedish Language
14 23 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.47%) Advertising
15 21 (1.47%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.33%) Automotive
17 18 (1.26%) Back Office
17 18 (1.26%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.30%) .NET
2 24 (1.68%) SOAP
3 17 (1.19%) HTML
4 16 (1.12%) Middleware
5 15 (1.05%) JSON
5 15 (1.05%) XML
6 13 (0.91%) EDI
7 11 (0.77%) REST
8 9 (0.63%) Flash
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.21%) Playwright
11 3 (0.21%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.21%) Swagger
11 3 (0.21%) XSLT
12 2 (0.14%) FHIR
12 2 (0.14%) FpML
12 2 (0.14%) React
12 2 (0.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 81 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 46 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 39 (2.72%) Data Structures
7 23 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 22 (1.54%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.54%) Driving Licence
9 21 (1.47%) FMCG
10 18 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.77%) Social Media
13 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.70%) PMI
15 9 (0.63%) Client/Server
15 9 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.59%) Windows
2 30 (2.09%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 27 (1.89%) Android
4 27 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.54%) Linux
6 12 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.070%) AIX
8 1 (0.070%) Unix
8 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (16.69%) Agile
2 235 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (14.87%) Business Intelligence
4 199 (13.90%) Customer Service
5 195 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 189 (13.20%) Decision-Making
6 189 (13.20%) ITIL
7 140 (9.78%) Business Analysis
8 131 (9.15%) Analytics
9 129 (9.01%) Process Improvement
10 127 (8.87%) ITSM
11 126 (8.80%) ERP
12 115 (8.03%) Data Analysis
13 111 (7.75%) Cybersecurity
14 109 (7.61%) Mentoring
15 105 (7.33%) User Stories
16 93 (6.49%) Performance Metrics
17 89 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
18 81 (5.66%) User Acceptance Testing
19 79 (5.52%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 302 (21.09%) SQL
2 74 (5.17%) Python
3 47 (3.28%) C#
4 27 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 25 (1.75%) Java
6 24 (1.68%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.05%) VBA
9 10 (0.70%) Groovy
10 8 (0.56%) R
11 6 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.35%) C++
12 5 (0.35%) PHP
13 4 (0.28%) Delphi
13 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.28%) Pascal
13 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.21%) ABAP
14 3 (0.21%) C
Qualifications
1 292 (20.39%) Degree
2 149 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.75%) AWS Certification
4 108 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (6.22%) MCSE
6 84 (5.87%) SC Cleared
7 83 (5.80%) ACCA
8 82 (5.73%) CIMA
9 44 (3.07%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.37%) CISSP
11 30 (2.09%) DBS Check
12 27 (1.89%) AAT
13 26 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.40%) PMI Certification
15 17 (1.19%) IIBA
15 17 (1.19%) ISTQB
16 12 (0.84%) CISM
17 11 (0.77%) CISA
17 11 (0.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (9.78%) QA
2 64 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.37%) NIST
5 25 (1.75%) SLA
6 21 (1.47%) GDPR
6 21 (1.47%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.40%) PMO
8 19 (1.33%) Accessibility
9 18 (1.26%) GRC
10 13 (0.91%) COREP
10 13 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.70%) FINREP
13 9 (0.63%) EMIR
14 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.49%) MiFID
16 6 (0.42%) Basel II
17 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
18 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.19%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) QRadar
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.21%) Terraform
5 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.070%) Control-M
5 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 331 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 134 (9.36%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.63%) Oracle
4 44 (3.07%) Google
5 41 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 40 (2.79%) SAP
7 29 (2.03%) Adobe
8 25 (1.75%) Apple
9 12 (0.84%) ConnectWise
9 12 (0.84%) Northgate
9 12 (0.84%) VMware
10 10 (0.70%) Citrix
10 10 (0.70%) Hyperion
11 9 (0.63%) Databricks
11 9 (0.63%) IBM
11 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.56%) iManage
13 7 (0.49%) Aderant
14 6 (0.42%) Intapp
14 6 (0.42%) JD Edwards