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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,725 1,305 2,764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.21% 8.04% 11.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.68% 8.68% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,189 1,005 1,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,022 £78,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.26%

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 22,450 15,036 22,559
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 92.63% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,884 9,073 14,801
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 12 September 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 12 September 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.

1 403 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 401 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 370 (21.45%) SQL
4 311 (18.03%) Agile
5 291 (16.87%) Degree
6 253 (14.67%) Decision-Making
7 240 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 234 (13.57%) Business Analysis
9 225 (13.04%) Analytics
10 213 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
11 211 (12.23%) ITIL
12 205 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
13 199 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 197 (11.42%) Cybersecurity
15 194 (11.25%) Customer Service
15 194 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
16 192 (11.13%) Power Platform
17 183 (10.61%) Power BI
18 181 (10.49%) Azure
19 164 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
20 160 (9.28%) Process Improvement
21 158 (9.16%) Windows
22 153 (8.87%) AI
23 148 (8.58%) User Stories
24 139 (8.06%) Project Delivery
25 137 (7.94%) Mentoring
25 137 (7.94%) QA
26 135 (7.83%) AWS
27 133 (7.71%) Requirements Gathering
27 133 (7.71%) Security Cleared

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 75 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 55 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 164 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 25 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 213 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
2 192 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 181 (10.49%) Azure
4 135 (7.83%) AWS
5 79 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 67 (3.88%) SaaS
7 57 (3.30%) GCP
8 36 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 26 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.04%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) GitHub
13 14 (0.81%) IaaS
13 14 (0.81%) PaaS
13 14 (0.81%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.81%) Serverless
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) VPN
3 43 (2.49%) DNS
4 36 (2.09%) DHCP
5 32 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.51%) Broadband
7 21 (1.22%) Network Security
7 21 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.10%) LAN
9 17 (0.99%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (0.64%) Internet
12 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) VLAN
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) SSL
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (10.61%) Power BI
2 48 (2.78%) Tableau
3 41 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.57%) Looker
5 24 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.93%) Power Query
8 15 (0.87%) Metadata
8 15 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
10 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.41%) MySQL
13 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 99 (5.74%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 5 (0.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.29%) Postman
5 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.17%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.058%) TestNG
8 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 612 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 517 (29.97%) Analytical Skills
3 427 (24.75%) Finance
4 164 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.77%) Law
7 105 (6.09%) Retail
8 87 (5.04%) Legal
9 74 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 54 (3.13%) Banking
11 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
12 47 (2.72%) Marketing
13 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.16%) French Language
16 19 (1.10%) Front Office
17 18 (1.04%) Advertising
17 18 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (0.93%) Aviation
19 15 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.16%) XML
4 19 (1.10%) CSS
5 17 (0.99%) .NET
6 14 (0.81%) Terraform
7 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.35%) EDI
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) NumPy
11 4 (0.23%) Pandas
11 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.09%) Product Ownership
2 95 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 44 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
6 37 (2.14%) Driving Licence
7 34 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 27 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.81%) Blog
12 14 (0.81%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Fixed Income
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 158 (9.16%) Windows
2 64 (3.71%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.33%) Linux
4 12 (0.70%) VMS
4 12 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.58%) Android
6 9 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (18.03%) Agile
3 253 (14.67%) Decision-Making
4 240 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 234 (13.57%) Business Analysis
6 225 (13.04%) Analytics
7 211 (12.23%) ITIL
8 205 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
9 199 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 197 (11.42%) Cybersecurity
11 194 (11.25%) Customer Service
11 194 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 160 (9.28%) Process Improvement
13 153 (8.87%) AI
14 148 (8.58%) User Stories
15 139 (8.06%) Project Delivery
16 137 (7.94%) Mentoring
17 133 (7.71%) Requirements Gathering
18 131 (7.59%) ITSM
19 127 (7.36%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 370 (21.45%) SQL
2 114 (6.61%) Python
3 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.74%) C#
5 25 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.10%) Java
7 17 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (0.99%) VBA
8 16 (0.93%) Bash
8 16 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 12 (0.70%) Bicep
10 10 (0.58%) C++
10 10 (0.58%) R
10 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.23%) Go
11 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) VB
12 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 291 (16.87%) Degree
2 133 (7.71%) Security Cleared
3 115 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.68%) AWS Certification
5 86 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (3.83%) MCSE
7 61 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (1.91%) ACCA
9 29 (1.68%) CIMA
10 26 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.22%) CISM
14 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
16 10 (0.58%) GIAC
17 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (7.94%) QA
2 84 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (3.48%) GDPR
5 42 (2.43%) NIST
6 37 (2.14%) SLA
7 30 (1.74%) PMO
8 20 (1.16%) GRC
9 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.93%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.70%) FINREP
12 10 (0.58%) COREP
12 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 8 (0.46%) EMIR
13 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.41%) NCSC
15 6 (0.35%) MiFID
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 130 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 6 (0.35%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 10 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 403 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 127 (7.36%) ServiceNow
3 48 (2.78%) Google
3 48 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 45 (2.61%) Oracle
5 43 (2.49%) SAP
6 31 (1.80%) VMware
7 29 (1.68%) Adobe
7 29 (1.68%) Apple
8 20 (1.16%) Cisco
9 17 (0.99%) Citrix
9 17 (0.99%) Qualys
10 16 (0.93%) iManage
10 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 14 (0.81%) Aruba
12 13 (0.75%) Workday
13 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
13 12 (0.70%) YouTube
14 10 (0.58%) FIS
14 10 (0.58%) Intapp