Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,499 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,499 1,343 3,596
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 9.94% 11.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.90% 10.84% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 961 2,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,681
25th Percentile £36,663 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,499 £50,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% +11.61% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £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 16,841 12,392 31,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 91.74% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,152 9,073 24,954
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £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 25 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 25 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.

1 325 (21.68%) Microsoft
2 308 (20.55%) SQL
3 284 (18.95%) Degree
4 259 (17.28%) Agile
5 233 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
7 200 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 198 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
8 198 (13.21%) Power Platform
9 192 (12.81%) Power BI
10 190 (12.68%) Decision-Making
11 184 (12.27%) Customer Service
11 184 (12.27%) ITIL
12 159 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
13 155 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
14 152 (10.14%) Business Analysis
14 152 (10.14%) Process Improvement
14 152 (10.14%) Security Cleared
15 150 (10.01%) Azure
16 140 (9.34%) ERP
17 138 (9.21%) QA
18 136 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
18 136 (9.07%) ServiceNow
19 128 (8.54%) Mentoring
20 123 (8.21%) ITSM
21 122 (8.14%) AWS
21 122 (8.14%) Windows
22 119 (7.94%) Analytics
23 111 (7.40%) User Stories
24 109 (7.27%) 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 47 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (2.00%) Confluence
4 11 (0.73%) SAS
5 7 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 159 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 155 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.60%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 19 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
1 19 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 18 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
3 13 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (0.80%) Cloudability
5 11 (0.73%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.67%) Shopify
7 9 (0.60%) Hyperion Planning
7 9 (0.60%) Magento
7 9 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 198 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
1 198 (13.21%) Power Platform
2 150 (10.01%) Azure
3 122 (8.14%) AWS
4 75 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 46 (3.07%) SaaS
6 41 (2.74%) GCP
7 38 (2.54%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.00%) Google Analytics
9 17 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.00%) OneDrive
11 13 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
15 6 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.73%) Firewall
1 26 (1.73%) VPN
2 22 (1.47%) Network Security
3 19 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.20%) DNS
5 14 (0.93%) DHCP
6 13 (0.87%) Broadband
6 13 (0.87%) WAN
7 10 (0.67%) LAN
8 9 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (0.53%) VoIP
10 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 4 (0.27%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (12.81%) Power BI
2 70 (4.67%) Tableau
3 61 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.67%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.67%) Looker
6 20 (1.33%) Power Query
7 14 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.73%) Metadata
10 11 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 10 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.60%) Essbase
12 9 (0.60%) MySQL
13 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.53%) DB2
14 7 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.47%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 93 (6.20%) JIRA
2 19 (1.27%) Postman
3 18 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
4 17 (1.13%) SoapUI
5 16 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (1.00%) Selenium
7 11 (0.73%) 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 (0.067%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.067%) Gatling
10 1 (0.067%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.067%) Locust
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.067%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.067%) TestRail
10 1 (0.067%) Toad
10 1 (0.067%) Zephyr
General
1 545 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 405 (27.02%) Finance
3 358 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (5.87%) Retail
6 84 (5.60%) Public Sector
7 80 (5.34%) Banking
8 73 (4.87%) Legal
9 69 (4.60%) French Language
10 61 (4.07%) Law
11 55 (3.67%) Marketing
12 49 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.80%) Swedish Language
14 25 (1.67%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.33%) Advertising
17 19 (1.27%) Aviation
18 18 (1.20%) Publishing
19 17 (1.13%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.13%) .NET
2 25 (1.67%) SOAP
3 17 (1.13%) HTML
4 16 (1.07%) Middleware
5 15 (1.00%) XML
6 14 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.87%) EDI
8 12 (0.80%) JSON
9 10 (0.67%) REST
10 7 (0.47%) Flash
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%) Pandas
12 2 (0.13%) RESTful
12 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.80%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.87%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 45 (3.00%) Data Structures
6 28 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 24 (1.60%) Security Posture
8 22 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
9 21 (1.40%) FMCG
10 20 (1.33%) Credit Risk
11 18 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.87%) Social Media
15 11 (0.73%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.67%) PMI
17 9 (0.60%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.14%) Windows
2 31 (2.07%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.00%) Android
3 30 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.47%) Linux
6 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.067%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (17.28%) Agile
2 233 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
3 212 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
4 200 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 190 (12.68%) Decision-Making
6 184 (12.27%) Customer Service
6 184 (12.27%) ITIL
7 152 (10.14%) Business Analysis
7 152 (10.14%) Process Improvement
8 140 (9.34%) ERP
9 136 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
10 128 (8.54%) Mentoring
11 123 (8.21%) ITSM
12 119 (7.94%) Analytics
13 111 (7.40%) User Stories
14 109 (7.27%) Data Analysis
15 97 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 93 (6.20%) Coaching
17 89 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
18 88 (5.87%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 308 (20.55%) SQL
2 80 (5.34%) Python
3 42 (2.80%) C#
4 33 (2.20%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.87%) Java
6 27 (1.80%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.93%) VBA
9 9 (0.60%) Groovy
10 8 (0.53%) R
11 7 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.33%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.27%) Delphi
13 4 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.27%) Pascal
13 4 (0.27%) PHP
13 4 (0.27%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.20%) C++
14 3 (0.20%) VC++
15 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 284 (18.95%) Degree
2 152 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 108 (7.20%) AWS Certification
4 97 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 88 (5.87%) SC Cleared
6 81 (5.40%) MCSE
7 79 (5.27%) ACCA
8 78 (5.20%) CIMA
9 43 (2.87%) DV Cleared
10 32 (2.13%) CISSP
11 29 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.67%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.40%) AAT
15 19 (1.27%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.07%) IIBA
17 15 (1.00%) ISTQB
18 14 (0.93%) CISA
19 13 (0.87%) CISM
20 12 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (9.21%) QA
2 68 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.47%) NIST
5 30 (2.00%) SLA
6 22 (1.47%) GRC
6 22 (1.47%) PCI DSS
6 22 (1.47%) PMO
7 21 (1.40%) GDPR
8 18 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.00%) COREP
10 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.80%) FINREP
12 8 (0.53%) EMIR
13 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.40%) Basel II
14 6 (0.40%) MiFID
14 6 (0.40%) NCSC
15 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 75 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.20%) Docker
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.27%) SCCM
3 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.067%) Control-M
6 1 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 325 (21.68%) Microsoft
2 136 (9.07%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.67%) Oracle
4 45 (3.00%) SAP
5 43 (2.87%) Google
6 38 (2.54%) Salesforce
7 36 (2.40%) Adobe
8 33 (2.20%) Apple
9 12 (0.80%) ConnectWise
10 11 (0.73%) Northgate
11 10 (0.67%) Citrix
11 10 (0.67%) VMware
12 9 (0.60%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.60%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.53%) IBM
13 8 (0.53%) iManage
13 8 (0.53%) JD Edwards
14 7 (0.47%) Aderant
15 6 (0.40%) Intapp
16 5 (0.33%) Databricks