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 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 25 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,742 1,305 2,763
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.17% 8.03% 11.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 8.67% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,194 994 1,244
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% - -7.31%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,076 £77,500 £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 22,785 15,056 22,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.68% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,020 8,997 14,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,541
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 £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 17 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 17 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.

1 428 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
2 405 (23.25%) Microsoft
3 371 (21.30%) SQL
4 309 (17.74%) Agile
5 290 (16.65%) Degree
6 262 (15.04%) Decision-Making
7 251 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 238 (13.66%) Business Analysis
9 231 (13.26%) Analytics
10 212 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 211 (12.11%) ITIL
11 211 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
12 209 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
13 202 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
14 201 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 198 (11.37%) Customer Service
16 195 (11.19%) Power Platform
17 186 (10.68%) Azure
17 186 (10.68%) Power BI
18 164 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
19 163 (9.36%) Process Improvement
20 159 (9.13%) Windows
21 157 (9.01%) AI
22 148 (8.50%) User Stories
23 142 (8.15%) Project Delivery
24 140 (8.04%) Mentoring
25 135 (7.75%) Requirements Gathering
26 134 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
27 132 (7.58%) QA
27 132 (7.58%) 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 76 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (2.07%) Confluence
4 9 (0.52%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.057%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.057%) CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.057%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.057%) Site Server
7 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 164 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 25 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.38%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 211 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
2 195 (11.19%) Power Platform
3 186 (10.68%) Azure
4 131 (7.52%) AWS
5 79 (4.54%) Entra ID
6 75 (4.31%) SaaS
7 60 (3.44%) GCP
8 36 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.95%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.03%) OneDrive
12 17 (0.98%) GitHub
12 17 (0.98%) PowerApps
13 15 (0.86%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.80%) IaaS
14 14 (0.80%) PaaS
14 14 (0.80%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.70%) Firewall
2 45 (2.58%) DNS
3 44 (2.53%) VPN
4 37 (2.12%) DHCP
5 32 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.49%) Broadband
7 22 (1.26%) Network Security
8 21 (1.21%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.09%) LAN
10 17 (0.98%) WAN
11 12 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (0.63%) Internet
13 9 (0.52%) HTTP
14 5 (0.29%) VLAN
15 4 (0.23%) FTP
15 4 (0.23%) NGFW
15 4 (0.23%) SMTP
15 4 (0.23%) Wireless
16 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.68%) Power BI
2 46 (2.64%) Tableau
3 39 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.49%) Looker
5 24 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 20 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.98%) Power Query
9 15 (0.86%) Metadata
10 13 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
12 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.40%) MySQL
15 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.34%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (5.80%) JIRA
2 18 (1.03%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 6 (0.34%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.11%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.057%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.057%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.057%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.057%) TestNG
9 1 (0.057%) WebDriver
General
1 629 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 535 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
3 440 (25.26%) Finance
4 171 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 140 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.69%) Law
7 107 (6.14%) Retail
8 90 (5.17%) Legal
9 80 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
10 54 (3.10%) Banking
11 48 (2.76%) Marketing
11 48 (2.76%) Swedish Language
12 36 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.09%) Front Office
15 18 (1.03%) Advertising
16 17 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (0.92%) Automotive
17 16 (0.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.44%) HTML
2 21 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.09%) CSS
3 19 (1.09%) XML
4 17 (0.98%) .NET
5 14 (0.80%) Terraform
6 12 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.69%) Web Services
7 11 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.63%) Gherkin
8 6 (0.34%) EDI
9 5 (0.29%) HTML5
9 5 (0.29%) jQuery
9 5 (0.29%) JSON
10 4 (0.23%) LDAP
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.23%) Middleware
10 4 (0.23%) NumPy
10 4 (0.23%) Pandas
10 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.86%) Product Ownership
2 101 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 76 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 57 (3.27%) Security Posture
5 47 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 39 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
8 35 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 29 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
11 15 (0.86%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.86%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.80%) Blog
12 14 (0.80%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.69%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.69%) Podcast
14 12 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 159 (9.13%) Windows
2 66 (3.79%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.21%) Linux
4 12 (0.69%) VMS
5 10 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.46%) Android
6 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (17.74%) Agile
3 262 (15.04%) Decision-Making
4 251 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 238 (13.66%) Business Analysis
6 231 (13.26%) Analytics
7 212 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 211 (12.11%) ITIL
9 209 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
10 202 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
11 201 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 198 (11.37%) Customer Service
13 163 (9.36%) Process Improvement
14 157 (9.01%) AI
15 148 (8.50%) User Stories
16 142 (8.15%) Project Delivery
17 140 (8.04%) Mentoring
18 135 (7.75%) Requirements Gathering
19 134 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
20 128 (7.35%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 371 (21.30%) SQL
2 119 (6.83%) Python
3 56 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.72%) C#
5 25 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 19 (1.09%) Java
8 18 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 17 (0.98%) Bash
10 16 (0.92%) VBA
11 12 (0.69%) Bicep
12 10 (0.57%) C++
12 10 (0.57%) R
12 10 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.29%) Go
14 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.23%) VB
15 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 290 (16.65%) Degree
2 132 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 114 (6.54%) SC Cleared
4 93 (5.34%) AWS Certification
5 80 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 60 (3.44%) MCSE
8 32 (1.84%) ACCA
9 28 (1.61%) CIMA
10 26 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.49%) CISSP
11 24 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.38%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.32%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.21%) CISM
14 20 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.63%) GIAC
16 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (7.58%) QA
2 89 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 63 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (3.50%) GDPR
5 42 (2.41%) NIST
6 35 (2.01%) SLA
7 31 (1.78%) PMO
8 21 (1.21%) GRC
9 19 (1.09%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.63%) FINREP
12 10 (0.57%) IFRS
13 9 (0.52%) COREP
13 9 (0.52%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.46%) EMIR
15 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.40%) NCSC
16 6 (0.34%) MiFID
16 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 130 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 7 (0.40%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 35 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.86%) SCCM
3 10 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.23%) QRadar
5 3 (0.17%) Kibana
5 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.11%) Graylog
6 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.057%) Autotask
7 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.057%) Nessus
7 1 (0.057%) Nmap
7 1 (0.057%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 405 (23.25%) Microsoft
2 124 (7.12%) ServiceNow
3 50 (2.87%) Google
4 47 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.58%) Oracle
6 42 (2.41%) SAP
7 31 (1.78%) VMware
8 29 (1.66%) Adobe
8 29 (1.66%) Apple
9 20 (1.15%) Cisco
10 18 (1.03%) Qualys
11 17 (0.98%) iManage
12 16 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.86%) Citrix
14 14 (0.80%) Aruba
14 14 (0.80%) Workday
15 13 (0.75%) YouTube
16 12 (0.69%) ScienceLogic
16 12 (0.69%) Splunk
17 10 (0.57%) Sage