Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,524 1,334 3,657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 8.84% 11.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.67% 9.59% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 962 2,387
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,525 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,500 £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 17,584 13,916 31,267
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 92.20% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,928 8,844 24,891
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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.

1 312 (20.47%) SQL
2 310 (20.34%) Microsoft
3 278 (18.24%) Agile
4 260 (17.06%) Degree
5 226 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
7 189 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 184 (12.07%) Power Platform
9 183 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
10 178 (11.68%) Power BI
11 173 (11.35%) Decision-Making
12 160 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
13 159 (10.43%) Business Analysis
14 158 (10.37%) ITIL
15 150 (9.84%) Security Cleared
16 149 (9.78%) Customer Service
17 148 (9.71%) Process Improvement
18 145 (9.51%) Azure
19 144 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
20 132 (8.66%) Mentoring
21 131 (8.60%) Analytics
21 131 (8.60%) ServiceNow
22 129 (8.46%) Windows
23 119 (7.81%) QA
24 118 (7.74%) User Stories
25 117 (7.68%) Microsoft Office
26 112 (7.35%) AWS
27 109 (7.15%) ERP
28 107 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
29 104 (6.82%) ITSM

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 46 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.64%) Confluence
4 13 (0.85%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 144 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (7.68%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) Cloudability
2 17 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 16 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 12 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
5 12 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
5 12 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.66%) Shopify
8 9 (0.59%) Magento
9 7 (0.46%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.39%) Hyperion Planning
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.39%) Visualfiles
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 184 (12.07%) Power Platform
2 183 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
3 145 (9.51%) Azure
4 112 (7.35%) AWS
5 53 (3.48%) GCP
6 46 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (2.89%) SaaS
8 41 (2.69%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.03%) Google Analytics
10 15 (0.98%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.39%) Lucidchart
13 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.39%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.33%) Miro
14 5 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.90%) VPN
2 27 (1.77%) Firewall
3 25 (1.64%) Network Security
4 24 (1.57%) Broadband
5 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.05%) DNS
7 11 (0.72%) DHCP
7 11 (0.72%) WAN
8 10 (0.66%) LAN
9 8 (0.52%) VoIP
10 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.33%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 3 (0.20%) FTP
12 3 (0.20%) HTTP
12 3 (0.20%) NGFW
12 3 (0.20%) SCCP
12 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.20%) SMTP
12 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (11.68%) Power BI
2 65 (4.27%) Tableau
3 49 (3.22%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.57%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.51%) Looker
6 20 (1.31%) Power Query
6 20 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.92%) MySQL
10 12 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.72%) Metadata
12 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.52%) DB2
13 8 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.39%) Essbase
15 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 100 (6.56%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 17 (1.12%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (0.85%) Selenium
6 12 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.46%) Git
9 5 (0.33%) GitLab
10 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.066%) Toad
11 1 (0.066%) Yeoman
General
1 481 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 383 (25.13%) Finance
3 338 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.45%) Retail
7 77 (5.05%) Legal
8 72 (4.72%) Banking
9 68 (4.46%) Law
10 50 (3.28%) French Language
11 46 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (2.82%) Marketing
13 23 (1.51%) Aviation
14 21 (1.38%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.25%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.25%) Publishing
17 17 (1.12%) Back Office
18 16 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.17%) .NET
2 25 (1.64%) SOAP
3 23 (1.51%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
4 16 (1.05%) XML
5 11 (0.72%) EDI
5 11 (0.72%) JSON
5 11 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (0.66%) REST
7 8 (0.52%) CSS
8 6 (0.39%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
10 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.20%) Flash
10 3 (0.20%) HTML5
10 3 (0.20%) jQuery
10 3 (0.20%) LDAP
10 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.89%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.64%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.38%) FMCG
11 18 (1.18%) Credit Risk
11 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.92%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.85%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.79%) Social Media
16 10 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (0.66%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 129 (8.46%) Windows
2 31 (2.03%) Android
2 31 (2.03%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.84%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.38%) Linux
6 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (18.24%) Agile
2 226 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
4 189 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 173 (11.35%) Decision-Making
6 160 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
7 159 (10.43%) Business Analysis
8 158 (10.37%) ITIL
9 149 (9.78%) Customer Service
10 148 (9.71%) Process Improvement
11 132 (8.66%) Mentoring
12 131 (8.60%) Analytics
13 118 (7.74%) User Stories
14 109 (7.15%) ERP
15 107 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 104 (6.82%) ITSM
17 97 (6.36%) AI
18 95 (6.23%) Data Analysis
19 93 (6.10%) Coaching
20 89 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (20.47%) SQL
2 82 (5.38%) Python
3 38 (2.49%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.23%) C#
5 30 (1.97%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.90%) Java
7 13 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.66%) VBA
9 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.52%) R
10 6 (0.39%) Groovy
10 6 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.26%) Delphi
11 4 (0.26%) Pascal
11 4 (0.26%) PHP
11 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.13%) C++
12 2 (0.13%) Tcl
12 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 260 (17.06%) Degree
2 150 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.69%) AWS Certification
4 90 (5.91%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (4.07%) MCSE
7 52 (3.41%) ACCA
8 51 (3.35%) CIMA
9 41 (2.69%) DV Cleared
10 37 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 30 (1.97%) CISSP
13 24 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.18%) PMI Certification
16 17 (1.12%) AAT
17 15 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.98%) IIBA
17 15 (0.98%) ISTQB
18 14 (0.92%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (7.81%) QA
2 61 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.49%) NIST
5 31 (2.03%) GDPR
6 27 (1.77%) SLA
7 22 (1.44%) GRC
7 22 (1.44%) PMO
8 20 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.31%) PCI DSS
9 15 (0.98%) COREP
10 13 (0.85%) FINREP
11 12 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.79%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.46%) EMIR
12 7 (0.46%) NCSC
13 6 (0.39%) MiFID
13 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 80 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.52%) Docker
2 8 (0.52%) Hyper-V
2 8 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.066%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.38%) SCCM
3 8 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.26%) QRadar
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.066%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.066%) Control-M
7 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 310 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.60%) ServiceNow
3 50 (3.28%) Adobe
3 50 (3.28%) Oracle
4 46 (3.02%) Apple
5 42 (2.76%) SAP
6 39 (2.56%) Google
7 37 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
8 12 (0.79%) iManage
9 11 (0.72%) Citrix
9 11 (0.72%) Northgate
10 9 (0.59%) IBM
10 9 (0.59%) Intapp
10 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
10 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
11 8 (0.52%) VMware
12 7 (0.46%) Aderant
13 6 (0.39%) Databricks
13 6 (0.39%) Hyperion