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 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,567 1,361 3,731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.85% 8.87% 10.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.35% 9.62% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 1,015 2,397
10th Percentile £30,350 £26,250 £27,445
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £48,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +7.19% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,500 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -4.35%

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 18,758 14,142 33,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.12% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,672 8,631 25,988
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 17 June 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 June 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.

1 336 (21.44%) SQL
2 322 (20.55%) Microsoft
3 297 (18.95%) Agile
4 281 (17.93%) Degree
5 274 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (13.21%) Decision-Making
7 205 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
8 197 (12.57%) Power Platform
9 196 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 191 (12.19%) Power BI
11 186 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
12 180 (11.49%) Business Analysis
13 174 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
14 164 (10.47%) ITIL
15 163 (10.40%) Analytics
16 158 (10.08%) Customer Service
17 153 (9.76%) Process Improvement
18 147 (9.38%) Azure
18 147 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
19 139 (8.87%) Mentoring
20 130 (8.30%) Security Cleared
20 130 (8.30%) ServiceNow
21 129 (8.23%) QA
22 127 (8.10%) User Stories
22 127 (8.10%) Windows
23 124 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 123 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
25 113 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
26 110 (7.02%) Data Analysis
27 109 (6.96%) 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 56 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.98%) Confluence
4 12 (0.77%) IIS
5 11 (0.70%) SAS
6 4 (0.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 147 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.32%) Magento
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
7 5 (0.32%) Shopify
8 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.26%) JDE World
8 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 197 (12.57%) Power Platform
2 186 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (9.38%) Azure
4 108 (6.89%) AWS
5 54 (3.45%) GCP
6 48 (3.06%) SaaS
7 42 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.23%) Google Analytics
9 32 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 13 (0.83%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.64%) IaaS
14 10 (0.64%) PaaS
15 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.57%) Serverless
16 7 (0.45%) Azure Functions
16 7 (0.45%) Intacct
16 7 (0.45%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.87%) Firewall
2 42 (2.68%) VPN
3 29 (1.85%) Broadband
3 29 (1.85%) Network Security
4 24 (1.53%) DNS
5 23 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (1.15%) DHCP
8 12 (0.77%) WAN
9 11 (0.70%) LAN
10 8 (0.51%) Internet
11 7 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.45%) VoIP
12 5 (0.32%) SSL
13 4 (0.26%) FTP
13 4 (0.26%) HTTP
13 4 (0.26%) NGFW
13 4 (0.26%) SMTP
14 3 (0.19%) SCCP
15 2 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (12.19%) Power BI
2 61 (3.89%) Tableau
3 50 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.47%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.40%) Looker
6 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.34%) Power Query
8 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.83%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.57%) Metadata
13 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.51%) Db2
14 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 91 (5.81%) JIRA
2 13 (0.83%) Git
3 11 (0.70%) Postman
4 9 (0.57%) SoapUI
5 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.45%) Selenium
7 5 (0.32%) GitLab
7 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
11 1 (0.064%) JUnit
11 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.064%) TestNG
11 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 516 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 395 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
3 383 (24.44%) Finance
4 131 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 84 (5.36%) Retail
7 82 (5.23%) Law
8 77 (4.91%) Legal
9 60 (3.83%) Banking
10 51 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.94%) Marketing
12 40 (2.55%) French Language
13 25 (1.60%) Manufacturing
14 24 (1.53%) Swedish Language
15 23 (1.47%) Aviation
16 21 (1.34%) Games
17 19 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
19 16 (1.02%) Automotive
19 16 (1.02%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.72%) .NET
2 20 (1.28%) HTML
3 19 (1.21%) XML
4 14 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.83%) CSS
5 13 (0.83%) SOAP
6 11 (0.70%) Middleware
7 10 (0.64%) JSON
8 8 (0.51%) EDI
8 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.32%) HTML5
10 5 (0.32%) jQuery
10 5 (0.32%) REST
10 5 (0.32%) Web Services
11 4 (0.26%) LDAP
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
12 3 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
12 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.81%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (2.49%) Security Posture
6 37 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
9 26 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
10 19 (1.21%) FMCG
11 17 (1.08%) Social Media
12 16 (1.02%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.77%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (0.70%) Credit Risk
17 10 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.10%) Windows
2 32 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.28%) Linux
5 15 (0.96%) Android
6 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.38%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (18.95%) Agile
2 274 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (13.21%) Decision-Making
4 205 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
5 196 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 180 (11.49%) Business Analysis
7 174 (11.10%) Cybersecurity
8 164 (10.47%) ITIL
9 163 (10.40%) Analytics
10 158 (10.08%) Customer Service
11 153 (9.76%) Process Improvement
12 139 (8.87%) Mentoring
13 127 (8.10%) User Stories
14 124 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 113 (7.21%) Actionable Insight
16 110 (7.02%) Data Analysis
17 109 (6.96%) ITSM
18 108 (6.89%) ERP
19 105 (6.70%) Stakeholder Management
20 96 (6.13%) AI
Programming Languages
1 336 (21.44%) SQL
2 94 (6.00%) Python
3 44 (2.81%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.79%) C#
5 25 (1.60%) T-SQL
6 22 (1.40%) Java
7 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 15 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (0.70%) VBA
9 10 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.38%) Bash
11 6 (0.38%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) Groovy
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 281 (17.93%) Degree
2 130 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.19%) AWS Certification
4 85 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 67 (4.28%) MCSE
6 47 (3.00%) ACCA
7 46 (2.94%) CIMA
8 43 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (2.11%) DBS Check
10 32 (2.04%) CISSP
11 26 (1.66%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 24 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.21%) CISM
14 18 (1.15%) AAT
15 16 (1.02%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (0.96%) IIBA
17 11 (0.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (8.23%) QA
2 67 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.68%) NIST
5 41 (2.62%) GDPR
6 30 (1.91%) SLA
7 25 (1.60%) PMO
8 23 (1.47%) GRC
9 20 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.89%) COREP
10 14 (0.89%) FINREP
11 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 13 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.45%) NCSC
14 6 (0.38%) EMIR
14 6 (0.38%) MiFID
14 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.32%) IFRS
System Software
1 96 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 11 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.51%) Docker
5 7 (0.45%) vSphere
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.28%) SCCM
3 9 (0.57%) Terraform
4 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.32%) QRadar
6 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.064%) Autotask
9 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 322 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 130 (8.30%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.81%) Oracle
4 43 (2.74%) Google
4 43 (2.74%) SAP
5 38 (2.43%) Adobe
6 37 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.17%) Apple
8 16 (1.02%) Cisco
8 16 (1.02%) Citrix
8 16 (1.02%) iManage
9 15 (0.96%) VMware
10 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.57%) IBM
11 9 (0.57%) Intapp
11 9 (0.57%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.57%) Qualys
12 8 (0.51%) Aruba
12 8 (0.51%) ConnectWise
12 8 (0.51%) Northgate