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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,528 1,348 3,631
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.32% 9.46% 11.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.88% 10.27% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 967 2,425
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,000 £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 17,198 13,127 31,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 92.13% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,541 9,045 24,954
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £33,004
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,979 £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 £104,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -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 7 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 7 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.

1 324 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 296 (19.37%) SQL
3 267 (17.47%) Agile
4 263 (17.21%) Degree
5 223 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
7 194 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
8 192 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (12.04%) Power Platform
10 180 (11.78%) Decision-Making
11 177 (11.58%) Power BI
12 173 (11.32%) ITIL
13 163 (10.67%) Customer Service
14 155 (10.14%) Business Analysis
14 155 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
15 152 (9.95%) Security Cleared
16 147 (9.62%) Azure
17 145 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
17 145 (9.49%) Process Improvement
18 143 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
19 134 (8.77%) ServiceNow
20 131 (8.57%) ERP
21 129 (8.44%) Mentoring
22 128 (8.38%) Windows
23 127 (8.31%) QA
24 122 (7.98%) Analytics
25 118 (7.72%) AWS
26 111 (7.26%) ITSM
27 110 (7.20%) User Stories
28 106 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 49 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.83%) Confluence
4 11 (0.72%) 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
8 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 145 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.065%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.24%) Cloudability
1 19 (1.24%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (1.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.65%) Shopify
8 9 (0.59%) Magento
9 8 (0.52%) Hyperion Planning
9 8 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
12 4 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 194 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
2 184 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 147 (9.62%) Azure
4 118 (7.72%) AWS
5 70 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.14%) GCP
7 40 (2.62%) Entra ID
7 40 (2.62%) SaaS
8 29 (1.90%) Google Analytics
9 17 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.11%) OneDrive
10 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
13 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.33%) Miro
13 5 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.83%) VPN
2 26 (1.70%) Firewall
3 23 (1.51%) Network Security
4 21 (1.37%) Broadband
5 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.11%) DNS
7 13 (0.85%) DHCP
8 12 (0.79%) WAN
9 9 (0.59%) LAN
10 8 (0.52%) VoIP
11 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 5 (0.33%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) FTP
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (11.58%) Power BI
2 68 (4.45%) Tableau
3 47 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.51%) Looker
6 19 (1.24%) Power Query
7 18 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.79%) Metadata
11 12 (0.79%) MySQL
12 10 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 8 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.52%) DB2
13 8 (0.52%) Essbase
14 7 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 90 (5.89%) JIRA
2 19 (1.24%) Postman
3 17 (1.11%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
4 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (0.92%) Selenium
6 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.39%) Git
8 3 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.065%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.065%) Gatling
10 1 (0.065%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.065%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.065%) TestRail
10 1 (0.065%) Toad
10 1 (0.065%) Zephyr
General
1 507 (33.18%) Social Skills
2 394 (25.79%) Finance
3 347 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (5.82%) Public Sector
6 84 (5.50%) Retail
7 76 (4.97%) Banking
8 73 (4.78%) Legal
9 65 (4.25%) Law
10 59 (3.86%) French Language
11 51 (3.34%) Marketing
12 47 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.51%) Aviation
14 22 (1.44%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.31%) Advertising
17 19 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.18%) Publishing
19 17 (1.11%) Back Office
19 17 (1.11%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.03%) .NET
2 25 (1.64%) SOAP
3 20 (1.31%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 15 (0.98%) XML
6 14 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.85%) EDI
8 11 (0.72%) JSON
9 10 (0.65%) REST
10 5 (0.33%) CSS
10 5 (0.33%) 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%) RESTful
12 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.74%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.53%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.01%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 31 (2.03%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
8 26 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 21 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
9 21 (1.37%) FMCG
10 20 (1.31%) Credit Risk
11 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (0.85%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.79%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.79%) Social Media
15 11 (0.72%) Cloud Native
15 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.38%) Windows
2 33 (2.16%) Windows 10
3 31 (2.03%) Android
3 31 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.51%) Linux
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.065%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (17.47%) Agile
2 223 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
4 192 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 180 (11.78%) Decision-Making
6 173 (11.32%) ITIL
7 163 (10.67%) Customer Service
8 155 (10.14%) Business Analysis
8 155 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
9 145 (9.49%) Process Improvement
10 131 (8.57%) ERP
11 129 (8.44%) Mentoring
12 122 (7.98%) Analytics
13 111 (7.26%) ITSM
14 110 (7.20%) User Stories
15 106 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 95 (6.22%) Coaching
17 94 (6.15%) Data Analysis
18 88 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
19 87 (5.69%) AI
Programming Languages
1 296 (19.37%) SQL
2 79 (5.17%) Python
3 35 (2.29%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.23%) C#
5 30 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.83%) Java
7 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (0.79%) VBA
8 8 (0.52%) Groovy
8 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.52%) R
9 6 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.26%) Delphi
10 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.26%) Pascal
10 4 (0.26%) PHP
10 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.20%) C++
11 3 (0.20%) VC++
12 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 263 (17.21%) Degree
2 152 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 105 (6.87%) AWS Certification
4 89 (5.82%) SC Cleared
5 86 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (4.78%) ACCA
7 72 (4.71%) CIMA
8 71 (4.65%) MCSE
9 43 (2.81%) DV Cleared
10 33 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.03%) CISSP
12 30 (1.96%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.24%) AAT
14 19 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (1.24%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.05%) IIBA
16 15 (0.98%) ISTQB
17 14 (0.92%) CISA
18 13 (0.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.31%) QA
2 58 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (3.73%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.42%) NIST
5 30 (1.96%) SLA
6 29 (1.90%) GDPR
7 24 (1.57%) PMO
8 23 (1.51%) GRC
9 21 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.24%) Accessibility
11 16 (1.05%) COREP
12 13 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.85%) FINREP
12 13 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.52%) EMIR
14 7 (0.46%) NCSC
14 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.39%) Basel II
15 6 (0.39%) MiFID
16 4 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 79 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.39%) Docker
5 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.37%) SCCM
3 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) QRadar
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.065%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.065%) Control-M
7 1 (0.065%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 324 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 134 (8.77%) ServiceNow
3 58 (3.80%) Oracle
4 45 (2.95%) Adobe
5 42 (2.75%) SAP
6 41 (2.68%) Apple
6 41 (2.68%) Google
7 37 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.72%) Northgate
10 10 (0.65%) Citrix
10 10 (0.65%) iManage
10 10 (0.65%) VMware
11 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.52%) Hyperion
13 7 (0.46%) IBM
13 7 (0.46%) Intapp
14 6 (0.39%) Databricks
15 5 (0.33%) IFS