Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,363 1,803 2,418
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.00% 10.53% 11.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.62% 10.95% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 890 1,005 1,741
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,504 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.38% +2.11% -

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 14,171 16,465 19,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.19% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,129 10,128 15,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,900 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025, 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.

1 422 (30.96%) Microsoft
2 336 (24.65%) SQL
3 285 (20.91%) Degree
4 283 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
5 281 (20.62%) Agile
6 248 (18.20%) ITIL
7 242 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
8 239 (17.53%) Customer Service
9 218 (15.99%) Power Platform
10 207 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 206 (15.11%) Microsoft Office
12 201 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
13 183 (13.43%) Power BI
14 181 (13.28%) Microsoft Excel
15 173 (12.69%) Decision-Making
16 165 (12.11%) Azure
17 158 (11.59%) AWS
18 155 (11.37%) ITSM
19 152 (11.15%) QA
20 134 (9.83%) Windows
21 127 (9.32%) Business Analysis
21 127 (9.32%) ServiceNow
22 126 (9.24%) AWS Certification
22 126 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
23 124 (9.10%) ERP
24 122 (8.95%) Data Analysis
25 120 (8.80%) Analytics
26 113 (8.29%) JIRA
27 111 (8.14%) Performance Metrics
28 109 (8.00%) Process Improvement

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 59 (4.33%) Confluence
2 36 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.88%) SAS
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.073%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 206 (15.11%) Microsoft Office
2 181 (13.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.03%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.20%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle General Ledger
3 21 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (1.03%) Hyperion Planning
6 8 (0.59%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.44%) Shopify
9 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.37%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.37%) Magento
9 5 (0.37%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.22%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 242 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
2 218 (15.99%) Power Platform
3 165 (12.11%) Azure
4 158 (11.59%) AWS
5 68 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (3.01%) SaaS
8 34 (2.49%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.47%) Snowflake
11 19 (1.39%) GCP
12 13 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.95%) Google Analytics
13 12 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.66%) PaaS
16 8 (0.59%) OneDrive
17 7 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
18 6 (0.44%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.86%) Firewall
2 24 (1.76%) VPN
3 22 (1.61%) WAN
4 20 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (1.32%) DNS
5 18 (1.32%) LAN
6 16 (1.17%) Wireshark
7 14 (1.03%) DHCP
7 14 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.95%) Wireless
9 9 (0.66%) VoIP
10 8 (0.59%) Network Security
11 5 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.22%) Broadband
14 2 (0.15%) 4G
14 2 (0.15%) WebEx
15 1 (0.073%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (13.43%) Power BI
2 60 (4.40%) Tableau
3 53 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.54%) Power Query
6 20 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 17 (1.25%) Looker
9 16 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.03%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.03%) Essbase
11 14 (1.03%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.95%) MySQL
13 9 (0.66%) Metadata
14 8 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
16 6 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
17 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
17 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (8.29%) JIRA
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Forms
3 27 (1.98%) Selenium
4 24 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (1.54%) Postman
5 21 (1.54%) SoapUI
6 20 (1.47%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.51%) Git
8 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.22%) TestRail
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.15%) Gatling
10 2 (0.15%) JMeter
10 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.15%) Locust
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 662 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 456 (33.46%) Finance
3 343 (25.17%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.78%) French Language
5 95 (6.97%) Swedish Language
6 85 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (5.72%) Legal
8 77 (5.65%) Retail
9 75 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
10 66 (4.84%) Marketing
11 50 (3.67%) Public Sector
12 41 (3.01%) Banking
12 41 (3.01%) Law
13 32 (2.35%) Manufacturing
14 31 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.91%) Local Government
17 23 (1.69%) Advertising
18 22 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
19 19 (1.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.20%) HTML
2 29 (2.13%) .NET
2 29 (2.13%) SOAP
3 18 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 16 (1.17%) EDI
5 13 (0.95%) Flash
6 12 (0.88%) REST
7 9 (0.66%) JSON
8 7 (0.51%) Middleware
9 6 (0.44%) Pandas
10 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.29%) NumPy
10 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.29%) Web Services
10 4 (0.29%) XML
11 3 (0.22%) Altair
11 3 (0.22%) FHIR
11 3 (0.22%) Playwright
11 3 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 81 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 62 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (1.39%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.32%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.25%) Credit Risk
9 17 (1.25%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.17%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.17%) NHS
10 16 (1.17%) Reinsurance
11 13 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.81%) FMCG
14 10 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 134 (9.83%) Windows
2 28 (2.05%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.98%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 19 (1.39%) Android
6 18 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 17 (1.25%) Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Solaris
8 2 (0.15%) Unix
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.073%) AIX
9 1 (0.073%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
2 281 (20.62%) Agile
3 248 (18.20%) ITIL
4 239 (17.53%) Customer Service
5 207 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 201 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
7 173 (12.69%) Decision-Making
8 155 (11.37%) ITSM
9 127 (9.32%) Business Analysis
10 124 (9.10%) ERP
11 122 (8.95%) Data Analysis
12 120 (8.80%) Analytics
13 111 (8.14%) Performance Metrics
14 109 (8.00%) Process Improvement
15 95 (6.97%) Asset Management
16 94 (6.90%) AI
17 91 (6.68%) User Acceptance Testing
17 91 (6.68%) User Stories
18 89 (6.53%) Mentoring
19 88 (6.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 336 (24.65%) SQL
2 99 (7.26%) Python
3 47 (3.45%) C#
4 26 (1.91%) Java
5 23 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (1.54%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.25%) VBA
8 15 (1.10%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.03%) Groovy
10 11 (0.81%) R
11 10 (0.73%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.66%) ABAP
13 6 (0.44%) C++
14 4 (0.29%) Bicep
14 4 (0.29%) C
15 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.15%) VC++
17 1 (0.073%) Go
Qualifications
1 285 (20.91%) Degree
2 126 (9.24%) AWS Certification
2 126 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 109 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 106 (7.78%) MCSE
5 81 (5.94%) ACCA
6 79 (5.80%) CIMA
7 65 (4.77%) SC Cleared
8 38 (2.79%) DV Cleared
9 33 (2.42%) ISTQB
10 28 (2.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (1.76%) CISSP
12 23 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.69%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 16 (1.17%) AAT
14 16 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (1.03%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (11.15%) QA
2 48 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 35 (2.57%) NIST
4 32 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.05%) GDPR
6 25 (1.83%) SLA
7 16 (1.17%) PMO
8 15 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (1.03%) GRC
10 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.44%) Basel II
13 6 (0.44%) EMIR
13 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.37%) COBIT
15 4 (0.29%) MiFID
15 4 (0.29%) SEPA
16 3 (0.22%) COREP
System Software
1 96 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.15%) Docker
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.69%) SCCM
3 6 (0.44%) Terraform
4 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.37%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Nessus
6 2 (0.15%) SCOM
6 2 (0.15%) ZENworks
7 1 (0.073%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.073%) Ansible
7 1 (0.073%) Control-M
7 1 (0.073%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.073%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.073%) Grafana
7 1 (0.073%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.073%) Nmap
7 1 (0.073%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 422 (30.96%) Microsoft
2 127 (9.32%) ServiceNow
3 77 (5.65%) Oracle
4 34 (2.49%) SAP
5 30 (2.20%) Google
6 26 (1.91%) Adobe
6 26 (1.91%) Apple
7 23 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.54%) Cisco
9 17 (1.25%) Meraki
10 16 (1.17%) Blue Prism
10 16 (1.17%) VMware
11 14 (1.03%) Hyperion
12 12 (0.88%) Citrix
12 12 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.73%) Northgate
14 9 (0.66%) Databricks
15 8 (0.59%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.59%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.59%) SolarWinds