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 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 21 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,558 1,357 3,724
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.15% 9.11% 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.65% 9.90% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 992 2,396
10th Percentile £30,813 £26,500 £27,591
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £48,507 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +7.20% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -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 18,002 13,703 32,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 92.02% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,246 8,461 25,466
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,536
Median % change year-on-year - +8.04% -11.14%
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 2 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 2 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.

1 328 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 321 (20.60%) SQL
3 295 (18.93%) Agile
4 273 (17.52%) Degree
5 245 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
7 191 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
8 190 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 188 (12.07%) Decision-Making
10 185 (11.87%) Power Platform
11 181 (11.62%) Power BI
12 175 (11.23%) Business Analysis
13 166 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
14 162 (10.40%) ITIL
15 158 (10.14%) Customer Service
16 154 (9.88%) Process Improvement
17 149 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
18 148 (9.50%) Security Cleared
19 142 (9.11%) Azure
20 136 (8.73%) Analytics
21 135 (8.66%) Mentoring
21 135 (8.66%) ServiceNow
22 128 (8.22%) QA
23 126 (8.09%) User Stories
24 125 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
25 122 (7.83%) Windows
26 121 (7.77%) AWS
27 116 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
28 114 (7.32%) ERP
29 111 (7.12%) 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 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.73%) Confluence
4 12 (0.77%) SAS
5 10 (0.64%) IIS
6 6 (0.39%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 149 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.54%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.71%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.45%) Magento
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.45%) Shopify
5 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
2 185 (11.87%) Power Platform
3 142 (9.11%) Azure
4 121 (7.77%) AWS
5 53 (3.40%) GCP
6 44 (2.82%) SaaS
7 40 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.12%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 15 (0.96%) OneDrive
12 14 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
14 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
14 7 (0.45%) Miro
15 6 (0.39%) Lucidchart
16 5 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.18%) Firewall
2 32 (2.05%) VPN
3 28 (1.80%) Network Security
4 25 (1.60%) Broadband
5 20 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.03%) DNS
7 11 (0.71%) DHCP
8 10 (0.64%) LAN
9 9 (0.58%) WAN
10 8 (0.51%) VoIP
10 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) Internet
12 5 (0.32%) SSL
13 4 (0.26%) NGFW
14 3 (0.19%) FTP
14 3 (0.19%) HTTP
14 3 (0.19%) SCCP
14 3 (0.19%) SMTP
15 2 (0.13%) 4G
15 2 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (11.62%) Power BI
2 62 (3.98%) Tableau
3 50 (3.21%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.41%) BigQuery
4 22 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (1.35%) Looker
5 21 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.28%) Power Query
7 19 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.90%) MySQL
9 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.71%) Metadata
11 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.51%) DB2
12 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
13 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 100 (6.42%) JIRA
2 16 (1.03%) Postman
3 14 (0.90%) SoapUI
4 13 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (0.77%) Selenium
6 10 (0.64%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.45%) Git
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.32%) GitLab
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.064%) JUnit
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) TestNG
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 496 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 386 (24.78%) Finance
3 368 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 82 (5.26%) Legal
7 79 (5.07%) Retail
8 76 (4.88%) Law
9 64 (4.11%) Banking
10 50 (3.21%) French Language
11 49 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 42 (2.70%) Marketing
13 23 (1.48%) Aviation
14 22 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.35%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.03%) Games
17 16 (1.03%) Publishing
17 16 (1.03%) Swedish Language
18 15 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.99%) .NET
2 24 (1.54%) HTML
3 20 (1.28%) SOAP
4 18 (1.16%) XML
5 13 (0.83%) Middleware
5 13 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 12 (0.77%) CSS
7 11 (0.71%) JSON
8 9 (0.58%) EDI
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
9 8 (0.51%) REST
10 5 (0.32%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.32%) HTML5
10 5 (0.32%) jQuery
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
11 4 (0.26%) Web Services
12 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.19%) Playwright
12 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.74%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 60 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.76%) Data Structures
5 38 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
9 26 (1.67%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
11 19 (1.22%) FMCG
12 18 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
14 14 (0.90%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.90%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.83%) Credit Risk
15 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (0.77%) Social Media
17 9 (0.58%) Operational Technology
17 9 (0.58%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.83%) Windows
2 29 (1.86%) Windows 10
3 26 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.54%) Android
5 21 (1.35%) Linux
6 18 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (18.93%) Agile
2 245 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
4 190 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (12.07%) Decision-Making
6 175 (11.23%) Business Analysis
7 166 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
8 162 (10.40%) ITIL
9 158 (10.14%) Customer Service
10 154 (9.88%) Process Improvement
11 136 (8.73%) Analytics
12 135 (8.66%) Mentoring
13 126 (8.09%) User Stories
14 116 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 114 (7.32%) ERP
16 111 (7.12%) ITSM
17 100 (6.42%) Data Analysis
18 97 (6.23%) AI
19 96 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
20 93 (5.97%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 321 (20.60%) SQL
2 86 (5.52%) Python
3 39 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.12%) C#
5 28 (1.80%) T-SQL
6 27 (1.73%) Java
7 14 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (0.64%) R
9 9 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.58%) VBA
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.26%) Delphi
11 4 (0.26%) Groovy
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
1 273 (17.52%) Degree
2 148 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.06%) AWS Certification
4 91 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 81 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (4.43%) MCSE
7 50 (3.21%) ACCA
8 49 (3.15%) CIMA
9 40 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (2.50%) DV Cleared
11 33 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 30 (1.93%) CISSP
13 24 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.16%) PMI Certification
16 17 (1.09%) CISM
17 16 (1.03%) AAT
18 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.96%) IIBA
19 13 (0.83%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.22%) QA
2 64 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 63 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.57%) NIST
5 36 (2.31%) GDPR
6 27 (1.73%) SLA
7 25 (1.60%) GRC
8 21 (1.35%) PMO
9 20 (1.28%) Accessibility
10 19 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.90%) COREP
11 14 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.90%) FINREP
12 11 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.45%) EMIR
14 7 (0.45%) NCSC
15 6 (0.39%) MiFID
15 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 84 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.51%) Docker
2 8 (0.51%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.35%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.26%) QRadar
5 3 (0.19%) Ansible
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.19%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.064%) Autotask
7 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.064%) Kibana
Vendors
1 328 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.27%) Adobe
4 48 (3.08%) Oracle
5 47 (3.02%) Apple
6 43 (2.76%) SAP
7 42 (2.70%) Google
8 36 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.96%) iManage
10 14 (0.90%) Citrix
11 11 (0.71%) Northgate
12 10 (0.64%) ConnectWise
12 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
13 9 (0.58%) Cisco
13 9 (0.58%) IBM
13 9 (0.58%) Intapp
14 7 (0.45%) Aderant
14 7 (0.45%) WooCommerce
15 5 (0.32%) Databricks
15 5 (0.32%) VMware