Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,726 1,306 2,764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.20% 8.04% 11.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.67% 8.68% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 1,003 1,273
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £59,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,109 £78,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.26%

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 22,509 15,049 22,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.64% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,954 9,078 14,853
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 11 September 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 11 September 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.

1 403 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 399 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
3 373 (21.61%) SQL
4 310 (17.96%) Agile
5 289 (16.74%) Degree
6 252 (14.60%) Decision-Making
7 237 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 232 (13.44%) Business Analysis
9 226 (13.09%) Analytics
10 215 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
11 212 (12.28%) ITIL
12 206 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
13 198 (11.47%) Cybersecurity
14 197 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 196 (11.36%) Customer Service
16 192 (11.12%) Power Platform
17 191 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
18 183 (10.60%) Power BI
19 181 (10.49%) Azure
20 163 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
21 160 (9.27%) Process Improvement
21 160 (9.27%) Windows
22 151 (8.75%) AI
23 147 (8.52%) User Stories
24 137 (7.94%) Project Delivery
24 137 (7.94%) QA
25 136 (7.88%) Mentoring
26 133 (7.71%) AWS
27 131 (7.59%) Active Directory
27 131 (7.59%) 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 75 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 55 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 163 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 215 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
2 192 (11.12%) Power Platform
3 181 (10.49%) Azure
4 133 (7.71%) AWS
5 79 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 67 (3.88%) SaaS
7 55 (3.19%) GCP
8 36 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 26 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.04%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) GitHub
13 14 (0.81%) IaaS
13 14 (0.81%) PaaS
13 14 (0.81%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.81%) Serverless
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) VPN
3 43 (2.49%) DNS
4 36 (2.09%) DHCP
5 32 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.51%) Broadband
7 22 (1.27%) Network Security
7 22 (1.27%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.10%) LAN
9 17 (0.98%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.58%) Internet
12 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) VLAN
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (10.60%) Power BI
2 49 (2.84%) Tableau
3 41 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.62%) Looker
5 24 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.93%) Power Query
8 15 (0.87%) Metadata
8 15 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
10 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.41%) MySQL
13 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 100 (5.79%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 5 (0.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.29%) Postman
5 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.17%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.058%) TestNG
8 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 608 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 514 (29.78%) Analytical Skills
3 428 (24.80%) Finance
4 162 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 137 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.65%) Law
7 103 (5.97%) Retail
8 87 (5.04%) Legal
9 74 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (3.07%) Banking
11 48 (2.78%) Marketing
11 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
12 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.10%) Advertising
14 19 (1.10%) French Language
15 18 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.04%) Front Office
16 17 (0.98%) Aviation
17 15 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.16%) XML
4 19 (1.10%) CSS
5 17 (0.98%) .NET
6 13 (0.75%) Terraform
7 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.35%) EDI
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) NumPy
11 4 (0.23%) Pandas
11 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 57 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 43 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.09%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.81%) Blog
14 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.75%) Derivative
14 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.70%) Podcast
15 12 (0.70%) Social Media
16 11 (0.64%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 160 (9.27%) Windows
2 64 (3.71%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.39%) Linux
4 14 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 9 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (17.96%) Agile
3 252 (14.60%) Decision-Making
4 237 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 232 (13.44%) Business Analysis
6 226 (13.09%) Analytics
7 212 (12.28%) ITIL
8 206 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
9 198 (11.47%) Cybersecurity
10 197 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 196 (11.36%) Customer Service
12 191 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 160 (9.27%) Process Improvement
14 151 (8.75%) AI
15 147 (8.52%) User Stories
16 137 (7.94%) Project Delivery
17 136 (7.88%) Mentoring
18 131 (7.59%) ITSM
18 131 (7.59%) Requirements Gathering
19 128 (7.42%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 373 (21.61%) SQL
2 114 (6.60%) Python
3 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.74%) C#
5 25 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Java
7 17 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (0.98%) VBA
8 16 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.87%) Bash
10 12 (0.70%) Bicep
11 10 (0.58%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.23%) VB
13 3 (0.17%) Go
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 289 (16.74%) Degree
2 131 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 113 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 97 (5.62%) AWS Certification
5 87 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (3.82%) MCSE
7 61 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (1.91%) ACCA
9 29 (1.68%) CIMA
10 26 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.27%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.22%) CISM
15 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
17 10 (0.58%) GIAC
18 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
19 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (7.94%) QA
2 84 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (3.48%) GDPR
5 41 (2.38%) NIST
6 36 (2.09%) SLA
7 30 (1.74%) PMO
8 20 (1.16%) GRC
9 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
11 15 (0.87%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.70%) FINREP
13 10 (0.58%) COREP
13 10 (0.58%) IFRS
14 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.41%) EMIR
15 7 (0.41%) NCSC
16 6 (0.35%) MiFID
16 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 131 (7.59%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 6 (0.35%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.98%) SCCM
3 10 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 403 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 126 (7.30%) ServiceNow
3 48 (2.78%) Google
3 48 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 45 (2.61%) Oracle
5 44 (2.55%) SAP
6 31 (1.80%) VMware
7 29 (1.68%) Adobe
7 29 (1.68%) Apple
8 21 (1.22%) Cisco
9 17 (0.98%) Citrix
9 17 (0.98%) iManage
10 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.93%) Qualys
11 14 (0.81%) Aruba
12 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
12 12 (0.70%) Workday
13 11 (0.64%) YouTube
14 10 (0.58%) Aderant
14 10 (0.58%) Intapp