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 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,722 1,389 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.52% 8.40% 11.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% 9.10% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 1,063 1,437
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,685 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +4.44% -7.74%
75th Percentile £59,875 £60,000 £63,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.69%

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 21,538 15,261 23,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.27% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,386 9,299 17,197
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -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 18 August 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 18 August 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.

1 388 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 365 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
3 364 (21.14%) SQL
4 323 (18.76%) Agile
5 289 (16.78%) Degree
6 247 (14.34%) Decision-Making
7 237 (13.76%) Business Analysis
8 232 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 219 (12.72%) Analytics
10 207 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
11 204 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 200 (11.61%) ITIL
13 191 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
13 191 (11.09%) Power Platform
13 191 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 182 (10.57%) Power BI
15 179 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 178 (10.34%) Customer Service
17 176 (10.22%) Azure
18 174 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
19 159 (9.23%) Process Improvement
20 158 (9.18%) User Stories
21 157 (9.12%) Windows
22 144 (8.36%) QA
23 137 (7.96%) Mentoring
24 136 (7.90%) AI
25 131 (7.61%) ITSM
26 130 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
27 128 (7.43%) AWS
27 128 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering

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 67 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 174 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.23%) JDE World
8 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 207 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
2 191 (11.09%) Power Platform
3 176 (10.22%) Azure
4 128 (7.43%) AWS
5 75 (4.36%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.08%) SaaS
7 51 (2.96%) GCP
8 39 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.86%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) GitHub
15 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
16 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.61%) Firewall
1 45 (2.61%) VPN
2 37 (2.15%) DNS
3 31 (1.80%) DHCP
3 31 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (1.57%) Network Security
5 26 (1.51%) Broadband
6 23 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.10%) LAN
8 17 (0.99%) WAN
9 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.58%) Internet
11 8 (0.46%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (10.57%) Power BI
2 51 (2.96%) Tableau
3 46 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.57%) Looker
5 26 (1.51%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) Power Query
7 19 (1.10%) BigQuery
7 19 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.93%) Metadata
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.41%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) Db2
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 100 (5.81%) JIRA
2 19 (1.10%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 590 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 493 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
3 433 (25.15%) Finance
4 161 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 133 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 128 (7.43%) Law
7 92 (5.34%) Retail
8 85 (4.94%) Legal
9 65 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (3.37%) Banking
11 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
12 47 (2.73%) Marketing
13 38 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.22%) French Language
17 19 (1.10%) Advertising
18 18 (1.05%) Front Office
19 17 (0.99%) Aviation
20 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 23 (1.34%) .NET
3 21 (1.22%) XML
4 20 (1.16%) CSS
4 20 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.70%) Web Services
7 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
8 9 (0.52%) EDI
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
11 4 (0.23%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) Middleware
12 3 (0.17%) SOAP
13 2 (0.12%) FpML
13 2 (0.12%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 68 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.19%) Security Posture
5 47 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
7 34 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 33 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Blog
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Derivative
14 12 (0.70%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 157 (9.12%) Windows
2 62 (3.60%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.39%) Linux
4 16 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (18.76%) Agile
3 247 (14.34%) Decision-Making
4 237 (13.76%) Business Analysis
5 232 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 219 (12.72%) Analytics
7 204 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
8 200 (11.61%) ITIL
9 191 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
9 191 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 179 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 178 (10.34%) Customer Service
12 159 (9.23%) Process Improvement
13 158 (9.18%) User Stories
14 137 (7.96%) Mentoring
15 136 (7.90%) AI
16 131 (7.61%) ITSM
17 128 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering
18 124 (7.20%) Project Delivery
19 123 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 364 (21.14%) SQL
2 105 (6.10%) Python
3 57 (3.31%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.03%) C#
5 22 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.10%) Java
7 18 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.05%) VBA
8 13 (0.75%) Bash
9 12 (0.70%) Bicep
10 11 (0.64%) C++
10 11 (0.64%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
14 2 (0.12%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 289 (16.78%) Degree
2 126 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 109 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.69%) AWS Certification
5 91 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (3.95%) MCSE
7 53 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.32%) ACCA
9 36 (2.09%) CIMA
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.16%) CISM
14 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.10%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.75%) AAT
17 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
19 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.36%) QA
2 76 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.19%) GDPR
5 40 (2.32%) NIST
6 29 (1.68%) SLA
7 25 (1.45%) PMO
8 20 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.16%) GRC
9 16 (0.93%) FINREP
9 16 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.81%) COREP
11 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 8 (0.46%) NCSC
13 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.41%) EMIR
15 6 (0.35%) MiFID
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 127 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.75%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 13 (0.75%) Terraform
4 8 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (0.41%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.058%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Nmap
9 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 388 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 124 (7.20%) ServiceNow
3 47 (2.73%) Oracle
4 44 (2.56%) Google
4 44 (2.56%) SAP
5 42 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.68%) Adobe
7 28 (1.63%) Apple
7 28 (1.63%) VMware
8 21 (1.22%) Cisco
9 19 (1.10%) iManage
10 17 (0.99%) Citrix
11 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.93%) Qualys
12 14 (0.81%) Aruba
13 12 (0.70%) Intapp
13 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.64%) Aderant
15 10 (0.58%) FIS
15 10 (0.58%) IBM