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 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 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 1,719 1,394 2,757
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 8.43% 11.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.06% 9.15% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 1,077 1,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +1.08% -3.13%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.41%

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 21,327 15,231 23,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.07% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,293 9,420 17,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,750
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 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,050
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 9 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 9 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.

1 393 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 364 (21.18%) SQL
3 361 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
4 312 (18.15%) Agile
5 289 (16.81%) Degree
6 235 (13.67%) Decision-Making
7 227 (13.21%) Business Analysis
8 218 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 218 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
9 216 (12.57%) Analytics
10 212 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
11 201 (11.69%) Power Platform
12 196 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
13 194 (11.29%) ITIL
14 191 (11.11%) Power BI
15 184 (10.70%) Customer Service
16 178 (10.35%) Azure
17 174 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 173 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
19 163 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
19 163 (9.48%) Windows
20 158 (9.19%) Process Improvement
21 148 (8.61%) User Stories
22 146 (8.49%) QA
23 142 (8.26%) Mentoring
24 136 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
25 131 (7.62%) ServiceNow
26 130 (7.56%) AWS
27 129 (7.50%) AI
28 128 (7.45%) Active Directory

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 69 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (1.92%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) 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
1 173 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 136 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.11%) 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 (1.40%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.29%) Shopify
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
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 218 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
2 201 (11.69%) Power Platform
3 178 (10.35%) Azure
4 130 (7.56%) AWS
5 74 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 59 (3.43%) GCP
7 50 (2.91%) SaaS
8 38 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.21%) Google Analytics
9 30 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 18 (1.05%) OneDrive
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.76%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.76%) GitHub
13 13 (0.76%) Serverless
13 13 (0.76%) Snowflake
14 12 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.85%) VPN
2 48 (2.79%) Firewall
3 40 (2.33%) DNS
4 34 (1.98%) DHCP
5 33 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.57%) Broadband
6 27 (1.57%) Network Security
7 25 (1.45%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.11%) LAN
9 17 (0.99%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.58%) Internet
12 7 (0.41%) HTTP
13 5 (0.29%) SSL
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (11.11%) Power BI
2 52 (3.03%) Tableau
3 49 (2.85%) SQL Server
4 32 (1.86%) Looker
5 27 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.45%) BigQuery
7 21 (1.22%) Power Query
8 19 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.87%) Metadata
10 14 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.47%) MySQL
14 7 (0.41%) Db2
14 7 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
17 4 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 94 (5.47%) JIRA
2 19 (1.11%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 7 (0.41%) 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
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) JUnit
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) Toad
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 584 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 470 (27.34%) Analytical Skills
3 415 (24.14%) Finance
4 157 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 132 (7.68%) Public Sector
6 114 (6.63%) Law
7 95 (5.53%) Retail
8 84 (4.89%) Legal
9 64 (3.72%) Banking
10 60 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.62%) Marketing
13 32 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.51%) French Language
15 24 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.05%) Advertising
17 18 (1.05%) Front Office
18 17 (0.99%) Aviation
19 16 (0.93%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.51%) .NET
2 25 (1.45%) HTML
3 21 (1.22%) XML
4 20 (1.16%) CSS
5 18 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.76%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) EDI
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) JSON
10 5 (0.29%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) SOAP
12 2 (0.12%) NumPy
12 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.63%) Product Ownership
2 77 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.01%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.14%) Security Posture
4 54 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (2.15%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 31 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
10 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
11 14 (0.81%) Blog
11 14 (0.81%) Housing Association
12 13 (0.76%) Cloud Native
12 13 (0.76%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.76%) Social Media
13 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.70%) Derivative
13 12 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 163 (9.48%) Windows
2 64 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.40%) Linux
4 19 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 11 (0.64%) Android
7 8 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
2 312 (18.15%) Agile
3 235 (13.67%) Decision-Making
4 227 (13.21%) Business Analysis
5 218 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 216 (12.57%) Analytics
7 212 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
8 196 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
9 194 (11.29%) ITIL
10 184 (10.70%) Customer Service
11 174 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 163 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 158 (9.19%) Process Improvement
14 148 (8.61%) User Stories
15 142 (8.26%) Mentoring
16 129 (7.50%) AI
17 125 (7.27%) Actionable Insight
18 124 (7.21%) ITSM
19 122 (7.10%) Requirements Gathering
20 119 (6.92%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 364 (21.18%) SQL
2 101 (5.88%) Python
3 59 (3.43%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.15%) C#
5 21 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.05%) Java
6 18 (1.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.05%) VBA
7 13 (0.76%) Bash
8 12 (0.70%) Bicep
8 12 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.64%) C++
9 11 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.17%) Delphi
12 3 (0.17%) Pascal
12 3 (0.17%) PHP
12 3 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 289 (16.81%) Degree
2 123 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 103 (5.99%) AWS Certification
4 102 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 97 (5.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (4.25%) MCSE
7 54 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.39%) ACCA
9 37 (2.15%) CIMA
10 31 (1.80%) CISSP
11 24 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.22%) CISM
13 20 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (0.99%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.81%) AAT
16 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.52%) CISA
17 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.49%) QA
2 78 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (3.08%) GDPR
5 43 (2.50%) NIST
6 30 (1.75%) SLA
7 23 (1.34%) PMO
8 22 (1.28%) GRC
9 21 (1.22%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.99%) Accessibility
11 16 (0.93%) FINREP
12 14 (0.81%) COREP
13 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (0.70%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.64%) IFRS
15 10 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.52%) NCSC
17 7 (0.41%) EMIR
18 6 (0.35%) MiFID
18 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 13 (0.76%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.17%) CSIRT
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%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
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
9 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 393 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.62%) ServiceNow
3 48 (2.79%) Google
4 46 (2.68%) SAP
5 44 (2.56%) Oracle
6 40 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.75%) Adobe
8 28 (1.63%) Apple
9 27 (1.57%) VMware
10 21 (1.22%) Cisco
11 19 (1.11%) iManage
12 17 (0.99%) Citrix
13 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.93%) Qualys
14 14 (0.81%) Aruba
15 12 (0.70%) Intapp
15 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
16 9 (0.52%) Aderant
16 9 (0.52%) FIS
16 9 (0.52%) IBM