Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,700 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,423 1,353 3,184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.29% 10.49% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.83% 11.16% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 956 968 2,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,850 £27,572
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,700 £52,075 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +15.09% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £44,543 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.23% +5.56% -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 16,107 12,129 30,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.01% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,572 8,999 24,602
10th Percentile £31,660 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 297 (20.87%) SQL
3 281 (19.75%) Degree
4 237 (16.65%) Agile
5 232 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (14.76%) Business Intelligence
7 199 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
8 198 (13.91%) Power Platform
9 196 (13.77%) Customer Service
10 195 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 189 (13.28%) Power BI
12 188 (13.21%) ITIL
13 187 (13.14%) Decision-Making
14 165 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
15 164 (11.52%) Microsoft Office
16 148 (10.40%) Security Cleared
17 141 (9.91%) Azure
18 137 (9.63%) Business Analysis
19 134 (9.42%) QA
20 129 (9.07%) Analytics
20 129 (9.07%) ServiceNow
21 127 (8.92%) Process Improvement
22 124 (8.71%) ERP
22 124 (8.71%) ITSM
22 124 (8.71%) Windows
23 123 (8.64%) AWS
24 114 (8.01%) Data Analysis
25 110 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
26 106 (7.45%) AWS Certification
26 106 (7.45%) Mentoring

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 47 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.18%) Confluence
4 16 (1.12%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 6 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 165 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (11.52%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (1.05%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.77%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.70%) Hyperion Planning
6 10 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.70%) Shopify
7 9 (0.63%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) Cloudability
8 5 (0.35%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 199 (13.98%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (13.91%) Power Platform
3 141 (9.91%) Azure
4 123 (8.64%) AWS
5 76 (5.34%) Dynamics 365
6 53 (3.72%) SaaS
7 37 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.46%) GCP
9 28 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 19 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.77%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.77%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.49%) Adobe Analytics
16 6 (0.42%) PaaS
17 5 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
17 5 (0.35%) Lucidchart
17 5 (0.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.97%) Firewall
2 27 (1.90%) VPN
3 19 (1.34%) Network Security
4 18 (1.26%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.19%) DNS
5 17 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
6 15 (1.05%) DHCP
7 11 (0.77%) WAN
8 8 (0.56%) LAN
8 8 (0.56%) VoIP
8 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.35%) Broadband
9 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.28%) Wireless
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 2 (0.14%) 4G
12 2 (0.14%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.14%) SSL
12 2 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (13.28%) Power BI
2 64 (4.50%) Tableau
3 63 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.76%) Looker
6 24 (1.69%) Power Query
7 23 (1.62%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.77%) Metadata
11 11 (0.77%) MySQL
11 11 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.70%) Essbase
13 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.56%) DB2
14 7 (0.49%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 90 (6.32%) JIRA
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (1.19%) Selenium
4 16 (1.12%) Postman
5 15 (1.05%) SoapUI
6 14 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.77%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Git
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.070%) Gatling
11 1 (0.070%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.070%) TestRail
11 1 (0.070%) Toad
11 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 570 (40.06%) Social Skills
2 399 (28.04%) Finance
3 359 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (6.04%) Retail
6 80 (5.62%) French Language
7 75 (5.27%) Banking
8 74 (5.20%) Legal
9 60 (4.22%) Public Sector
10 57 (4.01%) Marketing
11 56 (3.94%) Law
12 52 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (2.95%) Swedish Language
14 23 (1.62%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.48%) Advertising
15 21 (1.48%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.34%) Automotive
17 18 (1.26%) Back Office
17 18 (1.26%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.25%) .NET
2 24 (1.69%) SOAP
3 16 (1.12%) HTML
3 16 (1.12%) Middleware
4 15 (1.05%) JSON
4 15 (1.05%) XML
5 13 (0.91%) EDI
6 12 (0.84%) REST
7 10 (0.70%) Flash
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.28%) Playwright
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) SAP PI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) XSLT
11 2 (0.14%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) FpML
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.32%) Product Ownership
2 82 (5.76%) Onboarding
3 50 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 39 (2.74%) Data Structures
7 22 (1.55%) Credit Risk
7 22 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 22 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 21 (1.48%) FMCG
9 18 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.77%) Social Media
13 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.70%) PMI
15 9 (0.63%) Client/Server
15 9 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.71%) Windows
2 32 (2.25%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 27 (1.90%) Android
5 26 (1.83%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.55%) Linux
7 12 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.070%) AIX
9 1 (0.070%) Unix
9 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (16.65%) Agile
2 232 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (14.76%) Business Intelligence
4 196 (13.77%) Customer Service
5 195 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 188 (13.21%) ITIL
7 187 (13.14%) Decision-Making
8 137 (9.63%) Business Analysis
9 129 (9.07%) Analytics
10 127 (8.92%) Process Improvement
11 124 (8.71%) ERP
11 124 (8.71%) ITSM
12 114 (8.01%) Data Analysis
13 110 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
14 106 (7.45%) Mentoring
15 103 (7.24%) User Stories
16 90 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (6.11%) Performance Metrics
18 83 (5.83%) User Acceptance Testing
19 79 (5.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 297 (20.87%) SQL
2 73 (5.13%) Python
3 45 (3.16%) C#
4 27 (1.90%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (1.62%) Java
5 23 (1.62%) T-SQL
6 15 (1.05%) VBA
7 10 (0.70%) Groovy
8 8 (0.56%) R
9 7 (0.49%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.35%) C++
10 5 (0.35%) PHP
10 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.28%) Delphi
11 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.28%) Pascal
11 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.21%) ABAP
12 3 (0.21%) C
Qualifications
1 281 (19.75%) Degree
2 148 (10.40%) Security Cleared
3 106 (7.45%) AWS Certification
4 103 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (5.90%) ACCA
5 84 (5.90%) MCSE
6 83 (5.83%) CIMA
6 83 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 44 (3.09%) DV Cleared
8 34 (2.39%) CISSP
9 30 (2.11%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.97%) AAT
11 25 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 20 (1.41%) PMI Certification
13 17 (1.19%) IIBA
13 17 (1.19%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.84%) CISM
15 11 (0.77%) CISA
15 11 (0.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (9.42%) QA
2 64 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.39%) NIST
5 25 (1.76%) SLA
6 23 (1.62%) GDPR
7 21 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.41%) PMO
9 19 (1.34%) Accessibility
10 18 (1.26%) GRC
11 13 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.84%) COREP
12 12 (0.84%) SOC 2
13 9 (0.63%) FINREP
13 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.49%) EMIR
15 6 (0.42%) Basel II
16 5 (0.35%) MiFID
17 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
18 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 74 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.19%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) QRadar
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.21%) Terraform
5 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.070%) Control-M
5 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 328 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.07%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.58%) Oracle
4 42 (2.95%) Google
5 40 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.81%) SAP
6 29 (2.04%) Adobe
7 25 (1.76%) Apple
8 12 (0.84%) ConnectWise
8 12 (0.84%) Northgate
8 12 (0.84%) VMware
9 10 (0.70%) Citrix
9 10 (0.70%) Hyperion
10 9 (0.63%) Databricks
10 9 (0.63%) IBM
10 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
11 8 (0.56%) iManage
12 7 (0.49%) Aderant
13 6 (0.42%) Intapp
14 5 (0.35%) JD Edwards