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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,606 1,396 3,319
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 8.47% 10.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 9.17% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 1,079 2,019
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,130 15,217 29,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.28% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,601 9,458 22,674
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year - +4.66% -12.42%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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.

1 372 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 342 (21.30%) SQL
3 315 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 285 (17.75%) Agile
4 285 (17.75%) Degree
5 227 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
6 222 (13.82%) Decision-Making
7 211 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 202 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
9 196 (12.20%) Power Platform
10 195 (12.14%) Business Analysis
11 187 (11.64%) Power BI
12 184 (11.46%) ITIL
13 180 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
14 176 (10.96%) Analytics
15 174 (10.83%) Customer Service
16 169 (10.52%) Azure
17 162 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
18 153 (9.53%) Windows
19 150 (9.34%) QA
20 148 (9.22%) Process Improvement
21 144 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
21 144 (8.97%) ServiceNow
21 144 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 137 (8.53%) Mentoring
23 131 (8.16%) ITSM
24 126 (7.85%) User Stories
25 123 (7.66%) AWS
26 122 (7.60%) Active Directory
27 119 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management

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 68 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.87%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) IIS
5 7 (0.44%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.062%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Site Server
Applications
1 162 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.62%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.50%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
7 5 (0.31%) Shopify
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 227 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (12.20%) Power Platform
3 169 (10.52%) Azure
4 123 (7.66%) AWS
5 67 (4.17%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.42%) SaaS
7 49 (3.05%) GCP
8 31 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.93%) Google Analytics
9 29 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.00%) IaaS
11 16 (1.00%) PaaS
11 16 (1.00%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.87%) Serverless
13 13 (0.81%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.81%) GitHub
14 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.49%) VPN
2 48 (2.99%) Firewall
3 38 (2.37%) DNS
4 31 (1.93%) DHCP
4 31 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (1.87%) TCP/IP
6 28 (1.74%) Broadband
7 27 (1.68%) Network Security
8 18 (1.12%) LAN
9 16 (1.00%) WAN
10 11 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.62%) Internet
12 5 (0.31%) HTTP
12 5 (0.31%) SSL
13 4 (0.25%) FTP
13 4 (0.25%) NGFW
13 4 (0.25%) SMTP
13 4 (0.25%) Wireless
14 3 (0.19%) VLAN
14 3 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (11.64%) Power BI
2 54 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 50 (3.11%) Tableau
4 28 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.37%) Power Query
6 21 (1.31%) BigQuery
6 21 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.25%) Looker
8 19 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.87%) MySQL
10 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.50%) Db2
13 7 (0.44%) Metadata
14 6 (0.37%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.25%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 86 (5.35%) JIRA
2 19 (1.18%) Git
3 9 (0.56%) Selenium
4 7 (0.44%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.062%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.062%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.062%) JUnit
9 1 (0.062%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.062%) TestNG
9 1 (0.062%) Toad
9 1 (0.062%) WebDriver
General
1 553 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 419 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 392 (24.41%) Finance
4 132 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 96 (5.98%) Law
7 87 (5.42%) Retail
8 74 (4.61%) Legal
9 65 (4.05%) Banking
10 53 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.99%) Swedish Language
12 46 (2.86%) Marketing
13 30 (1.87%) French Language
13 30 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.25%) Games
16 19 (1.18%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.12%) Advertising
17 18 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.06%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.68%) .NET
2 25 (1.56%) XML
3 21 (1.31%) HTML
4 18 (1.12%) CSS
5 17 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (0.68%) .NET Framework
6 11 (0.68%) JSON
6 11 (0.68%) Middleware
7 10 (0.62%) EDI
7 10 (0.62%) Gherkin
7 10 (0.62%) Web Services
8 9 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.44%) Playwright
9 7 (0.44%) SOAP
10 5 (0.31%) HTML5
10 5 (0.31%) jQuery
11 4 (0.25%) LDAP
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.25%) REST
11 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.48%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 49 (3.05%) Security Posture
5 44 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.62%) Data Structures
7 39 (2.43%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.00%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.87%) Social Media
13 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.81%) FMCG
13 13 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.75%) Podcast
15 11 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 153 (9.53%) Windows
2 54 (3.36%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.62%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.56%) Linux
5 15 (0.93%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
2 285 (17.75%) Agile
3 222 (13.82%) Decision-Making
4 211 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 202 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
6 195 (12.14%) Business Analysis
7 184 (11.46%) ITIL
8 180 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
9 176 (10.96%) Analytics
10 174 (10.83%) Customer Service
11 148 (9.22%) Process Improvement
12 144 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 137 (8.53%) Mentoring
14 131 (8.16%) ITSM
15 126 (7.85%) User Stories
16 119 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 114 (7.10%) Actionable Insight
18 111 (6.91%) ERP
19 105 (6.54%) AI
20 102 (6.35%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 342 (21.30%) SQL
2 91 (5.67%) Python
3 59 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.05%) C#
5 22 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 19 (1.18%) Java
8 17 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.93%) VBA
10 12 (0.75%) Bash
10 12 (0.75%) Bicep
11 10 (0.62%) R
12 8 (0.50%) C++
12 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.25%) Delphi
13 4 (0.25%) Pascal
13 4 (0.25%) PHP
13 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 285 (17.75%) Degree
2 107 (6.66%) AWS Certification
3 101 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (6.23%) Security Cleared
5 80 (4.98%) SC Cleared
6 79 (4.92%) MCSE
7 48 (2.99%) ACCA
8 47 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (2.80%) CIMA
10 31 (1.93%) CISSP
11 26 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.31%) DBS Check
14 20 (1.25%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.25%) CISM
15 18 (1.12%) AAT
16 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.81%) DV Cleared
18 11 (0.68%) CISA
19 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (9.34%) QA
2 70 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.80%) GDPR
5 41 (2.55%) NIST
6 32 (1.99%) SLA
7 23 (1.43%) GRC
8 21 (1.31%) PMO
9 19 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 16 (1.00%) FINREP
11 14 (0.87%) COREP
12 13 (0.81%) SOC 2
13 12 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.62%) Accessibility
15 10 (0.62%) IFRS
16 7 (0.44%) EMIR
16 7 (0.44%) NCSC
16 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.37%) GAAP
System Software
1 122 (7.60%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 5 (0.31%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 44 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.06%) SCCM
3 12 (0.75%) Terraform
4 7 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.25%) QRadar
7 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.062%) Grafana
9 1 (0.062%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.062%) Nessus
9 1 (0.062%) Nmap
9 1 (0.062%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.062%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 372 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 144 (8.97%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.74%) SAP
4 43 (2.68%) Oracle
5 39 (2.43%) Google
6 31 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.81%) Adobe
8 27 (1.68%) Apple
9 23 (1.43%) VMware
10 20 (1.25%) Cisco
11 19 (1.18%) Citrix
11 19 (1.18%) iManage
12 15 (0.93%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.93%) Qualys
13 13 (0.81%) Aruba
14 12 (0.75%) Intapp
14 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (0.62%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.56%) IBM
16 9 (0.56%) Sage