Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,645 1,376 2,951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.53% 8.35% 10.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.01% 9.06% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,168 1,063 1,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -0.98%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,201 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 20,537 15,191 26,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.16% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,843 9,439 19,801
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,828 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £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 £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 26 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 26 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.

1 390 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 348 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (21.16%) SQL
3 295 (17.93%) Agile
3 295 (17.93%) Degree
4 224 (13.62%) Decision-Making
5 223 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
6 215 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 211 (12.83%) Business Analysis
8 209 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
9 198 (12.04%) Power Platform
10 192 (11.67%) ITIL
11 190 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
12 189 (11.49%) Power BI
13 185 (11.25%) Analytics
14 180 (10.94%) Customer Service
15 177 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
16 169 (10.27%) Azure
17 158 (9.60%) Windows
18 157 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 156 (9.48%) Process Improvement
20 150 (9.12%) QA
21 148 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
22 142 (8.63%) ServiceNow
23 140 (8.51%) Mentoring
24 138 (8.39%) User Stories
25 134 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
26 130 (7.90%) ITSM
27 127 (7.72%) AWS
28 122 (7.42%) 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 67 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.88%) Confluence
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 6 (0.36%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.061%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.061%) CMS
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.46%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.55%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.55%) Visualfiles
5 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.36%) Shopify
7 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.24%) JDE World
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.18%) Academy Housing
9 3 (0.18%) Magento
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 169 (10.27%) Azure
4 127 (7.72%) AWS
5 68 (4.13%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.16%) SaaS
7 50 (3.04%) GCP
8 34 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.88%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.03%) PowerApps
13 16 (0.97%) IaaS
13 16 (0.97%) PaaS
13 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.79%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.79%) GitHub
14 13 (0.79%) Serverless
15 12 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.34%) VPN
2 49 (2.98%) Firewall
3 40 (2.43%) DNS
4 32 (1.95%) DHCP
4 32 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (1.76%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.64%) Broadband
6 27 (1.64%) Network Security
7 19 (1.16%) LAN
8 17 (1.03%) WAN
9 12 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.61%) Internet
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) SSL
12 4 (0.24%) FTP
12 4 (0.24%) NGFW
12 4 (0.24%) SMTP
12 4 (0.24%) Wireless
13 3 (0.18%) VLAN
13 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (11.49%) Power BI
2 53 (3.22%) SQL Server
3 52 (3.16%) Tableau
4 29 (1.76%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.28%) BigQuery
5 21 (1.28%) Power Query
6 20 (1.22%) Looker
7 19 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.79%) MySQL
10 12 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.49%) Db2
13 8 (0.49%) Metadata
14 6 (0.36%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 90 (5.47%) JIRA
2 19 (1.16%) Git
3 9 (0.55%) Selenium
4 7 (0.43%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.061%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.061%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.061%) JUnit
9 1 (0.061%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.061%) TestNG
9 1 (0.061%) WebDriver
General
1 570 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 447 (27.17%) Analytical Skills
3 400 (24.32%) Finance
4 139 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 105 (6.38%) Law
7 90 (5.47%) Retail
8 78 (4.74%) Legal
9 64 (3.89%) Banking
10 54 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.92%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.74%) Marketing
13 31 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.82%) French Language
15 23 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.16%) Games
18 18 (1.09%) Front Office
19 17 (1.03%) Advertising
19 17 (1.03%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.70%) .NET
2 26 (1.58%) XML
3 24 (1.46%) HTML
4 20 (1.22%) CSS
5 17 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.79%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.73%) Web Services
8 11 (0.67%) EDI
8 11 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
9 10 (0.61%) Gherkin
9 10 (0.61%) JSON
10 9 (0.55%) Middleware
11 7 (0.43%) Playwright
12 6 (0.36%) SOAP
13 5 (0.30%) HTML5
13 5 (0.30%) jQuery
14 4 (0.24%) LDAP
14 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
15 3 (0.18%) REST
16 2 (0.12%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.63%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.16%) Security Posture
5 50 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.37%) Data Structures
6 39 (2.37%) Driving Licence
7 34 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
8 33 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (0.97%) Client/Server
11 14 (0.85%) Housing Association
12 13 (0.79%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.79%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.79%) Social Media
13 12 (0.73%) Cloud Native
13 12 (0.73%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.73%) Derivative
13 12 (0.73%) FMCG
13 12 (0.73%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 158 (9.60%) Windows
2 58 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.64%) Linux
4 22 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.79%) Android
6 12 (0.73%) VMS
7 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (17.93%) Agile
3 224 (13.62%) Decision-Making
4 215 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 211 (12.83%) Business Analysis
6 209 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
7 192 (11.67%) ITIL
8 190 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
9 185 (11.25%) Analytics
10 180 (10.94%) Customer Service
11 157 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 156 (9.48%) Process Improvement
13 140 (8.51%) Mentoring
14 138 (8.39%) User Stories
15 134 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
16 130 (7.90%) ITSM
17 115 (6.99%) Actionable Insight
17 115 (6.99%) AI
18 112 (6.81%) Requirements Gathering
19 110 (6.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 348 (21.16%) SQL
2 93 (5.65%) Python
3 61 (3.71%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.19%) C#
5 20 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.09%) Java
7 18 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.03%) VBA
9 16 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.73%) Bash
10 12 (0.73%) Bicep
11 11 (0.67%) C++
12 10 (0.61%) R
13 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Delphi
14 4 (0.24%) Pascal
14 4 (0.24%) PHP
14 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 295 (17.93%) Degree
2 108 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.50%) AWS Certification
4 100 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 88 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.68%) MCSE
7 52 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (2.86%) ACCA
9 43 (2.61%) CIMA
10 30 (1.82%) CISSP
11 25 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.28%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.28%) CISM
14 19 (1.16%) DBS Check
15 17 (1.03%) AAT
15 17 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.73%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.55%) CISA
18 8 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (9.12%) QA
2 73 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.92%) GDPR
5 43 (2.61%) NIST
6 30 (1.82%) SLA
7 22 (1.34%) GRC
7 22 (1.34%) PMO
8 17 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.97%) FINREP
10 14 (0.85%) COREP
11 12 (0.73%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.73%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.67%) IFRS
13 8 (0.49%) NCSC
14 7 (0.43%) EMIR
14 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.36%) GAAP
System Software
1 122 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.79%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.061%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 41 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.97%) SCCM
3 12 (0.73%) Terraform
4 8 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.30%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.061%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) Nessus
9 1 (0.061%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.061%) Nmap
9 1 (0.061%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.061%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 390 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 142 (8.63%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.61%) Oracle
4 41 (2.49%) SAP
5 40 (2.43%) Google
6 34 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.76%) Adobe
8 27 (1.64%) Apple
9 25 (1.52%) VMware
10 21 (1.28%) Cisco
11 19 (1.16%) iManage
12 17 (1.03%) Citrix
13 16 (0.97%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.97%) Qualys
14 14 (0.85%) Aruba
15 12 (0.73%) Intapp
15 12 (0.73%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.61%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.55%) Sage
17 9 (0.55%) SunGard