Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,336 1,930 2,437
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.71% 10.18% 11.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.31% 10.55% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,092 1,768
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,471 £35,000 £36,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £57,875 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,348 18,291 19,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.44% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,154 11,429 16,074
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -3.39% -

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025, 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.

1 404 (30.24%) Microsoft
2 346 (25.90%) SQL
3 286 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
4 278 (20.81%) Agile
5 269 (20.13%) Degree
6 247 (18.49%) ITIL
6 247 (18.49%) Power Platform
7 233 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
8 230 (17.22%) Customer Service
9 219 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
10 207 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 206 (15.42%) Power BI
12 185 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
12 185 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
13 184 (13.77%) Decision-Making
14 171 (12.80%) Azure
15 148 (11.08%) QA
16 143 (10.70%) ITSM
17 136 (10.18%) Windows
18 134 (10.03%) AWS
19 127 (9.51%) Analytics
19 127 (9.51%) Data Analysis
20 122 (9.13%) Business Analysis
21 117 (8.76%) ERP
22 116 (8.68%) Microsoft Certification
23 113 (8.46%) ServiceNow
24 110 (8.23%) Process Improvement
25 108 (8.08%) JIRA
26 107 (8.01%) Python
27 102 (7.63%) AWS Certification

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 63 (4.72%) Confluence
2 44 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.67%) SAS
5 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) CMS
6 2 (0.15%) Moodle
7 1 (0.075%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.075%) IIS
7 1 (0.075%) Jupyter
Applications
1 185 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 185 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.10%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (0.90%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.30%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
1 26 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 24 (1.80%) Oracle Assets
2 24 (1.80%) Oracle Financials
2 24 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.90%) Hyperion Planning
6 10 (0.75%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.60%) Elite 3E
8 7 (0.52%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.52%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.45%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.37%) Visualfiles
11 4 (0.30%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.30%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.30%) Shopify
12 3 (0.22%) Magento
12 3 (0.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 247 (18.49%) Power Platform
2 233 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (12.80%) Azure
4 134 (10.03%) AWS
5 59 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
6 51 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (3.22%) SaaS
8 37 (2.77%) Entra ID
9 24 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.57%) GCP
10 21 (1.57%) Snowflake
11 15 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (0.82%) Google Analytics
14 10 (0.75%) PaaS
14 10 (0.75%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.67%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.52%) GitHub
16 7 (0.52%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.84%) Firewall
2 24 (1.80%) VPN
3 23 (1.72%) WAN
4 21 (1.57%) DNS
5 18 (1.35%) LAN
5 18 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
6 17 (1.27%) DHCP
7 16 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.20%) Wireshark
8 13 (0.97%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.97%) Wireless
9 8 (0.60%) Network Security
10 7 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.45%) VoIP
12 5 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.15%) SAN
15 1 (0.075%) Broadband
15 1 (0.075%) Intranet
15 1 (0.075%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (15.42%) Power BI
2 62 (4.64%) Tableau
3 61 (4.57%) SQL Server
4 37 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (2.10%) Power Query
6 20 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 16 (1.20%) BigQuery
9 16 (1.20%) Looker
10 15 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.05%) MySQL
12 12 (0.90%) Essbase
13 8 (0.60%) Metadata
13 8 (0.60%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
15 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
16 4 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 108 (8.08%) JIRA
2 24 (1.80%) Oracle Forms
3 23 (1.72%) Selenium
4 18 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (1.20%) Postman
6 15 (1.12%) SoapUI
7 14 (1.05%) WebDriver
8 8 (0.60%) Git
9 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.30%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.22%) TestRail
11 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.15%) Gatling
12 2 (0.15%) JMeter
12 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.15%) Locust
12 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 662 (49.55%) Social Skills
2 460 (34.43%) Finance
3 359 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.34%) French Language
5 96 (7.19%) Swedish Language
6 80 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (5.99%) Retail
7 76 (5.69%) Legal
8 73 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
9 68 (5.09%) Marketing
10 46 (3.44%) Public Sector
11 43 (3.22%) Law
12 38 (2.84%) Banking
13 34 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (2.47%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (2.02%) Local Government
16 27 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.72%) Advertising
18 19 (1.42%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.95%) HTML
2 25 (1.87%) .NET
3 22 (1.65%) SOAP
4 18 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (1.20%) EDI
6 13 (0.97%) Flash
7 11 (0.82%) REST
8 8 (0.60%) JSON
8 8 (0.60%) Pandas
9 6 (0.45%) Middleware
9 6 (0.45%) Playwright
9 6 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.30%) CSS
10 4 (0.30%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.30%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.30%) NumPy
10 4 (0.30%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.30%) Web Services
11 3 (0.22%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.76%) Product Ownership
3 76 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 66 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 22 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.27%) Security Posture
10 16 (1.20%) NHS
11 15 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (1.12%) Reinsurance
12 14 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.97%) Credit Risk
14 11 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.75%) Client/Server
15 10 (0.75%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.75%) FMCG
16 9 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
16 9 (0.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 136 (10.18%) Windows
2 28 (2.10%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 21 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.12%) Linux
7 11 (0.82%) Android
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.075%) AIX
10 1 (0.075%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (20.81%) Agile
3 247 (18.49%) ITIL
4 230 (17.22%) Customer Service
5 219 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
6 207 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 184 (13.77%) Decision-Making
8 143 (10.70%) ITSM
9 127 (9.51%) Analytics
9 127 (9.51%) Data Analysis
10 122 (9.13%) Business Analysis
11 117 (8.76%) ERP
12 110 (8.23%) Process Improvement
13 100 (7.49%) Performance Metrics
14 95 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 88 (6.59%) AI
16 85 (6.36%) User Acceptance Testing
17 84 (6.29%) User Stories
18 82 (6.14%) Asset Management
19 80 (5.99%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 346 (25.90%) SQL
2 107 (8.01%) Python
3 47 (3.52%) C#
4 28 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 20 (1.50%) Java
7 17 (1.27%) R
7 17 (1.27%) VBA
8 16 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 12 (0.90%) ABAP
9 12 (0.90%) Groovy
9 12 (0.90%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.37%) C++
11 4 (0.30%) Bicep
11 4 (0.30%) C
12 2 (0.15%) Bash
12 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.075%) Go
13 1 (0.075%) Julia
Qualifications
1 269 (20.13%) Degree
2 116 (8.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 102 (7.63%) AWS Certification
4 96 (7.19%) MCSE
5 86 (6.44%) ACCA
6 84 (6.29%) CIMA
7 75 (5.61%) Security Cleared
8 51 (3.82%) SC Cleared
9 30 (2.25%) ISTQB
10 28 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.65%) CISSP
14 20 (1.50%) DV Cleared
15 17 (1.27%) DBS Check
16 15 (1.12%) AAT
16 15 (1.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 14 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (1.05%) Master's Degree
18 10 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.08%) QA
2 54 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.77%) GDPR
4 32 (2.40%) SLA
5 31 (2.32%) NIST
6 28 (2.10%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.35%) PMO
9 15 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.82%) GRC
12 9 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.45%) COBIT
15 5 (0.37%) EMIR
16 4 (0.30%) Basel II
16 4 (0.30%) MiFID
16 4 (0.30%) SEPA
16 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
17 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 100 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.15%) Docker
7 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.65%) SCCM
3 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (0.37%) QRadar
3 5 (0.37%) Terraform
4 4 (0.30%) Nessus
5 2 (0.15%) SCOM
5 2 (0.15%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.075%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.075%) Control-M
6 1 (0.075%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.075%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.075%) Grafana
6 1 (0.075%) Nmap
6 1 (0.075%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 404 (30.24%) Microsoft
2 113 (8.46%) ServiceNow
3 76 (5.69%) Oracle
4 35 (2.62%) SAP
5 30 (2.25%) Google
6 24 (1.80%) Cisco
6 24 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.50%) Meraki
8 16 (1.20%) Blue Prism
8 16 (1.20%) VMware
9 15 (1.12%) Citrix
9 15 (1.12%) Databricks
10 14 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 12 (0.90%) Hyperion
12 11 (0.82%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.75%) Adobe
14 9 (0.67%) Apple
15 8 (0.60%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.60%) iManage
15 8 (0.60%) Workday