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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,725 1,383 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 8.41% 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.08% 9.13% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 1,069 1,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £46,353
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +2.48% -4.34%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.21%

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 21,347 15,142 24,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.09% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,330 9,342 17,539
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,503
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.01% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 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 11 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.

1 394 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 367 (21.28%) SQL
3 364 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
4 319 (18.49%) Agile
5 285 (16.52%) Degree
6 238 (13.80%) Decision-Making
7 231 (13.39%) Business Analysis
8 221 (12.81%) Analytics
9 219 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (12.52%) Microsoft 365
11 214 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
12 203 (11.77%) Power Platform
13 195 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
13 195 (11.30%) ITIL
14 193 (11.19%) Power BI
15 185 (10.72%) Customer Service
16 179 (10.38%) Azure
17 176 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
17 176 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 169 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
19 163 (9.45%) Windows
20 157 (9.10%) Process Improvement
21 155 (8.99%) User Stories
22 147 (8.52%) QA
23 142 (8.23%) Mentoring
24 135 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
25 131 (7.59%) AI
25 131 (7.59%) ServiceNow
26 130 (7.54%) AWS
27 129 (7.48%) 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 68 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.97%) Confluence
4 12 (0.70%) 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
1 176 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.10%) 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 (1.39%) 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 (0.46%) 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
9 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 216 (12.52%) Microsoft 365
2 203 (11.77%) Power Platform
3 179 (10.38%) Azure
4 130 (7.54%) AWS
5 75 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 57 (3.30%) GCP
7 49 (2.84%) SaaS
8 38 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.14%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.99%) OneDrive
13 16 (0.93%) IaaS
13 16 (0.93%) PaaS
13 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.75%) GitHub
14 13 (0.75%) Serverless
14 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
15 12 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.72%) Firewall
1 47 (2.72%) VPN
2 39 (2.26%) DNS
3 33 (1.91%) DHCP
4 32 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.57%) Broadband
5 27 (1.57%) Network Security
6 24 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.10%) LAN
8 17 (0.99%) WAN
9 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.58%) Internet
11 7 (0.41%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.19%) Power BI
2 55 (3.19%) Tableau
3 50 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 32 (1.86%) Looker
5 26 (1.51%) Relational Database
6 24 (1.39%) BigQuery
7 21 (1.22%) Power Query
8 19 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (0.93%) Metadata
10 14 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.46%) MySQL
14 7 (0.41%) Db2
14 7 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 95 (5.51%) JIRA
2 19 (1.10%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) 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%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 586 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 474 (27.48%) Analytical Skills
3 420 (24.35%) Finance
4 159 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 133 (7.71%) Public Sector
6 113 (6.55%) Law
7 93 (5.39%) Retail
8 83 (4.81%) Legal
9 62 (3.59%) Banking
10 60 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
12 46 (2.67%) Marketing
13 32 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.51%) French Language
15 24 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.04%) Advertising
17 18 (1.04%) 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 19 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.75%) .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%) PySpark
12 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.61%) Product Ownership
2 75 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.88%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 51 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.09%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 31 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.81%) Blog
14 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 13 (0.75%) Social Media
15 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.70%) Derivative
15 12 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 163 (9.45%) Windows
2 64 (3.71%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.39%) Linux
4 18 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 11 (0.64%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (18.49%) Agile
3 238 (13.80%) Decision-Making
4 231 (13.39%) Business Analysis
5 221 (12.81%) Analytics
6 219 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
8 195 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
8 195 (11.30%) ITIL
9 185 (10.72%) Customer Service
10 176 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 169 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 157 (9.10%) Process Improvement
13 155 (8.99%) User Stories
14 142 (8.23%) Mentoring
15 131 (7.59%) AI
16 126 (7.30%) Actionable Insight
17 125 (7.25%) ITSM
18 124 (7.19%) Requirements Gathering
19 120 (6.96%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 367 (21.28%) SQL
2 103 (5.97%) Python
3 58 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.14%) C#
5 21 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.04%) Java
6 18 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.04%) VBA
7 13 (0.75%) Bash
8 12 (0.70%) Bicep
8 12 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.64%) C++
9 11 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.46%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.17%) VB
13 2 (0.12%) Delphi
13 2 (0.12%) PHP
13 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 285 (16.52%) Degree
2 124 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 105 (6.09%) SC Cleared
4 103 (5.97%) AWS Certification
5 97 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (4.23%) MCSE
7 51 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.38%) ACCA
9 37 (2.14%) CIMA
10 28 (1.62%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (1.10%) CISM
14 19 (1.10%) DBS Check
15 14 (0.81%) AAT
16 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.52%) QA
2 76 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.19%) GDPR
5 40 (2.32%) NIST
6 30 (1.74%) SLA
7 23 (1.33%) PMO
8 21 (1.22%) GRC
9 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.93%) FINREP
11 14 (0.81%) COREP
12 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.64%) IFRS
14 10 (0.58%) SOC 2
15 9 (0.52%) NCSC
16 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
17 7 (0.41%) EMIR
18 6 (0.35%) MiFID
18 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 129 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.75%) 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 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 13 (0.75%) Terraform
4 8 (0.46%) 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
1 394 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.59%) ServiceNow
3 47 (2.72%) Google
4 46 (2.67%) Oracle
4 46 (2.67%) SAP
5 40 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 30 (1.74%) Adobe
7 28 (1.62%) Apple
7 28 (1.62%) VMware
8 21 (1.22%) Cisco
9 19 (1.10%) iManage
10 17 (0.99%) Citrix
11 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.93%) Qualys
12 14 (0.81%) Aruba
13 12 (0.70%) Intapp
13 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (0.58%) IBM
15 9 (0.52%) Sage
15 9 (0.52%) SunGard