Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,442 1,348 3,166
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.29% 10.32% 9.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.85% 11.01% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 968 963 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,875 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £52,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +16.03% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.69%

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 16,297 12,239 30,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.71% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,714 9,002 24,806
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,251 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -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 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 12 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 12 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.

1 330 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 303 (21.01%) SQL
3 293 (20.32%) Degree
4 241 (16.71%) Agile
5 234 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (14.77%) Business Intelligence
7 203 (14.08%) Microsoft 365
8 198 (13.73%) Power Platform
9 195 (13.52%) Customer Service
10 193 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 191 (13.25%) Power BI
12 190 (13.18%) ITIL
13 189 (13.11%) Decision-Making
14 166 (11.51%) Microsoft Office
15 162 (11.23%) Microsoft Excel
16 150 (10.40%) Security Cleared
17 141 (9.78%) QA
18 140 (9.71%) Azure
19 139 (9.64%) Business Analysis
20 134 (9.29%) ServiceNow
21 129 (8.95%) Analytics
21 129 (8.95%) Process Improvement
22 128 (8.88%) AWS
23 127 (8.81%) ITSM
24 124 (8.60%) ERP
25 123 (8.53%) Windows
26 114 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
27 112 (7.77%) Data Analysis
28 111 (7.70%) AWS Certification
29 108 (7.49%) Microsoft 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 45 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.29%) Confluence
3 32 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.11%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
7 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
Applications
1 166 (11.51%) Microsoft Office
2 162 (11.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (1.11%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.76%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.69%) Hyperion Planning
6 10 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.69%) Shopify
7 9 (0.62%) 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
1 203 (14.08%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (13.73%) Power Platform
3 140 (9.71%) Azure
4 128 (8.88%) AWS
5 76 (5.27%) Dynamics 365
6 51 (3.54%) SaaS
7 36 (2.50%) GCP
8 35 (2.43%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.08%) Google Analytics
10 18 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (0.83%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.76%) 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 (1.94%) Firewall
2 26 (1.80%) VPN
3 21 (1.46%) Network Security
4 18 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.18%) DNS
6 15 (1.04%) DHCP
7 14 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (0.83%) WAN
9 9 (0.62%) LAN
10 8 (0.55%) VoIP
11 7 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.42%) Broadband
13 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.28%) Wireless
15 3 (0.21%) SCCP
16 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 2 (0.14%) SSL
17 1 (0.069%) WebEx
17 1 (0.069%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (13.25%) Power BI
2 65 (4.51%) Tableau
3 64 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.73%) Looker
6 24 (1.66%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.60%) Power Query
8 16 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.83%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.76%) Metadata
11 11 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 10 (0.69%) Essbase
12 10 (0.69%) MySQL
13 8 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.55%) DB2
14 7 (0.49%) PowerPivot
15 5 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
15 5 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 93 (6.45%) JIRA
2 20 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (1.25%) Postman
4 17 (1.18%) Selenium
5 16 (1.11%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.76%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.21%) Git
8 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.069%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.069%) Gatling
10 1 (0.069%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.069%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.069%) TestRail
10 1 (0.069%) Toad
10 1 (0.069%) Zephyr
General
1 568 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 394 (27.32%) Finance
3 359 (24.90%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (5.89%) Retail
6 81 (5.62%) French Language
7 78 (5.41%) Banking
8 74 (5.13%) Legal
9 63 (4.37%) Public Sector
10 59 (4.09%) Law
11 58 (4.02%) Marketing
12 52 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
13 41 (2.84%) Swedish Language
14 23 (1.60%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.46%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.39%) Advertising
17 18 (1.25%) Automotive
17 18 (1.25%) Back Office
17 18 (1.25%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.29%) .NET
2 24 (1.66%) SOAP
3 16 (1.11%) HTML
3 16 (1.11%) Middleware
4 15 (1.04%) JSON
4 15 (1.04%) XML
5 13 (0.90%) EDI
6 11 (0.76%) REST
7 9 (0.62%) Flash
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.21%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.21%) Playwright
9 3 (0.21%) SAP PI
9 3 (0.21%) Swagger
9 3 (0.21%) XSLT
10 2 (0.14%) FHIR
10 2 (0.14%) FpML
10 2 (0.14%) React
10 2 (0.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 39 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 22 (1.53%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.53%) Driving Licence
9 21 (1.46%) FMCG
10 18 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
13 11 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.69%) PMI
14 10 (0.69%) Social Media
15 9 (0.62%) Client/Server
15 9 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.53%) Windows
2 30 (2.08%) Windows 10
3 29 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 28 (1.94%) Android
5 26 (1.80%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.53%) Linux
7 12 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.069%) AIX
9 1 (0.069%) Unix
9 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (16.71%) Agile
2 234 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (14.77%) Business Intelligence
4 195 (13.52%) Customer Service
5 193 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 190 (13.18%) ITIL
7 189 (13.11%) Decision-Making
8 139 (9.64%) Business Analysis
9 129 (8.95%) Analytics
9 129 (8.95%) Process Improvement
10 127 (8.81%) ITSM
11 124 (8.60%) ERP
12 114 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
13 112 (7.77%) Data Analysis
14 108 (7.49%) User Stories
15 107 (7.42%) Mentoring
16 93 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
17 91 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
18 82 (5.69%) User Acceptance Testing
19 81 (5.62%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 303 (21.01%) SQL
2 74 (5.13%) Python
3 45 (3.12%) C#
4 28 (1.94%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.87%) Java
6 24 (1.66%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.97%) VBA
9 10 (0.69%) Groovy
10 8 (0.55%) R
11 6 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.35%) PHP
13 4 (0.28%) C++
13 4 (0.28%) Delphi
13 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.28%) Pascal
13 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.21%) VC++
15 2 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 293 (20.32%) Degree
2 150 (10.40%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.70%) AWS Certification
4 108 (7.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (6.17%) MCSE
6 85 (5.89%) SC Cleared
7 83 (5.76%) ACCA
8 82 (5.69%) CIMA
9 44 (3.05%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.36%) CISSP
11 31 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.01%) DBS Check
13 25 (1.73%) AAT
14 21 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.39%) PMI Certification
16 17 (1.18%) IIBA
16 17 (1.18%) ISTQB
17 12 (0.83%) CISM
18 11 (0.76%) CISA
18 11 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (9.78%) QA
2 65 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.36%) NIST
5 27 (1.87%) SLA
6 22 (1.53%) GDPR
7 21 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 21 (1.46%) PMO
8 19 (1.32%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.32%) GRC
9 13 (0.90%) COREP
9 13 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.69%) FINREP
12 9 (0.62%) EMIR
13 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.49%) MiFID
15 6 (0.42%) Basel II
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (4.99%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.83%) Hyper-V
3 11 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.25%) 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 (0.069%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.069%) Control-M
5 1 (0.069%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 330 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 134 (9.29%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.61%) Oracle
4 44 (3.05%) Google
5 41 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.70%) SAP
7 29 (2.01%) Adobe
8 26 (1.80%) Apple
9 12 (0.83%) ConnectWise
9 12 (0.83%) Northgate
10 11 (0.76%) Citrix
10 11 (0.76%) VMware
11 10 (0.69%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.62%) Databricks
12 9 (0.62%) IBM
12 9 (0.62%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.55%) iManage
14 7 (0.49%) Aderant
15 6 (0.42%) Intapp
15 6 (0.42%) JD Edwards