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 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,375 1,806 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.00% 10.47% 12.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.62% 10.88% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 906 1,010 1,707
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,475 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,569 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -6.86% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,344 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.37% +2.11% -

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 14,295 16,593 18,824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.24% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,274 10,268 15,295
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,481 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +0.80% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 23 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 23 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.

1 434 (31.56%) Microsoft
2 347 (25.24%) SQL
3 285 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
4 284 (20.65%) Agile
5 279 (20.29%) Degree
6 250 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
7 249 (18.11%) ITIL
8 243 (17.67%) Customer Service
9 225 (16.36%) Power Platform
10 206 (14.98%) Business Intelligence
11 204 (14.84%) Microsoft Office
12 200 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 188 (13.67%) Power BI
14 182 (13.24%) Microsoft Excel
15 181 (13.16%) Decision-Making
16 171 (12.44%) Azure
17 156 (11.35%) AWS
18 155 (11.27%) ITSM
19 154 (11.20%) QA
20 138 (10.04%) Windows
21 128 (9.31%) ServiceNow
22 126 (9.16%) Business Analysis
22 126 (9.16%) Data Analysis
22 126 (9.16%) ERP
22 126 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
23 124 (9.02%) AWS Certification
24 121 (8.80%) Analytics
25 116 (8.44%) Process Improvement
26 114 (8.29%) JIRA
27 111 (8.07%) Performance Metrics

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 62 (4.51%) Confluence
2 36 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.80%) SAS
5 4 (0.29%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.073%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 204 (14.84%) Microsoft Office
2 182 (13.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.02%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.18%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.18%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.04%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.04%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.04%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (1.02%) Hyperion Planning
5 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.44%) Shopify
7 5 (0.36%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.36%) Magento
7 5 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
8 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.29%) SAP HCM
8 4 (0.29%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 250 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 225 (16.36%) Power Platform
3 171 (12.44%) Azure
4 156 (11.35%) AWS
5 68 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.05%) SaaS
8 35 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
11 19 (1.38%) GCP
12 14 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (0.80%) Google Analytics
15 9 (0.65%) PaaS
16 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
17 7 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
18 6 (0.44%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.84%) Firewall
2 25 (1.82%) VPN
3 22 (1.60%) WAN
4 21 (1.53%) DNS
5 20 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
6 18 (1.31%) LAN
7 17 (1.24%) DHCP
8 16 (1.16%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
9 14 (1.02%) SD-WAN
10 13 (0.95%) Wireless
11 8 (0.58%) VoIP
12 7 (0.51%) Network Security
13 6 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
16 3 (0.22%) Broadband
17 2 (0.15%) 4G
17 2 (0.15%) WebEx
18 1 (0.073%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (13.67%) Power BI
2 57 (4.15%) Tableau
3 55 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (1.75%) Power Query
6 20 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (1.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 17 (1.24%) Looker
9 16 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.09%) MySQL
11 14 (1.02%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.02%) Essbase
12 8 (0.58%) Metadata
12 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 114 (8.29%) JIRA
2 28 (2.04%) Oracle Forms
3 26 (1.89%) Selenium
4 22 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (1.45%) Postman
6 19 (1.38%) SoapUI
7 18 (1.31%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.51%) Git
9 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.22%) TestRail
10 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.15%) Gatling
11 2 (0.15%) JMeter
11 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.15%) Locust
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 671 (48.80%) Social Skills
2 465 (33.82%) Finance
3 354 (25.75%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.71%) French Language
5 95 (6.91%) Swedish Language
6 92 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (5.82%) Legal
8 76 (5.53%) Retail
9 72 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
10 64 (4.65%) Marketing
11 52 (3.78%) Public Sector
12 44 (3.20%) Law
13 40 (2.91%) Banking
14 33 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (2.40%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.89%) Local Government
17 24 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (1.67%) Advertising
19 19 (1.38%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.04%) HTML
2 27 (1.96%) .NET
3 26 (1.89%) SOAP
4 18 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (1.16%) EDI
6 13 (0.95%) Flash
7 12 (0.87%) REST
8 9 (0.65%) JSON
9 7 (0.51%) Pandas
10 6 (0.44%) Middleware
11 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
11 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
11 4 (0.29%) NumPy
11 4 (0.29%) Playwright
11 4 (0.29%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
11 4 (0.29%) Web Services
11 4 (0.29%) XML
12 3 (0.22%) Altair
12 3 (0.22%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.33%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.96%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (4.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 22 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.53%) Driving Licence
8 16 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 16 (1.16%) NHS
8 16 (1.16%) Reinsurance
8 16 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.09%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.73%) Client/Server
14 10 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.73%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 138 (10.04%) Windows
2 28 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 27 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.45%) Android
5 20 (1.45%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.16%) Linux
7 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.15%) Solaris
8 2 (0.15%) Unix
8 2 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.073%) AIX
9 1 (0.073%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
2 284 (20.65%) Agile
3 249 (18.11%) ITIL
4 243 (17.67%) Customer Service
5 206 (14.98%) Business Intelligence
6 200 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (13.16%) Decision-Making
8 155 (11.27%) ITSM
9 126 (9.16%) Business Analysis
9 126 (9.16%) Data Analysis
9 126 (9.16%) ERP
10 121 (8.80%) Analytics
11 116 (8.44%) Process Improvement
12 111 (8.07%) Performance Metrics
13 96 (6.98%) AI
14 92 (6.69%) Asset Management
14 92 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 91 (6.62%) Mentoring
16 90 (6.55%) User Stories
17 89 (6.47%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 347 (25.24%) SQL
2 105 (7.64%) Python
3 47 (3.42%) C#
4 27 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 25 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 24 (1.75%) Java
7 17 (1.24%) VBA
8 14 (1.02%) Groovy
9 13 (0.95%) R
9 13 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.80%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.73%) ABAP
12 6 (0.44%) C++
13 4 (0.29%) Bicep
13 4 (0.29%) C
14 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.15%) Bash
15 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.15%) VC++
Qualifications
1 279 (20.29%) Degree
2 126 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 124 (9.02%) AWS Certification
4 106 (7.71%) MCSE
5 99 (7.20%) Security Cleared
6 83 (6.04%) ACCA
7 81 (5.89%) CIMA
8 62 (4.51%) SC Cleared
9 34 (2.47%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.25%) ISTQB
11 28 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (1.75%) CISSP
13 23 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (1.38%) DBS Check
16 18 (1.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 17 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
18 15 (1.09%) AAT
19 14 (1.02%) Master's Degree
20 12 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (11.20%) QA
2 49 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 33 (2.40%) NIST
5 31 (2.25%) GDPR
5 31 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.89%) SLA
7 15 (1.09%) PMO
7 15 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.02%) GRC
9 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.44%) Basel II
12 6 (0.44%) EMIR
12 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.36%) COBIT
14 4 (0.29%) MiFID
14 4 (0.29%) SEPA
15 3 (0.22%) COREP
System Software
1 100 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.073%) Docker
6 1 (0.073%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (1.75%) SCCM
3 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (0.36%) QRadar
3 5 (0.36%) Terraform
4 3 (0.22%) Nessus
5 2 (0.15%) SCOM
5 2 (0.15%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.073%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.073%) Control-M
6 1 (0.073%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.073%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.073%) Grafana
6 1 (0.073%) Nmap
6 1 (0.073%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 434 (31.56%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.31%) ServiceNow
3 81 (5.89%) Oracle
4 34 (2.47%) SAP
5 28 (2.04%) Google
6 24 (1.75%) Apple
7 23 (1.67%) Adobe
8 22 (1.60%) Cisco
9 20 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 18 (1.31%) Meraki
11 16 (1.16%) Blue Prism
11 16 (1.16%) VMware
12 15 (1.09%) Citrix
13 14 (1.02%) Hyperion
14 12 (0.87%) Palo Alto
15 11 (0.80%) Databricks
16 9 (0.65%) Alteryx
17 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
17 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds
17 8 (0.58%) Tenable