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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,617 1,392 3,545
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.67% 8.57% 10.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.16% 9.29% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 1,059 2,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,445
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £75,000
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 19,811 14,985 31,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.30% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 14,467 9,338 24,556
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,857 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +6.89% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 7 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 7 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.

1 365 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 345 (21.34%) SQL
3 308 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 295 (18.24%) Agile
5 287 (17.75%) Degree
6 225 (13.91%) Decision-Making
7 216 (13.36%) Microsoft 365
8 215 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 213 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
10 208 (12.86%) Power Platform
11 199 (12.31%) Power BI
12 193 (11.94%) Business Analysis
13 179 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
13 179 (11.07%) ITIL
14 177 (10.95%) Customer Service
15 173 (10.70%) Analytics
16 166 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
17 164 (10.14%) Azure
18 151 (9.34%) Process Improvement
19 146 (9.03%) QA
20 145 (8.97%) ServiceNow
21 144 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
22 142 (8.78%) Windows
23 140 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 139 (8.60%) Mentoring
25 127 (7.85%) User Stories
26 126 (7.79%) ITSM
27 121 (7.48%) Security Cleared
28 120 (7.42%) AWS
29 117 (7.24%) Actionable Insight

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 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.04%) Confluence
4 13 (0.80%) IIS
5 8 (0.49%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.062%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Site Server
Applications
1 166 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.48%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.49%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.43%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 216 (13.36%) Microsoft 365
2 208 (12.86%) Power Platform
3 164 (10.14%) Azure
4 120 (7.42%) AWS
5 56 (3.46%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.34%) SaaS
7 53 (3.28%) GCP
8 33 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (1.92%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.11%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.11%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.99%) IaaS
12 16 (0.99%) PaaS
12 16 (0.99%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.87%) Serverless
14 13 (0.80%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.80%) GitHub
15 12 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.22%) VPN
2 49 (3.03%) Firewall
3 34 (2.10%) DNS
4 29 (1.79%) Network Security
5 28 (1.73%) Broadband
5 28 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.67%) DHCP
6 27 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.93%) LAN
7 15 (0.93%) WAN
8 10 (0.62%) Internet
9 9 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.31%) HTTP
10 5 (0.31%) SSL
11 4 (0.25%) FTP
11 4 (0.25%) NGFW
11 4 (0.25%) SMTP
11 4 (0.25%) VoIP
12 3 (0.19%) VLAN
13 2 (0.12%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (12.31%) Power BI
2 54 (3.34%) Tableau
3 52 (3.22%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 26 (1.61%) Power Query
6 22 (1.36%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.24%) Looker
8 19 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.87%) MySQL
11 12 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.56%) Metadata
13 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.49%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.49%) Db2
14 6 (0.37%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.37%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 94 (5.81%) JIRA
2 19 (1.18%) Git
3 9 (0.56%) Postman
4 7 (0.43%) Selenium
5 6 (0.37%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.062%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.062%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.062%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.062%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.062%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.062%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.062%) Toad
General
1 559 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 430 (26.59%) Analytical Skills
3 389 (24.06%) Finance
4 135 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 112 (6.93%) Public Sector
6 91 (5.63%) Law
7 88 (5.44%) Retail
8 71 (4.39%) Legal
9 64 (3.96%) Banking
10 52 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.84%) Marketing
12 40 (2.47%) French Language
13 36 (2.23%) Swedish Language
14 30 (1.86%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.30%) Aviation
15 21 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.24%) Games
17 19 (1.18%) Automotive
17 19 (1.18%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.11%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.61%) .NET
2 22 (1.36%) XML
3 19 (1.18%) HTML
4 18 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
5 15 (0.93%) CSS
6 11 (0.68%) JSON
6 11 (0.68%) Middleware
7 10 (0.62%) EDI
8 9 (0.56%) Gherkin
8 9 (0.56%) SOAP
9 8 (0.49%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.43%) Web Services
11 5 (0.31%) HTML5
11 5 (0.31%) jQuery
11 5 (0.31%) Playwright
12 4 (0.25%) LDAP
12 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.25%) REST
12 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 71 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 71 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 50 (3.09%) Security Posture
4 44 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.35%) Driving Licence
7 37 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 31 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
9 25 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (1.05%) FMCG
11 16 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.87%) Social Media
13 13 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.80%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.74%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.74%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.74%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 142 (8.78%) Windows
2 41 (2.54%) Windows Server
3 28 (1.73%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.48%) Linux
5 15 (0.93%) Android
6 12 (0.74%) VMS
7 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (18.24%) Agile
3 225 (13.91%) Decision-Making
4 215 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 213 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
6 193 (11.94%) Business Analysis
7 179 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
7 179 (11.07%) ITIL
8 177 (10.95%) Customer Service
9 173 (10.70%) Analytics
10 151 (9.34%) Process Improvement
11 140 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 139 (8.60%) Mentoring
13 127 (7.85%) User Stories
14 126 (7.79%) ITSM
15 117 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
16 115 (7.11%) ERP
17 113 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
18 107 (6.62%) Data Analysis
19 104 (6.43%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 345 (21.34%) SQL
2 95 (5.88%) Python
3 57 (3.53%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.86%) C#
5 22 (1.36%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.24%) Java
6 20 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 17 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.93%) VBA
10 12 (0.74%) Bash
10 12 (0.74%) Bicep
11 10 (0.62%) R
12 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.37%) C++
14 4 (0.25%) Delphi
14 4 (0.25%) Pascal
14 4 (0.25%) PHP
14 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 287 (17.75%) Degree
2 121 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 104 (6.43%) AWS Certification
3 104 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 79 (4.89%) MCSE
6 50 (3.09%) ACCA
7 49 (3.03%) CIMA
8 47 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (2.10%) CISSP
10 27 (1.67%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.30%) CISM
14 20 (1.24%) AAT
14 20 (1.24%) DV Cleared
15 18 (1.11%) Azure Certification
16 16 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.68%) CISA
18 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (9.03%) QA
2 71 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.72%) GDPR
4 44 (2.72%) NIST
5 32 (1.98%) SLA
6 23 (1.42%) GRC
6 23 (1.42%) PMO
7 22 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.87%) COREP
8 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.87%) FINREP
9 12 (0.74%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.62%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.56%) IFRS
13 7 (0.43%) EMIR
13 7 (0.43%) MiFID
13 7 (0.43%) NCSC
14 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 116 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.80%) vSphere
6 7 (0.43%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 40 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.24%) SCCM
3 14 (0.87%) Terraform
4 7 (0.43%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.31%) QRadar
5 5 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.062%) Grafana
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.062%) Nessus
9 1 (0.062%) Nmap
9 1 (0.062%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.062%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 365 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 145 (8.97%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.72%) Oracle
4 43 (2.66%) SAP
5 41 (2.54%) Google
6 35 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.86%) Adobe
8 27 (1.67%) Apple
9 24 (1.48%) VMware
10 18 (1.11%) Cisco
11 17 (1.05%) Citrix
11 17 (1.05%) iManage
12 13 (0.80%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.80%) Qualys
13 12 (0.74%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.68%) Aruba
15 10 (0.62%) Intapp
15 10 (0.62%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.56%) IBM
16 9 (0.56%) Sage