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 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 25 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,723 1,291 2,742
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 7.98% 11.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.66% 8.61% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,180 982 1,242
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% - -7.31%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,100 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.69%

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 22,503 14,991 22,313
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 92.61% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,883 8,935 14,520
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -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 15 September 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 15 September 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.

1 412 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 405 (23.51%) Microsoft
3 366 (21.24%) SQL
4 309 (17.93%) Agile
5 295 (17.12%) Degree
6 254 (14.74%) Decision-Making
7 245 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 234 (13.58%) Business Analysis
9 226 (13.12%) Analytics
10 214 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
11 212 (12.30%) ITIL
12 203 (11.78%) Business Intelligence
13 199 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
13 199 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 198 (11.49%) Customer Service
15 197 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 190 (11.03%) Power Platform
17 182 (10.56%) Azure
18 181 (10.50%) Power BI
19 163 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
20 160 (9.29%) Process Improvement
21 157 (9.11%) Windows
22 155 (9.00%) AI
23 145 (8.42%) User Stories
24 139 (8.07%) Mentoring
25 138 (8.01%) Project Delivery
26 137 (7.95%) QA
27 136 (7.89%) AWS
28 134 (7.78%) Requirements Gathering
29 133 (7.72%) Security Cleared

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 75 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 10 (0.58%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 163 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 25 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 214 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
2 190 (11.03%) Power Platform
3 182 (10.56%) Azure
4 136 (7.89%) AWS
5 77 (4.47%) Entra ID
6 69 (4.00%) SaaS
7 58 (3.37%) GCP
8 35 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.92%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) GitHub
12 16 (0.93%) OneDrive
13 15 (0.87%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.81%) IaaS
14 14 (0.81%) PaaS
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 44 (2.55%) VPN
3 43 (2.50%) DNS
4 36 (2.09%) DHCP
5 32 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.51%) Broadband
7 21 (1.22%) Network Security
7 21 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.10%) LAN
9 17 (0.99%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (0.64%) Internet
12 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 5 (0.29%) VLAN
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) SSL
15 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (10.50%) Power BI
2 46 (2.67%) Tableau
3 40 (2.32%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.45%) Looker
5 24 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.93%) Power Query
8 15 (0.87%) Metadata
9 14 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
11 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.41%) MySQL
14 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 98 (5.69%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 5 (0.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.29%) Postman
5 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.17%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.058%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.058%) JUnit
8 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.058%) TestNG
8 1 (0.058%) Toad
General
1 615 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 526 (30.53%) Analytical Skills
3 432 (25.07%) Finance
4 166 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.66%) Law
7 105 (6.09%) Retail
8 86 (4.99%) Legal
9 75 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (3.08%) Banking
11 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
12 46 (2.67%) Marketing
13 35 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.86%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.22%) French Language
16 19 (1.10%) Front Office
17 18 (1.04%) Advertising
17 18 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (0.93%) Automotive
18 16 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.10%) CSS
3 19 (1.10%) XML
4 17 (0.99%) .NET
5 14 (0.81%) Terraform
6 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.70%) Web Services
7 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
8 6 (0.35%) EDI
9 5 (0.29%) HTML5
9 5 (0.29%) jQuery
9 5 (0.29%) JSON
10 4 (0.23%) LDAP
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.23%) Middleware
10 4 (0.23%) NumPy
10 4 (0.23%) Pandas
10 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.92%) Product Ownership
2 97 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 57 (3.31%) Security Posture
5 45 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
6 38 (2.21%) Driving Licence
7 33 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 28 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.81%) Blog
13 13 (0.75%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.75%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.70%) Fixed Income
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 157 (9.11%) Windows
2 66 (3.83%) Windows Server
3 22 (1.28%) Linux
4 12 (0.70%) VMS
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.46%) Android
7 7 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (17.93%) Agile
3 254 (14.74%) Decision-Making
4 245 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 234 (13.58%) Business Analysis
6 226 (13.12%) Analytics
7 212 (12.30%) ITIL
8 203 (11.78%) Business Intelligence
9 199 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
9 199 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 198 (11.49%) Customer Service
11 197 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 160 (9.29%) Process Improvement
13 155 (9.00%) AI
14 145 (8.42%) User Stories
15 139 (8.07%) Mentoring
16 138 (8.01%) Project Delivery
17 134 (7.78%) Requirements Gathering
18 132 (7.66%) ITSM
19 126 (7.31%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 366 (21.24%) SQL
2 114 (6.62%) Python
3 56 (3.25%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.74%) C#
5 25 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.10%) Java
7 18 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 17 (0.99%) VBA
9 16 (0.93%) Bash
10 12 (0.70%) Bicep
11 10 (0.58%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.23%) Go
12 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.23%) VB
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 295 (17.12%) Degree
2 133 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 115 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 99 (5.75%) AWS Certification
5 86 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (3.83%) MCSE
7 61 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (1.92%) ACCA
9 29 (1.68%) CIMA
10 26 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.39%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.22%) CISM
14 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
16 10 (0.58%) GIAC
17 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (7.95%) QA
2 85 (4.93%) Data Quality
3 62 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (3.54%) GDPR
5 42 (2.44%) NIST
6 36 (2.09%) SLA
7 30 (1.74%) PMO
8 21 (1.22%) GRC
9 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.70%) FINREP
13 10 (0.58%) COREP
13 10 (0.58%) IFRS
14 9 (0.52%) SOC 2
15 8 (0.46%) EMIR
16 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.41%) NCSC
17 6 (0.35%) MiFID
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 6 (0.35%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.058%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 35 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.87%) SCCM
3 10 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 405 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 130 (7.54%) ServiceNow
3 48 (2.79%) Google
4 47 (2.73%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.61%) Oracle
6 43 (2.50%) SAP
7 31 (1.80%) VMware
8 29 (1.68%) Apple
9 28 (1.63%) Adobe
10 20 (1.16%) Cisco
11 17 (0.99%) Qualys
12 16 (0.93%) Citrix
12 16 (0.93%) iManage
12 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.81%) Aruba
13 14 (0.81%) Workday
14 13 (0.75%) YouTube
15 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.58%) FIS
16 10 (0.58%) Splunk