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 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,420 1,575 3,077
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.64% 10.43% 11.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.22% 10.95% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 902 943 2,372
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,649
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.18% -1.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,615 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 15,403 14,387 26,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 95.25% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 10,287 8,936 22,144
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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.

1 397 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 327 (23.03%) Degree
3 321 (22.61%) SQL
4 261 (18.38%) Agile
5 257 (18.10%) Microsoft 365
6 251 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
7 248 (17.46%) ITIL
8 243 (17.11%) Customer Service
9 226 (15.92%) Power Platform
10 215 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
10 215 (15.14%) Microsoft Office
11 209 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 199 (14.01%) Power BI
13 189 (13.31%) Decision-Making
14 184 (12.96%) ITSM
15 170 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
16 162 (11.41%) AWS
16 162 (11.41%) QA
17 157 (11.06%) ServiceNow
18 154 (10.85%) Azure
19 148 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
20 142 (10.00%) AWS Certification
20 142 (10.00%) Security Cleared
21 135 (9.51%) Data Analysis
22 131 (9.23%) Analytics
23 127 (8.94%) Performance Metrics
23 127 (8.94%) Windows
24 125 (8.80%) MCSE
25 121 (8.52%) ERP
26 119 (8.38%) Process Improvement

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 56 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.45%) Confluence
3 34 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 215 (15.14%) Microsoft Office
2 170 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.85%) Oracle Smart View
6 10 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
1 26 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
2 24 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
2 24 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
2 24 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.85%) Hyperion Planning
5 12 (0.85%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.77%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.70%) Shopify
8 9 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
8 9 (0.63%) Magento
9 6 (0.42%) Visualfiles
10 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
12 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 257 (18.10%) Microsoft 365
2 226 (15.92%) Power Platform
3 162 (11.41%) AWS
4 154 (10.85%) Azure
5 69 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.52%) SaaS
7 42 (2.96%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.90%) GCP
10 21 (1.48%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.77%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.70%) Snowflake
16 9 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 8 (0.56%) PaaS
18 7 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
19 6 (0.42%) Adobe Analytics
19 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.61%) Firewall
2 27 (1.90%) VPN
3 23 (1.62%) DNS
4 19 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.20%) DHCP
6 16 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.85%) WAN
8 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.63%) LAN
9 9 (0.63%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.63%) Wireshark
10 8 (0.56%) VoIP
10 8 (0.56%) Wireless
11 7 (0.49%) Network Security
12 5 (0.35%) Broadband
13 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.21%) SCCP
15 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 1 (0.070%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (14.01%) Power BI
2 74 (5.21%) Tableau
3 55 (3.87%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (1.34%) Power Query
5 19 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.27%) Looker
7 17 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 14 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.92%) Metadata
11 13 (0.92%) MySQL
12 12 (0.85%) Essbase
13 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
14 5 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.35%) PowerPivot
15 4 (0.28%) DB2
15 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 105 (7.39%) JIRA
2 24 (1.69%) Oracle Forms
3 20 (1.41%) Selenium
4 16 (1.13%) Postman
5 15 (1.06%) SoapUI
5 15 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (0.92%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Git
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) JMeter
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 665 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 419 (29.51%) Finance
3 355 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.52%) French Language
5 91 (6.41%) Swedish Language
6 86 (6.06%) Legal
7 82 (5.77%) Retail
8 77 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 67 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (4.44%) Marketing
11 55 (3.87%) Banking
11 55 (3.87%) Public Sector
12 42 (2.96%) Law
13 27 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.83%) Advertising
15 25 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.69%) Local Government
17 22 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.48%) Financial Institution
19 18 (1.27%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.18%) .NET
2 27 (1.90%) SOAP
3 20 (1.41%) HTML
4 15 (1.06%) JSON
4 15 (1.06%) Middleware
4 15 (1.06%) REST
5 12 (0.85%) EDI
5 12 (0.85%) XML
6 11 (0.77%) Flash
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.35%) Playwright
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.21%) FHIR
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) Web Services
11 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) SLSA
11 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 86 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 58 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 34 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.41%) Credit Risk
10 19 (1.34%) FMCG
10 19 (1.34%) NHS
11 17 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 14 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
14 12 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.77%) Social Media
15 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.70%) Client/Server
16 10 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.94%) Windows
2 31 (2.18%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.11%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.76%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.69%) Android
6 17 (1.20%) Linux
7 16 (1.13%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.070%) AIX
9 1 (0.070%) Unix
9 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (18.38%) Agile
2 251 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (17.46%) ITIL
4 243 (17.11%) Customer Service
5 215 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
6 209 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 189 (13.31%) Decision-Making
8 184 (12.96%) ITSM
9 135 (9.51%) Data Analysis
10 131 (9.23%) Analytics
11 127 (8.94%) Performance Metrics
12 121 (8.52%) ERP
13 119 (8.38%) Process Improvement
14 108 (7.61%) Business Analysis
15 103 (7.25%) Mentoring
16 99 (6.97%) User Stories
17 93 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
17 93 (6.55%) User Acceptance Testing
18 90 (6.34%) Coaching
19 87 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (22.61%) SQL
2 93 (6.55%) Python
3 40 (2.82%) C#
4 31 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.62%) Java
6 21 (1.48%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.99%) VBA
9 12 (0.85%) Groovy
10 10 (0.70%) R
11 8 (0.56%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.42%) ABAP
12 6 (0.42%) C++
13 5 (0.35%) C
13 5 (0.35%) PHP
14 4 (0.28%) Bicep
14 4 (0.28%) Delphi
14 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.28%) Pascal
15 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 327 (23.03%) Degree
2 148 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 142 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 142 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 125 (8.80%) MCSE
5 79 (5.56%) ACCA
5 79 (5.56%) CIMA
6 75 (5.28%) SC Cleared
7 49 (3.45%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.61%) CISSP
9 30 (2.11%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.90%) AAT
10 27 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (1.41%) ISTQB
11 20 (1.41%) PMI Certification
12 14 (0.99%) CISA
13 13 (0.92%) CISM
13 13 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 12 (0.85%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (11.41%) QA
2 56 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.68%) NIST
5 26 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.55%) GDPR
6 22 (1.55%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.41%) GRC
8 19 (1.34%) SLA
9 18 (1.27%) PMO
10 16 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.42%) Basel II
14 5 (0.35%) COBIT
15 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.28%) COREP
15 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.28%) EMIR
15 4 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 88 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
6 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.62%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.21%) QRadar
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.070%) Control-M
7 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.070%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Nessus
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 397 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 157 (11.06%) ServiceNow
3 57 (4.01%) Oracle
4 38 (2.68%) SAP
5 36 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.46%) Google
7 24 (1.69%) Adobe
8 21 (1.48%) Apple
9 19 (1.34%) VMware
10 16 (1.13%) Blue Prism
11 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
11 12 (0.85%) Hyperion
11 12 (0.85%) Northgate
12 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.56%) Cisco
13 8 (0.56%) Meraki
14 7 (0.49%) Citrix
14 7 (0.49%) Databricks
14 7 (0.49%) Palo Alto
15 6 (0.42%) Alteryx