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 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,428 1,608 3,146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.81% 10.28% 11.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.40% 10.75% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 900 930 2,386
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -3.13%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,875 £82,500 £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 15,190 14,959 26,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.68% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,125 9,042 22,220
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £79,727 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £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 16 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 16 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.

1 401 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 334 (23.39%) SQL
3 325 (22.76%) Degree
4 264 (18.49%) Agile
5 260 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
6 259 (18.14%) Microsoft 365
7 254 (17.79%) Customer Service
8 251 (17.58%) ITIL
9 228 (15.97%) Power Platform
10 219 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
11 217 (15.20%) Business Intelligence
12 211 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 201 (14.08%) Power BI
14 188 (13.17%) Decision-Making
14 188 (13.17%) ITSM
15 174 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
16 169 (11.83%) AWS
16 169 (11.83%) QA
17 161 (11.27%) ServiceNow
18 158 (11.06%) Azure
19 151 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
20 146 (10.22%) AWS Certification
21 136 (9.52%) Security Cleared
22 133 (9.31%) Analytics
23 132 (9.24%) Data Analysis
23 132 (9.24%) Performance Metrics
24 129 (9.03%) MCSE
25 128 (8.96%) Windows
26 124 (8.68%) ERP
27 120 (8.40%) 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 57 (3.99%) Confluence
2 56 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.19%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) IIS
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 219 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
2 174 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.91%) Oracle Smart View
6 12 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 26 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
2 26 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
2 26 (1.82%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.91%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.84%) NEC Housing
6 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.70%) Shopify
8 9 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
8 9 (0.63%) Magento
9 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 259 (18.14%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (15.97%) Power Platform
3 169 (11.83%) AWS
4 158 (11.06%) Azure
5 69 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.50%) SaaS
7 42 (2.94%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.89%) GCP
10 21 (1.47%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.05%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.91%) Snowflake
13 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.70%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.56%) PaaS
15 8 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.66%) Firewall
2 26 (1.82%) VPN
3 20 (1.40%) DNS
4 19 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
5 14 (0.98%) DHCP
5 14 (0.98%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.98%) WAN
6 12 (0.84%) Wireshark
7 11 (0.77%) LAN
7 11 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.70%) Wireless
9 8 (0.56%) VoIP
9 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.49%) Network Security
11 5 (0.35%) Broadband
12 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.21%) SCCP
14 2 (0.14%) 4G
15 1 (0.070%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (14.08%) Power BI
2 74 (5.18%) Tableau
3 56 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.47%) Looker
7 18 (1.26%) Power Query
8 17 (1.19%) BigQuery
9 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.05%) MySQL
11 13 (0.91%) Essbase
12 12 (0.84%) Metadata
12 12 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.28%) PowerPivot
15 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 114 (7.98%) JIRA
2 26 (1.82%) Oracle Forms
3 21 (1.47%) Selenium
4 18 (1.26%) Postman
4 18 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (1.19%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.05%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Git
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%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 681 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 427 (29.90%) Finance
3 365 (25.56%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (8.68%) French Language
5 95 (6.65%) Swedish Language
6 84 (5.88%) Legal
7 83 (5.81%) Retail
8 79 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 73 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
10 69 (4.83%) Marketing
11 55 (3.85%) Public Sector
12 54 (3.78%) Banking
13 43 (3.01%) Law
14 28 (1.96%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.82%) Advertising
17 25 (1.75%) Local Government
18 22 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
19 21 (1.47%) Financial Institution
20 18 (1.26%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.03%) .NET
1 29 (2.03%) SOAP
2 25 (1.75%) HTML
3 15 (1.05%) JSON
3 15 (1.05%) Middleware
3 15 (1.05%) REST
4 12 (0.84%) XML
5 11 (0.77%) EDI
5 11 (0.77%) Flash
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
8 3 (0.21%) FHIR
8 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.21%) Playwright
8 3 (0.21%) Swagger
8 3 (0.21%) Web Services
9 2 (0.14%) CSS
9 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.14%) SLSA
9 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 84 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 59 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.54%) Driving Licence
9 21 (1.47%) Credit Risk
10 19 (1.33%) FMCG
10 19 (1.33%) NHS
11 18 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
17 10 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.96%) Windows
2 32 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 28 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.68%) Apple iOS
5 23 (1.61%) Android
6 18 (1.26%) Linux
7 16 (1.12%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.070%) AIX
10 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (18.49%) Agile
2 260 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
3 254 (17.79%) Customer Service
4 251 (17.58%) ITIL
5 217 (15.20%) Business Intelligence
6 211 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 188 (13.17%) Decision-Making
7 188 (13.17%) ITSM
8 133 (9.31%) Analytics
9 132 (9.24%) Data Analysis
9 132 (9.24%) Performance Metrics
10 124 (8.68%) ERP
11 120 (8.40%) Process Improvement
12 109 (7.63%) Business Analysis
13 99 (6.93%) User Stories
14 98 (6.86%) Mentoring
15 96 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
16 95 (6.65%) User Acceptance Testing
17 94 (6.58%) Asset Management
18 93 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 334 (23.39%) SQL
2 100 (7.00%) Python
3 42 (2.94%) C#
4 29 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.68%) Java
6 22 (1.54%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.98%) VBA
9 13 (0.91%) Groovy
10 11 (0.77%) R
11 7 (0.49%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.42%) ABAP
12 6 (0.42%) C++
13 5 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.28%) Bicep
14 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Delphi
16 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 325 (22.76%) Degree
2 151 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 146 (10.22%) AWS Certification
4 136 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 129 (9.03%) MCSE
6 77 (5.39%) ACCA
6 77 (5.39%) CIMA
7 69 (4.83%) SC Cleared
8 49 (3.43%) DV Cleared
9 37 (2.59%) CISSP
10 31 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.68%) AAT
13 23 (1.61%) ISTQB
14 21 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.47%) PMI Certification
15 15 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 14 (0.98%) CISA
16 14 (0.98%) CISM
17 13 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (11.83%) QA
2 57 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.87%) NIST
5 29 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.54%) GDPR
7 21 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.40%) GRC
8 20 (1.40%) SLA
9 18 (1.26%) PMO
10 15 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.84%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.42%) Basel II
14 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.28%) MiFID
15 4 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 89 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.19%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
6 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.61%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) QRadar
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
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%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 401 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 161 (11.27%) ServiceNow
3 60 (4.20%) Oracle
4 39 (2.73%) SAP
5 36 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.45%) Google
7 24 (1.68%) Adobe
8 21 (1.47%) Apple
9 19 (1.33%) VMware
10 16 (1.12%) Blue Prism
11 13 (0.91%) Hyperion
11 13 (0.91%) Northgate
12 12 (0.84%) ConnectWise
13 11 (0.77%) Cisco
13 11 (0.77%) Meraki
14 9 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
15 8 (0.56%) Databricks
16 7 (0.49%) Citrix
17 6 (0.42%) CheckPoint