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 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,398 1,788 2,736
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.03% 10.90% 11.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.64% 11.36% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 886 1,001 2,008
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.37% +7.78% -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 14,498 15,744 22,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.02% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,466 9,472 18,949
10th Percentile £30,063 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,608 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
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 22 January 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 22 January 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.

1 405 (28.97%) Microsoft
2 327 (23.39%) SQL
3 302 (21.60%) Degree
4 279 (19.96%) Agile
5 272 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
6 255 (18.24%) Customer Service
7 252 (18.03%) ITIL
8 247 (17.67%) Microsoft 365
9 215 (15.38%) Power Platform
10 214 (15.31%) Microsoft Office
11 210 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 200 (14.31%) Business Intelligence
13 182 (13.02%) Power BI
14 180 (12.88%) Microsoft Excel
15 178 (12.73%) Decision-Making
16 172 (12.30%) ITSM
17 169 (12.09%) AWS
18 161 (11.52%) Azure
19 155 (11.09%) QA
20 142 (10.16%) ServiceNow
21 141 (10.09%) Microsoft Certification
22 136 (9.73%) AWS Certification
23 130 (9.30%) Security Cleared
24 129 (9.23%) Analytics
24 129 (9.23%) Windows
25 128 (9.16%) Data Analysis
26 126 (9.01%) Business Analysis
26 126 (9.01%) ERP
27 123 (8.80%) Performance Metrics
28 120 (8.58%) MCSE

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 (4.43%) Confluence
2 41 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.07%) SAS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
8 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 214 (15.31%) Microsoft Office
2 180 (12.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.93%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.00%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.15%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.00%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (1.00%) Hyperion Planning
5 13 (0.93%) NEC Housing
6 10 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.50%) Shopify
8 6 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.43%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.43%) Magento
9 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 247 (17.67%) Microsoft 365
2 215 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 169 (12.09%) AWS
4 161 (11.52%) Azure
5 72 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.00%) SaaS
8 28 (2.00%) Entra ID
9 23 (1.65%) GCP
10 21 (1.50%) Snowflake
11 20 (1.43%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.14%) Google Analytics
13 13 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.64%) PaaS
15 9 (0.64%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.57%) OneDrive
17 7 (0.50%) dbt
17 7 (0.50%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.72%) Firewall
2 21 (1.50%) VPN
3 20 (1.43%) WAN
4 19 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.22%) LAN
6 16 (1.14%) Wireshark
7 14 (1.00%) DNS
8 13 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.93%) Wireless
9 10 (0.72%) DHCP
9 10 (0.72%) Network Security
10 9 (0.64%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.57%) VoIP
12 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.29%) Broadband
13 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.21%) SCCP
15 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 1 (0.072%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (13.02%) Power BI
2 71 (5.08%) Tableau
3 50 (3.58%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.43%) Looker
6 18 (1.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 18 (1.29%) Power Query
7 16 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.07%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.00%) Essbase
10 12 (0.86%) Metadata
11 9 (0.64%) MySQL
12 8 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) PowerPivot
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 119 (8.51%) JIRA
2 28 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
3 26 (1.86%) Selenium
4 24 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (1.50%) Postman
5 21 (1.50%) SoapUI
6 19 (1.36%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.50%) Git
8 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.21%) TestRail
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) Gatling
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.14%) Locust
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 677 (48.43%) Social Skills
2 443 (31.69%) Finance
3 353 (25.25%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.23%) French Language
5 95 (6.80%) Swedish Language
6 81 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (5.58%) Legal
7 78 (5.58%) Retail
8 77 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
9 69 (4.94%) Marketing
10 50 (3.58%) Public Sector
11 45 (3.22%) Banking
12 40 (2.86%) Law
13 32 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 29 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (1.93%) Local Government
17 24 (1.72%) Advertising
18 18 (1.29%) Billing
19 17 (1.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.15%) HTML
1 30 (2.15%) SOAP
2 28 (2.00%) .NET
3 13 (0.93%) Flash
3 13 (0.93%) REST
4 11 (0.79%) EDI
4 11 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (0.72%) Middleware
6 9 (0.64%) JSON
7 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
7 4 (0.29%) NumPy
7 4 (0.29%) Pandas
7 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.29%) Web Services
7 4 (0.29%) XML
8 3 (0.21%) FHIR
8 3 (0.21%) Playwright
9 2 (0.14%) Altair
9 2 (0.14%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 94 (6.72%) Onboarding
2 82 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 72 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 21 (1.50%) Security Posture
8 20 (1.43%) Credit Risk
9 18 (1.29%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.22%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.14%) FMCG
12 15 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
12 15 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.07%) NHS
13 13 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (0.93%) Reinsurance
14 11 (0.79%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.23%) Windows
2 27 (1.93%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.86%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.29%) Android
6 17 (1.22%) Linux
7 16 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.072%) AIX
10 1 (0.072%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (19.96%) Agile
2 272 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (18.24%) Customer Service
4 252 (18.03%) ITIL
5 210 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 200 (14.31%) Business Intelligence
7 178 (12.73%) Decision-Making
8 172 (12.30%) ITSM
9 129 (9.23%) Analytics
10 128 (9.16%) Data Analysis
11 126 (9.01%) Business Analysis
11 126 (9.01%) ERP
12 123 (8.80%) Performance Metrics
13 113 (8.08%) Process Improvement
14 103 (7.37%) Asset Management
15 96 (6.87%) User Stories
16 94 (6.72%) AI
16 94 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 93 (6.65%) User Acceptance Testing
18 91 (6.51%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 327 (23.39%) SQL
2 101 (7.22%) Python
3 46 (3.29%) C#
4 26 (1.86%) Java
5 20 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.43%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.14%) VBA
7 14 (1.00%) Groovy
8 13 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.64%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.57%) R
11 6 (0.43%) ABAP
11 6 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.29%) Bicep
12 4 (0.29%) C
13 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.14%) VC++
15 1 (0.072%) PHP
Qualifications
1 302 (21.60%) Degree
2 141 (10.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 136 (9.73%) AWS Certification
4 130 (9.30%) Security Cleared
5 120 (8.58%) MCSE
6 81 (5.79%) ACCA
7 79 (5.65%) CIMA
8 70 (5.01%) SC Cleared
9 43 (3.08%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.22%) DBS Check
11 29 (2.07%) ISTQB
12 27 (1.93%) CISSP
13 22 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.43%) AAT
14 20 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 19 (1.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 19 (1.36%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (11.09%) QA
2 43 (3.08%) Data Quality
3 41 (2.93%) NIST
4 39 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.29%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.79%) SLA
7 22 (1.57%) GDPR
8 18 (1.29%) PMO
9 15 (1.07%) GRC
9 15 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.93%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.43%) Basel II
12 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.36%) COBIT
13 5 (0.36%) EMIR
14 4 (0.29%) MiFID
14 4 (0.29%) SEPA
15 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 92 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.00%) SCCM
3 8 (0.57%) Terraform
4 6 (0.43%) QRadar
5 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.21%) Ansible
6 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.14%) Nessus
7 2 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.072%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.072%) Control-M
8 1 (0.072%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.072%) Grafana
8 1 (0.072%) Nmap
8 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 405 (28.97%) Microsoft
2 142 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 67 (4.79%) Oracle
4 37 (2.65%) SAP
5 34 (2.43%) Google
5 34 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.00%) Adobe
7 25 (1.79%) Apple
8 18 (1.29%) VMware
9 16 (1.14%) Blue Prism
9 16 (1.14%) Cisco
10 15 (1.07%) Northgate
11 14 (1.00%) Hyperion
12 13 (0.93%) Meraki
13 11 (0.79%) Citrix
13 11 (0.79%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.57%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.57%) Databricks
14 8 (0.57%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.50%) Alteryx