Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,570 1,357 3,714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.18% 9.08% 11.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.69% 9.87% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 989 2,394
10th Percentile £30,813 £26,450 £27,777
25th Percentile £37,563 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £49,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.29% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -0.49%

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 18,059 13,754 31,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 92.06% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,294 8,501 25,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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.

1 332 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 324 (20.64%) SQL
3 297 (18.92%) Agile
4 276 (17.58%) Degree
5 243 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
7 193 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 192 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
9 188 (11.97%) Decision-Making
10 187 (11.91%) Power Platform
11 183 (11.66%) Power BI
12 176 (11.21%) Business Analysis
13 166 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
14 164 (10.45%) ITIL
15 159 (10.13%) Customer Service
16 155 (9.87%) Process Improvement
17 152 (9.68%) Security Cleared
18 149 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
19 143 (9.11%) Azure
20 138 (8.79%) ServiceNow
21 136 (8.66%) Mentoring
22 135 (8.60%) Analytics
23 128 (8.15%) QA
24 127 (8.09%) User Stories
25 126 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
26 124 (7.90%) Windows
27 121 (7.71%) AWS
28 116 (7.39%) ERP
29 115 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
30 113 (7.20%) ITSM

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 47 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.78%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) SAS
5 10 (0.64%) IIS
6 6 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 149 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 17 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (1.02%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.70%) NEC Housing
6 9 (0.57%) Magento
6 9 (0.57%) Shopify
7 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
8 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
10 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
11 4 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 192 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
2 187 (11.91%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.11%) Azure
4 121 (7.71%) AWS
5 53 (3.38%) GCP
6 43 (2.74%) SaaS
7 42 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.10%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.02%) OneDrive
10 16 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.45%) Miro
14 6 (0.38%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.17%) Firewall
2 33 (2.10%) VPN
3 28 (1.78%) Network Security
4 25 (1.59%) Broadband
5 21 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.08%) DNS
7 12 (0.76%) DHCP
8 10 (0.64%) LAN
8 10 (0.64%) WAN
9 8 (0.51%) VoIP
9 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.38%) Internet
11 5 (0.32%) SSL
12 4 (0.25%) NGFW
13 3 (0.19%) FTP
13 3 (0.19%) HTTP
13 3 (0.19%) SCCP
13 3 (0.19%) SMTP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (11.66%) Power BI
2 62 (3.95%) Tableau
3 52 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.40%) BigQuery
4 22 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (1.27%) Looker
5 20 (1.27%) Power Query
6 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (0.89%) MySQL
8 12 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.70%) Metadata
10 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.51%) DB2
11 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
12 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 105 (6.69%) JIRA
2 17 (1.08%) Postman
3 15 (0.96%) SoapUI
4 14 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (0.76%) Selenium
6 10 (0.64%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.45%) Git
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.32%) GitLab
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.064%) JUnit
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) TestNG
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 507 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 391 (24.90%) Finance
3 367 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.29%) Legal
7 79 (5.03%) Retail
8 78 (4.97%) Law
9 66 (4.20%) Banking
10 50 (3.18%) French Language
11 49 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (2.74%) Marketing
13 23 (1.46%) Aviation
14 21 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (1.08%) Publishing
17 16 (1.02%) Back Office
17 16 (1.02%) Games
17 16 (1.02%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.04%) .NET
2 25 (1.59%) HTML
3 23 (1.46%) SOAP
4 18 (1.15%) XML
5 15 (0.96%) Middleware
6 13 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
7 12 (0.76%) CSS
8 11 (0.70%) JSON
9 10 (0.64%) REST
10 9 (0.57%) EDI
11 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.32%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.32%) HTML5
12 5 (0.32%) jQuery
13 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
13 4 (0.25%) Web Services
14 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
14 3 (0.19%) Playwright
14 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 75 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 60 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
9 26 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
10 20 (1.27%) FMCG
11 18 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.96%) Credit Risk
13 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.76%) Social Media
16 9 (0.57%) PMI
16 9 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 124 (7.90%) Windows
2 30 (1.91%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.53%) Android
5 21 (1.34%) Linux
6 19 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (18.92%) Agile
2 243 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (12.55%) Business Intelligence
4 193 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (11.97%) Decision-Making
6 176 (11.21%) Business Analysis
7 166 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
8 164 (10.45%) ITIL
9 159 (10.13%) Customer Service
10 155 (9.87%) Process Improvement
11 136 (8.66%) Mentoring
12 135 (8.60%) Analytics
13 127 (8.09%) User Stories
14 116 (7.39%) ERP
15 115 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 113 (7.20%) ITSM
17 99 (6.31%) Data Analysis
18 97 (6.18%) AI
18 97 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
19 95 (6.05%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 324 (20.64%) SQL
2 87 (5.54%) Python
3 40 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.17%) C#
5 30 (1.91%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.78%) Java
7 14 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.57%) R
9 9 (0.57%) VBA
10 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.25%) Delphi
11 4 (0.25%) Groovy
11 4 (0.25%) Pascal
11 4 (0.25%) PHP
11 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.13%) C++
12 2 (0.13%) Tcl
12 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 276 (17.58%) Degree
2 152 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.01%) AWS Certification
4 93 (5.92%) SC Cleared
5 81 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (4.39%) MCSE
7 52 (3.31%) ACCA
8 51 (3.25%) CIMA
9 40 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.55%) DV Cleared
10 33 (2.10%) DBS Check
11 30 (1.91%) CISSP
12 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 18 (1.15%) PMI Certification
15 17 (1.08%) AAT
15 17 (1.08%) CISM
16 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (0.96%) IIBA
17 13 (0.83%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.15%) QA
2 63 (4.01%) Data Quality
2 63 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (2.55%) NIST
4 36 (2.29%) GDPR
5 28 (1.78%) SLA
6 25 (1.59%) GRC
7 21 (1.34%) PMO
8 20 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.89%) COREP
10 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.89%) FINREP
11 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.45%) EMIR
13 7 (0.45%) NCSC
14 6 (0.38%) MiFID
14 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 85 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.51%) Docker
4 6 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.25%) QRadar
5 3 (0.19%) Ansible
5 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.19%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.064%) Autotask
7 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.064%) Kibana
Vendors
1 332 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.79%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.25%) Adobe
4 49 (3.12%) Oracle
5 47 (2.99%) Apple
6 43 (2.74%) SAP
7 42 (2.68%) Google
8 37 (2.36%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.96%) iManage
10 14 (0.89%) Citrix
11 12 (0.76%) ConnectWise
12 11 (0.70%) Northgate
13 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
14 9 (0.57%) Cisco
14 9 (0.57%) IBM
14 9 (0.57%) Intapp
14 9 (0.57%) WooCommerce
15 7 (0.45%) Aderant
16 6 (0.38%) VMware
17 5 (0.32%) Databricks