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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,662 1,374 2,865
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.59% 8.35% 10.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.07% 9.06% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,178 1,062 1,587
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -0.98%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,592 15,159 25,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.10% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 9,397 19,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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.

1 392 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 355 (21.36%) SQL
3 352 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
4 293 (17.63%) Agile
5 290 (17.45%) Degree
6 223 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
7 221 (13.30%) Decision-Making
8 216 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 214 (12.88%) Business Analysis
10 213 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
11 201 (12.09%) Power Platform
12 193 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
12 193 (11.61%) ITIL
13 192 (11.55%) Power BI
14 191 (11.49%) Analytics
15 183 (11.01%) Customer Service
16 177 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
17 174 (10.47%) Azure
18 161 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 159 (9.57%) Windows
20 157 (9.45%) Process Improvement
21 147 (8.84%) QA
22 146 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
23 140 (8.42%) Mentoring
24 139 (8.36%) ServiceNow
25 138 (8.30%) User Stories
26 137 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
27 129 (7.76%) AWS
27 129 (7.76%) ITSM
28 125 (7.52%) Active Directory

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 68 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.68%) Confluence
4 13 (0.78%) IIS
5 5 (0.30%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.060%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.060%) CMS
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.060%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.44%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.54%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.54%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.36%) Shopify
6 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.24%) JDE World
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Magento
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
2 201 (12.09%) Power Platform
3 174 (10.47%) Azure
4 129 (7.76%) AWS
5 69 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.19%) GCP
7 52 (3.13%) SaaS
8 34 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.87%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.08%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.96%) IaaS
12 16 (0.96%) PaaS
12 16 (0.96%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.78%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.78%) GitHub
13 13 (0.78%) Serverless
14 12 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.19%) VPN
2 49 (2.95%) Firewall
3 39 (2.35%) DNS
4 33 (1.99%) DHCP
5 32 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.62%) Network Security
6 27 (1.62%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.56%) Broadband
8 19 (1.14%) LAN
9 17 (1.02%) WAN
10 12 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.60%) Internet
12 6 (0.36%) HTTP
13 5 (0.30%) SSL
14 4 (0.24%) FTP
14 4 (0.24%) NGFW
14 4 (0.24%) SMTP
14 4 (0.24%) Wireless
15 3 (0.18%) VLAN
15 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (11.55%) Power BI
2 53 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.19%) Tableau
3 29 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.38%) Looker
4 23 (1.38%) Power Query
5 21 (1.26%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.72%) MySQL
10 9 (0.54%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.54%) Metadata
10 9 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.48%) Db2
12 6 (0.36%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 87 (5.23%) JIRA
2 19 (1.14%) Git
3 9 (0.54%) Selenium
4 7 (0.42%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.060%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.060%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.060%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.060%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.060%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.060%) Toad
9 1 (0.060%) WebDriver
General
1 569 (34.24%) Social Skills
2 451 (27.14%) Analytical Skills
3 405 (24.37%) Finance
4 143 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 107 (6.44%) Law
7 88 (5.29%) Retail
8 78 (4.69%) Legal
9 65 (3.91%) Banking
10 55 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.89%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.71%) Marketing
13 32 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.81%) French Language
15 23 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.08%) Front Office
18 17 (1.02%) Aviation
18 17 (1.02%) Games
19 16 (0.96%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.68%) .NET
2 25 (1.50%) XML
3 24 (1.44%) HTML
4 20 (1.20%) CSS
5 17 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.78%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.72%) Web Services
8 11 (0.66%) EDI
8 11 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
9 10 (0.60%) Gherkin
10 9 (0.54%) JSON
11 7 (0.42%) Middleware
11 7 (0.42%) Playwright
12 6 (0.36%) SOAP
13 5 (0.30%) HTML5
13 5 (0.30%) jQuery
14 4 (0.24%) LDAP
14 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
15 3 (0.18%) REST
16 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.26%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 52 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 38 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 34 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
8 33 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (0.96%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.90%) Housing Association
12 13 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 13 (0.78%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.78%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.72%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.72%) Derivative
13 12 (0.72%) Operational Technology
13 12 (0.72%) Podcast
13 12 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 159 (9.57%) Windows
2 61 (3.67%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.50%) Linux
4 22 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.78%) Android
6 12 (0.72%) VMS
7 10 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
2 293 (17.63%) Agile
3 221 (13.30%) Decision-Making
4 216 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 214 (12.88%) Business Analysis
6 213 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
7 193 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
7 193 (11.61%) ITIL
8 191 (11.49%) Analytics
9 183 (11.01%) Customer Service
10 161 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 157 (9.45%) Process Improvement
12 140 (8.42%) Mentoring
13 138 (8.30%) User Stories
14 137 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 129 (7.76%) ITSM
16 117 (7.04%) AI
17 115 (6.92%) Actionable Insight
18 113 (6.80%) Data Analysis
19 112 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 355 (21.36%) SQL
2 95 (5.72%) Python
3 62 (3.73%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.17%) C#
5 20 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.14%) Java
7 18 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.08%) T-SQL
8 17 (1.02%) VBA
9 13 (0.78%) Bash
10 12 (0.72%) Bicep
11 11 (0.66%) C++
11 11 (0.66%) R
12 8 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.24%) Delphi
13 4 (0.24%) Pascal
13 4 (0.24%) PHP
13 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 290 (17.45%) Degree
2 109 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.44%) AWS Certification
4 100 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.63%) MCSE
7 50 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.71%) ACCA
9 41 (2.47%) CIMA
10 29 (1.74%) CISSP
11 24 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.26%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.20%) CISM
15 19 (1.14%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
17 16 (0.96%) AAT
18 12 (0.72%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.54%) CISA
20 8 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.84%) QA
2 76 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 66 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (3.07%) GDPR
5 42 (2.53%) NIST
6 30 (1.81%) SLA
7 22 (1.32%) GRC
8 21 (1.26%) PMO
9 20 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.96%) FINREP
11 14 (0.84%) COREP
12 12 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.72%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.66%) IFRS
14 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.48%) NCSC
16 7 (0.42%) EMIR
16 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.36%) GAAP
System Software
1 125 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.78%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.060%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.08%) SCCM
3 13 (0.78%) Terraform
4 8 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.060%) Autotask
9 1 (0.060%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.060%) Nessus
9 1 (0.060%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.060%) Nmap
9 1 (0.060%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.060%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 392 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.36%) ServiceNow
3 42 (2.53%) Oracle
4 41 (2.47%) SAP
5 40 (2.41%) Google
6 35 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.74%) Adobe
8 27 (1.62%) Apple
9 26 (1.56%) VMware
10 21 (1.26%) Cisco
11 19 (1.14%) iManage
12 17 (1.02%) Citrix
13 16 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.96%) Qualys
14 14 (0.84%) Aruba
15 12 (0.72%) Intapp
15 12 (0.72%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.60%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.54%) Sage
17 9 (0.54%) SunGard