Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,564 1,349 3,719
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.15% 9.09% 11.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.66% 9.88% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 987 2,397
10th Percentile £30,625 £26,400 £27,609
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £48,507 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +7.20% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -1.85%

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 18,056 13,657 32,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 91.98% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,245 8,414 25,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,433 £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 3 June 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 3 June 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.

1 333 (21.29%) SQL
2 329 (21.04%) Microsoft
3 295 (18.86%) Agile
4 272 (17.39%) Degree
5 256 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (12.72%) Decision-Making
7 195 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
8 190 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
9 189 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 184 (11.76%) Power Platform
11 180 (11.51%) Power BI
12 175 (11.19%) Business Analysis
13 166 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
14 161 (10.29%) ITIL
15 158 (10.10%) Customer Service
16 153 (9.78%) Process Improvement
17 149 (9.53%) Microsoft Excel
18 148 (9.46%) Analytics
19 146 (9.34%) Security Cleared
20 144 (9.21%) Azure
21 141 (9.02%) Mentoring
22 135 (8.63%) ServiceNow
23 128 (8.18%) QA
24 126 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
25 124 (7.93%) User Stories
26 123 (7.86%) Windows
27 121 (7.74%) AWS
27 121 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
28 114 (7.29%) ERP
29 111 (7.10%) 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 46 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.73%) Confluence
4 12 (0.77%) SAS
5 10 (0.64%) IIS
6 5 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 149 (9.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.26%) 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 15 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.70%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.45%) Magento
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.45%) Shopify
5 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 190 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
2 184 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 144 (9.21%) Azure
4 121 (7.74%) AWS
5 53 (3.39%) GCP
6 44 (2.81%) SaaS
7 40 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (2.49%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.11%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 15 (0.96%) OneDrive
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%) IaaS
14 6 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.17%) Firewall
1 34 (2.17%) VPN
2 28 (1.79%) Network Security
3 25 (1.60%) Broadband
4 20 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.02%) DNS
6 11 (0.70%) DHCP
7 10 (0.64%) LAN
8 9 (0.58%) WAN
9 8 (0.51%) VoIP
9 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.38%) Internet
11 5 (0.32%) SSL
12 4 (0.26%) 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%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.51%) Power BI
2 62 (3.96%) Tableau
3 50 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.41%) BigQuery
5 22 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.34%) Looker
7 20 (1.28%) Power Query
8 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.90%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.70%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.51%) DB2
13 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 100 (6.39%) JIRA
2 16 (1.02%) Postman
3 14 (0.90%) SoapUI
4 13 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (0.77%) Selenium
6 10 (0.64%) WebDriver
7 9 (0.58%) 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
1 497 (31.78%) Social Skills
2 390 (24.94%) Finance
3 377 (24.10%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.12%) Legal
6 80 (5.12%) Retail
7 77 (4.92%) Law
8 64 (4.09%) Banking
9 50 (3.20%) French Language
9 50 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (2.69%) Marketing
11 23 (1.47%) Aviation
12 22 (1.41%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.34%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.02%) Games
15 16 (1.02%) Publishing
15 16 (1.02%) Swedish Language
16 15 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.98%) .NET
2 24 (1.53%) HTML
3 20 (1.28%) SOAP
4 18 (1.15%) XML
5 13 (0.83%) Middleware
5 13 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 12 (0.77%) CSS
7 11 (0.70%) JSON
8 9 (0.58%) EDI
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
9 8 (0.51%) REST
10 5 (0.32%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.32%) HTML5
10 5 (0.32%) jQuery
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
11 4 (0.26%) Web Services
12 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.19%) Playwright
12 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.65%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.73%) Onboarding
3 61 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.75%) Data Structures
5 38 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.11%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
8 27 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 20 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (1.28%) Public Cloud
10 19 (1.21%) FMCG
11 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.90%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.90%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.83%) Credit Risk
13 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.77%) Social Media
15 9 (0.58%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.58%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 123 (7.86%) Windows
2 29 (1.85%) Windows 10
3 26 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.53%) Android
5 20 (1.28%) Linux
6 18 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (18.86%) Agile
2 256 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
3 199 (12.72%) Decision-Making
4 195 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
5 189 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 175 (11.19%) Business Analysis
7 166 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
8 161 (10.29%) ITIL
9 158 (10.10%) Customer Service
10 153 (9.78%) Process Improvement
11 148 (9.46%) Analytics
12 141 (9.02%) Mentoring
13 124 (7.93%) User Stories
14 121 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 114 (7.29%) ERP
16 111 (7.10%) ITSM
17 109 (6.97%) Data Analysis
18 103 (6.59%) Actionable Insight
19 98 (6.27%) AI
20 97 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 333 (21.29%) SQL
2 96 (6.14%) Python
3 41 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.11%) C#
5 28 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 27 (1.73%) Java
7 14 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 9 (0.58%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.58%) VBA
11 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Groovy
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
13 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 272 (17.39%) Degree
2 146 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.03%) AWS Certification
4 89 (5.69%) SC Cleared
5 83 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (4.41%) MCSE
7 50 (3.20%) ACCA
8 49 (3.13%) CIMA
9 40 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (2.37%) DV Cleared
11 33 (2.11%) DBS Check
12 30 (1.92%) CISSP
13 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (1.09%) CISM
15 17 (1.09%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.02%) AAT
17 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.96%) IIBA
18 13 (0.83%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.18%) QA
2 64 (4.09%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (2.49%) NIST
5 36 (2.30%) GDPR
6 27 (1.73%) SLA
7 25 (1.60%) GRC
8 21 (1.34%) PMO
9 20 (1.28%) Accessibility
10 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.90%) COREP
11 14 (0.90%) FINREP
12 13 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.45%) EMIR
15 7 (0.45%) NCSC
16 6 (0.38%) MiFID
16 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 86 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.51%) Docker
2 8 (0.51%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.32%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.26%) QRadar
6 3 (0.19%) Ansible
6 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 1 (0.064%) Autotask
8 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.064%) Kibana
Vendors
1 329 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.63%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.26%) Adobe
4 48 (3.07%) Oracle
5 47 (3.01%) Apple
6 43 (2.75%) SAP
7 42 (2.69%) Google
8 36 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.96%) iManage
10 14 (0.90%) Citrix
11 11 (0.70%) Northgate
12 10 (0.64%) ConnectWise
12 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
13 9 (0.58%) Cisco
13 9 (0.58%) IBM
13 9 (0.58%) Intapp
14 7 (0.45%) Aderant
14 7 (0.45%) VMware
14 7 (0.45%) WooCommerce
15 5 (0.32%) Databricks