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 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,431 1,631 3,149
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.82% 10.41% 11.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.41% 10.87% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 909 952 2,384
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,442 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,754 £46,799
Median % change year-on-year -7.70% +4.18% -2.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,125 £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 15,206 15,008 26,623
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.76% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,150 9,115 22,224
10th Percentile £30,780 £35,750 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,020 £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 £80,000 £81,250 £75,781
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 14 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 14 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.

1 402 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 334 (23.34%) SQL
3 319 (22.29%) Degree
4 266 (18.59%) Agile
5 263 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
6 257 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
7 252 (17.61%) Customer Service
8 251 (17.54%) ITIL
9 229 (16.00%) Power Platform
10 217 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
10 217 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
11 212 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 202 (14.12%) Power BI
13 188 (13.14%) Decision-Making
14 184 (12.86%) ITSM
15 174 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
16 166 (11.60%) AWS
17 164 (11.46%) QA
18 160 (11.18%) Azure
19 155 (10.83%) ServiceNow
20 147 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
21 141 (9.85%) AWS Certification
22 136 (9.50%) Security Cleared
23 134 (9.36%) Analytics
24 133 (9.29%) Data Analysis
25 130 (9.08%) Windows
26 127 (8.87%) Performance Metrics
27 124 (8.67%) ERP
27 124 (8.67%) MCSE
28 119 (8.32%) 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 (3.98%) Confluence
2 55 (3.84%) 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
1 217 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
2 174 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.91%) Oracle Smart View
5 13 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.21%) Trello
8 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 9 (0.63%) Shopify
8 8 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.56%) 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
1 257 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
2 229 (16.00%) Power Platform
3 166 (11.60%) AWS
4 160 (11.18%) Azure
5 68 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.49%) 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 9 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.63%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.56%) PaaS
17 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.59%) Firewall
2 25 (1.75%) 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
7 11 (0.77%) Wireless
8 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.49%) Network Security
9 7 (0.49%) VoIP
10 5 (0.35%) Broadband
11 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.21%) SCCP
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
14 1 (0.070%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (14.12%) Power BI
2 73 (5.10%) Tableau
3 56 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.47%) Looker
7 17 (1.19%) BigQuery
7 17 (1.19%) Power Query
7 17 (1.19%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 15 (1.05%) MySQL
10 13 (0.91%) Essbase
11 12 (0.84%) Metadata
11 12 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.28%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 113 (7.90%) 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
1 682 (47.66%) Social Skills
2 432 (30.19%) Finance
3 366 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (8.32%) French Language
5 95 (6.64%) Swedish Language
6 84 (5.87%) Legal
6 84 (5.87%) Retail
7 80 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 77 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
9 69 (4.82%) Marketing
10 56 (3.91%) Public Sector
11 54 (3.77%) Banking
12 44 (3.07%) Law
13 29 (2.03%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.82%) Advertising
16 25 (1.75%) Local Government
17 23 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
18 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
19 18 (1.26%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.96%) .NET
1 28 (1.96%) SOAP
2 26 (1.82%) HTML
3 16 (1.12%) JSON
4 15 (1.05%) REST
5 14 (0.98%) Middleware
6 12 (0.84%) XML
7 11 (0.77%) EDI
7 11 (0.77%) Flash
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.21%) FHIR
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Playwright
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) Web Services
11 2 (0.14%) CSS
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) SLSA
11 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.20%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 60 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.47%) Credit Risk
8 21 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.33%) NHS
11 18 (1.26%) FMCG
12 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
14 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
17 10 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 130 (9.08%) Windows
2 31 (2.17%) 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
1 266 (18.59%) Agile
2 263 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
3 252 (17.61%) Customer Service
4 251 (17.54%) ITIL
5 217 (15.16%) Business Intelligence
6 212 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 188 (13.14%) Decision-Making
8 184 (12.86%) ITSM
9 134 (9.36%) Analytics
10 133 (9.29%) Data Analysis
11 127 (8.87%) Performance Metrics
12 124 (8.67%) ERP
13 119 (8.32%) Process Improvement
14 111 (7.76%) Business Analysis
15 99 (6.92%) User Stories
16 98 (6.85%) Mentoring
17 95 (6.64%) Asset Management
17 95 (6.64%) User Acceptance Testing
18 94 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
19 93 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 334 (23.34%) SQL
2 102 (7.13%) Python
3 42 (2.94%) C#
4 29 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.61%) Java
6 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.98%) VBA
9 13 (0.91%) Groovy
10 12 (0.84%) 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
1 319 (22.29%) Degree
2 147 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 141 (9.85%) AWS Certification
4 136 (9.50%) Security Cleared
5 124 (8.67%) MCSE
6 77 (5.38%) ACCA
6 77 (5.38%) CIMA
7 69 (4.82%) SC Cleared
8 49 (3.42%) 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
15 15 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (0.98%) CISA
16 14 (0.98%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (11.46%) QA
2 57 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (3.35%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.94%) NIST
5 30 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.54%) GDPR
7 21 (1.47%) SLA
8 20 (1.40%) GRC
8 20 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.26%) PMO
10 14 (0.98%) 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 91 (6.36%) 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 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (1.68%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) QRadar
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.14%) Nessus
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%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 402 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 155 (10.83%) ServiceNow
3 60 (4.19%) Oracle
4 39 (2.73%) SAP
5 35 (2.45%) Google
5 35 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.75%) Adobe
7 21 (1.47%) Apple
8 19 (1.33%) VMware
9 16 (1.12%) Blue Prism
10 13 (0.91%) Hyperion
10 13 (0.91%) Northgate
11 11 (0.77%) Cisco
11 11 (0.77%) Meraki
12 10 (0.70%) ConnectWise
13 9 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.56%) Citrix
14 8 (0.56%) Databricks
14 8 (0.56%) WooCommerce
15 6 (0.42%) Tenable