Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,731 1,305 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 8.04% 11.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.70% 8.68% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,006 1,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £78,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.26%

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 22,484 15,034 22,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 92.67% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,944 9,087 14,798
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.93% -4.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 10 September 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 10 September 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.

1 401 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 398 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
3 372 (21.49%) SQL
4 316 (18.26%) Agile
5 288 (16.64%) Degree
6 253 (14.62%) Decision-Making
7 239 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 234 (13.52%) Business Analysis
9 226 (13.06%) Analytics
10 213 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
11 210 (12.13%) ITIL
12 208 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
13 198 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
14 197 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 195 (11.27%) Customer Service
16 194 (11.21%) Power Platform
17 192 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
18 185 (10.69%) Power BI
19 180 (10.40%) Azure
20 164 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
21 161 (9.30%) Process Improvement
22 159 (9.19%) Windows
23 151 (8.72%) AI
23 151 (8.72%) User Stories
24 139 (8.03%) QA
25 137 (7.91%) Mentoring
25 137 (7.91%) Project Delivery
26 133 (7.68%) Security Cleared
27 132 (7.63%) AWS
27 132 (7.63%) Requirements Gathering

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 73 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (2.08%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 164 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.39%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 213 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (11.21%) Power Platform
3 180 (10.40%) Azure
4 132 (7.63%) AWS
5 78 (4.51%) Entra ID
6 66 (3.81%) SaaS
7 54 (3.12%) GCP
8 37 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.96%) Google Analytics
10 26 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.98%) OneDrive
13 15 (0.87%) GitHub
13 15 (0.87%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.81%) IaaS
14 14 (0.81%) PaaS
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.66%) Firewall
2 45 (2.60%) VPN
3 43 (2.48%) DNS
4 36 (2.08%) DHCP
5 32 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.50%) Broadband
7 23 (1.33%) Network Security
8 22 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.10%) LAN
10 17 (0.98%) WAN
11 12 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (0.58%) Internet
13 8 (0.46%) HTTP
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) SSL
14 4 (0.23%) VLAN
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (10.69%) Power BI
2 50 (2.89%) Tableau
3 41 (2.37%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.68%) Looker
5 24 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (0.98%) Power Query
8 15 (0.87%) Metadata
8 15 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
10 9 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.40%) MySQL
13 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (5.89%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 606 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 515 (29.75%) Analytical Skills
3 427 (24.67%) Finance
4 163 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.63%) Law
7 102 (5.89%) Retail
8 87 (5.03%) Legal
9 72 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (3.00%) Banking
11 48 (2.77%) Marketing
11 48 (2.77%) Swedish Language
12 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.10%) Advertising
14 19 (1.10%) French Language
15 18 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.04%) Front Office
16 17 (0.98%) Aviation
17 16 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.44%) HTML
2 21 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.16%) XML
4 19 (1.10%) CSS
5 17 (0.98%) .NET
6 13 (0.75%) Terraform
7 12 (0.69%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.69%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.35%) EDI
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) NumPy
11 4 (0.23%) Pandas
11 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 93 (5.37%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 43 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 28 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.81%) Blog
14 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.75%) Derivative
14 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.69%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.69%) Podcast
15 12 (0.69%) Social Media
16 11 (0.64%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 159 (9.19%) Windows
2 64 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.33%) Linux
4 14 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.69%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
2 316 (18.26%) Agile
3 253 (14.62%) Decision-Making
4 239 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 234 (13.52%) Business Analysis
6 226 (13.06%) Analytics
7 210 (12.13%) ITIL
8 208 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
9 198 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
10 197 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 195 (11.27%) Customer Service
12 192 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 161 (9.30%) Process Improvement
14 151 (8.72%) AI
14 151 (8.72%) User Stories
15 137 (7.91%) Mentoring
15 137 (7.91%) Project Delivery
16 132 (7.63%) Requirements Gathering
17 131 (7.57%) ITSM
18 129 (7.45%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 372 (21.49%) SQL
2 113 (6.53%) Python
3 58 (3.35%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.73%) C#
5 25 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Java
7 17 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (0.98%) VBA
8 16 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 14 (0.81%) Bash
10 12 (0.69%) Bicep
11 10 (0.58%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.23%) VB
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.12%) Go
14 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 288 (16.64%) Degree
2 133 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 115 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 97 (5.60%) AWS Certification
5 87 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (3.81%) MCSE
7 60 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (1.91%) ACCA
9 29 (1.68%) CIMA
10 26 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.50%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.33%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.27%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.21%) CISM
15 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.52%) GIAC
17 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (8.03%) QA
2 84 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.47%) GDPR
3 60 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.31%) NIST
5 36 (2.08%) SLA
6 30 (1.73%) PMO
7 20 (1.16%) GRC
8 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 16 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.69%) FINREP
12 10 (0.58%) COREP
12 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.40%) EMIR
14 7 (0.40%) NCSC
15 6 (0.35%) MiFID
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 130 (7.51%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 5 (0.29%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.98%) SCCM
3 10 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.40%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 401 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 126 (7.28%) ServiceNow
3 47 (2.72%) Google
3 47 (2.72%) Salesforce
4 45 (2.60%) Oracle
5 44 (2.54%) SAP
6 31 (1.79%) VMware
7 29 (1.68%) Adobe
7 29 (1.68%) Apple
8 21 (1.21%) Cisco
9 17 (0.98%) Citrix
9 17 (0.98%) iManage
10 16 (0.92%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.92%) Qualys
11 14 (0.81%) Aruba
12 12 (0.69%) ScienceLogic
12 12 (0.69%) Workday
13 11 (0.64%) YouTube
14 10 (0.58%) Aderant
14 10 (0.58%) Intapp