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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,600 1,402 3,500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.54% 8.51% 10.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.02% 9.22% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 1,069 2,183
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £75,666
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 19,942 15,207 31,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.34% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 14,507 9,447 24,016
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 10 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 10 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.

1 370 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 343 (21.44%) SQL
3 310 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (18.13%) Agile
5 288 (18.00%) Degree
6 225 (14.06%) Decision-Making
7 221 (13.81%) Microsoft 365
8 217 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 207 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
10 203 (12.69%) Power Platform
11 194 (12.13%) Power BI
12 192 (12.00%) Business Analysis
13 180 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
13 180 (11.25%) ITIL
14 174 (10.88%) Customer Service
15 173 (10.81%) Analytics
16 168 (10.50%) Azure
17 161 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
18 150 (9.38%) Process Improvement
18 150 (9.38%) Windows
19 149 (9.31%) QA
20 144 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
20 144 (9.00%) ServiceNow
21 143 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 139 (8.69%) Mentoring
23 127 (7.94%) User Stories
24 126 (7.88%) ITSM
25 121 (7.56%) Active Directory
26 118 (7.38%) AWS
27 115 (7.19%) Actionable Insight

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 69 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.06%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) IIS
5 8 (0.50%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) CMS
7 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 161 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.50%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.56%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 221 (13.81%) Microsoft 365
2 203 (12.69%) Power Platform
3 168 (10.50%) Azure
4 118 (7.38%) AWS
5 61 (3.81%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.31%) SaaS
7 51 (3.19%) GCP
8 33 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.88%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.13%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.00%) IaaS
13 16 (1.00%) PaaS
13 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.88%) Serverless
15 13 (0.81%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.81%) GitHub
16 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.38%) VPN
2 49 (3.06%) Firewall
3 36 (2.25%) DNS
4 29 (1.81%) DHCP
4 29 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 29 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (1.75%) Broadband
5 28 (1.75%) Network Security
6 16 (1.00%) LAN
7 15 (0.94%) WAN
8 10 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (0.63%) Internet
9 5 (0.31%) HTTP
9 5 (0.31%) SSL
10 4 (0.25%) FTP
10 4 (0.25%) NGFW
10 4 (0.25%) SMTP
10 4 (0.25%) VoIP
11 3 (0.19%) VLAN
11 3 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (12.13%) Power BI
2 54 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 51 (3.19%) Tableau
4 29 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.50%) Power Query
6 22 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.31%) BigQuery
8 20 (1.25%) Looker
9 19 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.88%) MySQL
12 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.56%) Metadata
14 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.50%) Db2
15 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.31%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 91 (5.69%) JIRA
2 19 (1.19%) Git
3 8 (0.50%) Selenium
4 7 (0.44%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.063%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.063%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.063%) TestNG
9 1 (0.063%) Toad
9 1 (0.063%) WebDriver
General
1 554 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 424 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
3 387 (24.19%) Finance
4 134 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.13%) Public Sector
6 93 (5.81%) Law
7 87 (5.44%) Retail
8 71 (4.44%) Legal
9 65 (4.06%) Banking
10 51 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.81%) Marketing
12 40 (2.50%) Swedish Language
13 35 (2.19%) French Language
14 30 (1.88%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.25%) Games
15 20 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.19%) Aviation
16 19 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.13%) Advertising
17 18 (1.13%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.69%) .NET
2 25 (1.56%) XML
3 20 (1.25%) HTML
4 18 (1.13%) CSS
4 18 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.69%) .NET Framework
5 11 (0.69%) JSON
5 11 (0.69%) Middleware
6 10 (0.63%) EDI
6 10 (0.63%) Gherkin
6 10 (0.63%) Web Services
7 8 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.44%) SOAP
9 6 (0.38%) Playwright
10 5 (0.31%) HTML5
10 5 (0.31%) jQuery
11 4 (0.25%) LDAP
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.25%) REST
11 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.19%) Security Posture
5 45 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.63%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.00%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.94%) FMCG
13 14 (0.88%) Social Media
14 13 (0.81%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.81%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
15 12 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.75%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 150 (9.38%) Windows
2 48 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.81%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.50%) Linux
5 15 (0.94%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (18.13%) Agile
3 225 (14.06%) Decision-Making
4 217 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 207 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
6 192 (12.00%) Business Analysis
7 180 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
7 180 (11.25%) ITIL
8 174 (10.88%) Customer Service
9 173 (10.81%) Analytics
10 150 (9.38%) Process Improvement
11 143 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 139 (8.69%) Mentoring
13 127 (7.94%) User Stories
14 126 (7.88%) ITSM
15 115 (7.19%) Actionable Insight
15 115 (7.19%) ERP
15 115 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 104 (6.50%) AI
16 104 (6.50%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 343 (21.44%) SQL
2 95 (5.94%) Python
3 58 (3.63%) PowerShell
4 32 (2.00%) C#
5 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 19 (1.19%) Java
8 17 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.00%) JavaScript
10 15 (0.94%) VBA
11 12 (0.75%) Bash
11 12 (0.75%) Bicep
12 10 (0.63%) R
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.38%) C++
15 4 (0.25%) Delphi
15 4 (0.25%) Pascal
15 4 (0.25%) PHP
15 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 288 (18.00%) Degree
2 103 (6.44%) AWS Certification
2 103 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 80 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 78 (4.88%) MCSE
6 49 (3.06%) ACCA
7 46 (2.88%) CIMA
7 46 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.06%) CISSP
9 26 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.31%) CISM
13 19 (1.19%) AAT
13 19 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (1.00%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.69%) CISA
16 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (9.31%) QA
2 73 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.75%) GDPR
4 44 (2.75%) NIST
5 32 (2.00%) SLA
6 24 (1.50%) GRC
7 23 (1.44%) PMO
8 21 (1.31%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.88%) COREP
9 14 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.88%) FINREP
10 12 (0.75%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.63%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.63%) IFRS
13 8 (0.50%) EMIR
13 8 (0.50%) MiFID
14 7 (0.44%) NCSC
14 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 121 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 6 (0.38%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.31%) SCCM
3 13 (0.81%) Terraform
4 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.31%) QRadar
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.063%) Ansible
9 1 (0.063%) Autotask
9 1 (0.063%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.063%) Grafana
9 1 (0.063%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.063%) Nessus
9 1 (0.063%) Nmap
9 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 370 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 144 (9.00%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.75%) Oracle
4 43 (2.69%) SAP
5 39 (2.44%) Google
6 33 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.81%) Adobe
8 27 (1.69%) Apple
9 23 (1.44%) VMware
10 19 (1.19%) Cisco
10 19 (1.19%) Citrix
11 18 (1.13%) iManage
12 14 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.88%) Qualys
13 12 (0.75%) Aruba
13 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.69%) Intapp
15 10 (0.63%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.56%) IBM
16 9 (0.56%) Sage