Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,520 1,347 3,625
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 9.69% 11.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.93% 10.53% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 964 2,423
10th Percentile £30,450 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.17%

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 17,026 12,788 31,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.97% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,370 9,045 24,881
10th Percentile £32,875 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,399 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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.

1 320 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 295 (19.41%) SQL
3 265 (17.43%) Agile
4 262 (17.24%) Degree
5 215 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 194 (12.76%) Business Intelligence
7 193 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 187 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
9 182 (11.97%) Decision-Making
10 181 (11.91%) Power Platform
11 175 (11.51%) Power BI
12 172 (11.32%) ITIL
13 165 (10.86%) Customer Service
14 155 (10.20%) Business Analysis
15 152 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
15 152 (10.00%) Security Cleared
16 145 (9.54%) Azure
16 145 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
17 144 (9.47%) Process Improvement
18 143 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
19 135 (8.88%) ERP
20 133 (8.75%) ServiceNow
21 131 (8.62%) Mentoring
22 128 (8.42%) QA
23 124 (8.16%) Windows
24 119 (7.83%) Analytics
24 119 (7.83%) AWS
25 112 (7.37%) ITSM
26 107 (7.04%) User Stories
27 105 (6.91%) AWS Certification

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 47 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.78%) Confluence
4 11 (0.72%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 145 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 143 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.53%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Cloudability
1 19 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.66%) Shopify
8 9 (0.59%) Magento
9 8 (0.53%) Hyperion Planning
9 8 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
12 4 (0.26%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 187 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
2 181 (11.91%) Power Platform
3 145 (9.54%) Azure
4 119 (7.83%) AWS
5 73 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.16%) GCP
7 42 (2.76%) SaaS
8 38 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 29 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.05%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
13 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.33%) Miro
14 4 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.71%) Firewall
1 26 (1.71%) VPN
2 22 (1.45%) Network Security
3 21 (1.38%) Broadband
4 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.12%) DNS
6 13 (0.86%) DHCP
7 12 (0.79%) WAN
8 9 (0.59%) LAN
9 8 (0.53%) VoIP
10 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 4 (0.26%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (11.51%) Power BI
2 68 (4.47%) Tableau
3 48 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.51%) Looker
6 19 (1.25%) Power Query
7 17 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.79%) MySQL
11 11 (0.72%) Metadata
12 10 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.53%) DB2
13 8 (0.53%) Essbase
14 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (5.86%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 17 (1.12%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
4 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (0.92%) Selenium
6 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.39%) Git
8 3 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.066%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.066%) Gatling
10 1 (0.066%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.066%) Locust
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.066%) TestRail
10 1 (0.066%) Toad
10 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 505 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 393 (25.86%) Finance
3 348 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 86 (5.66%) Retail
7 77 (5.07%) Banking
8 74 (4.87%) Legal
9 65 (4.28%) Law
10 59 (3.88%) French Language
11 50 (3.29%) Marketing
12 46 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.51%) Aviation
14 22 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.32%) Advertising
17 19 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.18%) Publishing
19 17 (1.12%) Back Office
19 17 (1.12%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.04%) .NET
2 25 (1.64%) SOAP
3 19 (1.25%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 15 (0.99%) XML
6 14 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.86%) EDI
8 11 (0.72%) JSON
9 10 (0.66%) REST
10 5 (0.33%) Flash
11 4 (0.26%) CSS
12 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.20%) Playwright
12 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
12 3 (0.20%) Swagger
12 3 (0.20%) XSLT
13 2 (0.13%) Matplotlib
13 2 (0.13%) NumPy
13 2 (0.13%) Pandas
13 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 38 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 31 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.64%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.38%) FMCG
11 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
11 20 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.79%) Client/Server
15 12 (0.79%) Social Media
16 11 (0.72%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.16%) Windows
2 31 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 30 (1.97%) Android
3 30 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.45%) Linux
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (17.43%) Agile
2 215 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (12.76%) Business Intelligence
4 193 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 182 (11.97%) Decision-Making
6 172 (11.32%) ITIL
7 165 (10.86%) Customer Service
8 155 (10.20%) Business Analysis
9 152 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
10 144 (9.47%) Process Improvement
11 135 (8.88%) ERP
12 131 (8.62%) Mentoring
13 119 (7.83%) Analytics
14 112 (7.37%) ITSM
15 107 (7.04%) User Stories
16 104 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (6.25%) Coaching
18 93 (6.12%) Data Analysis
19 88 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
20 85 (5.59%) AI
Programming Languages
1 295 (19.41%) SQL
2 80 (5.26%) Python
3 38 (2.50%) C#
4 34 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.91%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.84%) Java
7 13 (0.86%) VBA
8 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (0.53%) Groovy
9 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.53%) R
10 6 (0.39%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.26%) Delphi
11 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.26%) Pascal
11 4 (0.26%) PHP
11 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.20%) C++
12 3 (0.20%) VC++
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 262 (17.24%) Degree
2 152 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 105 (6.91%) AWS Certification
4 89 (5.86%) SC Cleared
5 86 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 75 (4.93%) ACCA
7 74 (4.87%) CIMA
8 71 (4.67%) MCSE
9 42 (2.76%) DV Cleared
10 32 (2.11%) CISSP
11 30 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (1.97%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.25%) AAT
13 19 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
14 16 (1.05%) IIBA
15 15 (0.99%) CISA
16 14 (0.92%) CISM
16 14 (0.92%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.42%) QA
2 57 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.43%) NIST
5 30 (1.97%) GDPR
5 30 (1.97%) SLA
6 24 (1.58%) GRC
6 24 (1.58%) PMO
7 23 (1.51%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.99%) COREP
10 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.79%) FINREP
12 8 (0.53%) EMIR
13 7 (0.46%) NCSC
13 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.39%) Basel II
14 6 (0.39%) MiFID
15 4 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 75 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.39%) Docker
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 29 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.25%) SCCM
3 6 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) QRadar
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.066%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.066%) Control-M
7 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 320 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.75%) ServiceNow
3 56 (3.68%) Oracle
4 44 (2.89%) Adobe
5 42 (2.76%) Google
5 42 (2.76%) SAP
6 40 (2.63%) Apple
7 37 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.72%) Northgate
10 10 (0.66%) Citrix
10 10 (0.66%) VMware
11 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.53%) Hyperion
12 8 (0.53%) IBM
12 8 (0.53%) iManage
13 7 (0.46%) Aderant
14 6 (0.39%) Intapp
15 5 (0.33%) IFS