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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,725 1,373 2,796
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.45% 8.30% 11.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.92% 8.97% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 1,059 1,403
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +3.33% -8.16%
75th Percentile £59,625 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,033 £78,950 £79,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 21,783 15,299 23,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.44% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,533 9,306 16,913
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,040
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 25 August 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 25 August 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.

1 394 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 374 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
3 370 (21.45%) SQL
4 321 (18.61%) Agile
5 286 (16.58%) Degree
6 247 (14.32%) Decision-Making
7 238 (13.80%) Business Analysis
8 233 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 225 (13.04%) Analytics
10 207 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
11 206 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
12 199 (11.54%) ITIL
13 195 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 193 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
15 192 (11.13%) Power Platform
16 186 (10.78%) Customer Service
17 185 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
18 183 (10.61%) Power BI
19 177 (10.26%) Azure
20 169 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
21 159 (9.22%) Process Improvement
22 158 (9.16%) Windows
23 155 (8.99%) User Stories
24 144 (8.35%) QA
25 139 (8.06%) AI
26 133 (7.71%) Mentoring
27 132 (7.65%) ITSM
28 131 (7.59%) Requirements Gathering
29 130 (7.54%) AWS
29 130 (7.54%) Project Delivery

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 68 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
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
Applications
1 169 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.23%) JDE World
8 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 207 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 192 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 177 (10.26%) Azure
4 130 (7.54%) AWS
5 76 (4.41%) Entra ID
6 58 (3.36%) SaaS
7 52 (3.01%) GCP
8 39 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
16 12 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
16 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) VPN
3 38 (2.20%) DNS
4 31 (1.80%) DHCP
5 30 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.57%) Network Security
7 26 (1.51%) Broadband
8 22 (1.28%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.10%) LAN
10 17 (0.99%) WAN
11 12 (0.70%) 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%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (10.61%) Power BI
2 50 (2.90%) Tableau
3 46 (2.67%) 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 19 (1.10%) Power Query
8 17 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.93%) Metadata
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.41%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
16 5 (0.29%) Db2
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (5.86%) 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%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) Toad
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 593 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 503 (29.16%) Analytical Skills
3 434 (25.16%) Finance
4 164 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 133 (7.71%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.54%) Law
7 96 (5.57%) Retail
8 86 (4.99%) Legal
9 68 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (3.36%) Banking
11 48 (2.78%) Marketing
11 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
12 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.16%) French Language
16 19 (1.10%) Advertising
16 19 (1.10%) Front Office
17 17 (0.99%) Aviation
18 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) XML
3 20 (1.16%) .NET
3 20 (1.16%) CSS
3 20 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.75%) Terraform
5 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
5 12 (0.70%) Web Services
6 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
7 8 (0.46%) EDI
8 5 (0.29%) HTML5
8 5 (0.29%) jQuery
8 5 (0.29%) Playwright
9 4 (0.23%) JSON
9 4 (0.23%) LDAP
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.23%) Middleware
10 3 (0.17%) PySpark
10 3 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 46 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 33 (1.91%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Blog
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
15 11 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 158 (9.16%) Windows
2 63 (3.65%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.39%) Linux
4 14 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (18.61%) Agile
3 247 (14.32%) Decision-Making
4 238 (13.80%) Business Analysis
5 233 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 225 (13.04%) Analytics
7 206 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
8 199 (11.54%) ITIL
9 195 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 193 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
11 186 (10.78%) Customer Service
12 185 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 159 (9.22%) Process Improvement
14 155 (8.99%) User Stories
15 139 (8.06%) AI
16 133 (7.71%) Mentoring
17 132 (7.65%) ITSM
18 131 (7.59%) Requirements Gathering
19 130 (7.54%) Project Delivery
20 127 (7.36%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 370 (21.45%) SQL
2 109 (6.32%) Python
3 57 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 34 (1.97%) C#
5 22 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.04%) Java
6 18 (1.04%) VBA
7 17 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.75%) Bash
9 12 (0.70%) Bicep
10 11 (0.64%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
14 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 286 (16.58%) Degree
2 124 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 108 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.68%) AWS Certification
5 91 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (3.94%) MCSE
7 54 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.09%) ACCA
9 32 (1.86%) CIMA
10 25 (1.45%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.16%) CISM
13 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.16%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.58%) AAT
14 10 (0.58%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.35%) QA
2 81 (4.70%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 56 (3.25%) GDPR
5 40 (2.32%) NIST
6 31 (1.80%) SLA
7 26 (1.51%) PMO
8 20 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.10%) GRC
10 15 (0.87%) FINREP
10 15 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.75%) COREP
13 10 (0.58%) IFRS
14 8 (0.46%) EMIR
14 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.41%) NCSC
16 6 (0.35%) MiFID
16 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.75%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 35 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 8 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 394 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 127 (7.36%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.67%) Google
3 46 (2.67%) Oracle
4 44 (2.55%) Salesforce
4 44 (2.55%) SAP
5 29 (1.68%) Adobe
5 29 (1.68%) VMware
6 28 (1.62%) Apple
7 21 (1.22%) Cisco
8 19 (1.10%) iManage
9 17 (0.99%) Citrix
10 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.93%) Qualys
11 14 (0.81%) Aruba
12 12 (0.70%) Aderant
12 12 (0.70%) Intapp
12 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (0.58%) FIS
14 9 (0.52%) IBM