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 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,377 1,785 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.12% 10.84% 11.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.75% 11.28% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 897 985 1,765
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.16% -

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 14,130 15,831 20,332
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 96.12% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,175 9,564 16,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,781 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,325 £97,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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.

1 408 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 330 (23.97%) SQL
3 292 (21.21%) Degree
4 276 (20.04%) Agile
5 273 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
6 248 (18.01%) ITIL
7 246 (17.86%) Customer Service
8 240 (17.43%) Microsoft 365
9 210 (15.25%) Power Platform
10 206 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
11 199 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 192 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
13 176 (12.78%) Microsoft Excel
13 176 (12.78%) Power BI
14 167 (12.13%) Decision-Making
15 163 (11.84%) AWS
16 160 (11.62%) ITSM
17 158 (11.47%) Azure
18 154 (11.18%) QA
19 131 (9.51%) AWS Certification
19 131 (9.51%) ServiceNow
20 130 (9.44%) Microsoft Certification
21 129 (9.37%) Windows
22 125 (9.08%) Business Analysis
23 123 (8.93%) ERP
24 122 (8.86%) Data Analysis
24 122 (8.86%) Security Cleared
25 120 (8.71%) Analytics
26 116 (8.42%) Performance Metrics
27 112 (8.13%) JIRA

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 59 (4.28%) Confluence
2 36 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.94%) SAS
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.073%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 206 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
2 176 (12.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.02%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.18%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.18%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle General Ledger
3 21 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (1.02%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.87%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.44%) Shopify
9 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.36%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.36%) Magento
9 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.22%) Endur
11 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 240 (17.43%) Microsoft 365
2 210 (15.25%) Power Platform
3 163 (11.84%) AWS
4 158 (11.47%) Azure
5 70 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (2.98%) SaaS
8 32 (2.32%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
11 19 (1.38%) GCP
12 15 (1.09%) Google Analytics
13 13 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.65%) PaaS
17 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
18 7 (0.51%) GitHub
18 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
18 7 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.83%) Firewall
2 24 (1.74%) VPN
3 22 (1.60%) WAN
4 20 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (1.31%) LAN
6 16 (1.16%) DNS
6 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
7 14 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.94%) Wireless
9 12 (0.87%) DHCP
10 11 (0.80%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.65%) VoIP
12 8 (0.58%) Network Security
13 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.22%) Broadband
16 2 (0.15%) 4G
16 2 (0.15%) WebEx
17 1 (0.073%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (12.78%) Power BI
2 65 (4.72%) Tableau
3 51 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.31%) Looker
5 18 (1.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 17 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.16%) Power Query
8 15 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (1.02%) BigQuery
9 14 (1.02%) Essbase
9 14 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.87%) MySQL
11 10 (0.73%) Metadata
12 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 112 (8.13%) JIRA
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle Forms
3 27 (1.96%) Selenium
4 24 (1.74%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (1.53%) Postman
5 21 (1.53%) SoapUI
6 20 (1.45%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.51%) Git
8 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.22%) TestRail
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.15%) Gatling
10 2 (0.15%) JMeter
10 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.15%) Locust
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 663 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 453 (32.90%) Finance
3 341 (24.76%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.99%) French Language
5 95 (6.90%) Swedish Language
6 81 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (5.52%) Legal
7 76 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (5.37%) Retail
9 68 (4.94%) Marketing
10 50 (3.63%) Public Sector
11 42 (3.05%) Banking
11 42 (3.05%) Law
12 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.82%) Local Government
16 23 (1.67%) Advertising
17 21 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.31%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.18%) HTML
2 29 (2.11%) .NET
2 29 (2.11%) SOAP
3 15 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (1.02%) EDI
5 13 (0.94%) Flash
6 12 (0.87%) REST
7 9 (0.65%) JSON
8 7 (0.51%) Middleware
9 5 (0.36%) Pandas
10 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.29%) NumPy
10 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.29%) Web Services
10 4 (0.29%) XML
11 3 (0.22%) Altair
11 3 (0.22%) FHIR
11 3 (0.22%) Playwright
12 2 (0.15%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 81 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 76 (5.52%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 25 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (1.38%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.31%) Credit Risk
8 18 (1.31%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.31%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.16%) NHS
10 16 (1.16%) Reinsurance
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (0.94%) FMCG
12 12 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.37%) Windows
2 27 (1.96%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 21 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.31%) Android
6 17 (1.23%) Linux
6 17 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Solaris
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.073%) AIX
8 1 (0.073%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (20.04%) Agile
2 273 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (18.01%) ITIL
4 246 (17.86%) Customer Service
5 199 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 192 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (12.13%) Decision-Making
8 160 (11.62%) ITSM
9 125 (9.08%) Business Analysis
10 123 (8.93%) ERP
11 122 (8.86%) Data Analysis
12 120 (8.71%) Analytics
13 116 (8.42%) Performance Metrics
14 110 (7.99%) Process Improvement
15 97 (7.04%) Asset Management
16 95 (6.90%) AI
17 93 (6.75%) User Acceptance Testing
18 92 (6.68%) User Stories
19 88 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
20 87 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 330 (23.97%) SQL
2 98 (7.12%) Python
3 47 (3.41%) C#
4 26 (1.89%) Java
5 20 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.45%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.23%) VBA
7 14 (1.02%) Groovy
7 14 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.65%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.65%) R
9 8 (0.58%) ABAP
10 6 (0.44%) C++
11 4 (0.29%) Bicep
11 4 (0.29%) C
12 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.15%) VC++
14 1 (0.073%) Go
Qualifications
1 292 (21.21%) Degree
2 131 (9.51%) AWS Certification
3 130 (9.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 122 (8.86%) Security Cleared
5 111 (8.06%) MCSE
6 81 (5.88%) ACCA
7 79 (5.74%) CIMA
8 66 (4.79%) SC Cleared
9 38 (2.76%) DV Cleared
10 32 (2.32%) ISTQB
11 24 (1.74%) CISSP
11 24 (1.74%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 19 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.31%) AAT
15 17 (1.23%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (11.18%) QA
2 44 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.61%) NIST
4 34 (2.47%) Accessibility
5 33 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.82%) GDPR
6 25 (1.82%) SLA
7 16 (1.16%) PMO
8 15 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (1.02%) GRC
10 10 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.44%) Basel II
12 6 (0.44%) EMIR
12 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.36%) COBIT
14 4 (0.29%) MiFID
14 4 (0.29%) SEPA
15 3 (0.22%) COREP
System Software
1 90 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.09%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.15%) Docker
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.60%) SCCM
3 6 (0.44%) Terraform
4 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.36%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Nessus
6 2 (0.15%) SCOM
7 1 (0.073%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.073%) Ansible
7 1 (0.073%) Control-M
7 1 (0.073%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.073%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.073%) Grafana
7 1 (0.073%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.073%) Nmap
7 1 (0.073%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.073%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 408 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.51%) ServiceNow
3 73 (5.30%) Oracle
4 34 (2.47%) SAP
5 31 (2.25%) Google
6 27 (1.96%) Adobe
7 26 (1.89%) Apple
7 26 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.38%) Cisco
9 16 (1.16%) Blue Prism
9 16 (1.16%) VMware
10 14 (1.02%) Hyperion
10 14 (1.02%) Meraki
10 14 (1.02%) Northgate
11 12 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 11 (0.80%) Citrix
13 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.58%) Databricks
13 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds
14 7 (0.51%) Workday