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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,415 1,420 3,217
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.30% 10.61% 10.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.84% 11.22% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 925 972 2,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.89% -4.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -3.23%

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 16,000 12,651 28,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 94.57% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,871 8,886 24,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 21 March 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 21 March 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.

1 364 (25.72%) Microsoft
2 304 (21.48%) Degree
3 291 (20.57%) SQL
4 255 (18.02%) Agile
5 234 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (15.97%) Microsoft 365
7 224 (15.83%) Customer Service
8 219 (15.48%) ITIL
9 203 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
10 200 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 199 (14.06%) Power Platform
12 191 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
13 184 (13.00%) Decision-Making
13 184 (13.00%) Power BI
14 161 (11.38%) ITSM
14 161 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
15 149 (10.53%) QA
16 143 (10.11%) ServiceNow
17 142 (10.04%) Azure
18 141 (9.96%) Security Cleared
19 140 (9.89%) AWS
20 130 (9.19%) Windows
21 129 (9.12%) Microsoft Certification
22 126 (8.90%) Data Analysis
23 124 (8.76%) Business Analysis
24 123 (8.69%) Analytics
24 123 (8.69%) AWS Certification
25 117 (8.27%) Process Improvement
26 115 (8.13%) ERP
27 108 (7.63%) Performance Metrics

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 53 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.54%) Confluence
3 35 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 5 (0.35%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 191 (13.50%) Microsoft Office
2 161 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
1 20 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
1 20 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
1 20 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
1 20 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 10 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
4 10 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.71%) Shopify
5 9 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.64%) Magento
6 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.21%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 226 (15.97%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (14.06%) Power Platform
3 142 (10.04%) Azure
4 140 (9.89%) AWS
5 72 (5.09%) Dynamics 365
6 52 (3.67%) SaaS
7 41 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (1.77%) GCP
9 22 (1.55%) Google Analytics
10 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (0.92%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.64%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.49%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.49%) PaaS
14 5 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
14 5 (0.35%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.05%) Firewall
2 26 (1.84%) VPN
3 21 (1.48%) DNS
4 19 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.20%) DHCP
7 15 (1.06%) Network Security
8 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.57%) VoIP
9 8 (0.57%) WAN
10 5 (0.35%) Broadband
10 5 (0.35%) LAN
10 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.28%) Wireless
11 4 (0.28%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.21%) SCCP
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
13 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (13.00%) Power BI
2 66 (4.66%) Tableau
3 61 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (1.63%) Power Query
6 22 (1.55%) Looker
7 17 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.06%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.85%) Metadata
12 11 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.78%) MySQL
12 11 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 10 (0.71%) Essbase
14 8 (0.57%) DB2
14 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (0.49%) PowerPivot
16 6 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
16 6 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 96 (6.78%) JIRA
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (1.27%) Selenium
4 16 (1.13%) Postman
5 15 (1.06%) SoapUI
6 14 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (0.85%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Git
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.071%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.071%) Gatling
11 1 (0.071%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.071%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.071%) TestRail
11 1 (0.071%) Zephyr
General
1 606 (42.83%) Social Skills
2 389 (27.49%) Finance
3 345 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.21%) French Language
5 86 (6.08%) Legal
6 85 (6.01%) Retail
7 83 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 67 (4.73%) Banking
9 64 (4.52%) Swedish Language
10 55 (3.89%) Public Sector
11 54 (3.82%) Marketing
12 53 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (3.60%) Law
14 28 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
16 22 (1.55%) Local Government
17 21 (1.48%) Advertising
17 21 (1.48%) Manufacturing
18 19 (1.34%) Automotive
18 19 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.33%) .NET
2 24 (1.70%) SOAP
3 17 (1.20%) HTML
4 15 (1.06%) Middleware
5 13 (0.92%) EDI
5 13 (0.92%) JSON
5 13 (0.92%) XML
6 12 (0.85%) REST
7 10 (0.71%) Flash
8 5 (0.35%) Playwright
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) XSLT
11 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.14%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 84 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 44 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.55%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.55%) NHS
9 20 (1.41%) FMCG
9 20 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (1.41%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 14 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 11 (0.78%) Social Media
13 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 130 (9.19%) Windows
2 35 (2.47%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.91%) Android
6 21 (1.48%) Linux
7 16 (1.13%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
9 1 (0.071%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) VMS
9 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (18.02%) Agile
2 234 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (15.83%) Customer Service
4 219 (15.48%) ITIL
5 203 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
6 200 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 184 (13.00%) Decision-Making
8 161 (11.38%) ITSM
9 126 (8.90%) Data Analysis
10 124 (8.76%) Business Analysis
11 123 (8.69%) Analytics
12 117 (8.27%) Process Improvement
13 115 (8.13%) ERP
14 108 (7.63%) Performance Metrics
15 102 (7.21%) User Stories
16 101 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
17 100 (7.07%) Mentoring
18 86 (6.08%) Stakeholder Management
19 85 (6.01%) Project Management
20 83 (5.87%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 291 (20.57%) SQL
2 77 (5.44%) Python
3 43 (3.04%) C#
4 29 (2.05%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.48%) Java
5 21 (1.48%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (0.85%) VBA
8 10 (0.71%) Groovy
9 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) R
10 7 (0.49%) C++
11 5 (0.35%) ABAP
11 5 (0.35%) C
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
11 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.28%) Delphi
12 4 (0.28%) Pascal
12 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 304 (21.48%) Degree
2 141 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 129 (9.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 123 (8.69%) AWS Certification
5 106 (7.49%) MCSE
6 79 (5.58%) ACCA
6 79 (5.58%) CIMA
7 74 (5.23%) SC Cleared
8 46 (3.25%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.40%) CISSP
10 30 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.98%) AAT
12 25 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.41%) PMI Certification
14 19 (1.34%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.99%) IIBA
16 12 (0.85%) CISA
16 12 (0.85%) CISM
16 12 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (10.53%) QA
2 53 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 52 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (2.54%) NIST
5 23 (1.63%) GDPR
6 21 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.34%) SLA
8 18 (1.27%) GRC
8 18 (1.27%) PMO
9 13 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.57%) COREP
11 8 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) Basel II
12 6 (0.42%) EMIR
13 5 (0.35%) FINREP
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) MiFID
15 3 (0.21%) COBIT
System Software
1 79 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.06%) Hyper-V
2 15 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Docker
5 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 32 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.27%) SCCM
3 5 (0.35%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) QRadar
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.071%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.071%) Control-M
7 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 364 (25.72%) Microsoft
2 143 (10.11%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.60%) Oracle
4 40 (2.83%) SAP
5 37 (2.61%) Google
6 34 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.77%) Adobe
8 20 (1.41%) Apple
9 15 (1.06%) VMware
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 10 (0.71%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.57%) Citrix
14 7 (0.49%) Blue Prism
14 7 (0.49%) Databricks
15 6 (0.42%) iManage
16 5 (0.35%) Alteryx
16 5 (0.35%) Cisco