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 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 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 1,414 1,483 3,190
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.44% 10.71% 10.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.00% 11.30% 11.13%
Number of salaries quoted 918 968 2,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.65% -4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.37% +7.78% -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 15,714 13,119 28,666
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 94.78% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,613 8,875 23,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £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 £80,500 £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 13 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 13 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.

1 375 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 312 (22.07%) Degree
3 297 (21.00%) SQL
4 256 (18.10%) Agile
5 241 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (16.34%) Microsoft 365
7 227 (16.05%) ITIL
8 225 (15.91%) Customer Service
9 209 (14.78%) Power Platform
10 206 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
11 199 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 196 (13.86%) Microsoft Office
13 190 (13.44%) Decision-Making
13 190 (13.44%) Power BI
14 165 (11.67%) ITSM
15 164 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
16 150 (10.61%) QA
17 146 (10.33%) Azure
18 145 (10.25%) ServiceNow
19 143 (10.11%) AWS
20 141 (9.97%) Security Cleared
21 135 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
22 132 (9.34%) Data Analysis
23 127 (8.98%) Analytics
24 126 (8.91%) AWS Certification
24 126 (8.91%) Windows
25 121 (8.56%) Business Analysis
26 118 (8.35%) ERP
26 118 (8.35%) Process Improvement
27 111 (7.85%) 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 39 (2.76%) Confluence
3 35 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.50%) CMS
6 4 (0.28%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 196 (13.86%) Microsoft Office
2 164 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 8 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
3 13 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 11 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
5 10 (0.71%) Shopify
6 9 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.64%) Magento
7 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 231 (16.34%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (14.78%) Power Platform
3 146 (10.33%) Azure
4 143 (10.11%) AWS
5 72 (5.09%) Dynamics 365
6 51 (3.61%) SaaS
7 43 (3.04%) Entra ID
8 27 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.77%) GCP
10 21 (1.49%) Google Analytics
11 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (0.92%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.85%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.78%) OneDrive
14 10 (0.71%) PaaS
15 7 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.50%) IaaS
16 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.33%) Firewall
2 27 (1.91%) VPN
3 23 (1.63%) DNS
4 19 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.20%) DHCP
5 17 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.99%) Network Security
7 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) VoIP
8 8 (0.57%) WAN
9 5 (0.35%) Broadband
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
9 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.28%) Wireless
10 4 (0.28%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 2 (0.14%) 4G
12 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (13.44%) Power BI
2 70 (4.95%) Tableau
3 60 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.56%) Power Query
6 21 (1.49%) Looker
7 17 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.92%) Metadata
9 13 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 11 (0.78%) MySQL
12 10 (0.71%) Essbase
13 7 (0.50%) DB2
13 7 (0.50%) PowerPivot
13 7 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 98 (6.93%) 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
1 622 (43.99%) Social Skills
2 403 (28.50%) Finance
3 348 (24.61%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.43%) French Language
5 84 (5.94%) Legal
5 84 (5.94%) Retail
6 82 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 73 (5.16%) Swedish Language
8 65 (4.60%) Banking
9 56 (3.96%) Marketing
9 56 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
10 54 (3.82%) Public Sector
11 44 (3.11%) Law
12 29 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.63%) Local Government
14 23 (1.63%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.56%) Advertising
16 19 (1.34%) Automotive
16 19 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.33%) .NET
2 25 (1.77%) 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%) REST
5 13 (0.92%) XML
6 10 (0.71%) Flash
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.35%) Playwright
8 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.21%) Swagger
9 3 (0.21%) XSLT
10 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.14%) FHIR
10 2 (0.14%) React
10 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.22%) Onboarding
2 86 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 46 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 23 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 21 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 21 (1.49%) NHS
10 19 (1.34%) FMCG
10 19 (1.34%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.78%) Client/Server
14 11 (0.78%) Social Media
14 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.91%) Windows
2 32 (2.26%) Windows 10
2 32 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.84%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.77%) Android
5 19 (1.34%) Linux
6 15 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.14%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.071%) AIX
8 1 (0.071%) Unix
8 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (18.10%) Agile
2 241 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
3 227 (16.05%) ITIL
4 225 (15.91%) Customer Service
5 206 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
6 199 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 190 (13.44%) Decision-Making
8 165 (11.67%) ITSM
9 132 (9.34%) Data Analysis
10 127 (8.98%) Analytics
11 121 (8.56%) Business Analysis
12 118 (8.35%) ERP
12 118 (8.35%) Process Improvement
13 111 (7.85%) Performance Metrics
14 104 (7.36%) Mentoring
15 102 (7.21%) User Stories
16 99 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
17 87 (6.15%) Project Management
17 87 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (6.15%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 297 (21.00%) SQL
2 80 (5.66%) Python
3 42 (2.97%) C#
4 30 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.49%) Java
6 20 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (1.41%) T-SQL
7 13 (0.92%) VBA
8 10 (0.71%) Groovy
9 9 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.50%) C++
12 5 (0.35%) ABAP
12 5 (0.35%) C
12 5 (0.35%) PHP
12 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.28%) Delphi
13 4 (0.28%) Pascal
13 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 312 (22.07%) Degree
2 141 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 135 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 126 (8.91%) AWS Certification
5 109 (7.71%) MCSE
6 81 (5.73%) ACCA
6 81 (5.73%) CIMA
7 74 (5.23%) SC Cleared
8 47 (3.32%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.40%) CISSP
10 30 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.98%) AAT
12 26 (1.84%) 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
1 150 (10.61%) QA
2 54 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 52 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.40%) NIST
5 21 (1.49%) GDPR
5 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.27%) GRC
7 18 (1.27%) PMO
8 17 (1.20%) SLA
9 14 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.50%) COREP
11 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) Basel II
13 5 (0.35%) EMIR
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) COBIT
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) FINREP
System Software
1 84 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.34%) Hyper-V
2 19 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.27%) SCCM
3 8 (0.57%) 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%) SCOM
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%) Nessus
7 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 375 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 145 (10.25%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.75%) Oracle
4 39 (2.76%) SAP
5 36 (2.55%) Google
6 35 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.70%) Adobe
8 20 (1.41%) Apple
9 19 (1.34%) VMware
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 10 (0.71%) Blue Prism
11 10 (0.71%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.50%) Citrix
13 7 (0.50%) Databricks
14 6 (0.42%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.42%) iManage
15 5 (0.35%) Cisco