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 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,525 1,361 3,645
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.28% 9.41% 11.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.83% 10.21% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 979 2,418
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,875 £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 £61,250 £67,500 £57,900
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,750 £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 17,264 13,333 31,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 92.19% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,667 9,051 24,890
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

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 10 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 10 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 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 300 (19.67%) SQL
3 276 (18.10%) Agile
4 258 (16.92%) Degree
5 218 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
6 198 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
7 191 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 191 (12.52%) Microsoft 365
8 186 (12.20%) Power Platform
9 180 (11.80%) Power BI
10 178 (11.67%) Decision-Making
11 166 (10.89%) ITIL
12 158 (10.36%) Business Analysis
13 156 (10.23%) Customer Service
13 156 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
14 151 (9.90%) Azure
14 151 (9.90%) Security Cleared
15 148 (9.70%) Process Improvement
16 146 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
17 133 (8.72%) ServiceNow
18 132 (8.66%) Mentoring
19 130 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
20 128 (8.39%) Windows
21 124 (8.13%) Analytics
22 123 (8.07%) QA
23 118 (7.74%) ERP
24 117 (7.67%) AWS
25 114 (7.48%) User Stories
26 107 (7.02%) ITSM
27 105 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 48 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.84%) Confluence
4 12 (0.79%) 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
1 146 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.46%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 23 (1.51%) Cloudability
2 19 (1.25%) NetSuite
3 18 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
5 14 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
5 14 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
5 14 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.66%) Shopify
8 9 (0.59%) Magento
9 7 (0.46%) Hyperion Planning
9 7 (0.46%) 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%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.52%) Microsoft 365
2 186 (12.20%) Power Platform
3 151 (9.90%) Azure
4 117 (7.67%) AWS
5 58 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
6 52 (3.41%) GCP
7 41 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 41 (2.69%) SaaS
8 30 (1.97%) Google Analytics
9 17 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.11%) OneDrive
10 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
13 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.33%) Miro
13 5 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.97%) VPN
2 26 (1.70%) Firewall
3 24 (1.57%) Broadband
3 24 (1.57%) Network Security
4 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.11%) DNS
6 12 (0.79%) DHCP
6 12 (0.79%) WAN
7 9 (0.59%) LAN
8 8 (0.52%) VoIP
9 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.33%) SSL
10 5 (0.33%) Wireless
11 3 (0.20%) SCCP
12 2 (0.13%) 4G
12 2 (0.13%) FTP
12 2 (0.13%) HTTP
12 2 (0.13%) Internet
12 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.80%) Power BI
2 67 (4.39%) Tableau
3 48 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.51%) Looker
6 20 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.25%) Power Query
7 19 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.92%) MySQL
10 13 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.79%) Metadata
12 9 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 8 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.52%) DB2
14 7 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.46%) Essbase
14 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 96 (6.30%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 17 (1.11%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (0.92%) Selenium
6 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
7 8 (0.52%) Git
8 5 (0.33%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.066%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.066%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.066%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.066%) Toad
10 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 497 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 388 (25.44%) Finance
3 342 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.57%) Retail
7 75 (4.92%) Banking
8 74 (4.85%) Legal
9 65 (4.26%) Law
10 54 (3.54%) French Language
11 48 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (3.02%) Marketing
13 23 (1.51%) Aviation
14 21 (1.38%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.31%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.25%) Publishing
17 17 (1.11%) Back Office
18 15 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.10%) .NET
2 25 (1.64%) SOAP
3 22 (1.44%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 15 (0.98%) XML
6 13 (0.85%) EDI
6 13 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (0.72%) JSON
8 10 (0.66%) REST
9 7 (0.46%) CSS
10 4 (0.26%) Flash
11 3 (0.20%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.20%) HTML5
11 3 (0.20%) jQuery
11 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.20%) Playwright
11 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.20%) Swagger
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Graph
12 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.89%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 45 (2.95%) Data Structures
5 37 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 32 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.64%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.38%) FMCG
11 20 (1.31%) Credit Risk
12 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.92%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.85%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.79%) Social Media
16 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.39%) Windows
2 33 (2.16%) Windows 10
3 31 (2.03%) Android
4 30 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.44%) Linux
7 8 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (18.10%) Agile
2 218 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
4 191 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (11.67%) Decision-Making
6 166 (10.89%) ITIL
7 158 (10.36%) Business Analysis
8 156 (10.23%) Customer Service
8 156 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
9 148 (9.70%) Process Improvement
10 132 (8.66%) Mentoring
11 124 (8.13%) Analytics
12 118 (7.74%) ERP
13 114 (7.48%) User Stories
14 107 (7.02%) ITSM
15 105 (6.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 96 (6.30%) Data Analysis
17 95 (6.23%) Coaching
18 93 (6.10%) AI
18 93 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 300 (19.67%) SQL
2 78 (5.11%) Python
3 35 (2.30%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.16%) C#
5 30 (1.97%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.90%) Java
7 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (0.72%) VBA
9 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.52%) R
10 7 (0.46%) Groovy
10 7 (0.46%) 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 2 (0.13%) C++
12 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 258 (16.92%) Degree
2 151 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 104 (6.82%) AWS Certification
4 90 (5.90%) SC Cleared
5 81 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (4.33%) MCSE
7 63 (4.13%) ACCA
8 62 (4.07%) CIMA
9 43 (2.82%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.90%) CISSP
13 23 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
16 18 (1.18%) AAT
17 16 (1.05%) IIBA
17 16 (1.05%) ISTQB
18 14 (0.92%) CISA
19 13 (0.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.07%) QA
2 58 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (2.36%) NIST
5 31 (2.03%) GDPR
5 31 (2.03%) SLA
6 24 (1.57%) PMO
7 23 (1.51%) GRC
8 21 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
10 16 (1.05%) COREP
11 13 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.85%) FINREP
12 12 (0.79%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.46%) EMIR
13 7 (0.46%) NCSC
14 6 (0.39%) Basel II
14 6 (0.39%) MiFID
14 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 79 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.66%) Hyper-V
2 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.52%) Docker
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.066%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.38%) SCCM
3 8 (0.52%) 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 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.72%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.61%) Oracle
4 49 (3.21%) Adobe
5 45 (2.95%) Apple
6 42 (2.75%) SAP
7 41 (2.69%) Google
8 37 (2.43%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
10 11 (0.72%) Citrix
10 11 (0.72%) Northgate
11 10 (0.66%) VMware
12 9 (0.59%) iManage
12 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
12 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.52%) IBM
14 7 (0.46%) Hyperion
14 7 (0.46%) Intapp
15 6 (0.39%) Databricks
16 5 (0.33%) IFS