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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,716 1,379 2,774
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.56% 8.39% 11.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.04% 9.11% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 1,064 1,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £46,205
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +2.80% -4.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,375 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.21%

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 21,342 15,130 24,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.10% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,304 9,326 17,534
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,857
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.62% -7.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 12 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 12 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.

1 393 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 367 (21.39%) SQL
3 365 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
4 319 (18.59%) Agile
5 284 (16.55%) Degree
6 235 (13.69%) Decision-Making
7 234 (13.64%) Business Analysis
8 221 (12.88%) Analytics
9 217 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 215 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
11 212 (12.35%) Business Intelligence
12 199 (11.60%) Power Platform
13 195 (11.36%) ITIL
14 194 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
15 190 (11.07%) Power BI
16 184 (10.72%) Customer Service
17 179 (10.43%) Azure
18 176 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
18 176 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 171 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
20 162 (9.44%) Windows
21 158 (9.21%) Process Improvement
22 155 (9.03%) User Stories
23 145 (8.45%) QA
24 140 (8.16%) Mentoring
25 135 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
26 131 (7.63%) AI
26 131 (7.63%) ServiceNow
27 130 (7.58%) AWS
28 129 (7.52%) Active Directory

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 67 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.98%) Confluence
4 12 (0.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 176 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.40%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.29%) Shopify
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
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 215 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (11.60%) Power Platform
3 179 (10.43%) Azure
4 130 (7.58%) AWS
5 74 (4.31%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.26%) GCP
7 49 (2.86%) SaaS
8 38 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (2.10%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) OneDrive
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.76%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.76%) GitHub
13 13 (0.76%) Serverless
13 13 (0.76%) Snowflake
14 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.74%) Firewall
1 47 (2.74%) VPN
2 39 (2.27%) DNS
3 33 (1.92%) DHCP
4 32 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.57%) Broadband
5 27 (1.57%) Network Security
6 24 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.11%) LAN
8 17 (0.99%) WAN
9 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.58%) Internet
11 7 (0.41%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (11.07%) Power BI
2 54 (3.15%) Tableau
3 49 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 31 (1.81%) Looker
5 26 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.34%) BigQuery
7 21 (1.22%) Power Query
8 19 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (0.93%) Metadata
11 14 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.47%) MySQL
15 7 (0.41%) Db2
15 7 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
16 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
17 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
18 3 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 93 (5.42%) JIRA
2 19 (1.11%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
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
1 582 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 476 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
3 422 (24.59%) Finance
4 159 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 132 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 115 (6.70%) Law
7 94 (5.48%) Retail
8 85 (4.95%) Legal
9 61 (3.55%) Banking
10 60 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.80%) Swedish Language
12 46 (2.68%) Marketing
13 32 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.52%) French Language
15 24 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.05%) Advertising
17 18 (1.05%) Front Office
18 17 (0.99%) Aviation
19 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.52%) .NET
2 25 (1.46%) HTML
3 21 (1.22%) XML
4 20 (1.17%) CSS
5 19 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.76%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 10 (0.58%) EDI
10 7 (0.41%) Playwright
11 5 (0.29%) HTML5
11 5 (0.29%) jQuery
11 5 (0.29%) JSON
11 5 (0.29%) Middleware
12 4 (0.23%) LDAP
12 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.23%) SOAP
13 2 (0.12%) PySpark
13 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.53%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.15%) Security Posture
5 50 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.98%) Data Structures
9 32 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Blog
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.76%) Housing Association
13 13 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.76%) Social Media
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Derivative
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 162 (9.44%) Windows
2 64 (3.73%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.40%) Linux
4 17 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (18.59%) Agile
3 235 (13.69%) Decision-Making
4 234 (13.64%) Business Analysis
5 221 (12.88%) Analytics
6 217 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (12.35%) Business Intelligence
8 195 (11.36%) ITIL
9 194 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
10 184 (10.72%) Customer Service
11 176 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 171 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 158 (9.21%) Process Improvement
14 155 (9.03%) User Stories
15 140 (8.16%) Mentoring
16 131 (7.63%) AI
17 127 (7.40%) Requirements Gathering
18 125 (7.28%) Actionable Insight
19 123 (7.17%) ITSM
20 118 (6.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 367 (21.39%) SQL
2 103 (6.00%) Python
3 58 (3.38%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.16%) C#
5 21 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.05%) Java
6 18 (1.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.05%) VBA
7 13 (0.76%) Bash
8 12 (0.70%) Bicep
8 12 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.64%) C++
9 11 (0.64%) R
10 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.17%) VB
13 2 (0.12%) Delphi
13 2 (0.12%) PHP
13 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 284 (16.55%) Degree
2 124 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.00%) AWS Certification
5 97 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (4.25%) MCSE
7 51 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.39%) ACCA
9 37 (2.16%) CIMA
10 28 (1.63%) CISSP
11 24 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.11%) CISM
13 19 (1.11%) DBS Check
14 14 (0.82%) AAT
15 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (8.45%) QA
2 76 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.21%) GDPR
5 40 (2.33%) NIST
6 29 (1.69%) SLA
7 23 (1.34%) PMO
8 21 (1.22%) GRC
9 19 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.93%) FINREP
11 14 (0.82%) COREP
12 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 10 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.52%) NCSC
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.41%) EMIR
17 6 (0.35%) MiFID
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 129 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 13 (0.76%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.17%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Nmap
9 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 393 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.63%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.68%) Google
3 46 (2.68%) Oracle
4 43 (2.51%) SAP
5 40 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 30 (1.75%) Adobe
7 28 (1.63%) Apple
7 28 (1.63%) VMware
8 21 (1.22%) Cisco
9 19 (1.11%) iManage
10 17 (0.99%) Citrix
11 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.93%) Qualys
12 14 (0.82%) Aruba
13 12 (0.70%) Intapp
13 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (0.58%) Aderant
14 10 (0.58%) IBM
15 9 (0.52%) SunGard