Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,568 1,360 3,723
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.78% 8.79% 10.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.28% 9.54% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 1,026 2,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,445
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £48,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% +6.08% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,800 £88,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,424
% change year-on-year - +1.30% -3.11%

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 18,928 14,257 33,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.13% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,810 8,734 26,113
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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.

1 340 (21.68%) SQL
2 328 (20.92%) Microsoft
3 292 (18.62%) Agile
4 280 (17.86%) Degree
5 278 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (13.58%) Decision-Making
7 208 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
8 202 (12.88%) Power Platform
9 196 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 195 (12.44%) Power BI
11 190 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
12 178 (11.35%) Business Analysis
12 178 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
13 167 (10.65%) Analytics
14 165 (10.52%) ITIL
15 161 (10.27%) Customer Service
16 154 (9.82%) Azure
16 154 (9.82%) Microsoft Excel
17 148 (9.44%) Process Improvement
18 136 (8.67%) Mentoring
19 133 (8.48%) QA
19 133 (8.48%) ServiceNow
20 128 (8.16%) Windows
21 127 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
22 126 (8.04%) Security Cleared
23 125 (7.97%) User Stories
24 124 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 116 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
26 112 (7.14%) ITSM
27 111 (7.08%) Data Analysis

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 58 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (2.04%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) IIS
5 10 (0.64%) SAS
6 3 (0.19%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 154 (9.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
5 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.32%) Magento
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
7 5 (0.32%) Shopify
8 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.26%) JDE World
8 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 202 (12.88%) Power Platform
2 190 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 154 (9.82%) Azure
4 109 (6.95%) AWS
5 54 (3.44%) GCP
6 47 (3.00%) SaaS
7 43 (2.74%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.23%) Google Analytics
9 32 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
13 14 (0.89%) PowerApps
14 12 (0.77%) IaaS
14 12 (0.77%) PaaS
15 10 (0.64%) Serverless
16 9 (0.57%) Azure Functions
16 9 (0.57%) GitHub
16 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
17 8 (0.51%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.87%) Firewall
1 45 (2.87%) VPN
2 29 (1.85%) Network Security
3 28 (1.79%) Broadband
4 26 (1.66%) DNS
5 24 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 20 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (1.21%) DHCP
8 11 (0.70%) LAN
8 11 (0.70%) WAN
9 9 (0.57%) Internet
10 8 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.32%) HTTP
11 5 (0.32%) SSL
11 5 (0.32%) VoIP
12 4 (0.26%) FTP
12 4 (0.26%) NGFW
12 4 (0.26%) SMTP
13 3 (0.19%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (12.44%) Power BI
2 61 (3.89%) Tableau
3 52 (3.32%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.53%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.40%) Looker
6 22 (1.40%) Power Query
6 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.83%) MySQL
9 12 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.57%) Metadata
11 8 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.51%) Db2
12 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
13 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 91 (5.80%) JIRA
2 15 (0.96%) Git
3 10 (0.64%) Postman
4 8 (0.51%) SoapUI
5 7 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.38%) Selenium
7 5 (0.32%) GitLab
8 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.064%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.064%) JUnit
11 1 (0.064%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.064%) TestNG
11 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 522 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 402 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
3 373 (23.79%) Finance
4 133 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.42%) Retail
7 83 (5.29%) Law
8 75 (4.78%) Legal
9 58 (3.70%) Banking
10 51 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (3.13%) Marketing
12 40 (2.55%) French Language
13 26 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.66%) Swedish Language
14 23 (1.47%) Aviation
15 21 (1.34%) Games
16 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.15%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.08%) Automotive
18 17 (1.08%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.66%) .NET
2 20 (1.28%) XML
3 19 (1.21%) HTML
4 15 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.83%) CSS
6 12 (0.77%) Middleware
6 12 (0.77%) SOAP
7 11 (0.70%) JSON
8 10 (0.64%) EDI
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
10 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.32%) HTML5
11 5 (0.32%) jQuery
11 5 (0.32%) REST
11 5 (0.32%) Web Services
12 4 (0.26%) LDAP
12 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
13 3 (0.19%) FIX Protocol
13 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 65 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 42 (2.68%) Security Posture
6 38 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 36 (2.30%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 19 (1.21%) FMCG
12 16 (1.02%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.02%) Social Media
13 15 (0.96%) Cloud Native
13 15 (0.96%) Public Cloud
14 13 (0.83%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.77%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.64%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.16%) Windows
2 33 (2.10%) Windows Server
3 28 (1.79%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.28%) Linux
5 15 (0.96%) Android
6 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.51%) VMS
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (18.62%) Agile
2 278 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (13.58%) Decision-Making
4 208 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
5 196 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 178 (11.35%) Business Analysis
6 178 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
7 167 (10.65%) Analytics
8 165 (10.52%) ITIL
9 161 (10.27%) Customer Service
10 148 (9.44%) Process Improvement
11 136 (8.67%) Mentoring
12 125 (7.97%) User Stories
13 124 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 116 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
15 112 (7.14%) ITSM
16 111 (7.08%) Data Analysis
17 108 (6.89%) ERP
18 102 (6.51%) AI
18 102 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 340 (21.68%) SQL
2 94 (5.99%) Python
3 48 (3.06%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.79%) C#
5 24 (1.53%) T-SQL
6 21 (1.34%) Java
7 17 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (0.70%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.70%) VBA
10 10 (0.64%) R
11 8 (0.51%) Bash
11 8 (0.51%) Bicep
11 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 280 (17.86%) Degree
2 126 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 91 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 83 (5.29%) SC Cleared
6 69 (4.40%) MCSE
7 50 (3.19%) ACCA
8 49 (3.13%) CIMA
9 45 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (2.04%) DBS Check
11 31 (1.98%) CISSP
12 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 24 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 20 (1.28%) AAT
13 20 (1.28%) CISM
14 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.96%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.89%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.89%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.48%) QA
2 67 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.81%) NIST
4 41 (2.61%) GDPR
5 30 (1.91%) SLA
6 25 (1.59%) PMO
7 22 (1.40%) GRC
8 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.89%) COREP
9 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.89%) FINREP
10 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.64%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.45%) IFRS
13 7 (0.45%) NCSC
14 6 (0.38%) EMIR
14 6 (0.38%) MiFID
14 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.57%) vSphere
6 8 (0.51%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 34 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.21%) SCCM
3 11 (0.70%) Terraform
4 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.32%) QRadar
6 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.064%) Autotask
9 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.064%) Nessus
9 1 (0.064%) Nmap
9 1 (0.064%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 328 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.48%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.81%) Google
4 43 (2.74%) SAP
5 42 (2.68%) Oracle
6 38 (2.42%) Adobe
7 37 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 33 (2.10%) Apple
9 18 (1.15%) VMware
10 17 (1.08%) Citrix
10 17 (1.08%) iManage
11 16 (1.02%) Cisco
12 11 (0.70%) Qualys
13 10 (0.64%) Intapp
13 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
13 10 (0.64%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.57%) Aruba
14 9 (0.57%) IBM
15 8 (0.51%) ConnectWise
15 8 (0.51%) Northgate