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 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,431 1,633 3,134
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.86% 10.41% 11.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.46% 10.86% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 905 954 2,370
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,507 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +4.32% -3.13%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 15,119 15,037 26,475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 95.85% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,060 9,148 22,101
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,675 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £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 £79,052 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
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 February 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 February 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.

1 402 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 334 (23.34%) SQL
3 318 (22.22%) Degree
4 268 (18.73%) Agile
5 262 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 257 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
7 251 (17.54%) Customer Service
8 250 (17.47%) ITIL
9 227 (15.86%) Power Platform
10 217 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
11 215 (15.02%) Business Intelligence
11 215 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 199 (13.91%) Power BI
13 185 (12.93%) Decision-Making
14 184 (12.86%) ITSM
15 175 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
16 166 (11.60%) AWS
17 164 (11.46%) Azure
17 164 (11.46%) QA
18 155 (10.83%) ServiceNow
19 146 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
20 141 (9.85%) AWS Certification
21 135 (9.43%) Security Cleared
22 132 (9.22%) Analytics
23 131 (9.15%) Data Analysis
24 129 (9.01%) Windows
25 127 (8.87%) Performance Metrics
26 125 (8.74%) ERP
27 124 (8.67%) MCSE
28 118 (8.25%) Process Improvement

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 60 (4.19%) Confluence
2 54 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.19%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) IIS
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 217 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
2 175 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.98%) Oracle Smart View
6 13 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (1.96%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.98%) Hyperion Planning
5 12 (0.84%) NEC Housing
5 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.63%) Shopify
7 8 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.56%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
9 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 257 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
2 227 (15.86%) Power Platform
3 166 (11.60%) AWS
4 164 (11.46%) Azure
5 69 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.49%) SaaS
7 41 (2.87%) Entra ID
8 38 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (1.82%) GCP
10 20 (1.40%) Google Analytics
11 16 (1.12%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (0.70%) OneDrive
16 9 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 8 (0.56%) PaaS
18 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
18 6 (0.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.73%) Firewall
2 26 (1.82%) VPN
3 20 (1.40%) DNS
4 19 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.19%) WAN
6 14 (0.98%) DHCP
6 14 (0.98%) LAN
6 14 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.98%) Wireshark
7 13 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.91%) Wireless
8 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.49%) Network Security
9 7 (0.49%) VoIP
10 5 (0.35%) Broadband
11 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.21%) SCCP
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
14 1 (0.070%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (13.91%) Power BI
2 75 (5.24%) Tableau
3 55 (3.84%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (1.40%) Looker
6 17 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 17 (1.19%) Power Query
6 17 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.05%) MySQL
9 14 (0.98%) Essbase
10 12 (0.84%) Metadata
10 12 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
12 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.28%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 116 (8.11%) JIRA
2 28 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
3 21 (1.47%) Selenium
4 18 (1.26%) Postman
4 18 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (1.19%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.05%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Git
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) JMeter
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.070%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.070%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.070%) Gatling
10 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 684 (47.80%) Social Skills
2 435 (30.40%) Finance
3 370 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (8.32%) French Language
5 95 (6.64%) Swedish Language
6 83 (5.80%) Retail
7 81 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 81 (5.66%) Legal
8 79 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 72 (5.03%) Marketing
10 54 (3.77%) Banking
10 54 (3.77%) Public Sector
11 43 (3.00%) Law
12 28 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.75%) Advertising
13 25 (1.75%) Local Government
14 24 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.96%) SOAP
2 27 (1.89%) .NET
3 26 (1.82%) HTML
4 16 (1.12%) JSON
5 15 (1.05%) REST
6 14 (0.98%) Middleware
7 12 (0.84%) XML
8 11 (0.77%) Flash
9 10 (0.70%) EDI
10 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
12 3 (0.21%) FHIR
12 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.21%) Playwright
12 3 (0.21%) Swagger
12 3 (0.21%) Web Services
13 2 (0.14%) CSS
13 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
13 2 (0.14%) SLSA
13 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.34%) Onboarding
2 87 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 74 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 59 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 59 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (2.45%) Data Structures
6 29 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.47%) Credit Risk
7 21 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 20 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.33%) NHS
10 18 (1.26%) FMCG
11 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (0.91%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.01%) Windows
2 31 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 29 (2.03%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.68%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.54%) Android
6 18 (1.26%) Linux
7 17 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.070%) AIX
10 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (18.73%) Agile
2 262 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (17.54%) Customer Service
4 250 (17.47%) ITIL
5 215 (15.02%) Business Intelligence
5 215 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 185 (12.93%) Decision-Making
7 184 (12.86%) ITSM
8 132 (9.22%) Analytics
9 131 (9.15%) Data Analysis
10 127 (8.87%) Performance Metrics
11 125 (8.74%) ERP
12 118 (8.25%) Process Improvement
13 109 (7.62%) Business Analysis
14 102 (7.13%) Asset Management
15 98 (6.85%) User Stories
16 96 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 95 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
18 94 (6.57%) Mentoring
18 94 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 334 (23.34%) SQL
2 104 (7.27%) Python
3 41 (2.87%) C#
4 29 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.61%) Java
6 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.98%) Groovy
8 14 (0.98%) VBA
9 12 (0.84%) R
10 7 (0.49%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.42%) ABAP
11 6 (0.42%) C++
12 5 (0.35%) C
13 4 (0.28%) Bicep
13 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Delphi
15 2 (0.14%) Pascal
15 2 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 318 (22.22%) Degree
2 146 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 141 (9.85%) AWS Certification
4 135 (9.43%) Security Cleared
5 124 (8.67%) MCSE
6 77 (5.38%) ACCA
6 77 (5.38%) CIMA
7 69 (4.82%) SC Cleared
8 48 (3.35%) DV Cleared
9 36 (2.52%) CISSP
10 31 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.68%) AAT
13 23 (1.61%) ISTQB
14 22 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.33%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 15 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (0.98%) CISA
17 14 (0.98%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (11.46%) QA
2 56 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.94%) NIST
5 32 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.47%) SLA
7 20 (1.40%) GDPR
7 20 (1.40%) GRC
8 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.33%) PMO
9 13 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.84%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) Basel II
13 5 (0.35%) COBIT
13 5 (0.35%) EMIR
14 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.28%) MiFID
14 4 (0.28%) SEPA
15 3 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 91 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.19%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (1.68%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) QRadar
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) Nessus
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.070%) Control-M
7 1 (0.070%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.070%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.070%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 402 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 155 (10.83%) ServiceNow
3 62 (4.33%) Oracle
4 39 (2.73%) SAP
5 35 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.38%) Google
7 25 (1.75%) Adobe
8 22 (1.54%) Apple
9 19 (1.33%) VMware
10 16 (1.12%) Blue Prism
11 14 (0.98%) Hyperion
12 13 (0.91%) Cisco
12 13 (0.91%) Meraki
12 13 (0.91%) Northgate
13 11 (0.77%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.70%) ConnectWise
15 8 (0.56%) Citrix
15 8 (0.56%) Databricks
15 8 (0.56%) SolarWinds
15 8 (0.56%) WooCommerce