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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,596 1,394 3,435
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 8.44% 10.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 9.15% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 1,075 2,119
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,074 15,237 30,562
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.31% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,480 23,545
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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.

1 372 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 339 (21.24%) SQL
3 312 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
4 286 (17.92%) Agile
5 283 (17.73%) Degree
6 226 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
7 218 (13.66%) Decision-Making
8 209 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 199 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
10 196 (12.28%) Business Analysis
11 194 (12.16%) Power Platform
12 185 (11.59%) Power BI
13 183 (11.47%) ITIL
14 180 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
15 174 (10.90%) Customer Service
16 172 (10.78%) Analytics
17 167 (10.46%) Azure
18 158 (9.90%) Microsoft Excel
19 152 (9.52%) Windows
20 150 (9.40%) QA
21 148 (9.27%) Process Improvement
22 146 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
23 144 (9.02%) ServiceNow
24 143 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 137 (8.58%) Mentoring
26 131 (8.21%) ITSM
27 125 (7.83%) User Stories
28 122 (7.64%) AWS
29 121 (7.58%) Active Directory
30 116 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management

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 68 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.88%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) IIS
5 7 (0.44%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) CMS
7 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 158 (9.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.38%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.50%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.63%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.50%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
7 5 (0.31%) Shopify
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 226 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (12.16%) Power Platform
3 167 (10.46%) Azure
4 122 (7.64%) AWS
5 66 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.45%) SaaS
7 49 (3.07%) GCP
8 31 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.94%) Google Analytics
9 29 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.00%) IaaS
11 16 (1.00%) PaaS
11 16 (1.00%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.88%) Serverless
13 13 (0.81%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.81%) GitHub
14 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.45%) VPN
2 48 (3.01%) Firewall
3 38 (2.38%) DNS
4 31 (1.94%) DHCP
4 31 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 28 (1.75%) Broadband
7 27 (1.69%) Network Security
8 18 (1.13%) LAN
9 16 (1.00%) WAN
10 11 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.63%) Internet
12 5 (0.31%) HTTP
12 5 (0.31%) SSL
13 4 (0.25%) FTP
13 4 (0.25%) NGFW
13 4 (0.25%) SMTP
13 4 (0.25%) Wireless
14 3 (0.19%) VLAN
14 3 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (11.59%) Power BI
2 54 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 49 (3.07%) Tableau
4 28 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.38%) Power Query
6 21 (1.32%) BigQuery
6 21 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.25%) Looker
8 19 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.88%) MySQL
10 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.50%) Db2
13 7 (0.44%) Metadata
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.25%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 86 (5.39%) JIRA
2 19 (1.19%) Git
3 9 (0.56%) Selenium
4 7 (0.44%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.063%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.063%) JUnit
9 1 (0.063%) TestNG
9 1 (0.063%) Toad
9 1 (0.063%) WebDriver
General
1 549 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 415 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
3 385 (24.12%) Finance
4 132 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 96 (6.02%) Law
7 86 (5.39%) Retail
8 73 (4.57%) Legal
9 64 (4.01%) Banking
10 51 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (3.01%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.82%) Marketing
13 30 (1.88%) French Language
14 29 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.25%) Games
17 19 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.13%) Advertising
18 18 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
19 17 (1.07%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.69%) .NET
2 25 (1.57%) XML
3 21 (1.32%) HTML
4 18 (1.13%) CSS
5 17 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 11 (0.69%) JSON
6 11 (0.69%) Middleware
7 10 (0.63%) EDI
7 10 (0.63%) Gherkin
7 10 (0.63%) Web Services
8 9 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.44%) Playwright
9 7 (0.44%) SOAP
10 5 (0.31%) HTML5
10 5 (0.31%) jQuery
11 4 (0.25%) LDAP
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.25%) REST
11 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 71 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 70 (4.39%) Management Information System
4 49 (3.07%) Security Posture
5 44 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.51%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.00%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.88%) Social Media
13 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.81%) FMCG
13 13 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.75%) Podcast
15 11 (0.69%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 152 (9.52%) Windows
2 52 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.63%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.57%) Linux
5 15 (0.94%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
2 286 (17.92%) Agile
3 218 (13.66%) Decision-Making
4 209 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 199 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
6 196 (12.28%) Business Analysis
7 183 (11.47%) ITIL
8 180 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
9 174 (10.90%) Customer Service
10 172 (10.78%) Analytics
11 148 (9.27%) Process Improvement
12 143 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 137 (8.58%) Mentoring
14 131 (8.21%) ITSM
15 125 (7.83%) User Stories
16 116 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 113 (7.08%) Actionable Insight
18 111 (6.95%) ERP
19 105 (6.58%) AI
20 102 (6.39%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 339 (21.24%) SQL
2 91 (5.70%) Python
3 59 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.07%) C#
5 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 19 (1.19%) Java
8 17 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (1.07%) JavaScript
9 15 (0.94%) VBA
10 12 (0.75%) Bash
10 12 (0.75%) Bicep
11 10 (0.63%) R
12 8 (0.50%) C++
12 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.25%) Delphi
13 4 (0.25%) Pascal
13 4 (0.25%) PHP
13 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 283 (17.73%) Degree
2 107 (6.70%) AWS Certification
3 102 (6.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 102 (6.39%) Security Cleared
4 82 (5.14%) SC Cleared
5 79 (4.95%) MCSE
6 47 (2.94%) ACCA
6 47 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (2.76%) CIMA
8 31 (1.94%) CISSP
9 26 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 24 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 20 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.25%) CISM
13 18 (1.13%) AAT
14 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.81%) DV Cleared
16 11 (0.69%) CISA
17 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (9.40%) QA
2 70 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.76%) GDPR
5 41 (2.57%) NIST
6 32 (2.01%) SLA
7 23 (1.44%) GRC
8 21 (1.32%) PMO
9 19 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.88%) COREP
10 14 (0.88%) FINREP
11 13 (0.81%) SOC 2
12 12 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.63%) Accessibility
14 10 (0.63%) IFRS
15 7 (0.44%) EMIR
15 7 (0.44%) NCSC
15 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.38%) GAAP
System Software
1 121 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 5 (0.31%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 45 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.13%) SCCM
3 12 (0.75%) Terraform
4 7 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.31%) QRadar
6 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.19%) Kibana
6 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 1 (0.063%) Autotask
8 1 (0.063%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.063%) Grafana
8 1 (0.063%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.063%) Nessus
8 1 (0.063%) Nmap
8 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 372 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 144 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.69%) Oracle
3 43 (2.69%) SAP
4 39 (2.44%) Google
5 30 (1.88%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.82%) Adobe
7 27 (1.69%) Apple
8 23 (1.44%) VMware
9 20 (1.25%) Cisco
10 19 (1.19%) iManage
11 18 (1.13%) Citrix
12 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.94%) Qualys
13 13 (0.81%) Aruba
14 12 (0.75%) Intapp
14 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (0.63%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.56%) IBM
16 9 (0.56%) Sage