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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 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 1,521 1,343 3,630
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 9.44% 11.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.90% 10.25% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 963 2,421
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £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 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,000 £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 17,091 13,102 31,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 92.13% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,478 8,944 24,903
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year - +6.54% -9.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,200
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%

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 8 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 8 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.

1 323 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 294 (19.33%) SQL
3 270 (17.75%) Agile
4 263 (17.29%) Degree
5 218 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
7 194 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
8 191 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 183 (12.03%) Power Platform
10 178 (11.70%) Decision-Making
11 177 (11.64%) Power BI
12 174 (11.44%) ITIL
13 162 (10.65%) Customer Service
14 155 (10.19%) Business Analysis
15 154 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
16 151 (9.93%) Security Cleared
17 148 (9.73%) Azure
18 146 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
18 146 (9.60%) Process Improvement
19 139 (9.14%) Microsoft Office
20 135 (8.88%) ServiceNow
21 129 (8.48%) Mentoring
21 129 (8.48%) QA
22 127 (8.35%) Windows
23 125 (8.22%) ERP
24 121 (7.96%) Analytics
25 119 (7.82%) AWS
26 112 (7.36%) ITSM
27 111 (7.30%) User Stories
28 106 (6.97%) AWS Certification

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 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.24%) 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 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (9.14%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.45%) 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 20 (1.31%) Cloudability
2 19 (1.25%) NetSuite
3 18 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (0.99%) 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
1 194 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
2 183 (12.03%) Power Platform
3 148 (9.73%) Azure
4 119 (7.82%) AWS
5 64 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
6 49 (3.22%) GCP
7 42 (2.76%) SaaS
8 41 (2.70%) Entra ID
9 29 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 17 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
14 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.33%) Miro
14 5 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.91%) VPN
2 26 (1.71%) Firewall
3 24 (1.58%) Broadband
4 23 (1.51%) Network Security
5 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.18%) DNS
7 13 (0.85%) DHCP
8 12 (0.79%) WAN
9 9 (0.59%) LAN
10 8 (0.53%) VoIP
11 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 5 (0.33%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (11.64%) Power BI
2 66 (4.34%) Tableau
3 47 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.51%) Looker
6 19 (1.25%) Power Query
6 19 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.05%) 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 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.53%) 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 93 (6.11%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 17 (1.12%) 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 (0.53%) 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%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.066%) Gatling
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
1 503 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 387 (25.44%) Finance
3 344 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (5.79%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.59%) Retail
7 75 (4.93%) Banking
8 72 (4.73%) Legal
9 64 (4.21%) Law
10 59 (3.88%) French Language
11 48 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (3.09%) Marketing
13 23 (1.51%) Aviation
14 21 (1.38%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.18%) Publishing
17 17 (1.12%) Advertising
17 17 (1.12%) Back Office
17 17 (1.12%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.04%) .NET
2 25 (1.64%) SOAP
3 20 (1.31%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 14 (0.92%) XML
6 13 (0.85%) EDI
6 13 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (0.72%) JSON
8 10 (0.66%) REST
9 5 (0.33%) CSS
9 5 (0.33%) Flash
10 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.20%) Playwright
10 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
10 3 (0.20%) Swagger
11 2 (0.13%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.13%) HTML5
11 2 (0.13%) Matplotlib
11 2 (0.13%) NumPy
11 2 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.84%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 45 (2.96%) Data Structures
5 38 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.71%) 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%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.85%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.79%) Client/Server
15 12 (0.79%) Social Media
16 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.35%) Windows
2 33 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 31 (2.04%) Android
4 30 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.58%) Linux
5 24 (1.58%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (17.75%) Agile
2 218 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
4 191 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (11.70%) Decision-Making
6 174 (11.44%) ITIL
7 162 (10.65%) Customer Service
8 155 (10.19%) Business Analysis
9 154 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
10 146 (9.60%) Process Improvement
11 129 (8.48%) Mentoring
12 125 (8.22%) ERP
13 121 (7.96%) Analytics
14 112 (7.36%) ITSM
15 111 (7.30%) User Stories
16 105 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (6.25%) Coaching
17 95 (6.25%) Data Analysis
18 90 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
19 89 (5.85%) AI
Programming Languages
1 294 (19.33%) SQL
2 77 (5.06%) Python
3 34 (2.24%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.17%) C#
5 30 (1.97%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.91%) Java
7 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (0.72%) VBA
9 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.53%) R
10 7 (0.46%) Groovy
11 6 (0.39%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 263 (17.29%) Degree
2 151 (9.93%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.97%) AWS Certification
4 89 (5.85%) SC Cleared
5 86 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 71 (4.67%) MCSE
7 70 (4.60%) ACCA
8 69 (4.54%) CIMA
9 44 (2.89%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.04%) CISSP
11 31 (2.04%) DBS Check
12 22 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (1.25%) AAT
14 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.05%) IIBA
15 16 (1.05%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.92%) CISA
17 13 (0.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (8.48%) QA
2 57 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.30%) NIST
5 30 (1.97%) SLA
6 29 (1.91%) GDPR
7 24 (1.58%) PMO
8 23 (1.51%) GRC
9 21 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
11 16 (1.05%) COREP
12 13 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.85%) FINREP
13 12 (0.79%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.46%) EMIR
14 7 (0.46%) NCSC
15 6 (0.39%) Basel II
15 6 (0.39%) MiFID
15 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 79 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.66%) Hyper-V
2 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.53%) Docker
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 31 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.38%) SCCM
3 8 (0.53%) 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
1 323 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.88%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.55%) Oracle
4 46 (3.02%) Adobe
5 42 (2.76%) Apple
5 42 (2.76%) SAP
6 40 (2.63%) Google
7 36 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.72%) Northgate
10 10 (0.66%) Citrix
10 10 (0.66%) VMware
11 9 (0.59%) iManage
11 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.53%) IBM
13 7 (0.46%) Hyperion
13 7 (0.46%) Intapp
14 6 (0.39%) Databricks
15 5 (0.33%) Aderant