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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 27 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,788 1,292 2,737
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.17% 7.70% 12.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.64% 8.28% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,206 971 1,181
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -4.44% -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 23,394 15,597 21,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.01% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 16,247 8,759 13,446
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 30 September 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 30 September 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.

1 458 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
2 430 (24.05%) Microsoft
3 374 (20.92%) SQL
4 301 (16.83%) Agile
5 294 (16.44%) Degree
6 275 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 257 (14.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 244 (13.65%) Analytics
9 237 (13.26%) Business Analysis
10 228 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 219 (12.25%) Microsoft 365
12 218 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
13 214 (11.97%) ITIL
14 213 (11.91%) Business Intelligence
15 203 (11.35%) Customer Service
16 202 (11.30%) Power Platform
17 200 (11.19%) Azure
18 199 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 192 (10.74%) Power BI
20 173 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
21 170 (9.51%) Process Improvement
22 168 (9.40%) Windows
23 166 (9.28%) AI
24 152 (8.50%) User Stories
25 147 (8.22%) Mentoring
26 146 (8.17%) Actionable Insight
27 142 (7.94%) Project Delivery
28 139 (7.77%) Requirements Gathering
29 138 (7.72%) Active Directory
30 136 (7.61%) AWS

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 80 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (2.18%) Confluence
4 10 (0.56%) IIS
5 4 (0.22%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.056%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.056%) Apache
7 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.056%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.056%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.056%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.056%) Site Server
Applications
1 173 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 27 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.056%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.056%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.056%) Notion
8 1 (0.056%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.34%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.22%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.22%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.22%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.22%) JDE World
7 4 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.22%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.22%) Shopify
7 4 (0.22%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 219 (12.25%) Microsoft 365
2 202 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 200 (11.19%) Azure
4 136 (7.61%) AWS
5 87 (4.87%) Entra ID
6 78 (4.36%) SaaS
7 64 (3.58%) GCP
8 37 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.90%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.17%) OneDrive
12 19 (1.06%) GitHub
13 16 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (0.89%) Power Automate
13 16 (0.89%) PowerApps
13 16 (0.89%) Snowflake
14 14 (0.78%) Serverless
15 13 (0.73%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.73%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.80%) DNS
2 45 (2.52%) Firewall
3 43 (2.40%) VPN
4 42 (2.35%) DHCP
5 35 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.45%) Broadband
7 22 (1.23%) Network Security
8 19 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.01%) LAN
10 16 (0.89%) WAN
11 13 (0.73%) Internet
12 12 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (0.67%) HTTP
13 5 (0.28%) VLAN
14 4 (0.22%) FTP
14 4 (0.22%) NGFW
14 4 (0.22%) SMTP
14 4 (0.22%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (10.74%) Power BI
2 46 (2.57%) Tableau
3 35 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.40%) Looker
4 25 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.17%) BigQuery
7 20 (1.12%) Power Query
8 15 (0.84%) Metadata
9 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
11 8 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.39%) MySQL
13 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.34%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 102 (5.70%) JIRA
2 18 (1.01%) Git
3 9 (0.50%) Selenium
4 6 (0.34%) Postman
5 5 (0.28%) GitLab
6 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.11%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.056%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.056%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.056%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.056%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.056%) WebDriver
General
1 659 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 563 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
3 448 (25.06%) Finance
4 177 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 146 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.49%) Law
7 121 (6.77%) Retail
8 95 (5.31%) Legal
9 89 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
10 56 (3.13%) Banking
11 51 (2.85%) Marketing
12 48 (2.68%) Swedish Language
13 35 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.06%) Front Office
17 18 (1.01%) Automotive
17 18 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.01%) Telecoms
18 17 (0.95%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.40%) HTML
2 21 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.06%) CSS
3 19 (1.06%) XML
4 18 (1.01%) .NET
5 16 (0.89%) Terraform
6 12 (0.67%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.67%) Web Services
7 11 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.62%) Gherkin
8 7 (0.39%) JSON
9 6 (0.34%) EDI
9 6 (0.34%) LDAP
10 5 (0.28%) HTML5
10 5 (0.28%) jQuery
11 4 (0.22%) Middleware
11 4 (0.22%) NumPy
11 4 (0.22%) Pandas
11 4 (0.22%) Playwright
11 4 (0.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 100 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 81 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 50 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
7 37 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 28 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.95%) Mobile App
12 15 (0.84%) Cyberattack
12 15 (0.84%) Derivative
12 15 (0.84%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.78%) Blog
13 14 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (0.73%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.73%) Fixed Income
15 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 168 (9.40%) Windows
2 70 (3.91%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.40%) Linux
4 12 (0.67%) VMS
5 10 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.45%) Android
8 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (16.83%) Agile
3 275 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 257 (14.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 244 (13.65%) Analytics
6 237 (13.26%) Business Analysis
7 228 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 218 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
9 214 (11.97%) ITIL
10 213 (11.91%) Business Intelligence
11 203 (11.35%) Customer Service
12 199 (11.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 170 (9.51%) Process Improvement
14 166 (9.28%) AI
15 152 (8.50%) User Stories
16 147 (8.22%) Mentoring
17 146 (8.17%) Actionable Insight
18 142 (7.94%) Project Delivery
19 139 (7.77%) Requirements Gathering
20 134 (7.49%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 374 (20.92%) SQL
2 132 (7.38%) Python
3 57 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 29 (1.62%) C#
4 29 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
5 22 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (1.17%) Bash
6 21 (1.17%) Java
7 20 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 15 (0.84%) R
9 14 (0.78%) VBA
10 12 (0.67%) Bicep
11 10 (0.56%) C++
12 9 (0.50%) Go
13 8 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.22%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.22%) VB
15 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 294 (16.44%) Degree
2 136 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 113 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 93 (5.20%) AWS Certification
5 79 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 65 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 60 (3.36%) MCSE
8 32 (1.79%) ACCA
9 29 (1.62%) CIMA
10 28 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.45%) CISSP
12 25 (1.40%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 24 (1.34%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.17%) CISM
15 20 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (0.73%) DV Cleared
16 13 (0.73%) GIAC
17 9 (0.50%) PMI Certification
18 8 (0.45%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.05%) QA
2 89 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 65 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 62 (3.47%) GDPR
5 44 (2.46%) NIST
6 35 (1.96%) PMO
7 31 (1.73%) SLA
8 22 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.17%) GRC
10 19 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 19 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.67%) IFRS
12 10 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.50%) FINREP
14 8 (0.45%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.39%) COREP
15 7 (0.39%) EMIR
15 7 (0.39%) NCSC
16 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.34%) GAAP
System Software
1 138 (7.72%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.73%) vSphere
6 8 (0.45%) Docker
7 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.11%) NFS
11 1 (0.056%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.056%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 39 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.84%) SCCM
3 14 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.22%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) Graylog
7 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.056%) Autotask
8 1 (0.056%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.056%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.056%) Nessus
8 1 (0.056%) Nmap
8 1 (0.056%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.056%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 430 (24.05%) Microsoft
2 123 (6.88%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.02%) Google
4 48 (2.68%) Salesforce
5 44 (2.46%) Oracle
6 41 (2.29%) SAP
7 36 (2.01%) VMware
8 32 (1.79%) Adobe
9 29 (1.62%) Apple
10 22 (1.23%) Cisco
11 19 (1.06%) Qualys
12 17 (0.95%) iManage
13 16 (0.89%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.89%) Workday
14 14 (0.78%) Aruba
14 14 (0.78%) Citrix
15 13 (0.73%) Splunk
15 13 (0.73%) YouTube
16 12 (0.67%) ScienceLogic
17 10 (0.56%) Intapp