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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,435 1,600 3,096
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.72% 10.30% 11.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.31% 10.79% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 909 936 2,371
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.01% -2.54%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,625 £75,833
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 15,409 14,827 26,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.49% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,265 9,057 22,029
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 19 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 19 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.

1 400 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 335 (23.34%) SQL
3 328 (22.86%) Degree
4 273 (19.02%) Agile
5 261 (18.19%) Problem-Solving
6 259 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
7 249 (17.35%) Customer Service
7 249 (17.35%) ITIL
8 229 (15.96%) Power Platform
9 218 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
10 214 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
11 212 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 202 (14.08%) Power BI
13 190 (13.24%) Decision-Making
14 186 (12.96%) ITSM
15 173 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
16 165 (11.50%) AWS
17 164 (11.43%) QA
18 160 (11.15%) Azure
19 158 (11.01%) ServiceNow
20 147 (10.24%) Microsoft Certification
21 142 (9.90%) AWS Certification
21 142 (9.90%) Security Cleared
22 135 (9.41%) Analytics
23 133 (9.27%) Data Analysis
24 132 (9.20%) Windows
25 128 (8.92%) Performance Metrics
26 125 (8.71%) MCSE
27 124 (8.64%) ERP
28 121 (8.43%) 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 57 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.90%) Confluence
3 32 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.18%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
Applications
1 214 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
2 173 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.91%) Oracle Smart View
6 12 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 26 (1.81%) Oracle Assets
2 26 (1.81%) Oracle Financials
2 26 (1.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.91%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.84%) NEC Housing
6 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.70%) Shopify
8 9 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
8 9 (0.63%) Magento
9 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 259 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
2 229 (15.96%) Power Platform
3 165 (11.50%) AWS
4 160 (11.15%) Azure
5 69 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.48%) SaaS
7 42 (2.93%) Entra ID
8 35 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.95%) GCP
10 22 (1.53%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.05%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.91%) Snowflake
13 12 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.77%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.56%) PaaS
15 8 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.42%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.72%) Firewall
2 28 (1.95%) VPN
3 22 (1.53%) DNS
4 19 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (1.11%) DHCP
6 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.98%) WAN
8 12 (0.84%) Wireshark
9 11 (0.77%) LAN
9 11 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.70%) Wireless
11 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.56%) VoIP
13 7 (0.49%) Network Security
14 6 (0.42%) Broadband
15 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
15 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (0.21%) SCCP
17 2 (0.14%) 4G
18 1 (0.070%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (14.08%) Power BI
2 76 (5.30%) Tableau
3 57 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.53%) Looker
6 18 (1.25%) BigQuery
6 18 (1.25%) Power Query
7 17 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 15 (1.05%) MySQL
10 13 (0.91%) Essbase
10 13 (0.91%) Metadata
10 13 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.28%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 112 (7.80%) JIRA
2 26 (1.81%) Oracle Forms
3 21 (1.46%) Selenium
4 18 (1.25%) Postman
5 17 (1.18%) SoapUI
5 17 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
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%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) Locust
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
General
1 678 (47.25%) Social Skills
2 428 (29.83%) Finance
3 369 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (8.36%) French Language
5 91 (6.34%) Swedish Language
6 84 (5.85%) Legal
7 82 (5.71%) Retail
8 79 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 73 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
10 69 (4.81%) Marketing
11 55 (3.83%) Public Sector
12 54 (3.76%) Banking
13 43 (3.00%) Law
14 28 (1.95%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.81%) Advertising
17 25 (1.74%) Local Government
18 22 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
19 21 (1.46%) Financial Institution
20 18 (1.25%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.09%) .NET
2 29 (2.02%) SOAP
3 25 (1.74%) HTML
4 15 (1.05%) JSON
4 15 (1.05%) Middleware
4 15 (1.05%) REST
5 12 (0.84%) EDI
5 12 (0.84%) XML
6 11 (0.77%) Flash
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.21%) FHIR
9 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.21%) Playwright
9 3 (0.21%) Swagger
9 3 (0.21%) Web Services
10 2 (0.14%) CSS
10 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.14%) SLSA
10 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.18%) Onboarding
2 91 (6.34%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.95%) Management Information System
4 59 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 58 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.37%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.39%) Credit Risk
10 19 (1.32%) FMCG
10 19 (1.32%) NHS
11 18 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
14 13 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 11 (0.77%) Social Media
16 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 132 (9.20%) Windows
2 33 (2.30%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.09%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 23 (1.60%) Android
6 18 (1.25%) Linux
7 16 (1.11%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (19.02%) Agile
2 261 (18.19%) Problem-Solving
3 249 (17.35%) Customer Service
3 249 (17.35%) ITIL
4 218 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
5 212 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 190 (13.24%) Decision-Making
7 186 (12.96%) ITSM
8 135 (9.41%) Analytics
9 133 (9.27%) Data Analysis
10 128 (8.92%) Performance Metrics
11 124 (8.64%) ERP
12 121 (8.43%) Process Improvement
13 113 (7.87%) Business Analysis
14 105 (7.32%) Mentoring
15 103 (7.18%) User Stories
16 97 (6.76%) Coaching
17 96 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
18 93 (6.48%) Asset Management
18 93 (6.48%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 335 (23.34%) SQL
2 100 (6.97%) Python
3 43 (3.00%) C#
4 30 (2.09%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.67%) Java
6 22 (1.53%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.98%) VBA
9 13 (0.91%) Groovy
10 11 (0.77%) R
11 7 (0.49%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.42%) ABAP
12 6 (0.42%) C++
13 5 (0.35%) C
14 4 (0.28%) Bicep
14 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.28%) PHP
15 3 (0.21%) Delphi
15 3 (0.21%) Pascal
15 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 328 (22.86%) Degree
2 147 (10.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 142 (9.90%) AWS Certification
3 142 (9.90%) Security Cleared
4 125 (8.71%) MCSE
5 76 (5.30%) ACCA
5 76 (5.30%) CIMA
6 75 (5.23%) SC Cleared
7 49 (3.41%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.58%) CISSP
9 31 (2.16%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.74%) AAT
12 22 (1.53%) ISTQB
13 21 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.46%) PMI Certification
14 15 (1.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 14 (0.98%) CISA
15 14 (0.98%) CISM
16 13 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (11.43%) QA
2 57 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (3.41%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.86%) NIST
5 29 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.53%) GDPR
7 21 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.39%) GRC
9 19 (1.32%) SLA
10 18 (1.25%) PMO
11 15 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.84%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.42%) Basel II
15 5 (0.35%) COBIT
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.28%) MiFID
16 4 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 90 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
6 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.60%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) QRadar
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.070%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.070%) Control-M
7 1 (0.070%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.070%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Nessus
7 1 (0.070%) Nmap
7 1 (0.070%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 400 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 158 (11.01%) ServiceNow
3 60 (4.18%) Oracle
4 38 (2.65%) SAP
5 36 (2.51%) Google
5 36 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 25 (1.74%) Adobe
7 21 (1.46%) Apple
8 19 (1.32%) VMware
9 16 (1.11%) Blue Prism
10 13 (0.91%) Hyperion
10 13 (0.91%) Northgate
11 12 (0.84%) ConnectWise
12 11 (0.77%) Cisco
12 11 (0.77%) Meraki
13 9 (0.63%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
14 8 (0.56%) Databricks
15 7 (0.49%) Citrix
16 6 (0.42%) CheckPoint