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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,368 1,776 2,502
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.12% 10.76% 11.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.75% 11.20% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 886 985 1,825
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,200 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £62,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -12.37% +3.19% -1.05%

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 14,035 15,855 20,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 96.10% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,122 9,591 17,045
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,664
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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.

1 404 (29.53%) Microsoft
2 334 (24.42%) SQL
3 290 (21.20%) Degree
4 277 (20.25%) Agile
5 274 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
6 247 (18.06%) Customer Service
7 244 (17.84%) ITIL
8 239 (17.47%) Microsoft 365
9 209 (15.28%) Power Platform
10 206 (15.06%) Microsoft Office
11 198 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 192 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
13 177 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
14 175 (12.79%) Power BI
15 167 (12.21%) Decision-Making
16 164 (11.99%) AWS
17 160 (11.70%) ITSM
18 159 (11.62%) Azure
19 152 (11.11%) QA
20 131 (9.58%) AWS Certification
20 131 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
20 131 (9.58%) ServiceNow
21 128 (9.36%) Windows
22 124 (9.06%) Business Analysis
22 124 (9.06%) Data Analysis
22 124 (9.06%) Security Cleared
23 122 (8.92%) Analytics
24 121 (8.85%) ERP
25 117 (8.55%) Performance Metrics
26 112 (8.19%) JIRA

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 58 (4.24%) Confluence
2 36 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.95%) SAS
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.073%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 206 (15.06%) Microsoft Office
2 177 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.02%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.19%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle General Ledger
3 21 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (1.02%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.88%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.44%) Shopify
9 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.37%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.37%) Magento
9 5 (0.37%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.22%) Endur
11 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (17.47%) Microsoft 365
2 209 (15.28%) Power Platform
3 164 (11.99%) AWS
4 159 (11.62%) Azure
5 70 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.07%) SaaS
8 31 (2.27%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.54%) GCP
9 21 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.46%) Snowflake
11 16 (1.17%) Google Analytics
12 13 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.66%) PaaS
16 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
17 7 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
17 7 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.92%) Firewall
2 24 (1.75%) VPN
3 22 (1.61%) WAN
4 20 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (1.32%) LAN
6 16 (1.17%) DNS
6 16 (1.17%) Wireshark
7 14 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.95%) Wireless
9 12 (0.88%) DHCP
10 11 (0.80%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.66%) Network Security
11 9 (0.66%) VoIP
12 5 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.22%) Broadband
15 2 (0.15%) 4G
15 2 (0.15%) SCCP
15 2 (0.15%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.79%) Power BI
2 66 (4.82%) Tableau
3 52 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.39%) Looker
6 17 (1.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 16 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (1.17%) Power Query
8 15 (1.10%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (1.02%) Essbase
9 14 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.88%) MySQL
11 11 (0.80%) Metadata
12 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 112 (8.19%) JIRA
2 28 (2.05%) Oracle Forms
3 27 (1.97%) Selenium
4 25 (1.83%) Team Foundation Server
5 22 (1.61%) Postman
5 22 (1.61%) SoapUI
6 20 (1.46%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.51%) Git
8 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.22%) TestRail
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.15%) Gatling
10 2 (0.15%) JMeter
10 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.15%) Locust
10 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 663 (48.46%) Social Skills
2 443 (32.38%) Finance
3 341 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.04%) French Language
5 95 (6.94%) Swedish Language
6 82 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 75 (5.48%) Legal
7 75 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (5.48%) Retail
8 68 (4.97%) Marketing
9 48 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 41 (3.00%) Banking
10 41 (3.00%) Law
11 31 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
14 25 (1.83%) Local Government
15 23 (1.68%) Advertising
16 20 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.32%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.27%) HTML
2 30 (2.19%) .NET
2 30 (2.19%) SOAP
3 13 (0.95%) EDI
3 13 (0.95%) Flash
3 13 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (0.88%) REST
5 9 (0.66%) JSON
6 7 (0.51%) Middleware
7 5 (0.37%) Pandas
8 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
8 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
8 4 (0.29%) NumPy
8 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
8 4 (0.29%) Web Services
8 4 (0.29%) XML
9 3 (0.22%) Altair
9 3 (0.22%) FHIR
9 3 (0.22%) Playwright
10 2 (0.15%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 81 (5.92%) Product Ownership
3 74 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 62 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 25 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.46%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 18 (1.32%) Credit Risk
9 18 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.24%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.10%) NHS
11 15 (1.10%) Reinsurance
12 14 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
12 14 (1.02%) FMCG
13 13 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 128 (9.36%) Windows
2 27 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 21 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.24%) Android
5 17 (1.24%) Linux
6 16 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Solaris
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.073%) AIX
8 1 (0.073%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (20.25%) Agile
2 274 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
3 247 (18.06%) Customer Service
4 244 (17.84%) ITIL
5 198 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 192 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (12.21%) Decision-Making
8 160 (11.70%) ITSM
9 124 (9.06%) Business Analysis
9 124 (9.06%) Data Analysis
10 122 (8.92%) Analytics
11 121 (8.85%) ERP
12 117 (8.55%) Performance Metrics
13 110 (8.04%) Process Improvement
14 98 (7.16%) Asset Management
15 95 (6.94%) AI
16 92 (6.73%) User Acceptance Testing
17 91 (6.65%) User Stories
18 87 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
18 87 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 334 (24.42%) SQL
2 99 (7.24%) Python
3 48 (3.51%) C#
4 27 (1.97%) Java
5 20 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.46%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.24%) VBA
7 14 (1.02%) Groovy
7 14 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.66%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.66%) R
9 8 (0.58%) ABAP
10 6 (0.44%) C++
11 4 (0.29%) Bicep
11 4 (0.29%) C
12 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.15%) VC++
14 1 (0.073%) Go
Qualifications
1 290 (21.20%) Degree
2 131 (9.58%) AWS Certification
2 131 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 124 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 111 (8.11%) MCSE
5 79 (5.77%) ACCA
6 77 (5.63%) CIMA
7 68 (4.97%) SC Cleared
8 40 (2.92%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.34%) ISTQB
10 25 (1.83%) CISSP
10 25 (1.83%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 18 (1.32%) AAT
14 17 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.24%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (11.11%) QA
2 42 (3.07%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.78%) NIST
4 34 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.83%) GDPR
5 25 (1.83%) SLA
6 15 (1.10%) PMO
6 15 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.02%) GRC
8 11 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.44%) Basel II
10 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.44%) EMIR
10 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.37%) COBIT
12 4 (0.29%) MiFID
12 4 (0.29%) SEPA
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 89 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.17%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) Docker
6 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.68%) SCCM
3 7 (0.51%) Terraform
4 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.37%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Nessus
6 2 (0.15%) Ansible
6 2 (0.15%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.15%) SCOM
7 1 (0.073%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.073%) Control-M
7 1 (0.073%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.073%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.073%) Grafana
7 1 (0.073%) Nmap
7 1 (0.073%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 404 (29.53%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.58%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.12%) Oracle
4 34 (2.49%) SAP
5 33 (2.41%) Google
6 28 (2.05%) Adobe
6 28 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.90%) Apple
8 19 (1.39%) Cisco
9 17 (1.24%) VMware
10 16 (1.17%) Blue Prism
11 14 (1.02%) Hyperion
11 14 (1.02%) Northgate
12 13 (0.95%) Meraki
13 12 (0.88%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.80%) Citrix
15 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.58%) Databricks
15 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds
16 7 (0.51%) Splunk