Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,735 1,342 2,773
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.44% 8.13% 11.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.91% 8.78% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 1,046 1,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +3.89% -8.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,066 £78,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%

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 21,922 15,283 23,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.60% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,617 9,338 16,216
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 29 August 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 29 August 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.

1 392 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 378 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
3 369 (21.27%) SQL
4 323 (18.62%) Agile
5 288 (16.60%) Degree
6 251 (14.47%) Decision-Making
7 240 (13.83%) Business Analysis
8 233 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 225 (12.97%) Analytics
10 210 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
11 207 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
12 201 (11.59%) ITIL
13 196 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
13 196 (11.30%) Power Platform
13 196 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 190 (10.95%) Customer Service
15 187 (10.78%) Power BI
16 186 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 175 (10.09%) Azure
18 167 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
19 159 (9.16%) Process Improvement
20 156 (8.99%) User Stories
20 156 (8.99%) Windows
21 144 (8.30%) AI
21 144 (8.30%) QA
22 135 (7.78%) Mentoring
23 133 (7.67%) Project Delivery
23 133 (7.67%) Requirements Gathering
24 131 (7.55%) AWS
24 131 (7.55%) ITSM

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 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.02%) Confluence
4 11 (0.63%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 167 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.38%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.46%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 207 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
2 196 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 175 (10.09%) Azure
4 131 (7.55%) AWS
5 75 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 62 (3.57%) SaaS
7 52 (3.00%) GCP
8 39 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.96%) Google Analytics
10 28 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.92%) Power Automate
13 15 (0.86%) IaaS
13 15 (0.86%) OneDrive
13 15 (0.86%) PaaS
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) GitHub
16 12 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.65%) Firewall
2 45 (2.59%) VPN
3 38 (2.19%) DNS
4 31 (1.79%) DHCP
5 30 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.56%) Network Security
7 26 (1.50%) Broadband
8 22 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.10%) LAN
10 17 (0.98%) WAN
11 12 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (0.58%) Internet
13 8 (0.46%) HTTP
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) SSL
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (10.78%) Power BI
2 51 (2.94%) Tableau
3 44 (2.54%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.67%) Looker
5 24 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.15%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.04%) Power Query
8 16 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.86%) Metadata
10 12 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.40%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (5.88%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
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 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 595 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 504 (29.05%) Analytical Skills
3 434 (25.01%) Finance
4 165 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.61%) Law
7 98 (5.65%) Retail
8 87 (5.01%) Legal
9 67 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
10 56 (3.23%) Banking
11 49 (2.82%) Marketing
12 48 (2.77%) Swedish Language
13 38 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.15%) French Language
17 19 (1.10%) Advertising
18 18 (1.04%) Front Office
19 17 (0.98%) Aviation
19 17 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.44%) HTML
2 21 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.15%) CSS
3 20 (1.15%) XML
4 19 (1.10%) .NET
5 13 (0.75%) Terraform
6 12 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.69%) Web Services
7 11 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.63%) Gherkin
8 7 (0.40%) EDI
9 5 (0.29%) HTML5
9 5 (0.29%) jQuery
9 5 (0.29%) Playwright
10 4 (0.23%) JSON
10 4 (0.23%) LDAP
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.23%) Middleware
11 3 (0.17%) NumPy
11 3 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.40%) Product Ownership
2 87 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 44 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.07%) Data Structures
8 33 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.86%) Blog
12 15 (0.86%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.69%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.69%) Podcast
14 12 (0.69%) Social Media
15 11 (0.63%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 156 (8.99%) Windows
2 62 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.38%) Linux
4 14 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.69%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (18.62%) Agile
3 251 (14.47%) Decision-Making
4 240 (13.83%) Business Analysis
5 233 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 225 (12.97%) Analytics
7 210 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
8 201 (11.59%) ITIL
9 196 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
9 196 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 190 (10.95%) Customer Service
11 186 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 159 (9.16%) Process Improvement
13 156 (8.99%) User Stories
14 144 (8.30%) AI
15 135 (7.78%) Mentoring
16 133 (7.67%) Project Delivery
16 133 (7.67%) Requirements Gathering
17 131 (7.55%) ITSM
18 129 (7.44%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 369 (21.27%) SQL
2 109 (6.28%) Python
3 57 (3.29%) PowerShell
4 32 (1.84%) C#
5 23 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.04%) Java
7 17 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.98%) VBA
8 13 (0.75%) Bash
9 12 (0.69%) Bicep
10 10 (0.58%) C++
10 10 (0.58%) R
10 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.17%) VB
13 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.12%) Tcl
14 1 (0.058%) Go
Qualifications
1 288 (16.60%) Degree
2 127 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 111 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.65%) AWS Certification
5 91 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (3.92%) MCSE
7 56 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.07%) ACCA
9 32 (1.84%) CIMA
10 25 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.44%) CISSP
11 24 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.21%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.21%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.15%) CISM
13 20 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.58%) AAT
16 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.30%) QA
2 83 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.34%) GDPR
3 58 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.31%) NIST
5 32 (1.84%) SLA
6 27 (1.56%) PMO
7 20 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.10%) GRC
9 15 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.81%) FINREP
11 12 (0.69%) COREP
12 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.40%) EMIR
14 7 (0.40%) NCSC
15 6 (0.35%) MiFID
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 127 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.75%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 35 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.98%) SCCM
3 8 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.40%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 392 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 126 (7.26%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.65%) Google
3 46 (2.65%) Oracle
3 46 (2.65%) SAP
4 45 (2.59%) Salesforce
5 29 (1.67%) Adobe
5 29 (1.67%) VMware
6 28 (1.61%) Apple
7 21 (1.21%) Cisco
8 18 (1.04%) iManage
9 17 (0.98%) Citrix
10 16 (0.92%) Palo Alto
10 16 (0.92%) Qualys
11 14 (0.81%) Aruba
12 12 (0.69%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.63%) Aderant
13 11 (0.63%) Intapp
14 10 (0.58%) FIS
15 9 (0.52%) SunGard