Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,568 1,364 3,719
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.94% 8.95% 10.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.44% 9.72% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 1,013 2,397
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £48,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +7.19% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,950 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -2.62%

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 18,574 14,032 33,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.07% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,556 8,576 25,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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.

1 334 (21.30%) SQL
2 325 (20.73%) Microsoft
3 295 (18.81%) Agile
4 280 (17.86%) Degree
5 266 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (13.27%) Decision-Making
7 202 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
8 197 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 193 (12.31%) Power Platform
10 189 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
11 187 (11.93%) Power BI
12 179 (11.42%) Business Analysis
13 175 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
14 162 (10.33%) ITIL
15 158 (10.08%) Customer Service
16 156 (9.95%) Analytics
17 151 (9.63%) Process Improvement
18 149 (9.50%) Azure
19 148 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
20 138 (8.80%) Mentoring
21 134 (8.55%) Security Cleared
22 132 (8.42%) ServiceNow
23 129 (8.23%) QA
24 128 (8.16%) User Stories
25 126 (8.04%) Windows
26 124 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
27 122 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
28 115 (7.33%) AWS
29 111 (7.08%) ITSM
30 110 (7.02%) Actionable Insight

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 54 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.85%) Confluence
4 11 (0.70%) IIS
4 11 (0.70%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 148 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.57%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.38%) Magento
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.38%) Shopify
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.26%) JDE World
9 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 193 (12.31%) Power Platform
2 189 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (9.50%) Azure
4 115 (7.33%) AWS
5 53 (3.38%) GCP
6 46 (2.93%) SaaS
7 42 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (2.10%) Google Analytics
10 20 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.08%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.02%) OneDrive
13 11 (0.70%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.51%) IaaS
15 8 (0.51%) Miro
15 8 (0.51%) PaaS
16 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.45%) Lucidchart
16 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.87%) Firewall
2 39 (2.49%) VPN
3 30 (1.91%) Broadband
4 29 (1.85%) Network Security
5 23 (1.47%) DNS
6 22 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.08%) DHCP
7 17 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.70%) WAN
9 10 (0.64%) LAN
10 8 (0.51%) Internet
11 7 (0.45%) VoIP
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.32%) SSL
14 4 (0.26%) FTP
14 4 (0.26%) HTTP
14 4 (0.26%) NGFW
14 4 (0.26%) SMTP
15 3 (0.19%) SCCP
16 2 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (11.93%) Power BI
2 61 (3.89%) Tableau
3 50 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.40%) BigQuery
5 22 (1.40%) Power Query
5 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.34%) Looker
7 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.89%) MySQL
9 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.57%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Db2
13 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 90 (5.74%) JIRA
2 12 (0.77%) Postman
3 11 (0.70%) Git
4 10 (0.64%) SoapUI
5 9 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.51%) Selenium
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.064%) JUnit
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) TestNG
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 512 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 395 (25.19%) Analytical Skills
3 383 (24.43%) Finance
4 133 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 81 (5.17%) Retail
7 80 (5.10%) Law
8 77 (4.91%) Legal
9 60 (3.83%) Banking
10 49 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.87%) French Language
11 45 (2.87%) Marketing
12 23 (1.47%) Aviation
12 23 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.34%) Games
14 20 (1.28%) Swedish Language
15 19 (1.21%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.02%) Publishing
18 15 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.79%) .NET
2 21 (1.34%) HTML
3 19 (1.21%) XML
4 15 (0.96%) SOAP
5 14 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.83%) CSS
7 12 (0.77%) Middleware
8 11 (0.70%) JSON
9 8 (0.51%) EDI
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
10 7 (0.45%) REST
11 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.32%) HTML5
12 5 (0.32%) jQuery
12 5 (0.32%) Web Services
13 4 (0.26%) LDAP
13 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
14 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
14 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 63 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.81%) Data Structures
5 40 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 36 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 34 (2.17%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (1.28%) FMCG
12 17 (1.08%) Social Media
13 16 (1.02%) Client/Server
14 15 (0.96%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (0.77%) Cyberattack
18 11 (0.70%) Credit Risk
19 10 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.04%) Windows
2 31 (1.98%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.28%) Linux
5 18 (1.15%) Android
6 14 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.26%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (18.81%) Agile
2 266 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (13.27%) Decision-Making
4 202 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
5 197 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 179 (11.42%) Business Analysis
7 175 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
8 162 (10.33%) ITIL
9 158 (10.08%) Customer Service
10 156 (9.95%) Analytics
11 151 (9.63%) Process Improvement
12 138 (8.80%) Mentoring
13 128 (8.16%) User Stories
14 122 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 111 (7.08%) ITSM
16 110 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
16 110 (7.02%) ERP
17 109 (6.95%) Data Analysis
18 101 (6.44%) Stakeholder Management
19 98 (6.25%) AI
Programming Languages
1 334 (21.30%) SQL
2 94 (5.99%) Python
3 44 (2.81%) PowerShell
4 29 (1.85%) C#
5 26 (1.66%) T-SQL
6 23 (1.47%) Java
7 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.57%) VBA
11 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.26%) Bash
12 4 (0.26%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 280 (17.86%) Degree
2 134 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.51%) AWS Certification
4 86 (5.48%) SC Cleared
5 84 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (4.34%) MCSE
7 49 (3.13%) ACCA
8 48 (3.06%) CIMA
9 43 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (2.10%) DBS Check
11 32 (2.04%) CISSP
12 29 (1.85%) DV Cleared
13 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.28%) CISM
16 17 (1.08%) AAT
17 16 (1.02%) PMI Certification
18 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.96%) IIBA
19 11 (0.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (8.23%) QA
2 66 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.61%) GDPR
4 41 (2.61%) NIST
5 29 (1.85%) SLA
6 25 (1.59%) PMO
7 23 (1.47%) GRC
8 20 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.89%) COREP
9 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.89%) FINREP
10 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.64%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.45%) NCSC
13 6 (0.38%) EMIR
13 6 (0.38%) MiFID
13 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 92 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.51%) Docker
6 5 (0.32%) vSphere
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.28%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.45%) Terraform
5 5 (0.32%) QRadar
6 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 2 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.064%) Autotask
9 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 325 (20.73%) Microsoft
2 132 (8.42%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.81%) Oracle
4 43 (2.74%) SAP
5 42 (2.68%) Adobe
5 42 (2.68%) Google
6 38 (2.42%) Apple
7 37 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.02%) iManage
9 15 (0.96%) Cisco
9 15 (0.96%) Citrix
10 13 (0.83%) VMware
11 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
12 9 (0.57%) ConnectWise
12 9 (0.57%) IBM
12 9 (0.57%) Intapp
12 9 (0.57%) Northgate
13 8 (0.51%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.45%) Aruba
14 7 (0.45%) Qualys