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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,694 1,392 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.60% 8.38% 11.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.07% 9.10% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,200 1,077 1,493
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,690
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,977
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +3.31% +0.62%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,985 15,293 24,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.09% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,133 9,495 17,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 3 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 3 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.

1 396 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 358 (21.13%) SQL
3 357 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (17.71%) Agile
5 293 (17.30%) Degree
6 229 (13.52%) Decision-Making
7 223 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
8 220 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 219 (12.93%) Business Analysis
10 215 (12.69%) Business Intelligence
11 202 (11.92%) Analytics
11 202 (11.92%) Power Platform
12 199 (11.75%) Cybersecurity
13 196 (11.57%) ITIL
14 193 (11.39%) Power BI
15 187 (11.04%) Customer Service
16 178 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
17 175 (10.33%) Azure
18 167 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 162 (9.56%) Windows
20 156 (9.21%) Process Improvement
21 149 (8.80%) QA
22 147 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
23 145 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
24 142 (8.38%) Mentoring
24 142 (8.38%) User Stories
25 138 (8.15%) ServiceNow
26 132 (7.79%) AWS
27 130 (7.67%) ITSM
28 128 (7.56%) Active Directory

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 69 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.83%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) IIS
5 5 (0.30%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 178 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 145 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.42%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.59%) Visualfiles
3 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.30%) Shopify
6 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.24%) JDE World
6 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 202 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 175 (10.33%) Azure
4 132 (7.79%) AWS
5 73 (4.31%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.25%) GCP
7 51 (3.01%) SaaS
8 34 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.95%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.06%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.94%) IaaS
12 16 (0.94%) PaaS
12 16 (0.94%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.77%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
13 13 (0.77%) Serverless
14 12 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.95%) VPN
2 48 (2.83%) Firewall
3 39 (2.30%) DNS
4 33 (1.95%) DHCP
5 32 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.59%) Network Security
7 26 (1.53%) Broadband
7 26 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.12%) LAN
9 17 (1.00%) WAN
10 12 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.59%) Internet
12 6 (0.35%) HTTP
13 5 (0.30%) SSL
14 4 (0.24%) FTP
14 4 (0.24%) NGFW
14 4 (0.24%) SMTP
14 4 (0.24%) Wireless
15 2 (0.12%) SAN
15 2 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.39%) Power BI
2 51 (3.01%) Tableau
3 50 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.48%) Looker
6 23 (1.36%) Power Query
7 22 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.65%) Metadata
12 10 (0.59%) MySQL
13 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.47%) Db2
15 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 90 (5.31%) JIRA
2 19 (1.12%) Git
3 10 (0.59%) Selenium
4 7 (0.41%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.059%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.059%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.059%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.059%) TestNG
9 1 (0.059%) WebDriver
General
1 576 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 457 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
3 411 (24.26%) Finance
4 151 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 110 (6.49%) Law
7 92 (5.43%) Retail
8 81 (4.78%) Legal
9 65 (3.84%) Banking
10 56 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.83%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.60%) Marketing
13 32 (1.89%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.77%) French Language
15 23 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.06%) Front Office
18 17 (1.00%) Aviation
18 17 (1.00%) Games
19 16 (0.94%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.59%) .NET
2 25 (1.48%) HTML
3 24 (1.42%) XML
4 20 (1.18%) CSS
5 17 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.77%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.71%) Web Services
8 11 (0.65%) EDI
8 11 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.65%) Gherkin
9 7 (0.41%) JSON
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 6 (0.35%) Middleware
11 5 (0.30%) HTML5
11 5 (0.30%) jQuery
11 5 (0.30%) SOAP
12 4 (0.24%) LDAP
12 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
13 2 (0.12%) FpML
13 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.32%) Product Ownership
2 75 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.19%) Security Posture
4 54 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (2.30%) Driving Licence
6 38 (2.24%) Data Structures
7 37 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
8 33 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (0.94%) Client/Server
11 14 (0.83%) Housing Association
11 14 (0.83%) Operational Technology
12 13 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.71%) Blog
13 12 (0.71%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.71%) Data Centre
13 12 (0.71%) Podcast
13 12 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 162 (9.56%) Windows
2 63 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.42%) Linux
4 20 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.77%) Android
6 12 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (17.71%) Agile
3 229 (13.52%) Decision-Making
4 220 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 219 (12.93%) Business Analysis
6 215 (12.69%) Business Intelligence
7 202 (11.92%) Analytics
8 199 (11.75%) Cybersecurity
9 196 (11.57%) ITIL
10 187 (11.04%) Customer Service
11 167 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 156 (9.21%) Process Improvement
13 147 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 142 (8.38%) Mentoring
14 142 (8.38%) User Stories
15 130 (7.67%) ITSM
16 121 (7.14%) AI
17 118 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
18 116 (6.85%) Requirements Gathering
19 115 (6.79%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 358 (21.13%) SQL
2 98 (5.79%) Python
3 59 (3.48%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.18%) C#
5 21 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.12%) Java
7 18 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.00%) VBA
9 15 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.77%) Bash
11 12 (0.71%) Bicep
12 11 (0.65%) C++
13 10 (0.59%) R
14 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.18%) Delphi
16 3 (0.18%) Pascal
16 3 (0.18%) PHP
16 3 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 293 (17.30%) Degree
2 115 (6.79%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.32%) AWS Certification
4 101 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 94 (5.55%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.55%) MCSE
7 52 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.54%) ACCA
9 39 (2.30%) CIMA
10 30 (1.77%) CISSP
11 24 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.24%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.24%) CISM
14 18 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 15 (0.89%) AAT
16 13 (0.77%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.53%) CISA
18 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.80%) QA
2 75 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (3.07%) GDPR
5 43 (2.54%) NIST
6 29 (1.71%) SLA
7 22 (1.30%) GRC
8 21 (1.24%) PMO
9 20 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.94%) FINREP
11 15 (0.89%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.83%) COREP
13 12 (0.71%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.65%) IFRS
15 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
16 9 (0.53%) NCSC
17 7 (0.41%) EMIR
18 6 (0.35%) MiFID
18 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.77%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.00%) SCCM
3 13 (0.77%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
8 2 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.059%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) Nessus
9 1 (0.059%) Nmap
9 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 396 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.15%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.54%) Oracle
3 43 (2.54%) SAP
4 42 (2.48%) Google
5 36 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.71%) Adobe
7 27 (1.59%) Apple
8 26 (1.53%) VMware
9 21 (1.24%) Cisco
10 19 (1.12%) iManage
11 17 (1.00%) Citrix
12 16 (0.94%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.94%) Qualys
13 14 (0.83%) Aruba
14 12 (0.71%) Intapp
14 12 (0.71%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (0.59%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.53%) Sage
16 9 (0.53%) SunGard