Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,313 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,484 1,350 3,579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.31% 10.10% 11.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.87% 10.87% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 965 2,432
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,688
25th Percentile £36,622 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,313 £50,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +11.61% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.68%

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 16,732 12,418 31,034
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.90% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,058 9,097 24,874
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,599 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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.

1 323 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 303 (20.42%) SQL
3 285 (19.20%) Degree
4 259 (17.45%) Agile
5 231 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
7 199 (13.41%) Power Platform
8 197 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
9 196 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 193 (13.01%) Power BI
11 185 (12.47%) Decision-Making
12 184 (12.40%) Customer Service
13 182 (12.26%) ITIL
14 162 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
15 156 (10.51%) Microsoft Office
16 152 (10.24%) Process Improvement
17 150 (10.11%) Security Cleared
18 149 (10.04%) Azure
19 148 (9.97%) Business Analysis
20 137 (9.23%) ERP
20 137 (9.23%) QA
21 135 (9.10%) ServiceNow
22 133 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
23 124 (8.36%) AWS
24 123 (8.29%) ITSM
24 123 (8.29%) Mentoring
25 119 (8.02%) Windows
26 116 (7.82%) Analytics
27 112 (7.55%) User Stories
28 109 (7.35%) AWS Certification

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 47 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (2.09%) Confluence
4 11 (0.74%) SAS
5 7 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 162 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 156 (10.51%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 19 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
1 19 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
2 18 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 17 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.81%) Cloudability
6 11 (0.74%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.67%) Shopify
8 9 (0.61%) Hyperion Planning
8 9 (0.61%) Magento
8 9 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.34%) Elite 3E
10 5 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
10 5 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
11 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 199 (13.41%) Power Platform
2 197 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (10.04%) Azure
4 124 (8.36%) AWS
5 75 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.23%) SaaS
7 42 (2.83%) GCP
8 36 (2.43%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.02%) Google Analytics
10 17 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.01%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (0.81%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.54%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.47%) Adobe Analytics
16 5 (0.34%) Lucidchart
16 5 (0.34%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.34%) Miro
16 5 (0.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.75%) Firewall
1 26 (1.75%) VPN
2 22 (1.48%) Network Security
3 19 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.08%) DNS
5 14 (0.94%) DHCP
6 13 (0.88%) Broadband
6 13 (0.88%) WAN
7 10 (0.67%) LAN
8 9 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (0.54%) VoIP
10 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.34%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.27%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
13 3 (0.20%) SSL
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (13.01%) Power BI
2 70 (4.72%) Tableau
3 61 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.68%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.68%) Looker
6 21 (1.42%) Power Query
7 15 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.74%) Metadata
10 11 (0.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 10 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.61%) Essbase
12 9 (0.61%) MySQL
13 8 (0.54%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.54%) DB2
14 7 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.47%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.40%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 94 (6.33%) JIRA
2 19 (1.28%) Postman
3 18 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
4 17 (1.15%) SoapUI
5 16 (1.08%) Selenium
5 16 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (0.74%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.20%) Git
8 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.067%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.067%) Gatling
9 1 (0.067%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.067%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.067%) TestRail
9 1 (0.067%) Toad
9 1 (0.067%) Zephyr
General
1 551 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 401 (27.02%) Finance
3 354 (23.85%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (6.06%) Retail
6 77 (5.19%) Banking
6 77 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 72 (4.85%) Legal
8 69 (4.65%) French Language
9 59 (3.98%) Law
10 56 (3.77%) Marketing
11 51 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.82%) Swedish Language
13 24 (1.62%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.48%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.35%) Advertising
16 19 (1.28%) Aviation
17 18 (1.21%) Publishing
18 17 (1.15%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.22%) .NET
2 25 (1.68%) SOAP
3 17 (1.15%) HTML
4 16 (1.08%) Middleware
5 15 (1.01%) XML
6 14 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.88%) EDI
7 13 (0.88%) JSON
8 10 (0.67%) REST
9 7 (0.47%) Flash
10 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.20%) Playwright
10 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
10 3 (0.20%) Swagger
10 3 (0.20%) XSLT
11 2 (0.13%) CSS
11 2 (0.13%) Pandas
11 2 (0.13%) React
11 2 (0.13%) RESTful
11 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 75 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 46 (3.10%) Data Structures
6 45 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 25 (1.68%) Driving Licence
7 25 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 21 (1.42%) FMCG
9 20 (1.35%) Credit Risk
9 20 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (1.21%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (0.94%) Social Media
13 13 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.74%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.67%) PMI
16 9 (0.61%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 119 (8.02%) Windows
2 31 (2.09%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.02%) Android
3 30 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.35%) Linux
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.067%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (17.45%) Agile
2 231 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (14.35%) Business Intelligence
4 196 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 185 (12.47%) Decision-Making
6 184 (12.40%) Customer Service
7 182 (12.26%) ITIL
8 152 (10.24%) Process Improvement
9 148 (9.97%) Business Analysis
10 137 (9.23%) ERP
11 133 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
12 123 (8.29%) ITSM
12 123 (8.29%) Mentoring
13 116 (7.82%) Analytics
14 112 (7.55%) User Stories
15 106 (7.14%) Data Analysis
16 90 (6.06%) Coaching
16 90 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 88 (5.93%) Performance Metrics
17 88 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 303 (20.42%) SQL
2 76 (5.12%) Python
3 43 (2.90%) C#
4 31 (2.09%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.89%) Java
6 26 (1.75%) T-SQL
7 24 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.01%) VBA
9 9 (0.61%) Groovy
10 8 (0.54%) R
11 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.34%) JavaScript
12 5 (0.34%) PHP
13 4 (0.27%) Delphi
13 4 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.27%) Pascal
13 4 (0.27%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.20%) C++
14 3 (0.20%) VC++
15 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 285 (19.20%) Degree
2 150 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 109 (7.35%) AWS Certification
4 98 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 86 (5.80%) SC Cleared
6 81 (5.46%) MCSE
7 80 (5.39%) ACCA
8 79 (5.32%) CIMA
9 43 (2.90%) DV Cleared
10 33 (2.22%) CISSP
11 29 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.68%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.42%) AAT
15 19 (1.28%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.08%) IIBA
16 16 (1.08%) ISTQB
17 14 (0.94%) CISA
17 14 (0.94%) CISM
18 12 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (9.23%) QA
2 68 (4.58%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.56%) NIST
5 29 (1.95%) SLA
6 23 (1.55%) PMO
7 22 (1.48%) GDPR
7 22 (1.48%) GRC
7 22 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.21%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.01%) COREP
10 13 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.88%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.81%) FINREP
12 8 (0.54%) EMIR
13 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.40%) Basel II
14 6 (0.40%) MiFID
14 6 (0.40%) NCSC
15 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 73 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.20%) Docker
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.28%) SCCM
3 4 (0.27%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.27%) QRadar
4 3 (0.20%) Ansible
4 3 (0.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.20%) Terraform
5 1 (0.067%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.067%) Control-M
5 1 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 323 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 135 (9.10%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.64%) Oracle
4 43 (2.90%) Google
4 43 (2.90%) SAP
5 38 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.43%) Adobe
7 33 (2.22%) Apple
8 12 (0.81%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.74%) Northgate
10 10 (0.67%) Citrix
10 10 (0.67%) VMware
11 9 (0.61%) Hyperion
11 9 (0.61%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.54%) IBM
12 8 (0.54%) iManage
13 7 (0.47%) Aderant
13 7 (0.47%) JD Edwards
14 6 (0.40%) Intapp
15 5 (0.34%) Databricks