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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,445 1,349 3,555
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.27% 10.29% 11.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.83% 11.00% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 961 962 2,438
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,550 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,563 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £52,075 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +15.09% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £44,775 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.74% +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 16,367 12,269 30,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.63% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,764 8,999 24,805
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,874
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +6.14% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,550 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 15 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 15 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.

1 332 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 304 (21.04%) SQL
3 290 (20.07%) Degree
4 238 (16.47%) Agile
5 234 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
7 204 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
8 195 (13.49%) Customer Service
9 194 (13.43%) Power Platform
10 192 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 190 (13.15%) ITIL
12 187 (12.94%) Power BI
13 186 (12.87%) Decision-Making
14 166 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
15 160 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
16 149 (10.31%) Security Cleared
17 144 (9.97%) Azure
18 142 (9.83%) QA
19 141 (9.76%) ServiceNow
20 136 (9.41%) Business Analysis
21 134 (9.27%) Process Improvement
22 133 (9.20%) AWS
23 130 (9.00%) ITSM
24 127 (8.79%) ERP
25 125 (8.65%) Analytics
26 120 (8.30%) Windows
27 119 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
28 116 (8.03%) AWS Certification
29 112 (7.75%) Mentoring
30 108 (7.47%) Data Analysis

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 45 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.21%) Confluence
3 31 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.11%) SAS
5 7 (0.48%) CMS
5 7 (0.48%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
7 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
Applications
1 166 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.38%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
3 19 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (1.11%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (0.76%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.69%) Hyperion Planning
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.69%) Shopify
8 9 (0.62%) Cloudability
8 9 (0.62%) Magento
9 5 (0.35%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.28%) Visualfiles
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 204 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (13.43%) Power Platform
3 144 (9.97%) Azure
4 133 (9.20%) AWS
5 75 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
6 51 (3.53%) SaaS
7 40 (2.77%) GCP
8 35 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.08%) Google Analytics
10 18 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.83%) OneDrive
13 10 (0.69%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
15 5 (0.35%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.35%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.35%) Miro
15 5 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.87%) Firewall
2 26 (1.80%) VPN
3 22 (1.52%) Network Security
4 18 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.18%) DNS
6 15 (1.04%) DHCP
7 13 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (0.83%) WAN
9 9 (0.62%) LAN
10 8 (0.55%) VoIP
11 7 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.42%) Broadband
13 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.28%) Wireless
15 3 (0.21%) SCCP
16 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 2 (0.14%) SSL
17 1 (0.069%) WebEx
17 1 (0.069%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (12.94%) Power BI
2 64 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.43%) Tableau
3 29 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (1.73%) BigQuery
4 25 (1.73%) Looker
5 23 (1.59%) Power Query
6 15 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.83%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (0.76%) Metadata
9 11 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 10 (0.69%) Essbase
10 10 (0.69%) MySQL
11 8 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.55%) DB2
12 7 (0.48%) PowerPivot
13 5 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 93 (6.44%) JIRA
2 20 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (1.25%) Postman
4 17 (1.18%) Selenium
5 16 (1.11%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.76%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.21%) Git
8 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.069%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.069%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.069%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.069%) TestRail
10 1 (0.069%) Toad
10 1 (0.069%) Zephyr
General
1 560 (38.75%) Social Skills
2 393 (27.20%) Finance
3 354 (24.50%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (5.88%) Retail
6 80 (5.54%) Banking
7 78 (5.40%) French Language
8 74 (5.12%) Legal
9 62 (4.29%) Public Sector
10 59 (4.08%) Law
11 57 (3.94%) Marketing
12 52 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.49%) Swedish Language
14 23 (1.59%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.38%) Advertising
17 18 (1.25%) Automotive
17 18 (1.25%) Back Office
17 18 (1.25%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.28%) .NET
2 24 (1.66%) SOAP
3 16 (1.11%) HTML
3 16 (1.11%) Middleware
4 15 (1.04%) XML
5 14 (0.97%) JSON
6 13 (0.90%) EDI
7 11 (0.76%) REST
8 8 (0.55%) Flash
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.21%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Playwright
10 3 (0.21%) SAP PI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) XSLT
11 2 (0.14%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) FpML
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.37%) Product Ownership
2 78 (5.40%) Onboarding
3 50 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 40 (2.77%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 21 (1.45%) Credit Risk
8 21 (1.45%) FMCG
9 20 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
13 11 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.69%) PMI
15 9 (0.62%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 120 (8.30%) Windows
2 30 (2.08%) Windows 10
3 29 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 28 (1.94%) Android
5 25 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.52%) Linux
7 11 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.069%) AIX
9 1 (0.069%) Unix
9 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (16.47%) Agile
2 234 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
4 195 (13.49%) Customer Service
5 192 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 190 (13.15%) ITIL
7 186 (12.87%) Decision-Making
8 136 (9.41%) Business Analysis
9 134 (9.27%) Process Improvement
10 130 (9.00%) ITSM
11 127 (8.79%) ERP
12 125 (8.65%) Analytics
13 119 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
14 112 (7.75%) Mentoring
15 108 (7.47%) Data Analysis
15 108 (7.47%) User Stories
16 94 (6.51%) Performance Metrics
17 90 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
18 82 (5.67%) Coaching
19 81 (5.61%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 304 (21.04%) SQL
2 75 (5.19%) Python
3 45 (3.11%) C#
4 30 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.87%) Java
6 24 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (1.66%) T-SQL
7 15 (1.04%) VBA
8 10 (0.69%) Groovy
9 8 (0.55%) R
10 6 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
11 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.28%) C++
12 4 (0.28%) Delphi
12 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.28%) Pascal
12 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.21%) VC++
14 2 (0.14%) C
Qualifications
1 290 (20.07%) Degree
2 149 (10.31%) Security Cleared
3 116 (8.03%) AWS Certification
4 108 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 90 (6.23%) MCSE
6 84 (5.81%) SC Cleared
7 81 (5.61%) ACCA
8 80 (5.54%) CIMA
9 44 (3.04%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.35%) CISSP
11 28 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (1.94%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.59%) AAT
13 21 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.38%) PMI Certification
15 17 (1.18%) ISTQB
16 16 (1.11%) IIBA
17 12 (0.83%) CISM
18 11 (0.76%) CISA
18 11 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (9.83%) QA
2 65 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.35%) NIST
5 28 (1.94%) SLA
6 21 (1.45%) GDPR
6 21 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 21 (1.45%) PMO
7 19 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.31%) GRC
8 14 (0.97%) COREP
9 13 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.76%) FINREP
12 9 (0.62%) EMIR
13 7 (0.48%) MiFID
13 7 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.42%) Basel II
15 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.25%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) QRadar
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.21%) Terraform
5 1 (0.069%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.069%) Control-M
5 1 (0.069%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 332 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 141 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.60%) Oracle
4 44 (3.04%) Google
5 40 (2.77%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.63%) SAP
7 33 (2.28%) Adobe
8 30 (2.08%) Apple
9 12 (0.83%) ConnectWise
9 12 (0.83%) Northgate
10 11 (0.76%) Citrix
11 10 (0.69%) Hyperion
11 10 (0.69%) VMware
12 9 (0.62%) Databricks
12 9 (0.62%) IBM
12 9 (0.62%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.55%) iManage
14 7 (0.48%) Aderant
15 6 (0.42%) Intapp
15 6 (0.42%) JD Edwards