Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,374 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 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 1,714 1,377 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.61% 8.36% 10.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.08% 9.08% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 1,067 1,477
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £28,791
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,374 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,150 £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 21,203 15,171 24,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.06% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,259 9,382 17,881
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £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 £76,750
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 6 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 6 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.

1 399 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 364 (21.24%) SQL
3 361 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
4 305 (17.79%) Agile
5 294 (17.15%) Degree
6 236 (13.77%) Decision-Making
7 224 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
8 221 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 220 (12.84%) Business Analysis
10 216 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
11 209 (12.19%) Analytics
12 204 (11.90%) Power Platform
13 199 (11.61%) ITIL
14 198 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
15 195 (11.38%) Power BI
16 188 (10.97%) Customer Service
17 177 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
18 175 (10.21%) Azure
19 171 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 164 (9.57%) Windows
21 159 (9.28%) Process Improvement
22 153 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
23 149 (8.69%) QA
24 145 (8.46%) Mentoring
25 144 (8.40%) User Stories
26 143 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
27 137 (7.99%) ServiceNow
28 133 (7.76%) AWS
29 130 (7.58%) ITSM
30 129 (7.53%) 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 71 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.81%) Confluence
4 13 (0.76%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.40%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
3 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.35%) Shopify
5 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.23%) JDE World
6 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 224 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
2 204 (11.90%) Power Platform
3 175 (10.21%) Azure
4 133 (7.76%) AWS
5 73 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.27%) GCP
7 50 (2.92%) SaaS
8 35 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.98%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.05%) OneDrive
13 16 (0.93%) IaaS
13 16 (0.93%) PaaS
13 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.76%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.76%) GitHub
14 13 (0.76%) Serverless
15 12 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.92%) VPN
2 49 (2.86%) Firewall
3 39 (2.28%) DNS
4 33 (1.93%) DHCP
5 32 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.58%) Network Security
7 26 (1.52%) Broadband
8 25 (1.46%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.11%) LAN
10 17 (0.99%) WAN
11 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (0.58%) Internet
13 7 (0.41%) HTTP
14 5 (0.29%) SSL
15 4 (0.23%) FTP
15 4 (0.23%) NGFW
15 4 (0.23%) SMTP
15 4 (0.23%) Wireless
16 3 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
17 2 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (11.38%) Power BI
2 54 (3.15%) Tableau
3 50 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.69%) Looker
5 27 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.34%) BigQuery
6 23 (1.34%) Power Query
7 19 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.70%) Metadata
11 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.53%) MySQL
12 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.41%) Db2
14 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
15 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 92 (5.37%) JIRA
2 19 (1.11%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 7 (0.41%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.058%) 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
1 584 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 462 (26.95%) Analytical Skills
3 419 (24.45%) Finance
4 152 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 112 (6.53%) Law
7 95 (5.54%) Retail
8 84 (4.90%) Legal
9 64 (3.73%) Banking
10 60 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.80%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.57%) Marketing
13 32 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.75%) French Language
15 23 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.05%) Front Office
18 17 (0.99%) Advertising
18 17 (0.99%) Aviation
19 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.58%) .NET
2 25 (1.46%) HTML
3 22 (1.28%) XML
4 20 (1.17%) CSS
5 17 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.76%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) EDI
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 6 (0.35%) JSON
10 6 (0.35%) Middleware
11 5 (0.29%) HTML5
11 5 (0.29%) jQuery
11 5 (0.29%) SOAP
12 4 (0.23%) LDAP
12 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
13 2 (0.12%) FpML
13 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 77 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 72 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.15%) Security Posture
4 54 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 38 (2.22%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 33 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
10 15 (0.88%) Operational Technology
11 14 (0.82%) Blog
11 14 (0.82%) Housing Association
12 13 (0.76%) Cloud Native
12 13 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.70%) Data Centre
13 12 (0.70%) Podcast
13 12 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 164 (9.57%) Windows
2 64 (3.73%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.40%) Linux
4 20 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) Android
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 9 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (17.79%) Agile
3 236 (13.77%) Decision-Making
4 221 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 220 (12.84%) Business Analysis
6 216 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
7 209 (12.19%) Analytics
8 199 (11.61%) ITIL
9 198 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
10 188 (10.97%) Customer Service
11 171 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 159 (9.28%) Process Improvement
13 153 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 145 (8.46%) Mentoring
15 144 (8.40%) User Stories
16 130 (7.58%) ITSM
17 124 (7.23%) AI
18 122 (7.12%) Actionable Insight
19 120 (7.00%) Requirements Gathering
20 119 (6.94%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 364 (21.24%) SQL
2 100 (5.83%) Python
3 60 (3.50%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.16%) C#
5 21 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.11%) Java
7 18 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.05%) VBA
8 14 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.76%) Bash
10 12 (0.70%) Bicep
11 11 (0.64%) C++
12 10 (0.58%) R
13 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.18%) Delphi
15 3 (0.18%) Pascal
15 3 (0.18%) PHP
15 3 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 294 (17.15%) Degree
2 120 (7.00%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.24%) AWS Certification
4 102 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 99 (5.78%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.49%) MCSE
7 52 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.51%) ACCA
9 39 (2.28%) CIMA
10 30 (1.75%) CISSP
11 24 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.23%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.23%) CISM
14 19 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.05%) DBS Check
16 15 (0.88%) AAT
17 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.53%) CISA
18 9 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.69%) QA
2 77 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (3.09%) GDPR
5 43 (2.51%) NIST
6 30 (1.75%) SLA
7 23 (1.34%) PMO
8 22 (1.28%) GRC
9 21 (1.23%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.93%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.93%) FINREP
11 14 (0.82%) COREP
12 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.64%) IFRS
14 10 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.53%) NCSC
16 7 (0.41%) EMIR
17 6 (0.35%) MiFID
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 129 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.05%) SCCM
3 13 (0.76%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Nmap
9 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 399 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 137 (7.99%) ServiceNow
3 45 (2.63%) SAP
4 43 (2.51%) Google
4 43 (2.51%) Oracle
5 38 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.69%) Adobe
7 27 (1.58%) Apple
8 26 (1.52%) VMware
9 21 (1.23%) Cisco
10 19 (1.11%) iManage
11 17 (0.99%) Citrix
12 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.93%) Qualys
13 14 (0.82%) Aruba
14 12 (0.70%) Intapp
14 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
15 9 (0.53%) Aderant
15 9 (0.53%) FIS
15 9 (0.53%) SunGard