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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,580 1,367 3,644
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 8.75% 10.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.23% 9.49% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 1,036 2,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,625 £27,445
25th Percentile £36,663 £34,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,500 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.41%

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 19,193 14,402 32,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.17% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,026 8,840 25,194
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 27 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 27 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.

1 341 (21.58%) Microsoft
1 341 (21.58%) SQL
2 296 (18.73%) Agile
3 289 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 287 (18.16%) Degree
5 214 (13.54%) Decision-Making
6 205 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
6 205 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 204 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
8 201 (12.72%) Power Platform
9 194 (12.28%) Power BI
10 189 (11.96%) Business Analysis
11 176 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
12 172 (10.89%) ITIL
13 170 (10.76%) Customer Service
14 168 (10.63%) Analytics
15 153 (9.68%) Azure
16 151 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
17 149 (9.43%) Process Improvement
18 143 (9.05%) QA
19 142 (8.99%) ServiceNow
20 140 (8.86%) Mentoring
21 137 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
22 133 (8.42%) Windows
23 130 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 125 (7.91%) User Stories
25 121 (7.66%) ITSM
25 121 (7.66%) Security Cleared
26 114 (7.22%) Actionable Insight
27 113 (7.15%) AWS

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 61 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.09%) Confluence
4 13 (0.82%) IIS
5 9 (0.57%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 151 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 137 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.52%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.32%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 204 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
2 201 (12.72%) Power Platform
3 153 (9.68%) Azure
4 113 (7.15%) AWS
5 52 (3.29%) GCP
6 49 (3.10%) SaaS
7 45 (2.85%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.09%) Google Analytics
9 31 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.14%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.14%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.01%) IaaS
12 16 (1.01%) PaaS
13 15 (0.95%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.89%) Serverless
15 13 (0.82%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.82%) GitHub
16 12 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.16%) VPN
2 47 (2.97%) Firewall
3 30 (1.90%) DNS
4 29 (1.84%) Network Security
5 28 (1.77%) Broadband
6 25 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 25 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.46%) DHCP
8 14 (0.89%) LAN
8 14 (0.89%) WAN
9 10 (0.63%) Internet
10 9 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.32%) HTTP
11 5 (0.32%) SSL
11 5 (0.32%) VoIP
12 4 (0.25%) FTP
12 4 (0.25%) NGFW
12 4 (0.25%) SMTP
13 3 (0.19%) VLAN
14 2 (0.13%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (12.28%) Power BI
2 57 (3.61%) Tableau
3 50 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.46%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.39%) Power Query
6 22 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.33%) Looker
8 19 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.82%) MySQL
10 12 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.63%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Db2
13 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.38%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 90 (5.70%) JIRA
2 19 (1.20%) Git
3 9 (0.57%) Postman
4 7 (0.44%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.38%) Selenium
5 6 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.32%) GitLab
7 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.19%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.063%) JUnit
10 1 (0.063%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.063%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.063%) TestNG
General
1 533 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 406 (25.70%) Analytical Skills
3 377 (23.86%) Finance
4 132 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.63%) Law
7 83 (5.25%) Retail
8 73 (4.62%) Legal
9 61 (3.86%) Banking
10 50 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.91%) Marketing
12 40 (2.53%) French Language
13 35 (2.22%) Swedish Language
14 27 (1.71%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.33%) Aviation
16 20 (1.27%) Games
16 20 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.20%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.08%) Automotive
18 17 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.58%) .NET
2 20 (1.27%) XML
3 18 (1.14%) HTML
4 17 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.82%) CSS
6 11 (0.70%) JSON
6 11 (0.70%) Middleware
7 10 (0.63%) EDI
7 10 (0.63%) SOAP
8 9 (0.57%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.32%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.32%) HTML5
10 5 (0.32%) jQuery
10 5 (0.32%) Web Services
11 4 (0.25%) LDAP
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.25%) REST
11 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
12 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 66 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 47 (2.97%) Security Posture
5 42 (2.66%) Data Structures
5 42 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (2.34%) Driving Licence
7 29 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
8 24 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
9 18 (1.14%) FMCG
10 16 (1.01%) Client/Server
11 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
11 14 (0.89%) Social Media
12 13 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.82%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.76%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.76%) Housing Association
13 12 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.76%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 133 (8.42%) Windows
2 33 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.84%) Windows 10
4 21 (1.33%) Linux
5 15 (0.95%) Android
6 12 (0.76%) VMS
7 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (18.73%) Agile
2 289 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
3 214 (13.54%) Decision-Making
4 205 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
4 205 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 189 (11.96%) Business Analysis
6 176 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
7 172 (10.89%) ITIL
8 170 (10.76%) Customer Service
9 168 (10.63%) Analytics
10 149 (9.43%) Process Improvement
11 140 (8.86%) Mentoring
12 130 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 125 (7.91%) User Stories
14 121 (7.66%) ITSM
15 114 (7.22%) Actionable Insight
16 109 (6.90%) ERP
17 108 (6.84%) Data Analysis
18 105 (6.65%) Stakeholder Management
19 103 (6.52%) AI
Programming Languages
1 341 (21.58%) SQL
2 94 (5.95%) Python
3 52 (3.29%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.77%) C#
5 22 (1.39%) T-SQL
6 21 (1.33%) Java
7 19 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (0.82%) VBA
10 12 (0.76%) Bash
10 12 (0.76%) Bicep
10 12 (0.76%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.63%) R
12 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.25%) Delphi
13 4 (0.25%) Pascal
13 4 (0.25%) PHP
13 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.19%) C++
15 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 287 (18.16%) Degree
2 121 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 101 (6.39%) AWS Certification
5 80 (5.06%) SC Cleared
6 78 (4.94%) MCSE
7 48 (3.04%) ACCA
8 47 (2.97%) CIMA
9 44 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (2.03%) CISSP
11 29 (1.84%) DBS Check
12 25 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (1.27%) AAT
14 20 (1.27%) CISM
14 20 (1.27%) DV Cleared
15 18 (1.14%) Azure Certification
16 15 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (0.95%) PMI Certification
17 14 (0.89%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (9.05%) QA
2 67 (4.24%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (2.66%) NIST
4 41 (2.59%) GDPR
5 31 (1.96%) SLA
6 23 (1.46%) GRC
6 23 (1.46%) PMO
7 20 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.89%) COREP
8 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.89%) FINREP
9 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.51%) IFRS
12 7 (0.44%) NCSC
13 6 (0.38%) EMIR
13 6 (0.38%) MiFID
13 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.82%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) Docker
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.14%) SCCM
3 14 (0.89%) Terraform
4 7 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.32%) QRadar
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.13%) Ansible
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.063%) Autotask
9 1 (0.063%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.063%) Nessus
9 1 (0.063%) Nmap
9 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 341 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 142 (8.99%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.72%) Oracle
4 41 (2.59%) Google
4 41 (2.59%) SAP
5 35 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.96%) Adobe
7 27 (1.71%) Apple
8 23 (1.46%) VMware
9 18 (1.14%) Cisco
10 17 (1.08%) Citrix
10 17 (1.08%) iManage
11 13 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.82%) Qualys
12 12 (0.76%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.70%) Aruba
14 10 (0.63%) Intapp
14 10 (0.63%) JD Edwards
15 9 (0.57%) IBM
16 8 (0.51%) Sage