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 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,405 1,360 3,220
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.33% 10.52% 10.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.88% 11.16% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 926 963 2,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,744 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% +5.56% -3.23%

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 15,820 12,189 29,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.33% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,976 8,902 24,313
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,996
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 March 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 26 March 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.

1 346 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 294 (20.93%) Degree
3 287 (20.43%) SQL
4 253 (18.01%) Agile
5 233 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (15.16%) Customer Service
6 213 (15.16%) Microsoft 365
7 207 (14.73%) ITIL
8 205 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
9 198 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 195 (13.88%) Power Platform
11 183 (13.02%) Power BI
12 182 (12.95%) Decision-Making
13 180 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
14 160 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
15 151 (10.75%) ITSM
16 143 (10.18%) QA
17 141 (10.04%) Azure
17 141 (10.04%) Security Cleared
18 135 (9.61%) ServiceNow
19 131 (9.32%) AWS
20 130 (9.25%) Business Analysis
21 129 (9.18%) Windows
22 121 (8.61%) Analytics
22 121 (8.61%) Data Analysis
23 120 (8.54%) Process Improvement
24 119 (8.47%) ERP
24 119 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
25 114 (8.11%) AWS Certification
26 101 (7.19%) User Stories

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 50 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.42%) Confluence
2 34 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.21%) SAS
4 7 (0.50%) CMS
5 6 (0.43%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
7 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 180 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
1 20 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 10 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
4 10 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.71%) Shopify
5 9 (0.64%) Magento
6 5 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 213 (15.16%) Microsoft 365
2 195 (13.88%) Power Platform
3 141 (10.04%) Azure
4 131 (9.32%) AWS
5 72 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
6 53 (3.77%) SaaS
7 41 (2.92%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.78%) GCP
9 23 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.57%) Google Analytics
11 13 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.78%) OneDrive
14 9 (0.64%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
15 7 (0.50%) PaaS
16 5 (0.36%) Google Tag Manager
16 5 (0.36%) Mimecast
17 4 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.99%) Firewall
2 27 (1.92%) VPN
3 21 (1.49%) DNS
4 19 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
4 19 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.21%) DHCP
6 15 (1.07%) Network Security
7 9 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) VoIP
8 8 (0.57%) WAN
9 5 (0.36%) Broadband
9 5 (0.36%) LAN
9 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.28%) Wireless
11 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
11 3 (0.21%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.14%) 4G
12 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (13.02%) Power BI
2 65 (4.63%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.63%) Tableau
3 29 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (1.64%) Power Query
5 22 (1.57%) Looker
6 17 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.00%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.85%) Metadata
11 11 (0.78%) MySQL
11 11 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.71%) Essbase
13 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.57%) DB2
15 7 (0.50%) PowerPivot
16 6 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
16 6 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 93 (6.62%) JIRA
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (1.21%) Selenium
4 15 (1.07%) Postman
5 14 (1.00%) SoapUI
6 13 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (0.78%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Git
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.071%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.071%) Gatling
11 1 (0.071%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.071%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.071%) TestRail
11 1 (0.071%) Zephyr
General
1 588 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 384 (27.33%) Finance
3 351 (24.98%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.62%) French Language
5 87 (6.19%) Legal
6 86 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (6.05%) Retail
8 70 (4.98%) Banking
9 57 (4.06%) Public Sector
10 56 (3.99%) Law
11 55 (3.91%) Swedish Language
12 53 (3.77%) Marketing
12 53 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.57%) Local Government
16 20 (1.42%) Advertising
16 20 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.35%) Automotive
17 19 (1.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.28%) .NET
2 23 (1.64%) SOAP
3 16 (1.14%) HTML
4 15 (1.07%) Middleware
5 13 (0.93%) EDI
5 13 (0.93%) JSON
5 13 (0.93%) XML
6 12 (0.85%) REST
7 10 (0.71%) Flash
8 5 (0.36%) Playwright
9 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.21%) Swagger
10 3 (0.21%) XSLT
11 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.14%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 82 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.57%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.57%) NHS
9 20 (1.42%) FMCG
10 19 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.85%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.78%) Social Media
15 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.18%) Windows
2 34 (2.42%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.92%) Android
6 21 (1.49%) Linux
7 14 (1.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
9 1 (0.071%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (18.01%) Agile
2 233 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (15.16%) Customer Service
4 207 (14.73%) ITIL
5 205 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
6 198 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (12.95%) Decision-Making
8 151 (10.75%) ITSM
9 130 (9.25%) Business Analysis
10 121 (8.61%) Analytics
10 121 (8.61%) Data Analysis
11 120 (8.54%) Process Improvement
12 119 (8.47%) ERP
13 101 (7.19%) User Stories
14 99 (7.05%) Performance Metrics
15 98 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
15 98 (6.98%) Mentoring
16 88 (6.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 84 (5.98%) Project Management
18 82 (5.84%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 287 (20.43%) SQL
2 74 (5.27%) Python
3 42 (2.99%) C#
4 29 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.57%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (1.42%) Java
7 12 (0.85%) VBA
8 10 (0.71%) Groovy
9 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) R
10 6 (0.43%) C++
11 5 (0.36%) ABAP
11 5 (0.36%) PHP
11 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.28%) C
12 4 (0.28%) Delphi
12 4 (0.28%) Pascal
12 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 294 (20.93%) Degree
2 141 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 119 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 114 (8.11%) AWS Certification
5 97 (6.90%) MCSE
6 80 (5.69%) ACCA
6 80 (5.69%) CIMA
7 75 (5.34%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.20%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.42%) CISSP
10 30 (2.14%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.99%) AAT
12 26 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 18 (1.28%) ISTQB
15 16 (1.14%) IIBA
16 12 (0.85%) CISM
17 11 (0.78%) CISA
17 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.18%) QA
2 57 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.42%) NIST
5 23 (1.64%) GDPR
6 22 (1.57%) SLA
7 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.42%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.35%) PMO
10 18 (1.28%) GRC
11 13 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 10 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.64%) COREP
15 7 (0.50%) EMIR
16 6 (0.43%) Basel II
16 6 (0.43%) FINREP
17 5 (0.36%) MiFID
18 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
19 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 78 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.21%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.21%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.28%) Terraform
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.14%) QRadar
6 1 (0.071%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.071%) Control-M
6 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 346 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 135 (9.61%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.70%) Oracle
4 42 (2.99%) SAP
5 37 (2.63%) Google
6 34 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.78%) Adobe
8 20 (1.42%) Apple
9 15 (1.07%) VMware
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 10 (0.71%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.64%) Citrix
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.50%) Databricks
14 6 (0.43%) iManage
15 5 (0.36%) Aderant
15 5 (0.36%) Cisco
15 5 (0.36%) JD Edwards