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 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,411 1,346 3,236
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 10.46% 10.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.91% 11.11% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 935 958 2,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,741 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £51,075 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -10.92% +12.88% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £84,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.47% +5.56% -3.22%

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 15,834 12,119 29,611
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.22% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,102 8,897 24,383
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,259 £46,250 £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 £92,500
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 28 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 28 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.

1 341 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 292 (20.69%) SQL
3 289 (20.48%) Degree
4 254 (18.00%) Agile
5 235 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
7 208 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
7 208 (14.74%) Customer Service
8 205 (14.53%) ITIL
9 198 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 197 (13.96%) Power Platform
11 186 (13.18%) Power BI
12 184 (13.04%) Decision-Making
13 175 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
14 163 (11.55%) Microsoft Excel
15 148 (10.49%) ITSM
16 142 (10.06%) Azure
17 141 (9.99%) Security Cleared
18 139 (9.85%) QA
19 132 (9.36%) ServiceNow
20 130 (9.21%) Business Analysis
21 129 (9.14%) Windows
22 127 (9.00%) AWS
23 125 (8.86%) Analytics
24 122 (8.65%) Data Analysis
24 122 (8.65%) Process Improvement
25 121 (8.58%) ERP
26 115 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
27 110 (7.80%) AWS Certification
28 102 (7.23%) 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 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.34%) Confluence
4 17 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.50%) CMS
6 5 (0.35%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 175 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
2 163 (11.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.35%) 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 (0.92%) 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 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.21%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 211 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (13.96%) Power Platform
3 142 (10.06%) Azure
4 127 (9.00%) AWS
5 73 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
6 53 (3.76%) SaaS
7 41 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.77%) GCP
9 23 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.63%) Google Analytics
10 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.78%) OneDrive
13 10 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
15 6 (0.43%) PaaS
16 5 (0.35%) Google Tag Manager
16 5 (0.35%) Mimecast
17 4 (0.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.13%) Firewall
2 27 (1.91%) VPN
3 20 (1.42%) DNS
4 19 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
4 19 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.13%) DHCP
6 15 (1.06%) Network Security
7 9 (0.64%) WAN
7 9 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) VoIP
9 6 (0.43%) LAN
10 5 (0.35%) Broadband
10 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.28%) Wireless
12 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 3 (0.21%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
13 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (13.18%) Power BI
2 66 (4.68%) Tableau
3 64 (4.54%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (1.63%) Looker
5 23 (1.63%) Power Query
6 18 (1.28%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.85%) Metadata
10 11 (0.78%) MySQL
10 11 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.71%) Essbase
12 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.57%) DB2
14 7 (0.50%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 91 (6.45%) JIRA
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (1.20%) Selenium
4 15 (1.06%) Postman
5 14 (0.99%) SoapUI
6 13 (0.92%) 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
1 586 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 389 (27.57%) Finance
3 353 (25.02%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (6.31%) French Language
5 88 (6.24%) Legal
6 85 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (5.95%) Retail
8 72 (5.10%) Banking
9 58 (4.11%) Law
10 56 (3.97%) Public Sector
11 55 (3.90%) Marketing
12 53 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (3.61%) Swedish Language
14 28 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
16 22 (1.56%) Local Government
17 21 (1.49%) Advertising
18 20 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
19 19 (1.35%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.20%) .NET
2 23 (1.63%) SOAP
3 16 (1.13%) HTML
4 15 (1.06%) Middleware
5 13 (0.92%) EDI
5 13 (0.92%) JSON
5 13 (0.92%) XML
6 12 (0.85%) REST
7 10 (0.71%) Flash
8 5 (0.35%) 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%) FHIR
11 2 (0.14%) FpML
11 2 (0.14%) React
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
12 1 (0.071%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 83 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 38 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 22 (1.56%) NHS
9 21 (1.49%) FMCG
10 19 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.28%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
14 12 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.78%) Client/Server
15 11 (0.78%) Social Media
15 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.14%) Windows
2 34 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 30 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.91%) Android
6 21 (1.49%) Linux
7 14 (0.99%) 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
1 254 (18.00%) Agile
2 235 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
3 208 (14.74%) Customer Service
4 205 (14.53%) ITIL
5 198 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 184 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 148 (10.49%) ITSM
8 130 (9.21%) Business Analysis
9 125 (8.86%) Analytics
10 122 (8.65%) Data Analysis
10 122 (8.65%) Process Improvement
11 121 (8.58%) ERP
12 102 (7.23%) User Stories
13 98 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
13 98 (6.95%) Mentoring
14 95 (6.73%) Performance Metrics
15 88 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 84 (5.95%) Project Management
17 82 (5.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 292 (20.69%) SQL
2 76 (5.39%) Python
3 42 (2.98%) C#
4 29 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 22 (1.56%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.42%) Java
7 13 (0.92%) VBA
8 10 (0.71%) Groovy
9 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) R
10 6 (0.43%) C++
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
11 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.28%) ABAP
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
1 289 (20.48%) Degree
2 141 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 115 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 110 (7.80%) AWS Certification
5 93 (6.59%) MCSE
6 82 (5.81%) ACCA
7 81 (5.74%) CIMA
8 76 (5.39%) SC Cleared
9 45 (3.19%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.41%) CISSP
11 30 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 28 (1.98%) AAT
13 25 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.42%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.28%) ISTQB
16 16 (1.13%) IIBA
17 12 (0.85%) CISM
18 11 (0.78%) CISA
18 11 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (9.85%) QA
2 59 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.41%) NIST
5 23 (1.63%) GDPR
5 23 (1.63%) SLA
6 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.42%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.35%) PMO
9 18 (1.28%) GRC
10 13 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.71%) COREP
12 10 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.50%) EMIR
13 7 (0.50%) FINREP
14 6 (0.43%) Basel II
15 5 (0.35%) MiFID
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.99%) 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 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.20%) SCCM
3 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.21%) Terraform
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
1 341 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.36%) ServiceNow
3 52 (3.69%) Oracle
4 41 (2.91%) SAP
5 37 (2.62%) Google
6 36 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.77%) Adobe
8 20 (1.42%) Apple
9 15 (1.06%) 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 (0.35%) Aderant
15 5 (0.35%) Cisco
15 5 (0.35%) JD Edwards