Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,461 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 22 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,563 1,363 3,722
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.03% 9.02% 10.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.53% 9.80% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 1,010 2,401
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,461 £48,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +7.19% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.52%

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 18,313 13,906 32,865
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 91.99% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,356 8,568 25,832
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,314
Median % change year-on-year - +8.47% -11.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
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 10 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 10 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.

1 334 (21.37%) SQL
2 328 (20.99%) Microsoft
3 301 (19.26%) Agile
4 279 (17.85%) Degree
5 260 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
6 205 (13.12%) Decision-Making
7 197 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
8 191 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 191 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
9 188 (12.03%) Power Platform
10 182 (11.64%) Power BI
11 178 (11.39%) Business Analysis
12 169 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
13 157 (10.04%) ITIL
14 155 (9.92%) Process Improvement
15 154 (9.85%) Customer Service
16 153 (9.79%) Analytics
17 145 (9.28%) Azure
18 144 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
19 140 (8.96%) Mentoring
20 138 (8.83%) Security Cleared
21 131 (8.38%) ServiceNow
22 128 (8.19%) QA
23 127 (8.13%) Windows
24 126 (8.06%) User Stories
25 124 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
26 123 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
27 114 (7.29%) AWS
28 113 (7.23%) ERP
29 108 (6.91%) 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 50 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.73%) Confluence
4 11 (0.70%) IIS
4 11 (0.70%) SAS
5 4 (0.26%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 144 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.54%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.58%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.38%) Magento
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.38%) Shopify
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (0.26%) Infor M3
9 4 (0.26%) JDE OneWorld
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 191 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
2 188 (12.03%) Power Platform
3 145 (9.28%) Azure
4 114 (7.29%) AWS
5 52 (3.33%) GCP
6 46 (2.94%) SaaS
7 41 (2.62%) Entra ID
8 37 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.05%) Google Analytics
10 19 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.09%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.02%) OneDrive
13 11 (0.70%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.51%) IaaS
15 8 (0.51%) PaaS
16 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
16 7 (0.45%) Miro
16 7 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.50%) Firewall
2 37 (2.37%) VPN
3 30 (1.92%) Broadband
4 28 (1.79%) Network Security
5 21 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 20 (1.28%) DNS
7 15 (0.96%) DHCP
8 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.64%) LAN
10 9 (0.58%) WAN
11 8 (0.51%) VoIP
12 6 (0.38%) Internet
13 5 (0.32%) SSL
14 4 (0.26%) NGFW
15 3 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
15 3 (0.19%) FTP
15 3 (0.19%) HTTP
15 3 (0.19%) SCCP
15 3 (0.19%) SMTP
16 2 (0.13%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (11.64%) Power BI
2 61 (3.90%) Tableau
3 51 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.34%) BigQuery
7 20 (1.28%) Looker
7 20 (1.28%) Power Query
8 19 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.90%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.64%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Db2
13 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.45%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.32%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 91 (5.82%) JIRA
2 14 (0.90%) Postman
3 12 (0.77%) SoapUI
4 11 (0.70%) Git
4 11 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (0.64%) Selenium
6 8 (0.51%) WebDriver
7 5 (0.32%) GitLab
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
11 1 (0.064%) JUnit
11 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.064%) TestNG
11 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 504 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 389 (24.89%) Finance
3 387 (24.76%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.91%) Public Sector
6 81 (5.18%) Retail
7 80 (5.12%) Law
8 77 (4.93%) Legal
9 61 (3.90%) Banking
10 48 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.88%) French Language
12 44 (2.82%) Marketing
13 24 (1.54%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.47%) Aviation
15 21 (1.34%) Games
16 20 (1.28%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.28%) Swedish Language
17 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.02%) Publishing
19 15 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.92%) .NET
2 23 (1.47%) HTML
3 18 (1.15%) XML
4 17 (1.09%) SOAP
5 14 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.83%) CSS
7 12 (0.77%) Middleware
8 11 (0.70%) JSON
9 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
10 7 (0.45%) EDI
10 7 (0.45%) REST
11 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.32%) HTML5
12 5 (0.32%) jQuery
12 5 (0.32%) Web Services
13 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
14 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
14 3 (0.19%) Playwright
14 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 64 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 37 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.18%) Security Posture
8 33 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
11 19 (1.22%) FMCG
12 17 (1.09%) Social Media
13 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
13 15 (0.96%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.90%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.90%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (0.77%) Cyberattack
17 11 (0.70%) Credit Risk
18 10 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.13%) Windows
2 30 (1.92%) Windows 10
2 30 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.34%) Linux
4 20 (1.28%) Android
5 14 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (19.26%) Agile
2 260 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
3 205 (13.12%) Decision-Making
4 197 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
5 191 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 178 (11.39%) Business Analysis
7 169 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
8 157 (10.04%) ITIL
9 155 (9.92%) Process Improvement
10 154 (9.85%) Customer Service
11 153 (9.79%) Analytics
12 140 (8.96%) Mentoring
13 126 (8.06%) User Stories
14 123 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 113 (7.23%) ERP
16 108 (6.91%) Data Analysis
16 108 (6.91%) ITSM
17 107 (6.85%) Actionable Insight
18 98 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
19 97 (6.21%) AI
Programming Languages
1 334 (21.37%) SQL
2 93 (5.95%) Python
3 43 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.98%) C#
5 27 (1.73%) T-SQL
6 25 (1.60%) Java
7 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 9 (0.58%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.51%) VBA
12 4 (0.26%) Bash
12 4 (0.26%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.19%) Groovy
14 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 279 (17.85%) Degree
2 138 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.53%) AWS Certification
4 87 (5.57%) SC Cleared
5 84 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (4.35%) MCSE
7 48 (3.07%) ACCA
8 47 (3.01%) CIMA
9 42 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (2.18%) DBS Check
11 32 (2.05%) DV Cleared
12 31 (1.98%) CISSP
13 24 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.15%) CISM
16 17 (1.09%) AAT
17 16 (1.02%) PMI Certification
18 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.96%) IIBA
19 12 (0.77%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.19%) QA
2 66 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (4.09%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.62%) GDPR
5 40 (2.56%) NIST
6 27 (1.73%) SLA
7 25 (1.60%) GRC
8 22 (1.41%) PMO
9 21 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.22%) Accessibility
11 14 (0.90%) COREP
11 14 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.90%) FINREP
12 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.45%) NCSC
15 6 (0.38%) EMIR
15 6 (0.38%) MiFID
15 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 90 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.51%) Docker
5 5 (0.32%) vSphere
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 34 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.45%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.26%) QRadar
6 3 (0.19%) Ansible
6 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.13%) Graylog
8 1 (0.064%) Autotask
8 1 (0.064%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.064%) Kibana
8 1 (0.064%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 328 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.38%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.94%) Oracle
4 44 (2.82%) SAP
5 43 (2.75%) Adobe
6 41 (2.62%) Google
7 40 (2.56%) Apple
8 36 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.02%) iManage
10 15 (0.96%) Citrix
11 11 (0.70%) Cisco
11 11 (0.70%) VMware
12 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
13 9 (0.58%) ConnectWise
13 9 (0.58%) IBM
13 9 (0.58%) Intapp
13 9 (0.58%) Northgate
14 7 (0.45%) Aderant
15 6 (0.38%) Sage
15 6 (0.38%) WooCommerce