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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 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 1,707 1,379 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.61% 8.36% 11.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.09% 9.08% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,207 1,069 1,487
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £28,656
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £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 21,105 15,194 24,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,205 9,406 17,902
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 £76,250
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 5 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 5 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 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 362 (21.21%) SQL
3 359 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
4 305 (17.87%) Agile
5 293 (17.16%) Degree
6 232 (13.59%) Decision-Making
7 224 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
8 220 (12.89%) Business Analysis
8 220 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 215 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
10 206 (12.07%) Analytics
11 204 (11.95%) Power Platform
12 199 (11.66%) ITIL
13 196 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
14 195 (11.42%) Power BI
15 188 (11.01%) Customer Service
16 177 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
17 174 (10.19%) Azure
18 171 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 163 (9.55%) Windows
20 159 (9.31%) Process Improvement
21 150 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
22 149 (8.73%) QA
23 145 (8.49%) Mentoring
24 144 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
24 144 (8.44%) User Stories
25 137 (8.03%) ServiceNow
26 132 (7.73%) AWS
27 130 (7.62%) Active Directory
27 130 (7.62%) ITSM

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 70 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.82%) 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 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.41%) 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 (0.059%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.59%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 224 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
2 204 (11.95%) Power Platform
3 174 (10.19%) Azure
4 132 (7.73%) AWS
5 73 (4.28%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.28%) GCP
7 51 (2.99%) SaaS
8 35 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.99%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.05%) OneDrive
13 16 (0.94%) IaaS
13 16 (0.94%) PaaS
13 16 (0.94%) 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 49 (2.87%) Firewall
1 49 (2.87%) VPN
2 38 (2.23%) DNS
3 32 (1.87%) DHCP
4 31 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.58%) Network Security
6 26 (1.52%) Broadband
7 25 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.11%) LAN
9 17 (1.00%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.59%) Internet
12 6 (0.35%) HTTP
13 5 (0.29%) SSL
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
16 2 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (11.42%) Power BI
2 52 (3.05%) Tableau
3 51 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.64%) Looker
5 27 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.35%) BigQuery
6 23 (1.35%) Power Query
7 19 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.64%) Metadata
11 10 (0.59%) MySQL
12 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.41%) Db2
15 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 92 (5.39%) JIRA
2 19 (1.11%) Git
3 10 (0.59%) 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 (0.059%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.059%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.059%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.059%) TestNG
9 1 (0.059%) WebDriver
General
1 585 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 459 (26.89%) Analytical Skills
3 415 (24.31%) Finance
4 151 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 129 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 111 (6.50%) Law
7 95 (5.57%) Retail
8 83 (4.86%) Legal
9 64 (3.75%) Banking
10 59 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.81%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.58%) Marketing
13 32 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.76%) French Language
15 23 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.05%) Front Office
18 17 (1.00%) Advertising
18 17 (1.00%) Aviation
18 17 (1.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.58%) .NET
2 25 (1.46%) HTML
3 23 (1.35%) XML
4 20 (1.17%) CSS
5 17 (1.00%) 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%) JSON
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
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
1 108 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 76 (4.45%) Management Information System
3 72 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.16%) Security Posture
4 54 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
5 38 (2.23%) Driving Licence
6 37 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 33 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (0.94%) 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
1 163 (9.55%) Windows
2 63 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.41%) 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 (0.059%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (17.87%) Agile
3 232 (13.59%) Decision-Making
4 220 (12.89%) Business Analysis
4 220 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 215 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
6 206 (12.07%) Analytics
7 199 (11.66%) ITIL
8 196 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
9 188 (11.01%) Customer Service
10 171 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 159 (9.31%) Process Improvement
12 150 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 145 (8.49%) Mentoring
14 144 (8.44%) User Stories
15 130 (7.62%) ITSM
16 122 (7.15%) AI
17 121 (7.09%) Actionable Insight
18 120 (7.03%) Requirements Gathering
19 117 (6.85%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 362 (21.21%) SQL
2 101 (5.92%) Python
3 60 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.17%) 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 15 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.76%) Bash
10 12 (0.70%) Bicep
11 11 (0.64%) C++
12 10 (0.59%) 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
1 293 (17.16%) Degree
2 118 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.27%) AWS Certification
4 101 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 98 (5.74%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.51%) MCSE
7 52 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.52%) ACCA
9 39 (2.28%) CIMA
10 29 (1.70%) CISSP
11 24 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.23%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.17%) CISM
15 19 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (1.05%) DBS Check
17 15 (0.88%) AAT
18 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.53%) CISA
19 9 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.73%) QA
2 77 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (3.05%) GDPR
5 43 (2.52%) NIST
6 30 (1.76%) SLA
7 22 (1.29%) PMO
8 21 (1.23%) GRC
9 20 (1.17%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.94%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.94%) 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 (0.59%) 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
1 130 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.00%) 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 (0.059%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (2.23%) 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 (0.059%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) Nessus
9 1 (0.059%) Nmap
9 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 399 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 137 (8.03%) ServiceNow
3 45 (2.64%) SAP
4 43 (2.52%) Google
4 43 (2.52%) Oracle
5 38 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.70%) Adobe
7 27 (1.58%) Apple
8 26 (1.52%) VMware
9 21 (1.23%) Cisco
10 19 (1.11%) iManage
11 17 (1.00%) Citrix
12 16 (0.94%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.94%) Qualys
13 14 (0.82%) Aruba
14 12 (0.70%) Intapp
14 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
15 9 (0.53%) FIS
15 9 (0.53%) IBM
15 9 (0.53%) SunGard