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 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,722 1,389 2,782
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 8.38% 11.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.97% 9.06% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 1,058 1,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +5.00% -8.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £79,375
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.17%

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 21,595 15,325 23,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.48% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,427 9,279 17,053
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 21 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 21 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.

1 393 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 373 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
3 370 (21.49%) SQL
4 318 (18.47%) Agile
5 286 (16.61%) Degree
6 248 (14.40%) Decision-Making
7 237 (13.76%) Business Analysis
8 232 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 224 (13.01%) Analytics
10 207 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
11 206 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
12 200 (11.61%) ITIL
13 194 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 192 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
14 192 (11.15%) Power Platform
15 183 (10.63%) Power BI
15 183 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 182 (10.57%) Customer Service
17 176 (10.22%) Azure
18 171 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
19 157 (9.12%) Process Improvement
19 157 (9.12%) Windows
20 155 (9.00%) User Stories
21 143 (8.30%) QA
22 137 (7.96%) AI
23 132 (7.67%) Mentoring
24 131 (7.61%) ITSM
25 130 (7.55%) AWS
25 130 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
26 128 (7.43%) Active Directory

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 68 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.03%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 171 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.23%) JDE World
8 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 207 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
2 192 (11.15%) Power Platform
3 176 (10.22%) Azure
4 130 (7.55%) AWS
5 76 (4.41%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.25%) SaaS
7 52 (3.02%) GCP
8 38 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
13 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
13 15 (0.87%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.81%) Serverless
15 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
16 12 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) VPN
3 39 (2.26%) DNS
4 32 (1.86%) DHCP
5 31 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.57%) Network Security
7 26 (1.51%) Broadband
8 23 (1.34%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.10%) LAN
10 17 (0.99%) WAN
11 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (0.58%) Internet
13 8 (0.46%) HTTP
14 5 (0.29%) SSL
15 4 (0.23%) FTP
15 4 (0.23%) NGFW
15 4 (0.23%) SMTP
15 4 (0.23%) Wireless
16 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (10.63%) Power BI
2 53 (3.08%) Tableau
3 46 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.68%) Looker
5 25 (1.45%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (1.10%) Power Query
8 17 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.93%) Metadata
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.41%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
16 5 (0.29%) Db2
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (5.87%) JIRA
2 18 (1.05%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 589 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 501 (29.09%) Analytical Skills
3 436 (25.32%) Finance
4 163 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 128 (7.43%) Law
7 93 (5.40%) Retail
8 84 (4.88%) Legal
9 66 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 57 (3.31%) Banking
11 48 (2.79%) Marketing
11 48 (2.79%) Swedish Language
12 38 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (1.80%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.16%) French Language
16 19 (1.10%) Advertising
17 18 (1.05%) Front Office
18 17 (0.99%) Aviation
19 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) XML
3 20 (1.16%) .NET
3 20 (1.16%) CSS
3 20 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.75%) Terraform
5 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
5 12 (0.70%) Web Services
6 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
7 8 (0.46%) EDI
8 5 (0.29%) HTML5
8 5 (0.29%) jQuery
8 5 (0.29%) Playwright
9 4 (0.23%) JSON
9 4 (0.23%) LDAP
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.23%) Middleware
10 3 (0.17%) PySpark
10 3 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 84 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 68 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 47 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 33 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Blog
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Derivative
14 12 (0.70%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 157 (9.12%) Windows
2 63 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.39%) Linux
4 15 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
2 318 (18.47%) Agile
3 248 (14.40%) Decision-Making
4 237 (13.76%) Business Analysis
5 232 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 224 (13.01%) Analytics
7 206 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
8 200 (11.61%) ITIL
9 194 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 192 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
11 183 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 182 (10.57%) Customer Service
13 157 (9.12%) Process Improvement
14 155 (9.00%) User Stories
15 137 (7.96%) AI
16 132 (7.67%) Mentoring
17 131 (7.61%) ITSM
18 130 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
19 128 (7.43%) Project Delivery
20 127 (7.38%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 370 (21.49%) SQL
2 109 (6.33%) Python
3 57 (3.31%) PowerShell
4 34 (1.97%) C#
5 22 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (1.05%) Java
6 18 (1.05%) VBA
7 17 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.75%) Bash
9 12 (0.70%) Bicep
10 11 (0.64%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
14 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.058%) PHP
Qualifications
1 286 (16.61%) Degree
2 123 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.69%) AWS Certification
5 92 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (3.95%) MCSE
7 54 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.21%) ACCA
9 34 (1.97%) CIMA
10 25 (1.45%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.16%) CISM
14 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.10%) DBS Check
16 12 (0.70%) AAT
17 10 (0.58%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
19 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (8.30%) QA
2 80 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.19%) GDPR
5 40 (2.32%) NIST
6 30 (1.74%) SLA
7 26 (1.51%) PMO
8 20 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.10%) GRC
10 15 (0.87%) FINREP
10 15 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.75%) COREP
13 10 (0.58%) IFRS
14 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.41%) EMIR
15 7 (0.41%) NCSC
16 6 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.35%) MiFID
16 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.75%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 8 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 393 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 125 (7.26%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.67%) Oracle
4 45 (2.61%) Google
5 44 (2.56%) SAP
6 43 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.68%) Adobe
7 29 (1.68%) VMware
8 28 (1.63%) Apple
9 21 (1.22%) Cisco
10 19 (1.10%) iManage
11 17 (0.99%) Citrix
12 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.93%) Qualys
13 14 (0.81%) Aruba
14 12 (0.70%) Intapp
14 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.64%) Aderant
16 10 (0.58%) FIS
16 10 (0.58%) IBM