Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,249 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,628 1,378 3,100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.51% 8.36% 10.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 9.07% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 1,065 1,820
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 20,395 15,201 27,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.20% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,441 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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.

1 384 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 344 (21.13%) SQL
3 336 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (17.81%) Agile
5 287 (17.63%) Degree
6 223 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
7 222 (13.64%) Decision-Making
8 211 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 206 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
10 205 (12.59%) Business Analysis
11 197 (12.10%) Power Platform
12 188 (11.55%) ITIL
12 188 (11.55%) Power BI
13 186 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
14 179 (11.00%) Analytics
15 178 (10.93%) Customer Service
16 171 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
17 168 (10.32%) Azure
18 155 (9.52%) Windows
19 151 (9.28%) Process Improvement
19 151 (9.28%) QA
19 151 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 147 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
21 141 (8.66%) ServiceNow
22 138 (8.48%) Mentoring
23 134 (8.23%) User Stories
24 128 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
25 127 (7.80%) ITSM
26 125 (7.68%) AWS
27 122 (7.49%) 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 65 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.78%) Confluence
4 13 (0.80%) IIS
5 6 (0.37%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.061%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.061%) CMS
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.061%) Site Server
Applications
1 171 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.47%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.55%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.55%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.31%) Shopify
7 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.25%) JDE World
7 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Magento
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (12.10%) Power Platform
3 168 (10.32%) Azure
4 125 (7.68%) AWS
5 68 (4.18%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.32%) SaaS
7 50 (3.07%) GCP
8 31 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (1.90%) Google Analytics
9 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.11%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.98%) IaaS
11 16 (0.98%) PaaS
11 16 (0.98%) Power Automate
11 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.86%) Serverless
13 13 (0.80%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.80%) GitHub
14 12 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 55 (3.38%) VPN
2 48 (2.95%) Firewall
3 40 (2.46%) DNS
4 32 (1.97%) DHCP
5 31 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 27 (1.66%) Broadband
7 27 (1.66%) Network Security
8 19 (1.17%) LAN
9 17 (1.04%) WAN
10 11 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.61%) Internet
12 5 (0.31%) HTTP
12 5 (0.31%) SSL
13 4 (0.25%) FTP
13 4 (0.25%) NGFW
13 4 (0.25%) SMTP
13 4 (0.25%) Wireless
14 3 (0.18%) VLAN
14 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (11.55%) Power BI
2 53 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 51 (3.13%) Tableau
4 29 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.29%) BigQuery
5 21 (1.29%) Power Query
6 20 (1.23%) Looker
6 20 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.80%) MySQL
10 12 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.49%) Db2
13 8 (0.49%) Metadata
14 6 (0.37%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 85 (5.22%) JIRA
2 19 (1.17%) Git
3 9 (0.55%) Selenium
4 7 (0.43%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.061%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.061%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.061%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.061%) TestNG
9 1 (0.061%) Toad
9 1 (0.061%) WebDriver
General
1 566 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 432 (26.54%) Analytical Skills
3 394 (24.20%) Finance
4 135 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 103 (6.33%) Law
7 89 (5.47%) Retail
8 78 (4.79%) Legal
9 64 (3.93%) Banking
10 53 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.95%) Swedish Language
12 45 (2.76%) Marketing
13 30 (1.84%) French Language
13 30 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.17%) Games
15 19 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.04%) Advertising
16 17 (1.04%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.04%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.60%) .NET
2 24 (1.47%) XML
3 22 (1.35%) HTML
4 18 (1.11%) CSS
5 17 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (0.68%) .NET Framework
7 10 (0.61%) EDI
7 10 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (0.61%) Gherkin
7 10 (0.61%) JSON
7 10 (0.61%) Web Services
8 8 (0.49%) Middleware
9 7 (0.43%) Playwright
10 6 (0.37%) SOAP
11 5 (0.31%) HTML5
11 5 (0.31%) jQuery
12 4 (0.25%) LDAP
12 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
13 3 (0.18%) REST
14 2 (0.12%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.51%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.19%) Security Posture
5 47 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.40%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.33%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
10 21 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.86%) Housing Association
13 13 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.80%) Social Media
14 12 (0.74%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.74%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.74%) Derivative
14 12 (0.74%) FMCG
14 12 (0.74%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 155 (9.52%) Windows
2 56 (3.44%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.60%) Linux
4 23 (1.41%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.80%) Android
6 12 (0.74%) VMS
7 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (17.81%) Agile
3 222 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 211 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 206 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
6 205 (12.59%) Business Analysis
7 188 (11.55%) ITIL
8 186 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
9 179 (11.00%) Analytics
10 178 (10.93%) Customer Service
11 151 (9.28%) Process Improvement
11 151 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 138 (8.48%) Mentoring
13 134 (8.23%) User Stories
14 128 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 127 (7.80%) ITSM
16 112 (6.88%) Actionable Insight
17 109 (6.70%) AI
18 106 (6.51%) ERP
19 105 (6.45%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 344 (21.13%) SQL
2 92 (5.65%) Python
3 61 (3.75%) PowerShell
4 33 (2.03%) C#
5 20 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 20 (1.23%) T-SQL
6 19 (1.17%) Java
7 18 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (0.98%) VBA
10 12 (0.74%) Bash
10 12 (0.74%) Bicep
11 11 (0.68%) R
12 10 (0.61%) C++
13 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.25%) Delphi
14 4 (0.25%) Pascal
14 4 (0.25%) PHP
14 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 287 (17.63%) Degree
2 108 (6.63%) AWS Certification
3 103 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 99 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.73%) MCSE
7 49 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (2.89%) ACCA
9 43 (2.64%) CIMA
10 30 (1.84%) CISSP
11 26 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (1.29%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.23%) CISM
15 19 (1.17%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.04%) AAT
17 16 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (0.74%) DV Cleared
19 10 (0.61%) CISA
20 8 (0.49%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.28%) QA
2 71 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 70 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.95%) GDPR
5 43 (2.64%) NIST
6 30 (1.84%) SLA
7 23 (1.41%) GRC
8 22 (1.35%) PMO
9 18 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.98%) FINREP
11 14 (0.86%) COREP
12 13 (0.80%) SOC 2
13 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.68%) Accessibility
14 11 (0.68%) IFRS
15 10 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.43%) EMIR
16 7 (0.43%) NCSC
16 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.37%) GAAP
System Software
1 122 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.92%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.80%) vSphere
6 5 (0.31%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.061%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.04%) SCCM
3 12 (0.74%) Terraform
4 8 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.31%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.25%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.061%) Autotask
9 1 (0.061%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) Grafana
9 1 (0.061%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.061%) Nessus
9 1 (0.061%) Nmap
9 1 (0.061%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.061%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 384 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 141 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.70%) Oracle
4 42 (2.58%) SAP
5 40 (2.46%) Google
6 31 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.78%) Adobe
8 27 (1.66%) Apple
9 25 (1.54%) VMware
10 20 (1.23%) Cisco
11 19 (1.17%) iManage
12 17 (1.04%) Citrix
13 15 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.92%) Qualys
14 13 (0.80%) Aruba
15 12 (0.74%) Intapp
15 12 (0.74%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.61%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.55%) IBM
17 9 (0.55%) Sage