Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,499 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,567 1,346 3,725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.08% 8.96% 10.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.58% 9.75% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 992 2,399
10th Percentile £30,625 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,499 £48,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +7.19% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,275 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,285 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.63% +0.63% -1.69%

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 18,261 13,808 32,739
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.96% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,314 8,557 25,758
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,443
Median % change year-on-year - +8.22% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 8 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 8 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.

1 333 (21.25%) SQL
2 332 (21.19%) Microsoft
3 299 (19.08%) Agile
4 277 (17.68%) Degree
5 259 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
6 201 (12.83%) Decision-Making
7 196 (12.51%) Microsoft 365
8 195 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
8 195 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 186 (11.87%) Power Platform
10 180 (11.49%) Power BI
11 178 (11.36%) Business Analysis
12 160 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
12 160 (10.21%) ITIL
13 159 (10.15%) Customer Service
14 154 (9.83%) Process Improvement
15 148 (9.44%) Analytics
16 142 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
17 141 (9.00%) Azure
17 141 (9.00%) Security Cleared
18 139 (8.87%) Mentoring
19 136 (8.68%) ServiceNow
20 129 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
20 129 (8.23%) Windows
21 128 (8.17%) QA
22 127 (8.10%) User Stories
23 123 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 117 (7.47%) ERP
25 115 (7.34%) AWS
26 111 (7.08%) 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 49 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.72%) Confluence
4 12 (0.77%) SAS
5 11 (0.70%) IIS
6 5 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 142 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.57%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.45%) Magento
6 7 (0.45%) Shopify
6 7 (0.45%) Visualfiles
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
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%) JDE World
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 196 (12.51%) Microsoft 365
2 186 (11.87%) Power Platform
3 141 (9.00%) Azure
4 115 (7.34%) AWS
5 52 (3.32%) GCP
6 46 (2.94%) SaaS
7 43 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.62%) Entra ID
9 32 (2.04%) Google Analytics
10 17 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.02%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.70%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.45%) Mimecast
14 7 (0.45%) Miro
15 6 (0.38%) IaaS
15 6 (0.38%) Lucidchart
15 6 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.30%) Firewall
2 35 (2.23%) VPN
3 26 (1.66%) Network Security
4 25 (1.60%) Broadband
5 21 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.21%) DNS
7 14 (0.89%) DHCP
8 10 (0.64%) LAN
8 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.57%) WAN
10 8 (0.51%) VoIP
11 6 (0.38%) Internet
12 5 (0.32%) SSL
13 4 (0.26%) NGFW
14 3 (0.19%) FTP
14 3 (0.19%) HTTP
14 3 (0.19%) SCCP
14 3 (0.19%) SMTP
15 2 (0.13%) 4G
15 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.49%) Power BI
2 61 (3.89%) Tableau
3 52 (3.32%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.34%) BigQuery
7 20 (1.28%) Looker
7 20 (1.28%) Power Query
8 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (0.89%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.64%) Metadata
12 8 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
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%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 98 (6.25%) JIRA
2 14 (0.89%) Postman
3 12 (0.77%) SoapUI
4 11 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (0.64%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Git
7 8 (0.51%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.064%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.064%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.064%) HP UFT
12 1 (0.064%) JUnit
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.064%) TestNG
12 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 498 (31.78%) Social Skills
2 391 (24.95%) Finance
3 383 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 82 (5.23%) Retail
7 80 (5.11%) Legal
8 79 (5.04%) Law
9 64 (4.08%) Banking
10 50 (3.19%) French Language
10 50 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.81%) Marketing
12 25 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.47%) Aviation
14 21 (1.34%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.02%) Games
16 16 (1.02%) Publishing
16 16 (1.02%) Swedish Language
17 15 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.91%) .NET
2 23 (1.47%) HTML
3 19 (1.21%) XML
4 18 (1.15%) SOAP
5 14 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.83%) CSS
6 13 (0.83%) Middleware
7 11 (0.70%) JSON
8 8 (0.51%) Gherkin
8 8 (0.51%) REST
9 7 (0.45%) EDI
10 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.32%) HTML5
11 5 (0.32%) jQuery
11 5 (0.32%) Web Services
12 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
13 3 (0.19%) OpenAPI
13 3 (0.19%) Playwright
13 3 (0.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 61 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.81%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 29 (1.85%) Security Posture
9 25 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
11 19 (1.21%) FMCG
12 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.89%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.83%) Credit Risk
14 13 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.77%) Social Media
16 9 (0.57%) Housing Association
16 9 (0.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (8.23%) Windows
2 30 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.53%) Android
5 21 (1.34%) Linux
6 18 (1.15%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.064%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (19.08%) Agile
2 259 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (12.83%) Decision-Making
4 195 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
4 195 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (11.36%) Business Analysis
6 160 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
6 160 (10.21%) ITIL
7 159 (10.15%) Customer Service
8 154 (9.83%) Process Improvement
9 148 (9.44%) Analytics
10 139 (8.87%) Mentoring
11 127 (8.10%) User Stories
12 123 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 117 (7.47%) ERP
14 111 (7.08%) ITSM
15 108 (6.89%) Data Analysis
16 105 (6.70%) Actionable Insight
17 96 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
18 92 (5.87%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 333 (21.25%) SQL
2 96 (6.13%) Python
3 42 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 32 (2.04%) C#
5 28 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 25 (1.60%) Java
7 14 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.64%) R
10 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.57%) VBA
11 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
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%) Bash
14 2 (0.13%) Tcl
14 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 277 (17.68%) Degree
2 141 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.57%) AWS Certification
4 87 (5.55%) SC Cleared
5 83 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (4.40%) MCSE
7 50 (3.19%) ACCA
8 49 (3.13%) CIMA
9 42 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 33 (2.11%) DV Cleared
12 31 (1.98%) CISSP
13 24 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.15%) CISM
16 17 (1.08%) PMI Certification
17 16 (1.02%) AAT
18 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (0.96%) IIBA
19 12 (0.77%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.17%) QA
2 64 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.49%) NIST
4 36 (2.30%) GDPR
5 27 (1.72%) SLA
6 25 (1.60%) GRC
7 22 (1.40%) PMO
8 19 (1.21%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.89%) COREP
9 14 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.89%) FINREP
10 11 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.45%) EMIR
12 7 (0.45%) NCSC
13 6 (0.38%) MiFID
13 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 87 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
2 9 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.51%) Docker
4 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.19%) vSphere
6 1 (0.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.34%) SCCM
3 8 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.32%) 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
1 332 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 136 (8.68%) ServiceNow
3 47 (3.00%) Oracle
4 43 (2.74%) Adobe
4 43 (2.74%) SAP
5 40 (2.55%) Apple
5 40 (2.55%) Google
6 36 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.02%) iManage
8 15 (0.96%) Citrix
9 10 (0.64%) Cisco
9 10 (0.64%) ConnectWise
9 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
10 9 (0.57%) IBM
10 9 (0.57%) Intapp
10 9 (0.57%) Northgate
10 9 (0.57%) VMware
11 7 (0.45%) Aderant
11 7 (0.45%) WooCommerce
12 5 (0.32%) Databricks