Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 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 1,694 1,391 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.61% 8.39% 10.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.09% 9.11% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,076 1,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,637
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +2.15% +2.20%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,341 £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 20,944 15,273 24,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.09% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,113 9,484 18,018
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £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 2 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 2 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.

1 397 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 362 (21.37%) SQL
3 360 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 301 (17.77%) Agile
5 293 (17.30%) Degree
6 229 (13.52%) Decision-Making
7 223 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
8 220 (12.99%) Business Analysis
8 220 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 219 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
10 206 (12.16%) Power Platform
11 201 (11.87%) Analytics
12 198 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
13 197 (11.63%) Power BI
14 196 (11.57%) ITIL
15 187 (11.04%) Customer Service
16 181 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
17 177 (10.45%) Azure
18 167 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 160 (9.45%) Windows
20 158 (9.33%) Process Improvement
21 149 (8.80%) QA
22 148 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
23 145 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
24 142 (8.38%) User Stories
25 141 (8.32%) Mentoring
26 139 (8.21%) ServiceNow
27 131 (7.73%) AWS
28 130 (7.67%) ITSM
29 127 (7.50%) 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 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.83%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) IIS
5 5 (0.30%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 181 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 145 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.42%) 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
5 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.30%) Shopify
6 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.24%) JDE World
6 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
2 206 (12.16%) Power Platform
3 177 (10.45%) Azure
4 131 (7.73%) AWS
5 73 (4.31%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.25%) GCP
7 52 (3.07%) SaaS
8 35 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (1.95%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.06%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.94%) IaaS
12 16 (0.94%) PaaS
12 16 (0.94%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.77%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
13 13 (0.77%) Serverless
14 12 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.95%) VPN
2 48 (2.83%) Firewall
3 39 (2.30%) DNS
4 33 (1.95%) DHCP
5 32 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.59%) Network Security
7 26 (1.53%) Broadband
7 26 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.12%) LAN
9 17 (1.00%) WAN
10 12 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.59%) Internet
12 6 (0.35%) HTTP
13 5 (0.30%) SSL
14 4 (0.24%) FTP
14 4 (0.24%) NGFW
14 4 (0.24%) SMTP
14 4 (0.24%) Wireless
15 2 (0.12%) SAN
15 2 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (11.63%) Power BI
2 52 (3.07%) Tableau
3 51 (3.01%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.48%) Looker
6 23 (1.36%) Power Query
7 22 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.65%) Metadata
12 11 (0.65%) MySQL
13 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.47%) Db2
15 7 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
16 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
17 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
17 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 91 (5.37%) JIRA
2 19 (1.12%) Git
3 10 (0.59%) Selenium
4 7 (0.41%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) 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
1 580 (34.24%) Social Skills
2 458 (27.04%) Analytical Skills
3 412 (24.32%) Finance
4 150 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 109 (6.43%) Law
7 92 (5.43%) Retail
8 80 (4.72%) Legal
9 65 (3.84%) Banking
10 56 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.83%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.60%) Marketing
13 32 (1.89%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.77%) French Language
15 24 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.06%) Front Office
18 17 (1.00%) Aviation
18 17 (1.00%) Games
19 16 (0.94%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.59%) .NET
2 25 (1.48%) HTML
2 25 (1.48%) XML
3 20 (1.18%) CSS
4 17 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.77%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.71%) EDI
6 12 (0.71%) Web Services
7 11 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.65%) Gherkin
8 8 (0.47%) JSON
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 6 (0.35%) Middleware
11 5 (0.30%) HTML5
11 5 (0.30%) jQuery
11 5 (0.30%) SOAP
12 4 (0.24%) LDAP
12 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
13 2 (0.12%) FpML
13 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.26%) Product Ownership
2 76 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.19%) Security Posture
5 53 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 39 (2.30%) Driving Licence
7 36 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
8 34 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (0.94%) Client/Server
11 14 (0.83%) Housing Association
11 14 (0.83%) Operational Technology
12 13 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.71%) Cyberattack
13 12 (0.71%) Data Centre
13 12 (0.71%) Derivative
13 12 (0.71%) Podcast
13 12 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 160 (9.45%) Windows
2 62 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.42%) Linux
4 20 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.77%) Android
6 12 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (17.77%) Agile
3 229 (13.52%) Decision-Making
4 220 (12.99%) Business Analysis
4 220 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 219 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
6 201 (11.87%) Analytics
7 198 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
8 196 (11.57%) ITIL
9 187 (11.04%) Customer Service
10 167 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 158 (9.33%) Process Improvement
12 148 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 142 (8.38%) User Stories
14 141 (8.32%) Mentoring
15 130 (7.67%) ITSM
16 121 (7.14%) AI
17 118 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
18 117 (6.91%) Requirements Gathering
19 116 (6.85%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 362 (21.37%) SQL
2 99 (5.84%) Python
3 60 (3.54%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.18%) C#
5 20 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.12%) Java
7 18 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.00%) VBA
9 16 (0.94%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.77%) Bash
11 12 (0.71%) Bicep
12 11 (0.65%) C++
12 11 (0.65%) R
13 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) 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 (17.30%) Degree
2 112 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.32%) AWS Certification
4 101 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 91 (5.37%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.55%) MCSE
7 51 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.54%) ACCA
9 39 (2.30%) CIMA
10 29 (1.71%) CISSP
11 24 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.24%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.18%) CISM
15 18 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.06%) DBS Check
16 15 (0.89%) AAT
17 13 (0.77%) DV Cleared
18 9 (0.53%) CISA
19 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.80%) QA
2 77 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 65 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (3.07%) GDPR
5 43 (2.54%) NIST
6 29 (1.71%) SLA
7 23 (1.36%) GRC
8 21 (1.24%) PMO
9 20 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.94%) FINREP
11 15 (0.89%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.83%) COREP
13 12 (0.71%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.65%) IFRS
15 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.47%) NCSC
17 7 (0.41%) EMIR
17 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 6 (0.35%) GAAP
System Software
1 127 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.77%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) 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 39 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.00%) SCCM
3 13 (0.77%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
8 2 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
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
1 397 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.21%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.60%) SAP
4 43 (2.54%) Oracle
5 42 (2.48%) Google
6 35 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.71%) Adobe
8 27 (1.59%) Apple
9 26 (1.53%) VMware
10 21 (1.24%) Cisco
11 19 (1.12%) iManage
12 17 (1.00%) Citrix
13 16 (0.94%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.94%) Qualys
14 14 (0.83%) Aruba
15 12 (0.71%) Intapp
15 12 (0.71%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.59%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.53%) Sage
17 9 (0.53%) SunGard