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 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,509 1,334 3,614
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.32% 9.90% 11.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.88% 10.80% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 951 2,428
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,627
25th Percentile £37,375 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -3.22%

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 16,992 12,354 31,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 91.72% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,299 9,012 24,877
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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.

1 322 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 295 (19.55%) SQL
3 267 (17.69%) Degree
4 266 (17.63%) Agile
5 219 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
7 195 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 193 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
9 185 (12.26%) Power Platform
10 180 (11.93%) Decision-Making
11 179 (11.86%) ITIL
11 179 (11.86%) Power BI
12 174 (11.53%) Customer Service
13 156 (10.34%) Business Analysis
14 153 (10.14%) Security Cleared
15 150 (9.94%) Microsoft Office
16 146 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
17 144 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
18 143 (9.48%) Azure
18 143 (9.48%) Process Improvement
19 136 (9.01%) ERP
20 133 (8.81%) ServiceNow
21 131 (8.68%) QA
22 127 (8.42%) Mentoring
23 123 (8.15%) Windows
24 120 (7.95%) AWS
25 117 (7.75%) ITSM
26 110 (7.29%) Analytics
27 109 (7.22%) User Stories
28 106 (7.02%) AWS Certification

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 48 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (1.92%) Confluence
4 11 (0.73%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 150 (9.94%) Microsoft Office
2 146 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.53%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 17 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (0.99%) Cloudability
6 14 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (0.73%) NEC Housing
8 10 (0.66%) Shopify
9 9 (0.60%) Magento
10 8 (0.53%) Hyperion Planning
10 8 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
12 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
13 4 (0.27%) SAP Business One
13 4 (0.27%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 193 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
2 185 (12.26%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.48%) Azure
4 120 (7.95%) AWS
5 75 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (2.92%) GCP
7 43 (2.85%) SaaS
8 38 (2.52%) Entra ID
9 30 (1.99%) Google Analytics
10 17 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.06%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
15 6 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
16 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
16 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.33%) Miro
17 4 (0.27%) Google Workspace
17 4 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.72%) Firewall
1 26 (1.72%) VPN
2 22 (1.46%) Network Security
3 20 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.19%) DNS
5 14 (0.93%) DHCP
6 13 (0.86%) Broadband
6 13 (0.86%) WAN
7 10 (0.66%) LAN
8 8 (0.53%) VoIP
9 6 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.33%) SSL
11 4 (0.27%) Wireless
12 3 (0.20%) SCCP
13 2 (0.13%) FTP
13 2 (0.13%) HTTP
13 2 (0.13%) Internet
13 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (11.86%) Power BI
2 69 (4.57%) Tableau
3 50 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.66%) BigQuery
5 24 (1.59%) Looker
6 20 (1.33%) Power Query
7 17 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (0.73%) Metadata
10 10 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 10 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.60%) MySQL
12 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.53%) DB2
12 8 (0.53%) Essbase
13 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.40%) SAP BW
15 4 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 90 (5.96%) JIRA
2 19 (1.26%) Postman
3 17 (1.13%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
4 16 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
5 15 (0.99%) Selenium
6 11 (0.73%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.20%) Git
8 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.066%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.066%) Gatling
9 1 (0.066%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.066%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.066%) TestRail
9 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 524 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 393 (26.04%) Finance
3 346 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 88 (5.83%) Retail
7 80 (5.30%) Banking
8 73 (4.84%) Legal
9 64 (4.24%) French Language
10 62 (4.11%) Law
11 53 (3.51%) Marketing
12 50 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.52%) Aviation
13 23 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.46%) Swedish Language
15 21 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.33%) Advertising
17 18 (1.19%) Publishing
18 17 (1.13%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.12%) .NET
2 25 (1.66%) SOAP
3 18 (1.19%) HTML
4 16 (1.06%) Middleware
5 15 (0.99%) XML
6 14 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.86%) EDI
8 12 (0.80%) JSON
9 10 (0.66%) REST
10 6 (0.40%) Flash
11 3 (0.20%) CSS
11 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.20%) Playwright
11 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.20%) Swagger
11 3 (0.20%) XSLT
12 2 (0.13%) Matplotlib
12 2 (0.13%) NumPy
12 2 (0.13%) RESTful
12 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 70 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.05%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 29 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
8 26 (1.72%) Security Posture
9 21 (1.39%) FMCG
10 20 (1.33%) Credit Risk
11 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (0.86%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.86%) Social Media
14 12 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.66%) Client/Server
16 10 (0.66%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.15%) Windows
2 31 (2.05%) Windows 10
3 30 (1.99%) Android
3 30 (1.99%) Apple iOS
4 26 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.46%) Linux
6 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (17.63%) Agile
2 219 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
4 195 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 180 (11.93%) Decision-Making
6 179 (11.86%) ITIL
7 174 (11.53%) Customer Service
8 156 (10.34%) Business Analysis
9 144 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
10 143 (9.48%) Process Improvement
11 136 (9.01%) ERP
12 127 (8.42%) Mentoring
13 117 (7.75%) ITSM
14 110 (7.29%) Analytics
15 109 (7.22%) User Stories
16 102 (6.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 97 (6.43%) Data Analysis
18 94 (6.23%) Coaching
19 89 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
20 84 (5.57%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 295 (19.55%) SQL
2 80 (5.30%) Python
3 40 (2.65%) C#
4 33 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.86%) Java
5 28 (1.86%) T-SQL
6 14 (0.93%) VBA
7 12 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.53%) Groovy
8 8 (0.53%) R
9 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.33%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.27%) Delphi
11 4 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.27%) Pascal
11 4 (0.27%) PHP
11 4 (0.27%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.20%) C++
12 3 (0.20%) VC++
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 267 (17.69%) Degree
2 153 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 106 (7.02%) AWS Certification
4 92 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (5.90%) SC Cleared
6 77 (5.10%) ACCA
7 76 (5.04%) CIMA
7 76 (5.04%) MCSE
8 43 (2.85%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.12%) CISSP
10 29 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (1.86%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.33%) AAT
14 19 (1.26%) PMI Certification
15 16 (1.06%) IIBA
16 15 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.99%) CISA
16 15 (0.99%) CISM
16 15 (0.99%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.68%) QA
2 58 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (3.71%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.58%) NIST
5 30 (1.99%) SLA
6 23 (1.52%) GDPR
6 23 (1.52%) GRC
6 23 (1.52%) PMO
7 22 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.99%) COREP
10 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.80%) FINREP
12 8 (0.53%) EMIR
13 7 (0.46%) NCSC
13 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.40%) Basel II
14 6 (0.40%) MiFID
15 4 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 76 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.26%) SCCM
3 4 (0.27%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.20%) Ansible
4 3 (0.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.20%) QRadar
4 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.20%) Terraform
5 2 (0.13%) Graylog
6 1 (0.066%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.066%) Control-M
6 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 322 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.81%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.58%) Oracle
4 43 (2.85%) Google
4 43 (2.85%) SAP
5 40 (2.65%) Adobe
6 37 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 36 (2.39%) Apple
8 12 (0.80%) ConnectWise
9 11 (0.73%) Northgate
10 10 (0.66%) Citrix
10 10 (0.66%) VMware
11 9 (0.60%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.53%) Hyperion
12 8 (0.53%) IBM
12 8 (0.53%) iManage
12 8 (0.53%) JD Edwards
13 7 (0.46%) Aderant
14 6 (0.40%) Intapp
15 5 (0.33%) Databricks