Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,600 1,395 3,527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 8.50% 10.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.03% 9.21% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 1,064 2,214
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £75,000
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 19,926 15,150 31,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.34% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,489 9,444 24,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,804 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +5.80% -9.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 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 9 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.

1 366 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 345 (21.56%) SQL
3 312 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
4 294 (18.38%) Agile
5 289 (18.06%) Degree
6 225 (14.06%) Decision-Making
7 220 (13.75%) Microsoft 365
8 216 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 208 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
10 203 (12.69%) Power Platform
11 194 (12.13%) Power BI
12 193 (12.06%) Business Analysis
13 181 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
14 180 (11.25%) ITIL
15 175 (10.94%) Customer Service
16 173 (10.81%) Analytics
17 169 (10.56%) Azure
18 162 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
19 150 (9.38%) Process Improvement
20 148 (9.25%) QA
20 148 (9.25%) Windows
21 144 (9.00%) ServiceNow
22 143 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
23 142 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 140 (8.75%) Mentoring
25 127 (7.94%) User Stories
26 125 (7.81%) ITSM
27 120 (7.50%) Active Directory
28 119 (7.44%) AWS
29 116 (7.25%) Actionable Insight

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 69 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.06%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) IIS
5 8 (0.50%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) CMS
7 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 162 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.50%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.56%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 220 (13.75%) Microsoft 365
2 203 (12.69%) Power Platform
3 169 (10.56%) Azure
4 119 (7.44%) AWS
5 60 (3.75%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.38%) SaaS
7 53 (3.31%) GCP
8 33 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.94%) Google Analytics
10 18 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 17 (1.06%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.00%) IaaS
12 16 (1.00%) PaaS
12 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.88%) Serverless
14 13 (0.81%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.81%) GitHub
15 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.38%) VPN
2 50 (3.13%) Firewall
3 35 (2.19%) DNS
4 29 (1.81%) Network Security
4 29 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.75%) Broadband
5 28 (1.75%) DHCP
5 28 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.00%) LAN
7 15 (0.94%) WAN
8 10 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (0.63%) Internet
9 5 (0.31%) HTTP
9 5 (0.31%) SSL
10 4 (0.25%) FTP
10 4 (0.25%) NGFW
10 4 (0.25%) SMTP
10 4 (0.25%) VoIP
11 3 (0.19%) VLAN
11 3 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (12.13%) Power BI
2 53 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 52 (3.25%) Tableau
4 29 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.56%) Power Query
6 22 (1.38%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.25%) Looker
8 19 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.88%) MySQL
11 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.63%) Metadata
13 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.50%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.50%) Db2
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.31%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 93 (5.81%) JIRA
2 19 (1.19%) Git
3 9 (0.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.56%) Selenium
4 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
5 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.063%) JUnit
9 1 (0.063%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.063%) TestNG
General
1 556 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 425 (26.56%) Analytical Skills
3 384 (24.00%) Finance
4 136 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 93 (5.81%) Law
7 88 (5.50%) Retail
8 71 (4.44%) Legal
9 65 (4.06%) Banking
10 52 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.81%) Marketing
12 40 (2.50%) Swedish Language
13 35 (2.19%) French Language
14 30 (1.88%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.31%) Aviation
16 20 (1.25%) Games
16 20 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.13%) Advertising
18 18 (1.13%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.69%) .NET
2 23 (1.44%) XML
3 20 (1.25%) HTML
4 18 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (1.00%) CSS
6 11 (0.69%) JSON
6 11 (0.69%) Middleware
7 10 (0.63%) EDI
7 10 (0.63%) Gherkin
8 9 (0.56%) .NET Framework
8 9 (0.56%) SOAP
9 8 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
9 8 (0.50%) Web Services
10 6 (0.38%) Playwright
11 5 (0.31%) HTML5
11 5 (0.31%) jQuery
12 4 (0.25%) LDAP
12 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.25%) REST
12 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 45 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 41 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.00%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.00%) FMCG
12 14 (0.88%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.88%) Social Media
13 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.75%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.25%) Windows
2 47 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.81%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.50%) Linux
5 15 (0.94%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
2 294 (18.38%) Agile
3 225 (14.06%) Decision-Making
4 216 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 208 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
6 193 (12.06%) Business Analysis
7 181 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
8 180 (11.25%) ITIL
9 175 (10.94%) Customer Service
10 173 (10.81%) Analytics
11 150 (9.38%) Process Improvement
12 142 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 140 (8.75%) Mentoring
14 127 (7.94%) User Stories
15 125 (7.81%) ITSM
16 116 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
17 115 (7.19%) ERP
18 114 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
19 105 (6.56%) Data Analysis
20 104 (6.50%) AI
Programming Languages
1 345 (21.56%) SQL
2 95 (5.94%) Python
3 58 (3.63%) PowerShell
4 32 (2.00%) C#
5 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
6 21 (1.31%) Java
7 20 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.00%) JavaScript
10 15 (0.94%) VBA
11 12 (0.75%) Bash
11 12 (0.75%) Bicep
12 10 (0.63%) R
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.38%) C++
15 4 (0.25%) Delphi
15 4 (0.25%) Pascal
15 4 (0.25%) PHP
15 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 289 (18.06%) Degree
2 105 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.44%) AWS Certification
3 103 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 78 (4.88%) MCSE
6 47 (2.94%) ACCA
6 47 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (2.88%) CIMA
8 34 (2.13%) CISSP
9 27 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 24 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.31%) CISM
13 19 (1.19%) AAT
13 19 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 18 (1.13%) DV Cleared
15 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.69%) CISA
17 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (9.25%) QA
2 73 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (4.38%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.81%) NIST
5 44 (2.75%) GDPR
6 32 (2.00%) SLA
7 23 (1.44%) GRC
7 23 (1.44%) PMO
8 22 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.88%) COREP
9 14 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.88%) FINREP
10 12 (0.75%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.63%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.56%) IFRS
14 8 (0.50%) EMIR
14 8 (0.50%) MiFID
15 7 (0.44%) NCSC
16 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 120 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 7 (0.44%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.31%) SCCM
3 14 (0.88%) Terraform
4 7 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.31%) QRadar
5 5 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) Ansible
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.063%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.063%) Grafana
9 1 (0.063%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.063%) Nessus
9 1 (0.063%) Nmap
9 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 366 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 144 (9.00%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.75%) Oracle
4 42 (2.63%) SAP
5 41 (2.56%) Google
6 35 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.88%) Adobe
8 27 (1.69%) Apple
9 24 (1.50%) VMware
10 19 (1.19%) Cisco
10 19 (1.19%) Citrix
11 18 (1.13%) iManage
12 14 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.88%) Qualys
13 12 (0.75%) Aruba
13 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (0.69%) Intapp
15 10 (0.63%) JD Edwards
16 9 (0.56%) IBM
16 9 (0.56%) Sage