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 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,726 1,297 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.34% 8.04% 11.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.81% 8.69% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 1,002 1,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,050 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £45,136 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +0.30% -8.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,109 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -3.23%

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 22,107 14,927 22,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.55% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,711 9,017 15,266
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 5 September 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 5 September 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.

1 393 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 383 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
3 372 (21.55%) SQL
4 316 (18.31%) Agile
5 286 (16.57%) Degree
6 253 (14.66%) Decision-Making
7 236 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (13.50%) Business Analysis
9 225 (13.04%) Analytics
10 209 (12.11%) Business Intelligence
11 208 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
12 205 (11.88%) ITIL
13 197 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
14 195 (11.30%) Customer Service
14 195 (11.30%) Power Platform
14 195 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 188 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 186 (10.78%) Power BI
17 175 (10.14%) Azure
18 165 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
19 161 (9.33%) Process Improvement
20 155 (8.98%) Windows
21 150 (8.69%) User Stories
22 147 (8.52%) AI
23 141 (8.17%) QA
24 136 (7.88%) Mentoring
24 136 (7.88%) Project Delivery
25 132 (7.65%) AWS
25 132 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
26 131 (7.59%) 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 69 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (2.09%) Confluence
4 11 (0.64%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
7 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 165 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.52%) Visualfiles
5 7 (0.41%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.23%) JDE World
8 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 208 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
2 195 (11.30%) Power Platform
3 175 (10.14%) Azure
4 132 (7.65%) AWS
5 76 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 65 (3.77%) SaaS
7 52 (3.01%) GCP
8 37 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.97%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) OneDrive
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.81%) GitHub
13 14 (0.81%) IaaS
13 14 (0.81%) PaaS
13 14 (0.81%) Serverless
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.75%) Snowflake
15 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.67%) Firewall
2 45 (2.61%) VPN
3 40 (2.32%) DNS
4 33 (1.91%) DHCP
5 30 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.51%) Broadband
6 26 (1.51%) Network Security
7 22 (1.27%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.10%) LAN
9 17 (0.98%) WAN
10 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (0.58%) Internet
12 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.78%) Power BI
2 51 (2.95%) Tableau
3 42 (2.43%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.68%) Looker
5 24 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 20 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.04%) Power Query
8 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.87%) Metadata
10 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
13 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.41%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (5.85%) JIRA
2 18 (1.04%) Git
3 9 (0.52%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) Toad
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 596 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 509 (29.49%) Analytical Skills
3 428 (24.80%) Finance
4 163 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.65%) Law
7 99 (5.74%) Retail
8 87 (5.04%) Legal
9 69 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (3.01%) Banking
11 49 (2.84%) Marketing
12 48 (2.78%) Swedish Language
13 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.85%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.16%) French Language
16 19 (1.10%) Advertising
17 18 (1.04%) Front Office
18 17 (0.98%) Aviation
18 17 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
18 17 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.45%) HTML
2 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.16%) XML
4 19 (1.10%) CSS
5 18 (1.04%) .NET
6 13 (0.75%) Terraform
7 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.70%) Web Services
8 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.35%) EDI
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) Playwright
12 3 (0.17%) Pandas
12 3 (0.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 110 (6.37%) Product Ownership
2 91 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 42 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 35 (2.03%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.81%) Blog
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.75%) Derivative
13 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
14 12 (0.70%) Social Media
15 11 (0.64%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 155 (8.98%) Windows
2 63 (3.65%) Windows Server
3 22 (1.27%) Linux
4 14 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 7 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
2 316 (18.31%) Agile
3 253 (14.66%) Decision-Making
4 236 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 233 (13.50%) Business Analysis
6 225 (13.04%) Analytics
7 209 (12.11%) Business Intelligence
8 205 (11.88%) ITIL
9 197 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
10 195 (11.30%) Customer Service
10 195 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 188 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 161 (9.33%) Process Improvement
13 150 (8.69%) User Stories
14 147 (8.52%) AI
15 136 (7.88%) Mentoring
15 136 (7.88%) Project Delivery
16 132 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
17 131 (7.59%) ITSM
18 130 (7.53%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 372 (21.55%) SQL
2 111 (6.43%) Python
3 57 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.80%) C#
5 24 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.04%) Java
7 17 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (0.98%) VBA
8 16 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 13 (0.75%) Bash
10 12 (0.70%) Bicep
11 10 (0.58%) C++
11 10 (0.58%) R
11 10 (0.58%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.23%) VB
14 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.12%) Tcl
16 1 (0.058%) Go
Qualifications
1 286 (16.57%) Degree
2 129 (7.47%) Security Cleared
3 113 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 98 (5.68%) AWS Certification
5 89 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (3.94%) MCSE
7 58 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (1.97%) ACCA
9 30 (1.74%) CIMA
10 26 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.51%) CISSP
11 24 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.27%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.22%) CISM
14 20 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.52%) AAT
17 8 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (0.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.17%) QA
2 84 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 60 (3.48%) GDPR
3 60 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.32%) NIST
5 35 (2.03%) SLA
6 28 (1.62%) PMO
7 20 (1.16%) GRC
8 19 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (0.87%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.75%) FINREP
11 11 (0.64%) COREP
12 10 (0.58%) IFRS
13 8 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.41%) EMIR
14 7 (0.41%) NCSC
15 6 (0.35%) MiFID
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.75%) vSphere
5 5 (0.29%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 35 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.98%) SCCM
3 8 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.12%) Grafana
7 2 (0.12%) Graylog
7 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.058%) Autotask
8 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.058%) Nessus
8 1 (0.058%) Nmap
8 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 393 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 126 (7.30%) ServiceNow
3 46 (2.67%) Google
3 46 (2.67%) Oracle
3 46 (2.67%) Salesforce
3 46 (2.67%) SAP
4 31 (1.80%) VMware
5 29 (1.68%) Adobe
5 29 (1.68%) Apple
6 21 (1.22%) Cisco
7 17 (0.98%) Citrix
7 17 (0.98%) iManage
8 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
8 16 (0.93%) Qualys
9 14 (0.81%) Aruba
10 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (0.64%) Workday
12 10 (0.58%) Aderant
12 10 (0.58%) FIS
12 10 (0.58%) Intapp