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 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 18 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,386 1,704 3,112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.78% 10.61% 11.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.37% 11.06% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 875 969 2,344
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,400 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,799
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -6.40%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,500 £75,350
UK median annual salary £42,500 £49,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.14% +10.00% -5.26%

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 14,790 15,407 26,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.96% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,667 9,231 21,955
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 February 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 February 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.

1 391 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 316 (22.80%) SQL
3 301 (21.72%) Degree
4 270 (19.48%) Agile
5 259 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 250 (18.04%) Customer Service
7 249 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
8 245 (17.68%) ITIL
9 213 (15.37%) Microsoft Office
10 208 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 206 (14.86%) Power Platform
12 192 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
13 177 (12.77%) Decision-Making
13 177 (12.77%) Power BI
14 176 (12.70%) ITSM
15 168 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
16 162 (11.69%) AWS
17 158 (11.40%) QA
18 155 (11.18%) Azure
19 148 (10.68%) ServiceNow
20 141 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
21 137 (9.88%) AWS Certification
22 130 (9.38%) Windows
23 128 (9.24%) Security Cleared
24 125 (9.02%) Analytics
24 125 (9.02%) Data Analysis
25 122 (8.80%) Performance Metrics
26 121 (8.73%) ERP
27 120 (8.66%) MCSE
28 118 (8.51%) JIRA

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 63 (4.55%) Confluence
2 47 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.15%) SAS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
8 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 213 (15.37%) Microsoft Office
2 168 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.01%) Oracle Smart View
5 14 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
4 18 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (1.01%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.87%) NEC Housing
6 12 (0.87%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.58%) Shopify
8 7 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (0.51%) Magento
9 5 (0.36%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 249 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
2 206 (14.86%) Power Platform
3 162 (11.69%) AWS
4 155 (11.18%) Azure
5 67 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
6 45 (3.25%) SaaS
7 37 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.53%) Entra ID
9 19 (1.37%) GCP
10 17 (1.23%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.08%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.08%) Snowflake
12 13 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (0.65%) Power Automate
15 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
15 8 (0.58%) PaaS
16 6 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (0.43%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.89%) Firewall
2 25 (1.80%) VPN
3 19 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
4 18 (1.30%) DNS
4 18 (1.30%) WAN
5 16 (1.15%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.08%) LAN
7 13 (0.94%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.94%) Wireless
8 12 (0.87%) DHCP
9 8 (0.58%) Network Security
9 8 (0.58%) VoIP
10 6 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.36%) Broadband
11 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
13 3 (0.22%) SCCP
14 2 (0.14%) 4G
15 1 (0.072%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (12.77%) Power BI
2 69 (4.98%) Tableau
3 51 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 23 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 16 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.15%) Power Query
7 16 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.08%) Looker
9 14 (1.01%) Essbase
10 12 (0.87%) Metadata
10 12 (0.87%) MySQL
11 11 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.43%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.29%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 118 (8.51%) JIRA
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
3 22 (1.59%) Selenium
4 21 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (1.30%) Postman
5 18 (1.30%) SoapUI
6 16 (1.15%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Git
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) JMeter
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.072%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.072%) Gatling
10 1 (0.072%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.072%) Zephyr
General
1 667 (48.12%) Social Skills
2 428 (30.88%) Finance
3 351 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.30%) French Language
5 95 (6.85%) Swedish Language
6 80 (5.77%) Legal
6 80 (5.77%) Retail
7 79 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 75 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
9 70 (5.05%) Marketing
10 48 (3.46%) Public Sector
11 47 (3.39%) Banking
12 39 (2.81%) Law
13 30 (2.16%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.80%) Advertising
15 25 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.80%) Local Government
16 17 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.15%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.02%) SOAP
2 27 (1.95%) .NET
2 27 (1.95%) HTML
3 14 (1.01%) REST
4 13 (0.94%) JSON
4 13 (0.94%) Middleware
5 11 (0.79%) Flash
6 8 (0.58%) EDI
6 8 (0.58%) XML
7 7 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
8 4 (0.29%) Web Services
9 3 (0.22%) FHIR
9 3 (0.22%) Playwright
10 2 (0.14%) CSS
10 2 (0.14%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.14%) SLSA
10 2 (0.14%) Swagger
10 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.22%) Onboarding
2 82 (5.92%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.91%) Management Information System
4 56 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 52 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.09%) Data Structures
6 29 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.52%) Credit Risk
7 21 (1.52%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.30%) NHS
9 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.15%) FMCG
10 16 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.87%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.79%) Reinsurance
14 10 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 130 (9.38%) Windows
2 29 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.44%) Linux
6 19 (1.37%) Android
7 16 (1.15%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.072%) AIX
10 1 (0.072%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (19.48%) Agile
2 259 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
3 250 (18.04%) Customer Service
4 245 (17.68%) ITIL
5 208 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 192 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
7 177 (12.77%) Decision-Making
8 176 (12.70%) ITSM
9 125 (9.02%) Analytics
9 125 (9.02%) Data Analysis
10 122 (8.80%) Performance Metrics
11 121 (8.73%) ERP
12 115 (8.30%) Business Analysis
13 112 (8.08%) Process Improvement
14 102 (7.36%) Asset Management
15 96 (6.93%) User Stories
16 95 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
16 95 (6.85%) User Acceptance Testing
17 88 (6.35%) Coaching
18 87 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 316 (22.80%) SQL
2 97 (7.00%) Python
3 42 (3.03%) C#
4 24 (1.73%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.66%) Java
6 16 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (1.15%) T-SQL
7 14 (1.01%) Groovy
7 14 (1.01%) VBA
8 11 (0.79%) R
9 7 (0.51%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.43%) ABAP
10 6 (0.43%) C++
11 4 (0.29%) Bicep
11 4 (0.29%) C
11 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.14%) PHP
12 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 301 (21.72%) Degree
2 141 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 137 (9.88%) AWS Certification
4 128 (9.24%) Security Cleared
5 120 (8.66%) MCSE
6 79 (5.70%) ACCA
7 77 (5.56%) CIMA
8 67 (4.83%) SC Cleared
9 44 (3.17%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.24%) CISSP
11 30 (2.16%) DBS Check
12 26 (1.88%) ISTQB
13 24 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (1.59%) AAT
15 19 (1.37%) PMI Certification
16 18 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 16 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 12 (0.87%) CISA
18 12 (0.87%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (11.40%) QA
2 47 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (2.96%) NIST
4 37 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 32 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.66%) SLA
7 20 (1.44%) PMO
8 19 (1.37%) GDPR
9 17 (1.23%) GRC
10 15 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.43%) Basel II
15 5 (0.36%) COBIT
15 5 (0.36%) EMIR
16 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.29%) MiFID
16 4 (0.29%) SEPA
17 3 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 92 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.88%) SCCM
3 8 (0.58%) Terraform
4 6 (0.43%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Ansible
5 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.14%) Nessus
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.072%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.072%) Control-M
7 1 (0.072%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.072%) Grafana
7 1 (0.072%) Nmap
7 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 391 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 148 (10.68%) ServiceNow
3 63 (4.55%) Oracle
4 36 (2.60%) SAP
5 34 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.09%) Google
7 26 (1.88%) Adobe
8 23 (1.66%) Apple
9 19 (1.37%) VMware
10 16 (1.15%) Blue Prism
11 15 (1.08%) Cisco
12 14 (1.01%) Hyperion
13 13 (0.94%) Meraki
13 13 (0.94%) Northgate
14 11 (0.79%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.72%) Citrix
16 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
16 8 (0.58%) ConnectWise
16 8 (0.58%) Databricks
16 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds