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 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,418 1,528 3,137
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.59% 10.59% 10.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.17% 11.14% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 903 933 2,418
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -3.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -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 15,469 13,721 27,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 95.10% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,369 8,707 22,905
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,780 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 3 March 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 3 March 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.

1 400 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 329 (23.20%) Degree
3 317 (22.36%) SQL
4 258 (18.19%) Microsoft 365
5 257 (18.12%) Agile
6 249 (17.56%) ITIL
7 247 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
8 242 (17.07%) Customer Service
9 221 (15.59%) Power Platform
10 215 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
11 209 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
12 206 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 194 (13.68%) Power BI
14 191 (13.47%) Decision-Making
15 185 (13.05%) ITSM
16 167 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
17 162 (11.42%) AWS
17 162 (11.42%) QA
18 159 (11.21%) ServiceNow
19 151 (10.65%) Azure
20 149 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
21 143 (10.08%) Security Cleared
22 142 (10.01%) AWS Certification
23 136 (9.59%) Data Analysis
24 129 (9.10%) Analytics
24 129 (9.10%) Windows
25 127 (8.96%) Performance Metrics
26 125 (8.82%) MCSE
27 120 (8.46%) ERP
28 117 (8.25%) Process Improvement

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 57 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.17%) Confluence
3 35 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.20%) SAS
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 215 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
2 167 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.78%) Oracle Smart View
6 10 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
1 24 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 22 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
2 22 (1.55%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (1.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.85%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.78%) Hyperion Planning
6 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.71%) Shopify
8 9 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
8 9 (0.63%) Magento
9 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.35%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 258 (18.19%) Microsoft 365
2 221 (15.59%) Power Platform
3 162 (11.42%) AWS
4 151 (10.65%) Azure
5 70 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (3.53%) SaaS
7 44 (3.10%) Entra ID
8 29 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (1.90%) GCP
10 21 (1.48%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (0.78%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.71%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.63%) PaaS
16 9 (0.63%) Snowflake
17 7 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
18 6 (0.42%) Adobe Analytics
18 6 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.47%) Firewall
2 26 (1.83%) VPN
3 23 (1.62%) DNS
4 19 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.20%) DHCP
6 16 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.71%) WAN
7 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.56%) VoIP
9 7 (0.49%) LAN
9 7 (0.49%) Network Security
9 7 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.42%) Wireless
10 6 (0.42%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.35%) Broadband
12 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.21%) SCCP
14 2 (0.14%) 4G
15 1 (0.071%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (13.68%) Power BI
2 71 (5.01%) Tableau
3 56 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (1.41%) Power Query
6 18 (1.27%) Looker
6 18 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.99%) Metadata
9 14 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 14 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (0.92%) MySQL
11 11 (0.78%) Essbase
12 7 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (0.42%) PowerPivot
14 5 (0.35%) DB2
14 5 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 102 (7.19%) JIRA
2 22 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
3 20 (1.41%) Selenium
4 16 (1.13%) Postman
5 15 (1.06%) SoapUI
5 15 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (0.92%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Git
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
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 (0.071%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.071%) Gatling
10 1 (0.071%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.071%) Zephyr
General
1 658 (46.40%) Social Skills
2 415 (29.27%) Finance
3 352 (24.82%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.53%) French Language
5 91 (6.42%) Swedish Language
6 87 (6.14%) Legal
7 80 (5.64%) Retail
8 76 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 65 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (4.16%) Marketing
11 57 (4.02%) Banking
12 54 (3.81%) Public Sector
13 42 (2.96%) Law
14 26 (1.83%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.69%) Advertising
15 24 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.69%) Local Government
16 22 (1.55%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (1.27%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.26%) .NET
2 27 (1.90%) SOAP
3 19 (1.34%) HTML
4 15 (1.06%) Middleware
4 15 (1.06%) REST
5 14 (0.99%) JSON
6 13 (0.92%) EDI
7 12 (0.85%) XML
8 11 (0.78%) Flash
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.35%) Playwright
11 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
12 3 (0.21%) FHIR
12 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.21%) Swagger
12 3 (0.21%) XSLT
13 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
13 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
13 2 (0.14%) SLSA
13 2 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.85%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 52 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 33 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.41%) Credit Risk
10 19 (1.34%) NHS
11 18 (1.27%) FMCG
12 17 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.20%) Security Posture
13 13 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.78%) Social Media
15 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.71%) Client/Server
16 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.10%) Windows
2 32 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.12%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.76%) Android
6 16 (1.13%) Linux
6 16 (1.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.14%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.071%) AIX
8 1 (0.071%) Unix
8 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (18.12%) Agile
2 249 (17.56%) ITIL
3 247 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 242 (17.07%) Customer Service
5 209 (14.74%) Business Intelligence
6 206 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 191 (13.47%) Decision-Making
8 185 (13.05%) ITSM
9 136 (9.59%) Data Analysis
10 129 (9.10%) Analytics
11 127 (8.96%) Performance Metrics
12 120 (8.46%) ERP
13 117 (8.25%) Process Improvement
14 109 (7.69%) Business Analysis
15 103 (7.26%) Mentoring
16 95 (6.70%) User Stories
17 92 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
17 92 (6.49%) User Acceptance Testing
18 86 (6.06%) Project Management
18 86 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 317 (22.36%) SQL
2 91 (6.42%) Python
3 42 (2.96%) C#
4 31 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 23 (1.62%) Java
6 21 (1.48%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.06%) VBA
9 11 (0.78%) Groovy
10 10 (0.71%) R
11 8 (0.56%) JavaScript
12 7 (0.49%) C++
13 6 (0.42%) ABAP
14 5 (0.35%) C
14 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 4 (0.28%) Bicep
15 4 (0.28%) Delphi
15 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.28%) Pascal
15 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 329 (23.20%) Degree
2 149 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 143 (10.08%) Security Cleared
4 142 (10.01%) AWS Certification
5 125 (8.82%) MCSE
6 81 (5.71%) ACCA
6 81 (5.71%) CIMA
7 76 (5.36%) SC Cleared
8 49 (3.46%) DV Cleared
9 37 (2.61%) CISSP
10 30 (2.12%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.97%) AAT
12 27 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.41%) ISTQB
13 20 (1.41%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.99%) CISA
15 13 (0.92%) CISM
15 13 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 12 (0.85%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (11.42%) QA
2 55 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.61%) NIST
5 23 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.55%) GDPR
7 21 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 20 (1.41%) GRC
9 19 (1.34%) SLA
10 18 (1.27%) PMO
11 16 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.42%) Basel II
15 5 (0.35%) COBIT
15 5 (0.35%) COREP
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 89 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 35 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.62%) SCCM
3 8 (0.56%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) QRadar
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.071%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.071%) Control-M
7 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.071%) Nessus
7 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 400 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 159 (11.21%) ServiceNow
3 56 (3.95%) Oracle
4 38 (2.68%) SAP
5 35 (2.47%) Google
5 35 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 24 (1.69%) Adobe
7 20 (1.41%) Apple
8 19 (1.34%) VMware
9 16 (1.13%) Blue Prism
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 11 (0.78%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.63%) WooCommerce
13 7 (0.49%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.49%) Databricks
14 6 (0.42%) Cisco
14 6 (0.42%) Citrix
14 6 (0.42%) Meraki
15 5 (0.35%) Charles River