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 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 24 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,653 1,378 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.57% 8.35% 10.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.04% 9.06% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 1,064 1,641
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -0.20%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 20,553 15,207 26,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.12% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,860 9,444 19,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 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 27 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.

1 391 (23.65%) Microsoft
2 350 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
2 350 (21.17%) SQL
3 297 (17.97%) Agile
4 295 (17.85%) Degree
5 223 (13.49%) Decision-Making
5 223 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
6 216 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (12.83%) Business Analysis
8 210 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
9 199 (12.04%) Power Platform
10 192 (11.62%) ITIL
11 191 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
12 190 (11.49%) Power BI
13 186 (11.25%) Analytics
14 182 (11.01%) Customer Service
15 178 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
16 170 (10.28%) Azure
17 158 (9.56%) Process Improvement
17 158 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 158 (9.56%) Windows
18 150 (9.07%) QA
19 148 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
20 141 (8.53%) ServiceNow
21 139 (8.41%) Mentoring
21 139 (8.41%) User Stories
22 135 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
23 129 (7.80%) ITSM
24 128 (7.74%) AWS
25 122 (7.38%) Active Directory

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 67 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.81%) Confluence
4 13 (0.79%) IIS
5 6 (0.36%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.060%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.060%) CMS
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.060%) Site Server
Applications
1 178 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.060%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.45%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.54%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.54%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.36%) Shopify
6 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.24%) JDE World
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Magento
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 223 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 170 (10.28%) Azure
4 128 (7.74%) AWS
5 67 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.21%) SaaS
7 51 (3.09%) GCP
8 34 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (1.88%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.03%) PowerApps
13 16 (0.97%) IaaS
13 16 (0.97%) PaaS
13 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.79%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.79%) GitHub
14 13 (0.79%) Serverless
15 12 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.27%) VPN
2 49 (2.96%) Firewall
3 39 (2.36%) DNS
4 32 (1.94%) DHCP
4 32 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.63%) Broadband
6 27 (1.63%) Network Security
7 19 (1.15%) LAN
8 17 (1.03%) WAN
9 12 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.60%) Internet
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) SSL
12 4 (0.24%) FTP
12 4 (0.24%) NGFW
12 4 (0.24%) SMTP
12 4 (0.24%) Wireless
13 3 (0.18%) VLAN
13 3 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (11.49%) Power BI
2 53 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 51 (3.09%) Tableau
4 29 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.27%) BigQuery
5 21 (1.27%) Looker
5 21 (1.27%) Power Query
6 19 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.79%) MySQL
9 12 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.54%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.54%) Metadata
12 8 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.48%) Db2
13 6 (0.36%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 90 (5.44%) JIRA
2 19 (1.15%) Git
3 9 (0.54%) Selenium
4 7 (0.42%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.060%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.060%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.060%) JUnit
9 1 (0.060%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.060%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.060%) TestNG
9 1 (0.060%) WebDriver
General
1 569 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 449 (27.16%) Analytical Skills
3 402 (24.32%) Finance
4 140 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 105 (6.35%) Law
7 90 (5.44%) Retail
8 78 (4.72%) Legal
9 65 (3.93%) Banking
10 53 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.90%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.66%) Marketing
13 32 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.81%) French Language
15 23 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.15%) Games
18 18 (1.09%) Front Office
19 17 (1.03%) Advertising
19 17 (1.03%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.69%) .NET
2 26 (1.57%) XML
3 24 (1.45%) HTML
4 20 (1.21%) CSS
5 17 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.79%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.73%) Web Services
8 11 (0.67%) EDI
8 11 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
9 10 (0.60%) Gherkin
9 10 (0.60%) JSON
10 8 (0.48%) Middleware
11 7 (0.42%) Playwright
12 6 (0.36%) SOAP
13 5 (0.30%) HTML5
13 5 (0.30%) jQuery
14 4 (0.24%) LDAP
14 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
15 3 (0.18%) REST
16 2 (0.12%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 70 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.15%) Security Posture
5 51 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.42%) Driving Licence
7 38 (2.30%) Data Structures
8 34 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
9 33 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.97%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.91%) Housing Association
13 13 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.79%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.79%) Social Media
14 12 (0.73%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.73%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.73%) Derivative
14 12 (0.73%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.73%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 158 (9.56%) Windows
2 58 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.57%) Linux
4 22 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.79%) Android
6 12 (0.73%) VMS
7 10 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (17.97%) Agile
3 223 (13.49%) Decision-Making
4 216 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 212 (12.83%) Business Analysis
6 210 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
7 192 (11.62%) ITIL
8 191 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
9 186 (11.25%) Analytics
10 182 (11.01%) Customer Service
11 158 (9.56%) Process Improvement
11 158 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 139 (8.41%) Mentoring
12 139 (8.41%) User Stories
13 135 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 129 (7.80%) ITSM
15 116 (7.02%) AI
16 115 (6.96%) Actionable Insight
17 112 (6.78%) Requirements Gathering
18 110 (6.65%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 350 (21.17%) SQL
2 94 (5.69%) Python
3 61 (3.69%) PowerShell
4 36 (2.18%) C#
5 20 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.15%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.09%) Java
7 18 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (1.03%) VBA
9 12 (0.73%) Bash
9 12 (0.73%) Bicep
10 11 (0.67%) C++
11 10 (0.60%) R
12 8 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.24%) Delphi
13 4 (0.24%) Pascal
13 4 (0.24%) PHP
13 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 295 (17.85%) Degree
2 108 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.47%) AWS Certification
4 100 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 88 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.66%) MCSE
7 52 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.72%) ACCA
9 41 (2.48%) CIMA
10 31 (1.88%) CISSP
11 25 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 22 (1.33%) CISM
14 21 (1.27%) Azure Certification
15 19 (1.15%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
17 16 (0.97%) AAT
18 12 (0.73%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.54%) CISA
20 8 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (9.07%) QA
2 74 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 69 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (2.96%) GDPR
5 43 (2.60%) NIST
6 30 (1.81%) SLA
7 22 (1.33%) GRC
8 21 (1.27%) PMO
9 18 (1.09%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.97%) FINREP
11 14 (0.85%) COREP
12 12 (0.73%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.73%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.67%) IFRS
14 8 (0.48%) NCSC
15 7 (0.42%) EMIR
15 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.36%) GAAP
System Software
1 122 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.79%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.060%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 41 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.97%) SCCM
3 12 (0.73%) Terraform
4 8 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (0.30%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.060%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.060%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.060%) Nessus
9 1 (0.060%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.060%) Nmap
9 1 (0.060%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.060%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 391 (23.65%) Microsoft
2 141 (8.53%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.60%) Oracle
4 41 (2.48%) SAP
5 40 (2.42%) Google
6 34 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.75%) Adobe
8 27 (1.63%) Apple
9 25 (1.51%) VMware
10 21 (1.27%) Cisco
11 19 (1.15%) iManage
12 17 (1.03%) Citrix
13 16 (0.97%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.97%) Qualys
14 14 (0.85%) Aruba
15 12 (0.73%) Intapp
15 12 (0.73%) ScienceLogic
16 10 (0.60%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.54%) Sage
17 9 (0.54%) SunGard