Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,421 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,517 1,347 3,623
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 10.00% 11.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.93% 10.90% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 962 2,432
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,050 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.32%

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 16,996 12,353 31,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.73% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,032 24,949
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,104
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,401
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -9.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,475 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

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 May 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 May 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.

1 318 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 295 (19.45%) SQL
3 267 (17.60%) Agile
4 262 (17.27%) Degree
5 216 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 195 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
8 188 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
9 183 (12.06%) Power Platform
10 182 (12.00%) Decision-Making
11 177 (11.67%) Power BI
12 173 (11.40%) ITIL
13 167 (11.01%) Customer Service
14 155 (10.22%) Business Analysis
15 153 (10.09%) Security Cleared
16 150 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
17 145 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
18 144 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
19 143 (9.43%) Azure
19 143 (9.43%) Process Improvement
20 135 (8.90%) ERP
21 130 (8.57%) Mentoring
22 129 (8.50%) ServiceNow
23 128 (8.44%) QA
24 124 (8.17%) Windows
25 116 (7.65%) AWS
26 115 (7.58%) Analytics
27 112 (7.38%) ITSM
28 108 (7.12%) User Stories
29 105 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 48 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.78%) Confluence
4 11 (0.73%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.13%) Moodle
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 145 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
2 144 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.53%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 17 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (1.05%) Cloudability
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
5 14 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (0.73%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.66%) Shopify
8 9 (0.59%) Magento
9 8 (0.53%) Hyperion Planning
9 8 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.33%) Elite 3E
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
12 4 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 188 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
2 183 (12.06%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.43%) Azure
4 116 (7.65%) AWS
5 74 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
6 45 (2.97%) GCP
7 43 (2.83%) SaaS
8 38 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 29 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.05%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.53%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.33%) Lucidchart
14 5 (0.33%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.33%) Miro
15 4 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.71%) Firewall
1 26 (1.71%) VPN
2 22 (1.45%) Network Security
3 21 (1.38%) Broadband
4 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.12%) DNS
6 13 (0.86%) DHCP
7 12 (0.79%) WAN
8 9 (0.59%) LAN
9 8 (0.53%) VoIP
10 6 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.33%) SSL
12 4 (0.26%) Wireless
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
14 2 (0.13%) 4G
14 2 (0.13%) Internet
14 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (11.67%) Power BI
2 68 (4.48%) Tableau
3 48 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.65%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.52%) Looker
6 19 (1.25%) Power Query
7 17 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.79%) MySQL
11 11 (0.73%) Metadata
12 10 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.53%) DB2
13 8 (0.53%) Essbase
14 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
15 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.40%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (5.87%) JIRA
2 19 (1.25%) Postman
3 17 (1.12%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
4 16 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (0.92%) Selenium
6 11 (0.73%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.40%) Git
8 3 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.066%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.066%) Gatling
10 1 (0.066%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.066%) Locust
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.066%) TestRail
10 1 (0.066%) Toad
10 1 (0.066%) Zephyr
General
1 513 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 393 (25.91%) Finance
3 349 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 88 (5.80%) Retail
7 77 (5.08%) Banking
8 72 (4.75%) Legal
9 64 (4.22%) Law
10 59 (3.89%) French Language
11 50 (3.30%) Marketing
12 49 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.52%) Aviation
14 22 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.32%) Advertising
16 20 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.19%) Publishing
18 17 (1.12%) Back Office
18 17 (1.12%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.04%) .NET
2 25 (1.65%) SOAP
3 19 (1.25%) HTML
4 16 (1.05%) Middleware
5 15 (0.99%) XML
6 14 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.86%) EDI
8 11 (0.73%) JSON
9 10 (0.66%) REST
10 6 (0.40%) Flash
11 4 (0.26%) CSS
12 3 (0.20%) OpenAPI
12 3 (0.20%) Playwright
12 3 (0.20%) SAP PI
12 3 (0.20%) Swagger
12 3 (0.20%) XSLT
13 2 (0.13%) Matplotlib
13 2 (0.13%) NumPy
13 2 (0.13%) Pandas
13 2 (0.13%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 70 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 53 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (1.98%) Driving Licence
8 26 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.38%) FMCG
11 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
11 20 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.79%) Client/Server
15 12 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.79%) Social Media
16 11 (0.73%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.17%) Windows
2 31 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 30 (1.98%) Android
3 30 (1.98%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.45%) Linux
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.066%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (17.60%) Agile
2 216 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 195 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
5 182 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 173 (11.40%) ITIL
7 167 (11.01%) Customer Service
8 155 (10.22%) Business Analysis
9 150 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
10 143 (9.43%) Process Improvement
11 135 (8.90%) ERP
12 130 (8.57%) Mentoring
13 115 (7.58%) Analytics
14 112 (7.38%) ITSM
15 108 (7.12%) User Stories
16 105 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (6.26%) Coaching
18 94 (6.20%) Data Analysis
19 89 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
20 83 (5.47%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 295 (19.45%) SQL
2 80 (5.27%) Python
3 39 (2.57%) C#
4 33 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.85%) Java
5 28 (1.85%) T-SQL
6 14 (0.92%) VBA
7 12 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.53%) Groovy
8 8 (0.53%) R
9 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.40%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.26%) Delphi
11 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.26%) Pascal
11 4 (0.26%) PHP
11 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.20%) C++
12 3 (0.20%) VC++
13 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 262 (17.27%) Degree
2 153 (10.09%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.72%) AWS Certification
4 90 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 87 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 76 (5.01%) ACCA
7 75 (4.94%) CIMA
8 71 (4.68%) MCSE
9 42 (2.77%) DV Cleared
10 32 (2.11%) CISSP
11 30 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.85%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.32%) AAT
15 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
16 16 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (1.05%) IIBA
17 15 (0.99%) CISA
18 14 (0.92%) CISM
18 14 (0.92%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.44%) QA
2 57 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (3.69%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.44%) NIST
5 31 (2.04%) SLA
6 28 (1.85%) GDPR
7 24 (1.58%) GRC
7 24 (1.58%) PMO
8 23 (1.52%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
10 15 (0.99%) COREP
11 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.86%) SOC 2
12 12 (0.79%) FINREP
13 8 (0.53%) EMIR
14 7 (0.46%) NCSC
14 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.40%) Basel II
15 6 (0.40%) MiFID
16 4 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 75 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.73%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.40%) Docker
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 29 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.25%) SCCM
3 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) QRadar
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.066%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.066%) Control-M
7 1 (0.066%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 318 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 129 (8.50%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.63%) Oracle
4 42 (2.77%) Google
4 42 (2.77%) SAP
5 41 (2.70%) Adobe
6 37 (2.44%) Apple
6 37 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 12 (0.79%) ConnectWise
8 11 (0.73%) Northgate
9 10 (0.66%) Citrix
9 10 (0.66%) VMware
10 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
11 8 (0.53%) Hyperion
11 8 (0.53%) IBM
11 8 (0.53%) iManage
11 8 (0.53%) JD Edwards
12 7 (0.46%) Aderant
13 6 (0.40%) Intapp
14 5 (0.33%) Databricks