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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,716 1,378 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 8.29% 11.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.03% 9.00% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 1,063 1,445
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,100 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,663 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +4.40% -6.10%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.41%

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 21,376 15,314 23,957
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.18% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,297 9,319 17,469
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,050
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 371 (21.62%) SQL
3 368 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
4 323 (18.82%) Agile
5 281 (16.38%) Degree
6 237 (13.81%) Business Analysis
6 237 (13.81%) Decision-Making
7 221 (12.88%) Analytics
8 218 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 213 (12.41%) Microsoft 365
10 208 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
11 195 (11.36%) Power Platform
12 194 (11.31%) ITIL
13 193 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
14 186 (10.84%) Power BI
15 185 (10.78%) Customer Service
16 178 (10.37%) Azure
17 177 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 175 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
18 175 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
19 162 (9.44%) Windows
20 160 (9.32%) Process Improvement
21 156 (9.09%) User Stories
22 146 (8.51%) QA
23 140 (8.16%) Mentoring
24 135 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
25 134 (7.81%) AI
26 132 (7.69%) AWS
27 131 (7.63%) ServiceNow
28 128 (7.46%) 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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.98%) Confluence
4 12 (0.70%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.058%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Site Server
Applications
1 175 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.058%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.40%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.64%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.58%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.29%) Shopify
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
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 213 (12.41%) Microsoft 365
2 195 (11.36%) Power Platform
3 178 (10.37%) Azure
4 132 (7.69%) AWS
5 73 (4.25%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.09%) GCP
7 47 (2.74%) SaaS
8 38 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.98%) Google Analytics
10 29 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.93%) IaaS
12 16 (0.93%) OneDrive
12 16 (0.93%) PaaS
12 16 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.82%) Serverless
14 13 (0.76%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.76%) GitHub
14 13 (0.76%) Snowflake
15 12 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.74%) Firewall
1 47 (2.74%) VPN
2 39 (2.27%) DNS
3 33 (1.92%) DHCP
4 32 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (1.57%) Broadband
5 27 (1.57%) Network Security
6 24 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.11%) LAN
8 17 (0.99%) WAN
9 12 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (0.58%) Internet
11 7 (0.41%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
13 4 (0.23%) FTP
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) SMTP
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.84%) Power BI
2 53 (3.09%) Tableau
3 49 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.69%) Looker
5 27 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.22%) BigQuery
6 21 (1.22%) Power Query
7 19 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (0.99%) Metadata
10 13 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.41%) Db2
14 7 (0.41%) MySQL
15 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.29%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 95 (5.54%) JIRA
2 19 (1.11%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Selenium
4 6 (0.35%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
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%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.058%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.058%) TestNG
9 1 (0.058%) WebDriver
General
1 584 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 477 (27.80%) Analytical Skills
3 421 (24.53%) Finance
4 158 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 132 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 113 (6.59%) Law
7 93 (5.42%) Retail
8 85 (4.95%) Legal
9 58 (3.38%) Banking
9 58 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (2.80%) Swedish Language
11 47 (2.74%) Marketing
12 32 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.52%) French Language
14 24 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.05%) Advertising
16 18 (1.05%) Front Office
17 17 (0.99%) Aviation
18 16 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.52%) .NET
2 25 (1.46%) HTML
3 20 (1.17%) CSS
3 20 (1.17%) XML
4 19 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.70%) Web Services
7 11 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.64%) Gherkin
8 10 (0.58%) EDI
9 7 (0.41%) Playwright
10 5 (0.29%) HTML5
10 5 (0.29%) jQuery
10 5 (0.29%) Middleware
11 4 (0.23%) JSON
11 4 (0.23%) LDAP
11 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.23%) SOAP
12 2 (0.12%) PySpark
12 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 66 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.15%) Security Posture
5 48 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 32 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.87%) Blog
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 13 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.76%) Housing Association
13 13 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.76%) Social Media
14 12 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.70%) Derivative
14 12 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 162 (9.44%) Windows
2 64 (3.73%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.40%) Linux
4 17 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) VMS
6 10 (0.58%) Android
7 8 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (18.82%) Agile
3 237 (13.81%) Business Analysis
3 237 (13.81%) Decision-Making
4 221 (12.88%) Analytics
5 218 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 208 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
7 194 (11.31%) ITIL
8 193 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
9 185 (10.78%) Customer Service
10 177 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 175 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 160 (9.32%) Process Improvement
13 156 (9.09%) User Stories
14 140 (8.16%) Mentoring
15 134 (7.81%) AI
16 127 (7.40%) Requirements Gathering
17 126 (7.34%) Actionable Insight
18 123 (7.17%) ITSM
19 119 (6.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 371 (21.62%) SQL
2 104 (6.06%) Python
3 57 (3.32%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.16%) C#
5 22 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (1.17%) Java
7 18 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.05%) VBA
8 13 (0.76%) Bash
9 12 (0.70%) Bicep
10 11 (0.64%) C++
10 11 (0.64%) R
10 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.12%) Delphi
14 2 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 281 (16.38%) Degree
2 124 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.00%) AWS Certification
5 97 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (4.25%) MCSE
7 51 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.33%) ACCA
9 36 (2.10%) CIMA
10 28 (1.63%) CISSP
11 24 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.22%) Azure Certification
12 21 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (1.17%) CISM
13 20 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.11%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.76%) AAT
16 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.51%) QA
2 76 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (3.21%) GDPR
5 39 (2.27%) NIST
6 29 (1.69%) SLA
7 23 (1.34%) PMO
8 20 (1.17%) GRC
9 19 (1.11%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.93%) FINREP
12 14 (0.82%) COREP
13 13 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.58%) IFRS
14 10 (0.58%) NCSC
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.47%) SOC 2
16 7 (0.41%) EMIR
17 6 (0.35%) MiFID
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.29%) Docker
7 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.058%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.99%) SCCM
3 13 (0.76%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.23%) QRadar
7 3 (0.17%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
9 1 (0.058%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.058%) Nessus
9 1 (0.058%) Nmap
9 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 393 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.63%) ServiceNow
3 47 (2.74%) Oracle
4 44 (2.56%) Google
5 43 (2.51%) SAP
6 40 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 30 (1.75%) Adobe
8 28 (1.63%) Apple
8 28 (1.63%) VMware
9 21 (1.22%) Cisco
10 19 (1.11%) iManage
11 17 (0.99%) Citrix
12 16 (0.93%) Palo Alto
12 16 (0.93%) Qualys
13 14 (0.82%) Aruba
14 12 (0.70%) Intapp
14 12 (0.70%) ScienceLogic
15 10 (0.58%) Aderant
15 10 (0.58%) FIS
15 10 (0.58%) IBM