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 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,768 1,312 2,628
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.09% 7.94% 12.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.55% 8.52% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 961 1,156
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £44,543 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -1.02% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £64,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% -1.81%

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 23,411 15,403 20,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.20% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 16,055 8,700 12,841
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 12 October 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 12 October 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.

1 473 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
2 435 (24.60%) Microsoft
3 370 (20.93%) SQL
4 290 (16.40%) Agile
5 278 (15.72%) Decision-Making
6 272 (15.38%) Degree
7 265 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 254 (14.37%) Analytics
9 247 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 229 (12.95%) Business Analysis
11 217 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
12 215 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
13 214 (12.10%) Azure
14 212 (11.99%) ITIL
15 209 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
16 206 (11.65%) Power Platform
17 201 (11.37%) Customer Service
18 195 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 194 (10.97%) Power BI
20 177 (10.01%) Microsoft Excel
21 171 (9.67%) AI
21 171 (9.67%) Windows
22 165 (9.33%) Process Improvement
23 152 (8.60%) Actionable Insight
24 145 (8.20%) User Stories
25 141 (7.98%) Active Directory
26 140 (7.92%) Project Delivery
27 137 (7.75%) Mentoring
28 135 (7.64%) Data Analysis
28 135 (7.64%) Requirements Gathering

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 80 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 60 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (2.09%) Confluence
4 8 (0.45%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.057%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.057%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.057%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (10.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 27 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.057%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.07%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.40%) Visualfiles
4 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.28%) Shopify
6 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
6 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.17%) JDE OneWorld
7 3 (0.17%) JDE World
8 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.11%) iTrent
8 2 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 217 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
2 214 (12.10%) Azure
3 206 (11.65%) Power Platform
4 129 (7.30%) AWS
5 91 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 82 (4.64%) SaaS
7 63 (3.56%) GCP
8 37 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.70%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.13%) OneDrive
12 19 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.07%) GitHub
13 17 (0.96%) Snowflake
14 16 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (0.85%) IaaS
15 15 (0.85%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.85%) Serverless
16 14 (0.79%) BigCommerce
16 14 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.05%) DNS
2 46 (2.60%) DHCP
3 45 (2.55%) Firewall
4 41 (2.32%) VPN
5 36 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.41%) Broadband
7 19 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.90%) Network Security
9 15 (0.85%) LAN
10 13 (0.74%) WAN
11 12 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (0.68%) Internet
12 11 (0.62%) HTTP
13 5 (0.28%) VLAN
14 4 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) FTP
15 3 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (10.97%) Power BI
2 49 (2.77%) Tableau
3 34 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.41%) Looker
6 21 (1.19%) Power Query
7 19 (1.07%) BigQuery
8 16 (0.90%) Metadata
9 12 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
10 9 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.45%) MySQL
12 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 99 (5.60%) JIRA
2 18 (1.02%) Git
3 8 (0.45%) Selenium
4 5 (0.28%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.17%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.11%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.057%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.057%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.057%) WebDriver
General
1 666 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 581 (32.86%) Analytical Skills
3 446 (25.23%) Finance
4 168 (9.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 147 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.35%) Retail
7 129 (7.30%) Law
8 90 (5.09%) Legal
9 89 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.11%) Marketing
11 52 (2.94%) Banking
12 44 (2.49%) Swedish Language
13 34 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 33 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.13%) Automotive
15 20 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.02%) Advertising
16 18 (1.02%) Front Office
16 18 (1.02%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.30%) HTML
2 19 (1.07%) CSS
2 19 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (0.96%) XML
4 16 (0.90%) .NET
4 16 (0.90%) Terraform
5 12 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 12 (0.68%) Web Services
6 11 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.62%) Gherkin
7 6 (0.34%) EDI
7 6 (0.34%) JSON
7 6 (0.34%) REST
8 5 (0.28%) HTML5
8 5 (0.28%) jQuery
8 5 (0.28%) LDAP
8 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.23%) NumPy
9 4 (0.23%) Pandas
9 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.39%) Management Information System
2 94 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 80 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (3.11%) Security Posture
6 40 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 31 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 26 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.85%) Cyberattack
12 15 (0.85%) Derivative
12 15 (0.85%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.79%) Blog
13 14 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (0.74%) Client/Server
14 13 (0.74%) Credit Risk
14 13 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 171 (9.67%) Windows
2 74 (4.19%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.41%) Linux
4 12 (0.68%) VMS
5 10 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.40%) Android
7 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.34%) macOS
8 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.057%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (16.40%) Agile
3 278 (15.72%) Decision-Making
4 265 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 254 (14.37%) Analytics
6 247 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 229 (12.95%) Business Analysis
8 215 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
9 212 (11.99%) ITIL
10 209 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
11 201 (11.37%) Customer Service
12 195 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 171 (9.67%) AI
14 165 (9.33%) Process Improvement
15 152 (8.60%) Actionable Insight
16 145 (8.20%) User Stories
17 140 (7.92%) Project Delivery
18 137 (7.75%) Mentoring
19 135 (7.64%) Data Analysis
19 135 (7.64%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 370 (20.93%) SQL
2 134 (7.58%) Python
3 64 (3.62%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (1.30%) C#
5 23 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (1.24%) Bash
6 22 (1.24%) JavaScript
7 16 (0.90%) R
8 14 (0.79%) Java
9 13 (0.74%) VBA
10 12 (0.68%) Bicep
11 10 (0.57%) C++
11 10 (0.57%) Go
12 6 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.23%) VB
14 3 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 272 (15.38%) Degree
2 128 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 83 (4.69%) AWS Certification
5 69 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (2.83%) MCSE
8 32 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.58%) ACCA
10 26 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (1.47%) CISSP
11 25 (1.41%) CIMA
11 25 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.19%) CISM
13 19 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.79%) GIAC
15 9 (0.51%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.45%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.22%) QA
2 94 (5.32%) Data Quality
3 70 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 62 (3.51%) GDPR
5 44 (2.49%) NIST
6 39 (2.21%) PMO
7 28 (1.58%) SLA
8 25 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 22 (1.24%) GRC
11 19 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.68%) IFRS
13 9 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.40%) NCSC
16 6 (0.34%) FINREP
16 6 (0.34%) GAAP
17 5 (0.28%) EMIR
18 4 (0.23%) COREP
System Software
1 141 (7.98%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.74%) vSphere
6 9 (0.51%) Docker
6 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.11%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.057%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 42 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.79%) SCCM
3 14 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.17%) Kibana
4 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 3 (0.17%) QRadar
5 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) Graylog
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.057%) Autotask
6 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.057%) Nessus
6 1 (0.057%) Nmap
6 1 (0.057%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.057%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 435 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 115 (6.50%) ServiceNow
3 63 (3.56%) Google
4 47 (2.66%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.38%) SAP
6 41 (2.32%) Oracle
7 39 (2.21%) VMware
8 29 (1.64%) Adobe
9 23 (1.30%) Apple
10 22 (1.24%) Cisco
11 19 (1.07%) Qualys
12 17 (0.96%) Workday
13 16 (0.90%) Aruba
13 16 (0.90%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.85%) iManage
15 13 (0.74%) Splunk
15 13 (0.74%) YouTube
16 12 (0.68%) Citrix
16 12 (0.68%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (0.62%) Sage