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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,610 1,403 3,466
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.55% 8.52% 10.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.04% 9.22% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 1,071 2,148
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,904
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £75,250
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 20,031 15,209 30,803
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.34% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,594 9,441 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £57,098
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.58% -8.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 11 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 11 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.

1 373 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 344 (21.37%) SQL
3 312 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (18.07%) Agile
5 289 (17.95%) Degree
6 226 (14.04%) Decision-Making
7 224 (13.91%) Microsoft 365
8 217 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 208 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
10 204 (12.67%) Power Platform
11 195 (12.11%) Power BI
12 193 (11.99%) Business Analysis
13 182 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
13 182 (11.30%) ITIL
14 175 (10.87%) Analytics
14 175 (10.87%) Customer Service
15 171 (10.62%) Azure
16 162 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
17 153 (9.50%) Windows
18 151 (9.38%) Process Improvement
19 149 (9.25%) QA
20 144 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
20 144 (8.94%) ServiceNow
20 144 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 139 (8.63%) Mentoring
22 128 (7.95%) ITSM
22 128 (7.95%) User Stories
23 124 (7.70%) Active Directory
24 119 (7.39%) AWS
25 116 (7.20%) Actionable Insight

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 70 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 55 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.05%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) IIS
5 8 (0.50%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.062%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Site Server
Applications
1 162 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.56%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.50%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
6 5 (0.31%) Shopify
7 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.25%) JDE World
7 4 (0.25%) Magento
7 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 224 (13.91%) Microsoft 365
2 204 (12.67%) Power Platform
3 171 (10.62%) Azure
4 119 (7.39%) AWS
5 63 (3.91%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.29%) SaaS
7 51 (3.17%) GCP
8 33 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (1.93%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.12%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 16 (0.99%) IaaS
13 16 (0.99%) PaaS
13 16 (0.99%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.87%) Serverless
15 13 (0.81%) Azure Functions
15 13 (0.81%) GitHub
16 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.35%) VPN
2 49 (3.04%) Firewall
3 37 (2.30%) DNS
4 30 (1.86%) DHCP
4 30 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (1.80%) TCP/IP
6 28 (1.74%) Broadband
6 28 (1.74%) Network Security
7 17 (1.06%) LAN
8 16 (0.99%) WAN
9 10 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (0.62%) Internet
10 5 (0.31%) HTTP
10 5 (0.31%) SSL
11 4 (0.25%) FTP
11 4 (0.25%) NGFW
11 4 (0.25%) SMTP
11 4 (0.25%) VoIP
12 3 (0.19%) VLAN
12 3 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (12.11%) Power BI
2 54 (3.35%) SQL Server
3 51 (3.17%) Tableau
4 29 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.49%) Power Query
6 22 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.30%) BigQuery
8 20 (1.24%) Looker
9 19 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.87%) MySQL
12 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.56%) Metadata
14 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.50%) Db2
15 6 (0.37%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
16 5 (0.31%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 91 (5.65%) JIRA
2 19 (1.18%) Git
3 8 (0.50%) Selenium
4 7 (0.43%) Postman
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
6 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.062%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.062%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.062%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.062%) JUnit
9 1 (0.062%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.062%) TestNG
9 1 (0.062%) WebDriver
General
1 560 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 425 (26.40%) Analytical Skills
3 388 (24.10%) Finance
4 134 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 95 (5.90%) Law
7 88 (5.47%) Retail
8 73 (4.53%) Legal
9 65 (4.04%) Banking
10 51 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.86%) Marketing
12 40 (2.48%) Swedish Language
13 35 (2.17%) French Language
14 30 (1.86%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.24%) Games
17 19 (1.18%) Aviation
17 19 (1.18%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.12%) Automotive
18 18 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.68%) .NET
2 25 (1.55%) XML
3 21 (1.30%) HTML
4 18 (1.12%) CSS
4 18 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 11 (0.68%) JSON
5 11 (0.68%) Middleware
6 10 (0.62%) EDI
6 10 (0.62%) Gherkin
6 10 (0.62%) Web Services
7 8 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.43%) SOAP
9 6 (0.37%) Playwright
10 5 (0.31%) HTML5
10 5 (0.31%) jQuery
11 4 (0.25%) LDAP
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.25%) REST
11 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.65%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 72 (4.47%) Management Information System
4 51 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 46 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.61%) Data Structures
7 38 (2.36%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 15 (0.93%) FMCG
13 14 (0.87%) Social Media
14 13 (0.81%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.81%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
15 12 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.75%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 153 (9.50%) Windows
2 50 (3.11%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.49%) Linux
5 15 (0.93%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (18.07%) Agile
3 226 (14.04%) Decision-Making
4 217 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 208 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
6 193 (11.99%) Business Analysis
7 182 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
7 182 (11.30%) ITIL
8 175 (10.87%) Analytics
8 175 (10.87%) Customer Service
9 151 (9.38%) Process Improvement
10 144 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 139 (8.63%) Mentoring
12 128 (7.95%) ITSM
12 128 (7.95%) User Stories
13 116 (7.20%) Actionable Insight
13 116 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 115 (7.14%) ERP
15 104 (6.46%) AI
15 104 (6.46%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 344 (21.37%) SQL
2 95 (5.90%) Python
3 59 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 32 (1.99%) C#
5 22 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 19 (1.18%) Java
8 17 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (0.99%) JavaScript
10 15 (0.93%) VBA
11 12 (0.75%) Bash
11 12 (0.75%) Bicep
12 10 (0.62%) R
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.37%) C++
15 4 (0.25%) Delphi
15 4 (0.25%) Pascal
15 4 (0.25%) PHP
15 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 289 (17.95%) Degree
2 103 (6.40%) AWS Certification
2 103 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 80 (4.97%) SC Cleared
5 78 (4.84%) MCSE
6 49 (3.04%) ACCA
7 46 (2.86%) CIMA
7 46 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.05%) CISSP
9 27 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (1.55%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.30%) CISM
13 20 (1.24%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.18%) AAT
15 16 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (0.99%) DV Cleared
16 11 (0.68%) CISA
17 9 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (9.25%) QA
2 74 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (4.41%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.80%) GDPR
5 44 (2.73%) NIST
6 32 (1.99%) SLA
7 24 (1.49%) GRC
8 23 (1.43%) PMO
9 21 (1.30%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.87%) COREP
10 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.87%) FINREP
11 12 (0.75%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.62%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.62%) IFRS
14 8 (0.50%) EMIR
14 8 (0.50%) MiFID
15 7 (0.43%) NCSC
15 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 124 (7.70%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.81%) vSphere
6 6 (0.37%) Docker
7 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 43 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.30%) SCCM
3 13 (0.81%) Terraform
4 7 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.37%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.31%) QRadar
7 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.19%) Kibana
8 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.12%) Graylog
10 1 (0.062%) Ansible
10 1 (0.062%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.062%) Grafana
10 1 (0.062%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.062%) Nessus
10 1 (0.062%) Nmap
10 1 (0.062%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.062%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 373 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 144 (8.94%) ServiceNow
3 44 (2.73%) Oracle
3 44 (2.73%) SAP
4 40 (2.48%) Google
5 34 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.80%) Adobe
7 27 (1.68%) Apple
8 24 (1.49%) VMware
9 19 (1.18%) Cisco
9 19 (1.18%) Citrix
10 18 (1.12%) iManage
11 14 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 14 (0.87%) Qualys
12 12 (0.75%) Aruba
12 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.68%) Intapp
14 10 (0.62%) JD Edwards
15 9 (0.56%) IBM
15 9 (0.56%) Sage