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 16 March 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,409 1,447 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 10.60% 10.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.91% 11.20% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 926 979 2,450
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,800
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.17% -3.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -3.23%

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 15,819 12,922 28,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.69% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,712 8,981 23,998
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 16 March 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 16 March 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.

1 366 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 302 (21.43%) Degree
3 297 (21.08%) SQL
4 257 (18.24%) Agile
5 237 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (15.76%) Microsoft 365
7 219 (15.54%) ITIL
8 217 (15.40%) Customer Service
9 207 (14.69%) Power Platform
10 206 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
11 199 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 190 (13.48%) Decision-Making
13 188 (13.34%) Power BI
14 187 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
15 163 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
16 156 (11.07%) ITSM
17 147 (10.43%) Azure
18 142 (10.08%) QA
18 142 (10.08%) Security Cleared
19 136 (9.65%) ServiceNow
20 134 (9.51%) AWS
21 130 (9.23%) Data Analysis
21 130 (9.23%) Windows
22 127 (9.01%) Analytics
23 126 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
24 122 (8.66%) Business Analysis
25 118 (8.37%) Process Improvement
26 117 (8.30%) AWS Certification
26 117 (8.30%) ERP
27 104 (7.38%) Mentoring

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 54 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.77%) Confluence
3 36 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.21%) SAS
5 7 (0.50%) CMS
6 5 (0.35%) IIS
7 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 187 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
2 163 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.70%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.71%) Oracle Smart View
6 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
1 21 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
2 20 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
3 13 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 11 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.71%) Hyperion Planning
5 10 (0.71%) Shopify
6 9 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.64%) Magento
7 5 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.28%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 222 (15.76%) Microsoft 365
2 207 (14.69%) Power Platform
3 147 (10.43%) Azure
4 134 (9.51%) AWS
5 72 (5.11%) Dynamics 365
6 52 (3.69%) SaaS
7 44 (3.12%) Entra ID
8 27 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.77%) GCP
10 22 (1.56%) Google Analytics
11 13 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (0.92%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.78%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.71%) PaaS
15 7 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
15 7 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.50%) IaaS
16 6 (0.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.27%) Firewall
2 28 (1.99%) VPN
3 23 (1.63%) DNS
4 19 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.21%) DHCP
5 17 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.99%) Network Security
7 10 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.57%) VoIP
8 8 (0.57%) WAN
9 5 (0.35%) Broadband
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
9 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.28%) Wireless
10 4 (0.28%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.21%) SCCP
12 2 (0.14%) 4G
12 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (13.34%) Power BI
2 71 (5.04%) Tableau
3 61 (4.33%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.56%) Looker
5 22 (1.56%) Power Query
6 17 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.92%) Metadata
9 13 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 11 (0.78%) MySQL
12 10 (0.71%) Essbase
13 7 (0.50%) DB2
13 7 (0.50%) PowerPivot
13 7 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
13 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 99 (7.03%) JIRA
2 20 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (1.28%) Selenium
4 16 (1.14%) Postman
5 15 (1.06%) SoapUI
6 14 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (0.85%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Git
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.071%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.071%) Gatling
11 1 (0.071%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.071%) TestRail
11 1 (0.071%) Zephyr
General
1 610 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 403 (28.60%) Finance
3 349 (24.77%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.81%) French Language
5 85 (6.03%) Legal
5 85 (6.03%) Retail
6 83 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (4.68%) Banking
8 64 (4.54%) Swedish Language
9 56 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (3.90%) Marketing
10 55 (3.90%) Public Sector
11 47 (3.34%) Law
12 30 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.56%) Local Government
14 22 (1.56%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.49%) Advertising
16 19 (1.35%) Automotive
16 19 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.34%) .NET
2 25 (1.77%) SOAP
3 17 (1.21%) HTML
4 15 (1.06%) Middleware
5 13 (0.92%) EDI
5 13 (0.92%) JSON
5 13 (0.92%) REST
5 13 (0.92%) XML
6 10 (0.71%) Flash
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.35%) Playwright
8 4 (0.28%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.21%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.21%) Swagger
9 3 (0.21%) XSLT
10 2 (0.14%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.14%) FHIR
10 2 (0.14%) React
10 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 87 (6.17%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 36 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 23 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 21 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 21 (1.49%) NHS
10 19 (1.35%) FMCG
10 19 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 12 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.78%) Social Media
14 11 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 130 (9.23%) Windows
2 34 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 31 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.92%) Android
6 19 (1.35%) Linux
7 15 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
9 1 (0.071%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (18.24%) Agile
2 237 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (15.54%) ITIL
4 217 (15.40%) Customer Service
5 206 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
6 199 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 190 (13.48%) Decision-Making
8 156 (11.07%) ITSM
9 130 (9.23%) Data Analysis
10 127 (9.01%) Analytics
11 122 (8.66%) Business Analysis
12 118 (8.37%) Process Improvement
13 117 (8.30%) ERP
14 104 (7.38%) Mentoring
15 103 (7.31%) User Stories
16 102 (7.24%) Performance Metrics
17 98 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
18 87 (6.17%) Stakeholder Management
19 86 (6.10%) Project Management
19 86 (6.10%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 297 (21.08%) SQL
2 79 (5.61%) Python
3 42 (2.98%) C#
4 32 (2.27%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.49%) Java
6 20 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 13 (0.92%) VBA
8 10 (0.71%) Groovy
9 8 (0.57%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) R
10 7 (0.50%) C++
11 5 (0.35%) ABAP
11 5 (0.35%) C
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
11 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.28%) Delphi
12 4 (0.28%) Pascal
12 4 (0.28%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 302 (21.43%) Degree
2 142 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 117 (8.30%) AWS Certification
5 100 (7.10%) MCSE
6 81 (5.75%) ACCA
6 81 (5.75%) CIMA
7 75 (5.32%) SC Cleared
8 47 (3.34%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.41%) CISSP
10 30 (2.13%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.99%) AAT
12 26 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.42%) PMI Certification
14 19 (1.35%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.99%) IIBA
16 12 (0.85%) CISA
16 12 (0.85%) CISM
16 12 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (10.08%) QA
2 53 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 52 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.41%) NIST
5 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.42%) GDPR
7 19 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.35%) SLA
8 18 (1.28%) GRC
8 18 (1.28%) PMO
9 14 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.57%) COREP
12 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.43%) Basel II
14 5 (0.35%) EMIR
14 5 (0.35%) FINREP
15 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.28%) COBIT
15 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 85 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.28%) Hyper-V
2 18 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.21%) Docker
5 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 32 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.42%) SCCM
3 8 (0.57%) Terraform
4 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) QRadar
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.071%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.071%) Control-M
7 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.071%) Nessus
7 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 366 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 136 (9.65%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.76%) Oracle
4 39 (2.77%) SAP
5 37 (2.63%) Google
6 36 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.77%) Adobe
8 20 (1.42%) Apple
9 18 (1.28%) VMware
10 12 (0.85%) ConnectWise
10 12 (0.85%) Northgate
11 10 (0.71%) Blue Prism
11 10 (0.71%) Hyperion
12 9 (0.64%) IBM
12 9 (0.64%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.57%) Citrix
14 7 (0.50%) Databricks
15 6 (0.43%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.43%) iManage
16 5 (0.35%) Cisco