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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,591 1,376 3,594
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.69% 8.71% 10.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.19% 9.45% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 1,045 2,278
10th Percentile £30,150 £26,850 £27,445
25th Percentile £36,622 £34,500 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,500 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +4.98% -4.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £85,000 £75,000
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 19,433 14,564 32,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.21% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,210 9,006 25,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,956 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -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 30 June 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 30 June 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.

1 344 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 342 (21.50%) SQL
3 298 (18.73%) Agile
4 292 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (18.23%) Degree
6 215 (13.51%) Decision-Making
7 208 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
8 207 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 206 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
10 204 (12.82%) Power Platform
11 197 (12.38%) Power BI
12 190 (11.94%) Business Analysis
13 176 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
13 176 (11.06%) ITIL
14 173 (10.87%) Customer Service
15 170 (10.69%) Analytics
16 157 (9.87%) Microsoft Excel
17 153 (9.62%) Azure
18 149 (9.37%) Process Improvement
19 145 (9.11%) QA
20 143 (8.99%) ServiceNow
21 140 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
22 139 (8.74%) Mentoring
23 133 (8.36%) Windows
24 132 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 126 (7.92%) Security Cleared
25 126 (7.92%) User Stories
26 123 (7.73%) ITSM
27 114 (7.17%) Actionable Insight
27 114 (7.17%) AWS

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 62 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (2.07%) Confluence
4 13 (0.82%) IIS
5 9 (0.57%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 157 (9.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 140 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.51%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.50%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 4 (0.25%) JDE OneWorld
8 4 (0.25%) JDE World
8 4 (0.25%) Magento
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 206 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
2 204 (12.82%) Power Platform
3 153 (9.62%) Azure
4 114 (7.17%) AWS
5 52 (3.27%) GCP
6 51 (3.21%) SaaS
7 45 (2.83%) Entra ID
8 33 (2.07%) Google Analytics
9 31 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.13%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.01%) IaaS
12 16 (1.01%) PaaS
12 16 (1.01%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.88%) Serverless
14 13 (0.82%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.82%) GitHub
15 12 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.14%) VPN
2 47 (2.95%) Firewall
3 30 (1.89%) DNS
4 29 (1.82%) Network Security
5 28 (1.76%) Broadband
6 25 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 25 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.45%) DHCP
8 14 (0.88%) LAN
8 14 (0.88%) WAN
9 10 (0.63%) Internet
10 9 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.31%) HTTP
11 5 (0.31%) SSL
11 5 (0.31%) VoIP
12 4 (0.25%) FTP
12 4 (0.25%) NGFW
12 4 (0.25%) SMTP
13 3 (0.19%) VLAN
14 2 (0.13%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (12.38%) Power BI
2 57 (3.58%) Tableau
3 50 (3.14%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.45%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.45%) Power Query
6 22 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.32%) Looker
8 19 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.82%) MySQL
10 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.63%) Metadata
12 8 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.50%) Db2
13 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.38%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 92 (5.78%) JIRA
2 19 (1.19%) Git
3 8 (0.50%) Postman
4 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
5 5 (0.31%) GitLab
5 5 (0.31%) Selenium
5 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.063%) JUnit
9 1 (0.063%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.063%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.063%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.063%) TestNG
General
1 537 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 409 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 378 (23.76%) Finance
4 133 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 90 (5.66%) Law
7 83 (5.22%) Retail
8 73 (4.59%) Legal
9 61 (3.83%) Banking
10 53 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (2.95%) Marketing
12 40 (2.51%) French Language
13 36 (2.26%) Swedish Language
14 27 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.32%) Aviation
16 20 (1.26%) Games
16 20 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.07%) Automotive
18 17 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.51%) .NET
2 20 (1.26%) XML
3 17 (1.07%) HTML
3 17 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.82%) CSS
5 11 (0.69%) JSON
5 11 (0.69%) Middleware
6 10 (0.63%) EDI
7 9 (0.57%) Gherkin
7 9 (0.57%) SOAP
8 6 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.31%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (0.31%) HTML5
9 5 (0.31%) jQuery
9 5 (0.31%) Web Services
10 4 (0.25%) LDAP
10 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.25%) REST
10 4 (0.25%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 48 (3.02%) Security Posture
5 43 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.64%) Data Structures
7 37 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 37 (2.33%) Driving Licence
8 30 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 24 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (1.13%) FMCG
11 16 (1.01%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.88%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.88%) Social Media
13 13 (0.82%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.82%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.75%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.75%) Housing Association
14 12 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.75%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 133 (8.36%) Windows
2 33 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 21 (1.32%) Linux
5 15 (0.94%) Android
6 12 (0.75%) VMS
7 11 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (18.73%) Agile
2 292 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (13.51%) Decision-Making
4 208 (13.07%) Business Intelligence
5 207 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 190 (11.94%) Business Analysis
7 176 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
7 176 (11.06%) ITIL
8 173 (10.87%) Customer Service
9 170 (10.69%) Analytics
10 149 (9.37%) Process Improvement
11 139 (8.74%) Mentoring
12 132 (8.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 126 (7.92%) User Stories
14 123 (7.73%) ITSM
15 114 (7.17%) Actionable Insight
16 109 (6.85%) Data Analysis
16 109 (6.85%) ERP
17 107 (6.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 103 (6.47%) AI
Programming Languages
1 342 (21.50%) SQL
2 95 (5.97%) Python
3 52 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 27 (1.70%) C#
5 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
6 20 (1.26%) Java
7 19 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 15 (0.94%) VBA
10 14 (0.88%) JavaScript
11 12 (0.75%) Bash
11 12 (0.75%) Bicep
12 10 (0.63%) R
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.25%) Delphi
14 4 (0.25%) Pascal
14 4 (0.25%) PHP
14 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.19%) C++
16 2 (0.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 290 (18.23%) Degree
2 126 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 104 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 102 (6.41%) AWS Certification
5 83 (5.22%) SC Cleared
6 79 (4.97%) MCSE
7 49 (3.08%) ACCA
8 48 (3.02%) CIMA
9 45 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (2.07%) CISSP
11 29 (1.82%) DBS Check
12 25 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.32%) DV Cleared
15 20 (1.26%) AAT
15 20 (1.26%) CISM
16 18 (1.13%) Azure Certification
17 15 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.94%) PMI Certification
18 14 (0.88%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (9.11%) QA
2 68 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 68 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (2.64%) GDPR
3 42 (2.64%) NIST
4 31 (1.95%) SLA
5 23 (1.45%) GRC
5 23 (1.45%) PMO
6 21 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.88%) COREP
7 14 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.88%) FINREP
8 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.69%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.50%) IFRS
11 7 (0.44%) NCSC
12 6 (0.38%) EMIR
12 6 (0.38%) MiFID
12 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (6.66%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.82%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) Docker
6 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.13%) SCCM
3 14 (0.88%) Terraform
4 7 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.31%) QRadar
6 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.19%) Kibana
7 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.13%) Ansible
8 2 (0.13%) Graylog
9 1 (0.063%) Autotask
9 1 (0.063%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.063%) Nessus
9 1 (0.063%) Nmap
9 1 (0.063%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.063%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 344 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.99%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.70%) Oracle
4 41 (2.58%) Google
4 41 (2.58%) SAP
5 35 (2.20%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.95%) Adobe
7 27 (1.70%) Apple
8 23 (1.45%) VMware
9 18 (1.13%) Cisco
10 17 (1.07%) Citrix
10 17 (1.07%) iManage
11 13 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.82%) Qualys
12 12 (0.75%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (0.69%) Aruba
14 10 (0.63%) Intapp
14 10 (0.63%) JD Edwards
15 9 (0.57%) IBM
16 8 (0.50%) Sage