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 3 months leading to 19 September 2026.

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

3 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 857 638 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 9.44% 10.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.17% 10.04% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 578 468 535
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £35,854 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -

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 11,949 6,355 9,567
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 94.06% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 8,164 4,375 5,609
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,810 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -0.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.15% -6.96% -4.17%

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 3 months to 19 September 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 19 September 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.

1 431 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 409 (23.30%) Microsoft
3 378 (21.54%) SQL
4 308 (17.55%) Agile
5 290 (16.52%) Degree
6 265 (15.10%) Decision-Making
7 253 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 242 (13.79%) Business Analysis
9 236 (13.45%) Analytics
10 216 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 214 (12.19%) Microsoft 365
12 211 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
12 211 (12.02%) ITIL
13 203 (11.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 202 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
15 198 (11.28%) Customer Service
16 197 (11.23%) Power Platform
17 188 (10.71%) Azure
17 188 (10.71%) Power BI
18 169 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
19 165 (9.40%) Process Improvement
20 161 (9.17%) AI
20 161 (9.17%) Windows
21 148 (8.43%) User Stories
22 141 (8.03%) Mentoring
22 141 (8.03%) Project Delivery
23 138 (7.86%) Actionable Insight
24 136 (7.75%) Requirements Gathering
25 132 (7.52%) Active Directory
25 132 (7.52%) 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 77 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (2.11%) Confluence
4 9 (0.51%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
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%) CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.057%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.057%) Site Server
7 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 169 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.37%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.51%) Visualfiles
4 7 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
7 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.23%) JDE World
7 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 214 (12.19%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (11.23%) Power Platform
3 188 (10.71%) Azure
4 132 (7.52%) AWS
5 81 (4.62%) Entra ID
6 76 (4.33%) SaaS
7 60 (3.42%) GCP
8 36 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (1.94%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.03%) OneDrive
12 17 (0.97%) GitHub
12 17 (0.97%) PowerApps
13 16 (0.91%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.85%) Snowflake
15 14 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 14 (0.80%) IaaS
15 14 (0.80%) PaaS
15 14 (0.80%) Serverless
16 13 (0.74%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.68%) Firewall
2 46 (2.62%) DNS
3 44 (2.51%) VPN
4 38 (2.17%) DHCP
5 33 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.48%) Broadband
7 21 (1.20%) Network Security
7 21 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.08%) LAN
9 17 (0.97%) WAN
10 12 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (0.63%) Internet
12 9 (0.51%) HTTP
13 5 (0.28%) VLAN
14 4 (0.23%) FTP
14 4 (0.23%) NGFW
14 4 (0.23%) SMTP
14 4 (0.23%) Wireless
15 3 (0.17%) SSL
15 3 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (10.71%) Power BI
2 48 (2.74%) Tableau
3 39 (2.22%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.48%) Looker
5 24 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 21 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.03%) Power Query
8 16 (0.91%) Metadata
9 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
11 9 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.40%) MySQL
14 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.34%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (5.81%) JIRA
2 18 (1.03%) Git
3 9 (0.51%) Selenium
4 6 (0.34%) Postman
5 5 (0.28%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.11%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.057%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.057%) JUnit
9 1 (0.057%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.057%) TestNG
9 1 (0.057%) Toad
General
1 636 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 541 (30.83%) Analytical Skills
3 445 (25.36%) Finance
4 171 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (8.03%) Public Sector
6 133 (7.58%) Law
7 108 (6.15%) Retail
8 91 (5.19%) Legal
9 81 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (3.02%) Banking
11 49 (2.79%) Marketing
12 48 (2.74%) Swedish Language
13 36 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (1.99%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.08%) Front Office
16 18 (1.03%) Advertising
17 17 (0.97%) Automotive
17 17 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
18 16 (0.91%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.42%) HTML
2 21 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.08%) CSS
3 19 (1.08%) XML
4 17 (0.97%) .NET
5 14 (0.80%) Terraform
6 12 (0.68%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.68%) Web Services
7 11 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (0.63%) Gherkin
8 6 (0.34%) EDI
9 5 (0.28%) HTML5
9 5 (0.28%) jQuery
9 5 (0.28%) JSON
10 4 (0.23%) LDAP
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.23%) Middleware
10 4 (0.23%) NumPy
10 4 (0.23%) Pandas
10 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.87%) Management Information System
2 101 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 76 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 58 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 47 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.22%) Driving Licence
7 38 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
8 35 (1.99%) Data Structures
9 29 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
11 15 (0.85%) Client/Server
11 15 (0.85%) Derivative
11 15 (0.85%) Operational Technology
12 14 (0.80%) Blog
13 13 (0.74%) Cyberattack
13 13 (0.74%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.68%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.68%) Podcast
14 12 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
14 12 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 161 (9.17%) Windows
2 66 (3.76%) Windows Server
3 22 (1.25%) Linux
4 12 (0.68%) VMS
5 10 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.46%) Android
6 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (17.55%) Agile
3 265 (15.10%) Decision-Making
4 253 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 242 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 236 (13.45%) Analytics
7 216 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 211 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
8 211 (12.02%) ITIL
9 203 (11.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 202 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
11 198 (11.28%) Customer Service
12 165 (9.40%) Process Improvement
13 161 (9.17%) AI
14 148 (8.43%) User Stories
15 141 (8.03%) Mentoring
15 141 (8.03%) Project Delivery
16 138 (7.86%) Actionable Insight
17 136 (7.75%) Requirements Gathering
18 129 (7.35%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 378 (21.54%) SQL
2 122 (6.95%) Python
3 56 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 30 (1.71%) C#
5 26 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 21 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 19 (1.08%) Java
8 18 (1.03%) JavaScript
9 17 (0.97%) Bash
10 16 (0.91%) VBA
11 12 (0.68%) Bicep
11 12 (0.68%) R
12 10 (0.57%) C++
12 10 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.28%) Go
14 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.23%) VB
15 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 290 (16.52%) Degree
2 131 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 112 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 93 (5.30%) AWS Certification
5 80 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 60 (3.42%) MCSE
8 33 (1.88%) ACCA
9 29 (1.65%) CIMA
10 27 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.48%) CISSP
12 24 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 24 (1.37%) Azure Certification
12 24 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.20%) CISM
14 20 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.63%) GIAC
16 9 (0.51%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.46%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (7.46%) QA
2 91 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (3.42%) GDPR
5 42 (2.39%) NIST
6 35 (1.99%) SLA
7 32 (1.82%) PMO
8 21 (1.20%) GRC
9 19 (1.08%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.63%) FINREP
12 10 (0.57%) IFRS
13 9 (0.51%) COREP
13 9 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.40%) EMIR
15 7 (0.40%) NCSC
16 6 (0.34%) GAAP
16 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 132 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.74%) vSphere
5 7 (0.40%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.85%) SCCM
3 11 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.23%) QRadar
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) Graylog
7 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.057%) Autotask
8 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.057%) Nessus
8 1 (0.057%) Nmap
8 1 (0.057%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 409 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 124 (7.07%) ServiceNow
3 50 (2.85%) Google
4 48 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.56%) Oracle
6 42 (2.39%) SAP
7 31 (1.77%) VMware
8 30 (1.71%) Adobe
9 29 (1.65%) Apple
10 20 (1.14%) Cisco
11 18 (1.03%) Qualys
12 17 (0.97%) iManage
13 16 (0.91%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.85%) Citrix
14 15 (0.85%) Workday
15 14 (0.80%) Aruba
16 13 (0.74%) YouTube
17 12 (0.68%) ScienceLogic
17 12 (0.68%) Splunk
18 10 (0.57%) FIS