Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,536 1,342 3,673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.18% 8.95% 11.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.72% 9.71% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 968 2,388
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,675 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +10.50% -4.74%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -2.17%

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 17,615 13,816 31,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 92.18% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,966 8,735 24,848
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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.

1 311 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 310 (20.18%) SQL
3 282 (18.36%) Agile
4 265 (17.25%) Degree
5 225 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
6 191 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
7 189 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
9 178 (11.59%) Power Platform
10 175 (11.39%) Decision-Making
11 174 (11.33%) Power BI
12 164 (10.68%) Business Analysis
13 162 (10.55%) ITIL
14 160 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
15 155 (10.09%) Customer Service
16 151 (9.83%) Process Improvement
16 151 (9.83%) Security Cleared
17 143 (9.31%) Microsoft Excel
18 140 (9.11%) Azure
19 135 (8.79%) Mentoring
20 133 (8.66%) ServiceNow
21 131 (8.53%) Analytics
22 130 (8.46%) Windows
23 123 (8.01%) QA
23 123 (8.01%) User Stories
24 120 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
25 117 (7.62%) AWS
26 111 (7.23%) ERP
27 108 (7.03%) ITSM
28 107 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 46 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.63%) Confluence
4 13 (0.85%) SAS
5 7 (0.46%) CMS
5 7 (0.46%) IIS
6 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.065%) Umbraco
Applications
1 143 (9.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.065%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.56%) Cloudability
2 17 (1.11%) NetSuite
3 16 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
4 15 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
6 12 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
6 12 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
7 11 (0.72%) NEC Housing
8 10 (0.65%) Shopify
9 9 (0.59%) Magento
10 7 (0.46%) Elite 3E
11 6 (0.39%) Hyperion Planning
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
11 6 (0.39%) Visualfiles
12 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
12 5 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 188 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
2 178 (11.59%) Power Platform
3 140 (9.11%) Azure
4 117 (7.62%) AWS
5 53 (3.45%) GCP
6 44 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (2.86%) SaaS
7 41 (2.67%) Entra ID
8 31 (2.02%) Google Analytics
9 14 (0.91%) OneDrive
10 13 (0.85%) Power Automate
11 10 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.39%) Lucidchart
13 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.39%) Mimecast
13 6 (0.39%) Miro
14 5 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.02%) VPN
2 28 (1.82%) Firewall
3 26 (1.69%) Network Security
4 25 (1.63%) Broadband
5 22 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.11%) DNS
7 12 (0.78%) DHCP
8 11 (0.72%) WAN
9 10 (0.65%) LAN
10 8 (0.52%) VoIP
11 6 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.33%) Internet
12 5 (0.33%) SSL
13 3 (0.20%) FTP
13 3 (0.20%) HTTP
13 3 (0.20%) NGFW
13 3 (0.20%) SCCP
13 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.20%) SMTP
13 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (11.33%) Power BI
2 65 (4.23%) Tableau
3 47 (3.06%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.63%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.50%) Looker
6 20 (1.30%) Power Query
6 20 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (0.91%) MySQL
9 12 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.72%) Metadata
11 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.52%) DB2
12 8 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 7 (0.46%) PowerPivot
14 6 (0.39%) Essbase
14 6 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 102 (6.64%) JIRA
2 19 (1.24%) Postman
3 17 (1.11%) SoapUI
4 16 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (0.85%) Selenium
6 12 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.72%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.46%) Git
9 5 (0.33%) GitLab
10 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.065%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.065%) Toad
11 1 (0.065%) Yeoman
General
1 487 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 386 (25.13%) Finance
3 340 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 83 (5.40%) Retail
7 79 (5.14%) Legal
8 71 (4.62%) Law
9 70 (4.56%) Banking
10 50 (3.26%) French Language
11 47 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (2.67%) Marketing
13 23 (1.50%) Aviation
14 21 (1.37%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.17%) Publishing
17 17 (1.11%) Back Office
18 16 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (0.91%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.08%) .NET
2 25 (1.63%) SOAP
3 24 (1.56%) HTML
4 16 (1.04%) XML
5 15 (0.98%) Middleware
6 11 (0.72%) EDI
6 11 (0.72%) JSON
6 11 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (0.65%) REST
8 9 (0.59%) CSS
9 7 (0.46%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.26%) HTML5
10 4 (0.26%) jQuery
10 4 (0.26%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.20%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.20%) Flash
11 3 (0.20%) LDAP
11 3 (0.20%) Playwright
11 3 (0.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 70 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.52%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.86%) Data Structures
5 39 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (1.30%) FMCG
12 18 (1.17%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.11%) Credit Risk
14 15 (0.98%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.91%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.91%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (0.78%) Social Media
18 10 (0.65%) Operational Technology
18 10 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 130 (8.46%) Windows
2 32 (2.08%) Android
2 32 (2.08%) Windows 10
3 28 (1.82%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.37%) Linux
6 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.065%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (18.36%) Agile
2 225 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
3 191 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
4 189 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 175 (11.39%) Decision-Making
6 164 (10.68%) Business Analysis
7 162 (10.55%) ITIL
8 160 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
9 155 (10.09%) Customer Service
10 151 (9.83%) Process Improvement
11 135 (8.79%) Mentoring
12 131 (8.53%) Analytics
13 123 (8.01%) User Stories
14 111 (7.23%) ERP
15 108 (7.03%) ITSM
16 107 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 97 (6.32%) AI
18 95 (6.18%) Coaching
18 95 (6.18%) Data Analysis
19 92 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 310 (20.18%) SQL
2 81 (5.27%) Python
3 38 (2.47%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.21%) C#
5 30 (1.95%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.89%) Java
7 13 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.59%) VBA
9 8 (0.52%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.52%) R
10 7 (0.46%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.39%) Groovy
11 6 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.26%) Delphi
12 4 (0.26%) Pascal
12 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Tcl
13 2 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 265 (17.25%) Degree
2 151 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 106 (6.90%) AWS Certification
4 91 (5.92%) SC Cleared
5 78 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (4.30%) MCSE
7 53 (3.45%) ACCA
8 52 (3.39%) CIMA
9 41 (2.67%) DV Cleared
10 38 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.08%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.89%) CISSP
13 24 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.17%) PMI Certification
16 17 (1.11%) AAT
17 15 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.98%) IIBA
17 15 (0.98%) ISTQB
18 14 (0.91%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.01%) QA
2 61 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.41%) NIST
5 31 (2.02%) GDPR
6 28 (1.82%) SLA
7 22 (1.43%) GRC
7 22 (1.43%) PMO
8 20 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.24%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.98%) COREP
11 14 (0.91%) FINREP
12 12 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.78%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.46%) EMIR
13 7 (0.46%) NCSC
14 6 (0.39%) MiFID
14 6 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.26%) Basel II
System Software
1 83 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.52%) Docker
3 8 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.065%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.37%) SCCM
3 8 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.26%) CSIRT
4 4 (0.26%) QRadar
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.13%) Graylog
7 1 (0.065%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.065%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 311 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 133 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 51 (3.32%) Adobe
3 51 (3.32%) Oracle
4 47 (3.06%) Apple
5 42 (2.73%) SAP
6 39 (2.54%) Google
7 35 (2.28%) Salesforce
8 13 (0.85%) iManage
9 12 (0.78%) Citrix
9 12 (0.78%) ConnectWise
10 11 (0.72%) Northgate
11 9 (0.59%) IBM
11 9 (0.59%) Intapp
11 9 (0.59%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.59%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.52%) VMware
13 7 (0.46%) Aderant
14 6 (0.39%) Cisco
14 6 (0.39%) Hyperion