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 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,383 1,776 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.06% 10.84% 11.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.67% 11.29% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 877 987 1,929
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £28,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.75% -4.89%
75th Percentile £61,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,500 £45,295
% change year-on-year -12.37% +7.08% -4.64%

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 14,307 15,733 21,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 96.07% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,333 9,460 18,068
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -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 6 months to 19 January 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 January 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.

1 406 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 328 (23.72%) SQL
3 302 (21.84%) Degree
4 279 (20.17%) Agile
5 274 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 251 (18.15%) Customer Service
7 248 (17.93%) ITIL
8 244 (17.64%) Microsoft 365
9 213 (15.40%) Microsoft Office
10 212 (15.33%) Power Platform
11 202 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 197 (14.24%) Business Intelligence
13 179 (12.94%) Power BI
14 178 (12.87%) Microsoft Excel
15 174 (12.58%) Decision-Making
16 170 (12.29%) AWS
17 167 (12.08%) ITSM
18 161 (11.64%) Azure
19 157 (11.35%) QA
20 140 (10.12%) Microsoft Certification
21 138 (9.98%) ServiceNow
22 136 (9.83%) AWS Certification
23 130 (9.40%) Security Cleared
24 128 (9.26%) Windows
25 127 (9.18%) Data Analysis
26 126 (9.11%) Analytics
26 126 (9.11%) Business Analysis
27 123 (8.89%) Performance Metrics
28 122 (8.82%) ERP
29 118 (8.53%) MCSE

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 60 (4.34%) Confluence
2 40 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.01%) SAS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
8 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 213 (15.40%) Microsoft Office
2 178 (12.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.01%) Oracle Smart View
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.17%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
4 19 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (1.01%) Hyperion Planning
6 13 (0.94%) NEC Housing
7 9 (0.65%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.43%) Shopify
9 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.36%) Elite 3E
9 5 (0.36%) Magento
9 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
11 2 (0.14%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 244 (17.64%) Microsoft 365
2 212 (15.33%) Power Platform
3 170 (12.29%) AWS
4 161 (11.64%) Azure
5 71 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.04%) SaaS
8 29 (2.10%) Entra ID
9 23 (1.66%) GCP
10 21 (1.52%) Snowflake
11 20 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.16%) Google Analytics
13 13 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.65%) PaaS
16 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
16 8 (0.58%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.82%) Firewall
2 22 (1.59%) VPN
3 21 (1.52%) WAN
4 19 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (1.23%) LAN
6 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
7 14 (1.01%) DNS
7 14 (1.01%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.94%) Wireless
9 10 (0.72%) DHCP
9 10 (0.72%) Network Security
10 9 (0.65%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.58%) VoIP
12 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.22%) Broadband
14 3 (0.22%) SCCP
15 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 1 (0.072%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (12.94%) Power BI
2 70 (5.06%) Tableau
3 50 (3.62%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.45%) Looker
6 18 (1.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 17 (1.23%) Power Query
8 16 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.08%) BigQuery
9 15 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (1.08%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.01%) Essbase
11 13 (0.94%) Metadata
12 10 (0.72%) MySQL
13 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
16 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 115 (8.32%) JIRA
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
3 26 (1.88%) Selenium
4 24 (1.74%) Team Foundation Server
5 21 (1.52%) Postman
5 21 (1.52%) SoapUI
6 19 (1.37%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.51%) Git
8 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.22%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.22%) TestRail
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.14%) Gatling
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.14%) Locust
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 671 (48.52%) Social Skills
2 441 (31.89%) Finance
3 351 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.32%) French Language
5 95 (6.87%) Swedish Language
6 82 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (5.57%) Legal
8 76 (5.50%) Retail
9 74 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
10 67 (4.84%) Marketing
11 51 (3.69%) Public Sector
12 44 (3.18%) Banking
13 41 (2.96%) Law
14 32 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 29 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
17 27 (1.95%) Local Government
18 23 (1.66%) Advertising
19 18 (1.30%) Billing
20 17 (1.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.17%) HTML
2 29 (2.10%) SOAP
3 28 (2.02%) .NET
4 13 (0.94%) Flash
5 12 (0.87%) REST
6 11 (0.80%) EDI
6 11 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.65%) JSON
8 7 (0.51%) Middleware
9 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
9 4 (0.29%) NumPy
9 4 (0.29%) Pandas
9 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.29%) Web Services
9 4 (0.29%) XML
10 3 (0.22%) Altair
10 3 (0.22%) FHIR
10 3 (0.22%) Playwright
11 2 (0.14%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 91 (6.58%) Onboarding
2 82 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 73 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 26 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.52%) Security Posture
8 20 (1.45%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.37%) Credit Risk
10 17 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
11 15 (1.08%) FMCG
11 15 (1.08%) NHS
12 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (0.94%) Reinsurance
13 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 128 (9.26%) Windows
2 28 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.74%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.66%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.30%) Linux
6 17 (1.23%) Android
7 16 (1.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.072%) AIX
10 1 (0.072%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (20.17%) Agile
2 274 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (18.15%) Customer Service
4 248 (17.93%) ITIL
5 202 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 197 (14.24%) Business Intelligence
7 174 (12.58%) Decision-Making
8 167 (12.08%) ITSM
9 127 (9.18%) Data Analysis
10 126 (9.11%) Analytics
10 126 (9.11%) Business Analysis
11 123 (8.89%) Performance Metrics
12 122 (8.82%) ERP
13 112 (8.10%) Process Improvement
14 101 (7.30%) Asset Management
15 95 (6.87%) User Stories
16 94 (6.80%) AI
17 91 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
18 90 (6.51%) Cybersecurity
18 90 (6.51%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 328 (23.72%) SQL
2 99 (7.16%) Python
3 46 (3.33%) C#
4 26 (1.88%) Java
5 21 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 20 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (1.23%) VBA
8 14 (1.01%) Groovy
9 12 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.65%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.58%) R
12 6 (0.43%) ABAP
12 6 (0.43%) C++
13 4 (0.29%) Bicep
13 4 (0.29%) C
14 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.14%) VC++
16 1 (0.072%) Go
Qualifications
1 302 (21.84%) Degree
2 140 (10.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 136 (9.83%) AWS Certification
4 130 (9.40%) Security Cleared
5 118 (8.53%) MCSE
6 79 (5.71%) ACCA
7 77 (5.57%) CIMA
8 71 (5.13%) SC Cleared
9 43 (3.11%) DV Cleared
10 30 (2.17%) ISTQB
11 29 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 27 (1.95%) CISSP
13 22 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 19 (1.37%) AAT
15 19 (1.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 19 (1.37%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (0.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (11.35%) QA
2 43 (3.11%) Data Quality
3 41 (2.96%) NIST
4 39 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.39%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.66%) SLA
7 22 (1.59%) GDPR
8 17 (1.23%) PMO
9 15 (1.08%) GRC
9 15 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.94%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.43%) Basel II
12 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.43%) EMIR
12 6 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.36%) COBIT
13 5 (0.36%) MiFID
14 4 (0.29%) SEPA
15 3 (0.22%) COREP
System Software
1 90 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.88%) SCCM
3 8 (0.58%) Terraform
4 6 (0.43%) QRadar
5 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.22%) Ansible
6 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.14%) Nessus
7 2 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.072%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.072%) Control-M
8 1 (0.072%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.072%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.072%) Grafana
8 1 (0.072%) Nmap
8 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 406 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.98%) ServiceNow
3 67 (4.84%) Oracle
4 34 (2.46%) Google
5 33 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.31%) SAP
7 28 (2.02%) Adobe
8 25 (1.81%) Apple
9 18 (1.30%) VMware
10 16 (1.16%) Blue Prism
10 16 (1.16%) Cisco
11 15 (1.08%) Northgate
12 14 (1.01%) Hyperion
13 13 (0.94%) Meraki
14 12 (0.87%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.65%) Citrix
16 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
16 8 (0.58%) Databricks
16 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds
17 7 (0.51%) Splunk