Hybrid/Remote Analyst Job Trends

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst salary for remote/hybrid work is £45,207 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,763 1,321 2,634
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.09% 7.95% 12.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.55% 8.53% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 971 1,157
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £36,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,207 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,938 £57,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £73,625 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -3.16%

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 23,365 15,489 20,858
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.21% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16,055 8,753 12,926
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,821 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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.

1 472 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
2 430 (24.39%) Microsoft
3 368 (20.87%) SQL
4 290 (16.45%) Agile
5 277 (15.71%) Decision-Making
6 272 (15.43%) Degree
7 263 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 253 (14.35%) Analytics
9 242 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 229 (12.99%) Business Analysis
11 218 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
12 213 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
13 211 (11.97%) Azure
14 209 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
15 208 (11.80%) ITIL
16 203 (11.51%) Power Platform
17 199 (11.29%) Customer Service
18 195 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 192 (10.89%) Power BI
20 176 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
21 170 (9.64%) Windows
22 168 (9.53%) AI
23 164 (9.30%) Process Improvement
24 152 (8.62%) Actionable Insight
25 145 (8.22%) User Stories
26 140 (7.94%) Active Directory
26 140 (7.94%) Project Delivery
27 138 (7.83%) Mentoring
28 135 (7.66%) Data Analysis
29 134 (7.60%) Python

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 81 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 60 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (2.10%) Confluence
4 8 (0.45%) IIS
5 4 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.11%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
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%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.057%) Site Server
Applications
1 176 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 27 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.057%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.08%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.40%) Visualfiles
4 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.28%) Shopify
6 4 (0.23%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
6 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.17%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.17%) JDE OneWorld
7 3 (0.17%) JDE World
8 2 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.11%) iTrent
8 2 (0.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 218 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
2 211 (11.97%) Azure
3 203 (11.51%) Power Platform
4 126 (7.15%) AWS
5 90 (5.10%) Entra ID
6 81 (4.59%) SaaS
7 60 (3.40%) GCP
8 37 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.70%) Google Analytics
10 27 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.19%) OneDrive
12 19 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.08%) GitHub
13 16 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (0.91%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.85%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.85%) Serverless
15 14 (0.79%) IaaS
15 14 (0.79%) Power Automate
16 13 (0.74%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.01%) DNS
2 46 (2.61%) Firewall
3 45 (2.55%) DHCP
4 41 (2.33%) VPN
5 36 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.42%) Broadband
7 19 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.91%) LAN
8 16 (0.91%) Network Security
9 14 (0.79%) WAN
10 12 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (0.68%) Internet
11 11 (0.62%) HTTP
12 5 (0.28%) VLAN
13 4 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.23%) NGFW
13 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.23%) Wireless
14 3 (0.17%) FTP
14 3 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (10.89%) Power BI
2 47 (2.67%) Tableau
3 33 (1.87%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.36%) Looker
7 21 (1.19%) Power Query
8 19 (1.08%) BigQuery
9 16 (0.91%) Metadata
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 Integration Services
11 9 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
12 8 (0.45%) MySQL
13 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.34%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 99 (5.62%) JIRA
2 18 (1.02%) Git
3 8 (0.45%) Selenium
4 5 (0.28%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.17%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.11%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.057%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.057%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.057%) WebDriver
General
1 664 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 577 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 445 (25.24%) Finance
4 168 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 146 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 131 (7.43%) Retail
7 129 (7.32%) Law
8 91 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
9 90 (5.10%) Legal
10 55 (3.12%) Marketing
11 51 (2.89%) Banking
12 44 (2.50%) Swedish Language
13 34 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 33 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.13%) Automotive
15 20 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.02%) Advertising
16 18 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 17 (0.96%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.30%) HTML
2 19 (1.08%) CSS
2 19 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (0.96%) XML
4 16 (0.91%) .NET
4 16 (0.91%) Terraform
5 12 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 12 (0.68%) Web Services
6 11 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (0.62%) Gherkin
7 6 (0.34%) EDI
7 6 (0.34%) JSON
7 6 (0.34%) REST
8 5 (0.28%) HTML5
8 5 (0.28%) jQuery
8 5 (0.28%) LDAP
8 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.23%) NumPy
9 4 (0.23%) Pandas
9 4 (0.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 94 (5.33%) Product Ownership
3 80 (4.54%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.18%) Security Posture
5 53 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 31 (1.76%) Data Structures
9 27 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.85%) Cyberattack
13 15 (0.85%) Derivative
13 15 (0.85%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.79%) Blog
14 14 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
15 13 (0.74%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.74%) Credit Risk
15 13 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 170 (9.64%) Windows
2 73 (4.14%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.42%) Linux
4 12 (0.68%) VMS
5 10 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.40%) Android
8 6 (0.34%) macOS
8 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.057%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (16.45%) Agile
3 277 (15.71%) Decision-Making
4 263 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 253 (14.35%) Analytics
6 242 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 229 (12.99%) Business Analysis
8 213 (12.08%) Business Intelligence
9 209 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
10 208 (11.80%) ITIL
11 199 (11.29%) Customer Service
12 195 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 168 (9.53%) AI
14 164 (9.30%) Process Improvement
15 152 (8.62%) Actionable Insight
16 145 (8.22%) User Stories
17 140 (7.94%) Project Delivery
18 138 (7.83%) Mentoring
19 135 (7.66%) Data Analysis
20 134 (7.60%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 368 (20.87%) SQL
2 134 (7.60%) Python
3 63 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 24 (1.36%) C#
6 23 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 22 (1.25%) Bash
7 22 (1.25%) JavaScript
8 16 (0.91%) R
9 15 (0.85%) Java
10 13 (0.74%) VBA
11 12 (0.68%) Bicep
12 10 (0.57%) C++
12 10 (0.57%) Go
13 6 (0.34%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.23%) VB
15 3 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 272 (15.43%) Degree
2 129 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.54%) AWS Certification
5 69 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (2.84%) MCSE
8 28 (1.59%) ACCA
8 28 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.47%) CISSP
10 25 (1.42%) CIMA
10 25 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 21 (1.19%) CISM
12 19 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (0.85%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.79%) GIAC
15 9 (0.51%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.45%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.24%) QA
2 93 (5.28%) Data Quality
3 70 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 62 (3.52%) GDPR
5 44 (2.50%) NIST
6 39 (2.21%) PMO
7 28 (1.59%) SLA
8 25 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 22 (1.25%) GRC
11 19 (1.08%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.68%) IFRS
13 9 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.40%) NCSC
16 6 (0.34%) FINREP
16 6 (0.34%) GAAP
17 5 (0.28%) EMIR
18 4 (0.23%) COREP
System Software
1 140 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.74%) vSphere
6 9 (0.51%) Docker
7 8 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.11%) NFS
11 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.057%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.057%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 41 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.79%) SCCM
3 14 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.17%) Kibana
4 3 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 3 (0.17%) QRadar
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) Graylog
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.057%) Autotask
6 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.057%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.057%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.057%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.057%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 430 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.30%) ServiceNow
3 60 (3.40%) Google
4 47 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 42 (2.38%) SAP
6 41 (2.33%) Oracle
7 38 (2.16%) VMware
8 29 (1.64%) Adobe
9 23 (1.30%) Apple
10 22 (1.25%) Cisco
11 19 (1.08%) Qualys
12 17 (0.96%) Workday
13 16 (0.91%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.85%) Aruba
14 15 (0.85%) iManage
15 13 (0.74%) Splunk
15 13 (0.74%) YouTube
16 12 (0.68%) Citrix
16 12 (0.68%) ScienceLogic
17 11 (0.62%) Sage