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 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,389 1,679 3,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.71% 10.57% 11.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.29% 11.02% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 879 965 2,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% -7.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £76,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 14,947 15,235 26,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.93% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,800 9,205 22,153
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £81,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 7 February 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 7 February 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.

1 391 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 320 (23.04%) SQL
3 305 (21.96%) Degree
4 265 (19.08%) Agile
5 259 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
6 247 (17.78%) Customer Service
7 246 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
8 244 (17.57%) ITIL
9 213 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
10 212 (15.26%) Power Platform
11 209 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
12 200 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
13 184 (13.25%) Power BI
14 179 (12.89%) Decision-Making
15 178 (12.81%) ITSM
16 173 (12.46%) Microsoft Excel
17 160 (11.52%) AWS
17 160 (11.52%) Azure
18 158 (11.38%) QA
19 152 (10.94%) ServiceNow
20 142 (10.22%) Microsoft Certification
21 137 (9.86%) AWS Certification
22 130 (9.36%) Security Cleared
23 128 (9.22%) Data Analysis
24 127 (9.14%) Windows
25 126 (9.07%) Analytics
26 122 (8.78%) Performance Metrics
27 121 (8.71%) ERP
28 120 (8.64%) MCSE
29 115 (8.28%) JIRA

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 (4.32%) Confluence
2 50 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.22%) SAS
5 7 (0.50%) 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 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
2 173 (12.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.01%) Oracle Smart View
6 13 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.22%) Trello
9 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle General Ledger
3 20 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
4 19 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (1.01%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.86%) NEC Housing
6 12 (0.86%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.65%) Shopify
8 8 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.58%) Magento
9 5 (0.36%) Visualfiles
10 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
11 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 246 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
2 212 (15.26%) Power Platform
3 160 (11.52%) AWS
3 160 (11.52%) Azure
4 69 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
5 47 (3.38%) SaaS
6 39 (2.81%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.37%) GCP
9 16 (1.15%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.08%) Google Analytics
10 15 (1.08%) Snowflake
11 13 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.65%) Power Automate
14 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
14 8 (0.58%) PaaS
15 6 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (0.43%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.81%) Firewall
2 25 (1.80%) VPN
3 19 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
4 18 (1.30%) DNS
4 18 (1.30%) WAN
5 15 (1.08%) LAN
5 15 (1.08%) Wireshark
6 13 (0.94%) SD-WAN
6 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.94%) Wireless
7 12 (0.86%) DHCP
8 8 (0.58%) Network Security
9 7 (0.50%) VoIP
9 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.36%) Broadband
10 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.22%) SCCP
13 2 (0.14%) 4G
14 1 (0.072%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (13.25%) Power BI
2 69 (4.97%) Tableau
3 52 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 17 (1.22%) Power Query
7 16 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.08%) Looker
9 14 (1.01%) Essbase
10 13 (0.94%) MySQL
11 12 (0.86%) Metadata
12 11 (0.79%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
15 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
16 4 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.29%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 115 (8.28%) JIRA
2 28 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
3 21 (1.51%) Selenium
4 19 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (1.22%) Postman
5 17 (1.22%) SoapUI
6 15 (1.08%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Git
9 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.14%) JMeter
9 2 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.14%) TestRail
10 1 (0.072%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.072%) Gatling
10 1 (0.072%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.072%) Zephyr
General
1 666 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 432 (31.10%) Finance
3 360 (25.92%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.28%) French Language
5 95 (6.84%) Swedish Language
6 79 (5.69%) Legal
7 78 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (5.47%) Retail
9 74 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
10 70 (5.04%) Marketing
11 49 (3.53%) Public Sector
12 47 (3.38%) Banking
13 40 (2.88%) Law
14 28 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.87%) Advertising
16 25 (1.80%) Local Government
17 23 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (1.30%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.02%) SOAP
2 26 (1.87%) .NET
2 26 (1.87%) HTML
3 15 (1.08%) REST
4 14 (1.01%) JSON
4 14 (1.01%) Middleware
5 11 (0.79%) Flash
6 10 (0.72%) XML
7 9 (0.65%) EDI
8 6 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
10 3 (0.22%) FHIR
10 3 (0.22%) Playwright
10 3 (0.22%) Web Services
11 2 (0.14%) CSS
11 2 (0.14%) OpenAPI
11 2 (0.14%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.14%) SLSA
11 2 (0.14%) Swagger
11 2 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 98 (7.06%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.90%) Management Information System
4 57 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 52 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.58%) Credit Risk
9 21 (1.51%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.30%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.30%) NHS
11 17 (1.22%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.15%) FMCG
13 15 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.01%) Data Centre
15 13 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
15 13 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
17 10 (0.72%) Reinsurance
17 10 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 127 (9.14%) Windows
2 29 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.94%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.51%) Android
6 19 (1.37%) Linux
7 16 (1.15%) 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
1 265 (19.08%) Agile
2 259 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
3 247 (17.78%) Customer Service
4 244 (17.57%) ITIL
5 209 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 200 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
7 179 (12.89%) Decision-Making
8 178 (12.81%) ITSM
9 128 (9.22%) Data Analysis
10 126 (9.07%) Analytics
11 122 (8.78%) Performance Metrics
12 121 (8.71%) ERP
13 114 (8.21%) Process Improvement
14 112 (8.06%) Business Analysis
15 100 (7.20%) Asset Management
16 98 (7.06%) User Stories
17 97 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 94 (6.77%) User Acceptance Testing
19 93 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
20 88 (6.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 320 (23.04%) SQL
2 100 (7.20%) Python
3 41 (2.95%) C#
4 26 (1.87%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.58%) Java
6 19 (1.37%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (1.01%) Groovy
8 14 (1.01%) VBA
9 12 (0.86%) R
10 7 (0.50%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.43%) ABAP
11 6 (0.43%) C++
12 5 (0.36%) C
13 4 (0.29%) Bicep
13 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.14%) PHP
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 305 (21.96%) Degree
2 142 (10.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 137 (9.86%) AWS Certification
4 130 (9.36%) Security Cleared
5 120 (8.64%) MCSE
6 79 (5.69%) ACCA
7 78 (5.62%) CIMA
8 68 (4.90%) SC Cleared
9 46 (3.31%) DV Cleared
10 32 (2.30%) CISSP
11 31 (2.23%) DBS Check
12 24 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.73%) ISTQB
13 22 (1.58%) AAT
14 19 (1.37%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
16 15 (1.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 15 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 12 (0.86%) CISA
17 12 (0.86%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (11.38%) QA
2 49 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (2.88%) NIST
4 39 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 31 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.51%) SLA
7 20 (1.44%) GDPR
8 19 (1.37%) GRC
8 19 (1.37%) PMO
9 15 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.58%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.43%) Basel II
14 5 (0.36%) COBIT
14 5 (0.36%) EMIR
15 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.29%) MiFID
15 4 (0.29%) SEPA
16 3 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 89 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.66%) SCCM
3 8 (0.58%) Terraform
4 5 (0.36%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Ansible
5 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.14%) Nessus
6 2 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.072%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.072%) Control-M
7 1 (0.072%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.072%) Grafana
7 1 (0.072%) Nmap
7 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 391 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 152 (10.94%) ServiceNow
3 61 (4.39%) Oracle
4 37 (2.66%) SAP
5 34 (2.45%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.09%) Google
7 25 (1.80%) Adobe
8 23 (1.66%) Apple
9 19 (1.37%) VMware
10 16 (1.15%) Blue Prism
11 14 (1.01%) Cisco
11 14 (1.01%) Hyperion
12 13 (0.94%) Meraki
12 13 (0.94%) Northgate
13 11 (0.79%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.65%) Citrix
14 9 (0.65%) ConnectWise
15 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.58%) Databricks
15 8 (0.58%) WooCommerce