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 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,691 1,379 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.59% 8.36% 11.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.07% 9.08% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 1,069 1,487
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £28,656
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 20,956 15,194 24,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,101 9,406 17,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 4 August 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 4 August 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.

1 397 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 358 (21.17%) SQL
3 357 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
4 304 (17.98%) Agile
5 292 (17.27%) Degree
6 231 (13.66%) Decision-Making
7 222 (13.13%) Microsoft 365
8 220 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 218 (12.89%) Business Analysis
10 214 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
11 203 (12.00%) Analytics
12 202 (11.95%) Power Platform
13 197 (11.65%) ITIL
14 195 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
15 193 (11.41%) Power BI
16 188 (11.12%) Customer Service
17 176 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
18 174 (10.29%) Azure
19 168 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 161 (9.52%) Windows
21 157 (9.28%) Process Improvement
22 149 (8.81%) QA
23 148 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
24 144 (8.52%) Mentoring
24 144 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
25 143 (8.46%) User Stories
26 137 (8.10%) ServiceNow
27 132 (7.81%) AWS
28 129 (7.63%) ITSM
29 128 (7.57%) Active Directory

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 69 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.83%) Confluence
4 13 (0.77%) IIS
5 4 (0.24%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.059%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.059%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.059%) Site Server
Applications
1 176 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (1.42%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.59%) Visualfiles
3 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.30%) Shopify
6 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.24%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.24%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.24%) JDE World
6 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 222 (13.13%) Microsoft 365
2 202 (11.95%) Power Platform
3 174 (10.29%) Azure
4 132 (7.81%) AWS
5 73 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.31%) GCP
7 51 (3.02%) SaaS
8 35 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.01%) Google Analytics
10 30 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.06%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.06%) PowerApps
12 16 (0.95%) IaaS
12 16 (0.95%) PaaS
12 16 (0.95%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.77%) Azure Functions
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
13 13 (0.77%) Serverless
14 12 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.90%) VPN
2 48 (2.84%) Firewall
3 38 (2.25%) DNS
4 32 (1.89%) DHCP
5 31 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (1.60%) Network Security
7 26 (1.54%) Broadband
8 25 (1.48%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.12%) LAN
10 17 (1.01%) WAN
11 12 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (0.59%) Internet
13 6 (0.35%) HTTP
14 5 (0.30%) SSL
15 4 (0.24%) FTP
15 4 (0.24%) NGFW
15 4 (0.24%) SMTP
15 4 (0.24%) Wireless
16 2 (0.12%) SAN
16 2 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.41%) Power BI
2 51 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 51 (3.02%) Tableau
3 27 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 26 (1.54%) Looker
5 23 (1.36%) BigQuery
5 23 (1.36%) Power Query
6 19 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (0.65%) Metadata
10 10 (0.59%) MySQL
11 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.41%) Db2
14 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.35%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 91 (5.38%) JIRA
2 19 (1.12%) Git
3 10 (0.59%) Selenium
4 7 (0.41%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.059%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.059%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.059%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.059%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.059%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.059%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.059%) TestNG
9 1 (0.059%) WebDriver
General
1 580 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 457 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 412 (24.36%) Finance
4 151 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 110 (6.51%) Law
7 93 (5.50%) Retail
8 82 (4.85%) Legal
9 64 (3.78%) Banking
10 58 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.84%) Swedish Language
12 44 (2.60%) Marketing
13 32 (1.89%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.77%) French Language
15 23 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.06%) Front Office
18 17 (1.01%) Advertising
18 17 (1.01%) Aviation
18 17 (1.01%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.60%) .NET
2 25 (1.48%) HTML
3 23 (1.36%) XML
4 20 (1.18%) CSS
5 17 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (0.77%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.71%) Web Services
8 11 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (0.65%) Gherkin
9 10 (0.59%) EDI
10 7 (0.41%) JSON
10 7 (0.41%) Playwright
11 6 (0.35%) Middleware
12 5 (0.30%) HTML5
12 5 (0.30%) jQuery
12 5 (0.30%) SOAP
13 4 (0.24%) LDAP
13 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
14 2 (0.12%) FpML
14 2 (0.12%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.27%) Product Ownership
2 75 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 71 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.19%) Security Posture
4 54 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 37 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
6 37 (2.19%) Data Structures
7 33 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (0.95%) Client/Server
10 14 (0.83%) Blog
10 14 (0.83%) Housing Association
10 14 (0.83%) Operational Technology
11 13 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.77%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.71%) Cyberattack
12 12 (0.71%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.71%) Podcast
12 12 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 161 (9.52%) Windows
2 63 (3.73%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.42%) Linux
4 20 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.71%) Android
5 12 (0.71%) VMS
6 9 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (17.98%) Agile
3 231 (13.66%) Decision-Making
4 220 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 218 (12.89%) Business Analysis
6 214 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
7 203 (12.00%) Analytics
8 197 (11.65%) ITIL
9 195 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
10 188 (11.12%) Customer Service
11 168 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 157 (9.28%) Process Improvement
13 148 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 144 (8.52%) Mentoring
15 143 (8.46%) User Stories
16 129 (7.63%) ITSM
17 121 (7.16%) AI
18 120 (7.10%) Actionable Insight
19 116 (6.86%) Requirements Gathering
20 113 (6.68%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 358 (21.17%) SQL
2 98 (5.80%) Python
3 60 (3.55%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.19%) C#
5 21 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (1.12%) Java
7 18 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.01%) VBA
9 15 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.77%) Bash
11 12 (0.71%) Bicep
12 11 (0.65%) C++
13 10 (0.59%) R
14 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.18%) Delphi
16 3 (0.18%) Pascal
16 3 (0.18%) PHP
16 3 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 292 (17.27%) Degree
2 115 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.33%) AWS Certification
4 101 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 95 (5.62%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.55%) MCSE
7 52 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.54%) ACCA
9 39 (2.31%) CIMA
10 29 (1.71%) CISSP
11 24 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (1.24%) Azure Certification
14 20 (1.18%) CISM
15 19 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (1.06%) DBS Check
17 15 (0.89%) AAT
18 12 (0.71%) DV Cleared
19 9 (0.53%) CISA
20 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.81%) QA
2 76 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (3.02%) GDPR
5 43 (2.54%) NIST
6 30 (1.77%) SLA
7 22 (1.30%) PMO
8 21 (1.24%) GRC
9 20 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 16 (0.95%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.95%) FINREP
11 14 (0.83%) COREP
12 12 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.65%) IFRS
14 10 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.53%) NCSC
16 7 (0.41%) EMIR
17 6 (0.35%) MiFID
17 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 128 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.77%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.059%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.06%) SCCM
3 13 (0.77%) Terraform
4 8 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Graylog
8 2 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.059%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.059%) Nessus
9 1 (0.059%) Nmap
9 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.059%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 397 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 137 (8.10%) ServiceNow
3 43 (2.54%) Google
3 43 (2.54%) Oracle
3 43 (2.54%) SAP
4 36 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 29 (1.71%) Adobe
6 27 (1.60%) Apple
7 26 (1.54%) VMware
8 21 (1.24%) Cisco
9 19 (1.12%) iManage
10 17 (1.01%) Citrix
11 16 (0.95%) Palo Alto
11 16 (0.95%) Qualys
12 14 (0.83%) Aruba
13 12 (0.71%) Intapp
13 12 (0.71%) ScienceLogic
14 9 (0.53%) FIS
14 9 (0.53%) IBM
14 9 (0.53%) SunGard