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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,380 1,758 2,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.18% 10.74% 11.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% 11.18% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 887 970 1,815
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £29,120
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £48,831
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -5.80% -2.34%
75th Percentile £62,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,250 £80,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -13.27% +4.26% -1.05%

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 14,085 15,725 20,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.08% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,171 9,465 17,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £35,573
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
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 13 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 13 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.

1 413 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 333 (24.13%) SQL
3 297 (21.52%) Degree
4 278 (20.14%) Agile
5 272 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
6 253 (18.33%) Customer Service
7 250 (18.12%) ITIL
8 245 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
9 212 (15.36%) Microsoft Office
10 210 (15.22%) Power Platform
11 200 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 194 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
13 180 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
14 176 (12.75%) Power BI
15 168 (12.17%) AWS
16 167 (12.10%) Decision-Making
17 166 (12.03%) ITSM
18 159 (11.52%) Azure
19 158 (11.45%) QA
20 137 (9.93%) ServiceNow
21 136 (9.86%) AWS Certification
21 136 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
22 129 (9.35%) Windows
23 126 (9.13%) Business Analysis
24 125 (9.06%) Data Analysis
24 125 (9.06%) Security Cleared
25 123 (8.91%) ERP
26 122 (8.84%) Performance Metrics
27 121 (8.77%) Analytics
28 116 (8.41%) 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 58 (4.20%) Confluence
2 37 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.94%) 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
1 212 (15.36%) Microsoft Office
2 180 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.09%) 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 (2.03%) Oracle Assets
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle General Ledger
3 21 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (1.01%) Hyperion Planning
6 12 (0.87%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.58%) 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 3 (0.22%) Endur
12 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 245 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
2 210 (15.22%) Power Platform
3 168 (12.17%) AWS
4 159 (11.52%) Azure
5 72 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.04%) SaaS
8 30 (2.17%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.52%) GCP
9 21 (1.52%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.45%) Snowflake
11 16 (1.16%) Google Analytics
12 13 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.65%) PaaS
16 8 (0.58%) OneDrive
17 7 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.51%) Google Data Studio
17 7 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.75%) Firewall
2 23 (1.67%) VPN
3 22 (1.59%) WAN
4 20 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (1.30%) LAN
6 16 (1.16%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.09%) DNS
8 14 (1.01%) SD-WAN
9 13 (0.94%) Wireless
10 11 (0.80%) DHCP
11 10 (0.72%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.65%) Network Security
12 9 (0.65%) VoIP
13 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (0.29%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.22%) Broadband
16 2 (0.14%) 4G
16 2 (0.14%) SCCP
16 2 (0.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (12.75%) Power BI
2 67 (4.86%) Tableau
3 51 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.38%) Looker
6 17 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 17 (1.23%) Power Query
7 16 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (1.01%) Essbase
9 14 (1.01%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.87%) Metadata
11 11 (0.80%) MySQL
12 8 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (8.19%) JIRA
2 28 (2.03%) Oracle Forms
3 27 (1.96%) Selenium
4 25 (1.81%) Team Foundation Server
5 22 (1.59%) Postman
5 22 (1.59%) SoapUI
6 20 (1.45%) 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 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 446 (32.32%) Finance
3 344 (24.93%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.33%) French Language
5 95 (6.88%) Swedish Language
6 83 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (5.51%) Legal
8 75 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 75 (5.43%) Retail
9 67 (4.86%) Marketing
10 49 (3.55%) Public Sector
11 42 (3.04%) Banking
12 40 (2.90%) Law
13 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
14 29 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.81%) Local Government
17 23 (1.67%) Advertising
18 19 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
19 18 (1.30%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.25%) HTML
2 30 (2.17%) .NET
2 30 (2.17%) SOAP
3 13 (0.94%) EDI
3 13 (0.94%) Flash
3 13 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (0.87%) REST
5 9 (0.65%) JSON
6 7 (0.51%) Middleware
7 4 (0.29%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.29%) Hugging Face
7 4 (0.29%) NumPy
7 4 (0.29%) Pandas
7 4 (0.29%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.29%) Web Services
7 4 (0.29%) XML
8 3 (0.22%) Altair
8 3 (0.22%) FHIR
8 3 (0.22%) Playwright
9 2 (0.14%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 82 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 73 (5.29%) Management Information System
4 62 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (3.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 25 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.45%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.30%) Credit Risk
8 18 (1.30%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.09%) FMCG
10 15 (1.09%) NHS
10 15 (1.09%) Reinsurance
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.72%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.35%) Windows
2 27 (1.96%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 22 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.23%) Android
5 17 (1.23%) Linux
6 16 (1.16%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.14%) Unix
7 2 (0.14%) VMS
8 1 (0.072%) AIX
8 1 (0.072%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (20.14%) Agile
2 272 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
3 253 (18.33%) Customer Service
4 250 (18.12%) ITIL
5 200 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 194 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
7 167 (12.10%) Decision-Making
8 166 (12.03%) ITSM
9 126 (9.13%) Business Analysis
10 125 (9.06%) Data Analysis
11 123 (8.91%) ERP
12 122 (8.84%) Performance Metrics
13 121 (8.77%) Analytics
14 111 (8.04%) Process Improvement
15 99 (7.17%) Asset Management
16 95 (6.88%) AI
17 91 (6.59%) User Acceptance Testing
17 91 (6.59%) User Stories
18 90 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
19 88 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 333 (24.13%) SQL
2 97 (7.03%) Python
3 48 (3.48%) C#
4 27 (1.96%) Java
5 20 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (1.45%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.23%) VBA
7 14 (1.01%) Groovy
8 13 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.65%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.65%) R
10 7 (0.51%) ABAP
11 6 (0.43%) C++
12 4 (0.29%) Bicep
12 4 (0.29%) C
13 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.14%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.14%) VC++
15 1 (0.072%) Bash
Qualifications
1 297 (21.52%) Degree
2 136 (9.86%) AWS Certification
2 136 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 125 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 116 (8.41%) MCSE
5 79 (5.72%) ACCA
6 77 (5.58%) CIMA
7 69 (5.00%) SC Cleared
8 41 (2.97%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.32%) ISTQB
10 26 (1.88%) CISSP
11 25 (1.81%) DBS Check
12 22 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 21 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 18 (1.30%) AAT
16 17 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (1.23%) PMI Certification
17 15 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (0.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (11.45%) QA
2 42 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 39 (2.83%) NIST
4 35 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.39%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.81%) SLA
7 24 (1.74%) GDPR
8 16 (1.16%) PMO
9 15 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.01%) GRC
11 11 (0.80%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.43%) Basel II
13 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.43%) EMIR
13 6 (0.43%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.36%) COBIT
15 4 (0.29%) MiFID
15 4 (0.29%) SEPA
16 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 89 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) Docker
6 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (1.74%) SCCM
3 7 (0.51%) Terraform
4 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.36%) QRadar
5 3 (0.22%) Nessus
6 2 (0.14%) Ansible
6 2 (0.14%) Kubernetes
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%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.072%) Grafana
7 1 (0.072%) Nmap
7 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 413 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 137 (9.93%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.07%) Oracle
4 34 (2.46%) SAP
5 33 (2.39%) Google
6 28 (2.03%) Adobe
6 28 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.88%) Apple
8 17 (1.23%) Cisco
8 17 (1.23%) VMware
9 16 (1.16%) Blue Prism
10 14 (1.01%) Hyperion
10 14 (1.01%) Northgate
11 13 (0.94%) Meraki
12 12 (0.87%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.72%) Citrix
14 8 (0.58%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.58%) Databricks
14 8 (0.58%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.51%) Splunk