IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 318 367
Rank change year-on-year +54 +49 -53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 1,111 1,046 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.07% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.18% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 931 872 1,493
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,446 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +1.27% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst.

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +70 1,020 £35,000 -4.11% 140
UK excluding London +54 796 £32,000 +6.67% 119
Work from Home +26 308 £37,500 -6.25% 35
London +39 280 £44,000 -2.22% 30
South East +48 200 £33,250 +12.30% 25
North of England +66 192 £30,000 - 35
Midlands +37 146 £30,000 -9.09% 19
South West -3 102 £35,500 +18.33% 22
East of England +39 100 £30,000 +6.19% 5
North West +9 96 £31,500 +18.87% 19
Yorkshire +104 82 £30,000 -14.29% 15
West Midlands +13 76 £30,000 -13.04% 10
East Midlands +23 69 £29,000 +5.45% 9
Scotland -62 46 £34,500 +15.00% 6
North East -8 14 £24,500 -24.03% 1
Wales -15 7 £32,500 -7.14% 7
Isle of Man -8 4 - -

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IT Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 475 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 448 (40.32%) Windows
3 415 (37.35%) Microsoft 365
4 383 (34.47%) Active Directory
5 330 (29.70%) Social Skills
6 239 (21.51%) Customer Service
7 235 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
8 230 (20.70%) Azure
9 222 (19.98%) ITIL
10 215 (19.35%) Windows 10
11 187 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
12 167 (15.03%) Finance
13 138 (12.42%) Microsoft Exchange
14 132 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
15 129 (11.61%) Windows Server
16 122 (10.98%) Degree
17 111 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
18 107 (9.63%) Agile
19 101 (9.09%) VMware
20 100 (9.00%) Law
21 99 (8.91%) Firewall
22 97 (8.73%) ITSM
23 82 (7.38%) LAN
24 81 (7.29%) Project Management
25 80 (7.20%) Change Management
26 77 (6.93%) DNS
26 77 (6.93%) Entra ID
27 76 (6.84%) Incident Management
28 75 (6.75%) Service Delivery
29 74 (6.66%) SCCM

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 138 (12.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (6.21%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.26%) IIS
4 5 (0.45%) IBM Notes
5 4 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.27%) Confluence
7 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.090%) CMS
8 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.090%) WordPress
Applications
1 187 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.090%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) Maximo
2 10 (0.90%) Misys Midas
3 8 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.63%) Carpe Diem
5 6 (0.54%) Epicor Tropos
6 5 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.18%) Farmplan
8 2 (0.18%) KEYPrime
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.090%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.090%) Endur
9 1 (0.090%) iTrent
9 1 (0.090%) Shopify
9 1 (0.090%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 415 (37.35%) Microsoft 365
2 230 (20.70%) Azure
3 77 (6.93%) Entra ID
4 40 (3.60%) Power Platform
5 35 (3.15%) AWS
6 23 (2.07%) OneDrive
7 21 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (1.71%) Mimecast
8 19 (1.71%) WhatsApp
9 11 (0.99%) Google Workspace
10 10 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (0.63%) SaaS
12 5 (0.45%) GCP
12 5 (0.45%) PaaS
12 5 (0.45%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.27%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.18%) Azure App Service
14 2 (0.18%) Serverless
14 2 (0.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 99 (8.91%) Firewall
2 82 (7.38%) LAN
3 77 (6.93%) DNS
4 73 (6.57%) WAN
5 63 (5.67%) VPN
6 59 (5.31%) TCP/IP
7 51 (4.59%) DHCP
8 42 (3.78%) Internet
9 35 (3.15%) VoIP
10 27 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (1.98%) Network Security
12 19 (1.71%) VLAN
13 17 (1.53%) Broadband
14 16 (1.44%) WLAN
15 15 (1.35%) Wireless
16 11 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
17 8 (0.72%) Intranet
17 8 (0.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.15%) Power BI
3 17 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.27%) MySQL
6 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.27%) Tableau
7 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.18%) QlikView
8 1 (0.090%) GIS
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.090%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.090%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.72%) JIRA
2 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.45%) Git
4 1 (0.090%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 330 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 167 (15.03%) Finance
3 132 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (9.00%) Law
5 69 (6.21%) Legal
5 69 (6.21%) Retail
6 39 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 38 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 36 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (1.89%) Banking
12 15 (1.35%) Public Sector
13 14 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (0.90%) Advertising
14 10 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.72%) Automotive
15 8 (0.72%) German Language
16 7 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.63%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.25%) .NET
2 13 (1.17%) HTML
3 6 (0.54%) CSS
3 6 (0.54%) OLE
3 6 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.54%) REST
4 5 (0.45%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.45%) Blazor
4 5 (0.45%) Entity Framework
4 5 (0.45%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.18%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.18%) SPFx
6 2 (0.18%) XML
6 2 (0.18%) XSLT
7 1 (0.090%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.090%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.090%) EDI
7 1 (0.090%) SAML
7 1 (0.090%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (3.15%) Driving Licence
3 27 (2.43%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.16%) Fat Client
4 24 (2.16%) Thin Client
5 19 (1.71%) Product Ownership
5 19 (1.71%) Smartphone
5 19 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
6 18 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.44%) iPad
8 15 (1.35%) Cyberattack
9 14 (1.26%) iPhone
10 13 (1.17%) Life Science
11 12 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.99%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.81%) Operational Technology
14 8 (0.72%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 448 (40.32%) Windows
2 215 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 129 (11.61%) Windows Server
4 46 (4.14%) Apple iOS
5 45 (4.05%) Android
6 33 (2.97%) Linux
7 25 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (2.16%) Mac OS
9 16 (1.44%) Windows 7
10 10 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.54%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.45%) Unix
14 2 (0.18%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.090%) HPUX
15 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.090%) VMS
15 1 (0.090%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (21.51%) Customer Service
2 235 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
3 222 (19.98%) ITIL
4 111 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
5 107 (9.63%) Agile
6 97 (8.73%) ITSM
7 81 (7.29%) Project Management
8 80 (7.20%) Change Management
9 76 (6.84%) Incident Management
10 75 (6.75%) Service Delivery
11 73 (6.57%) Service Management
12 67 (6.03%) Information Security
13 65 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (4.95%) Requirements Gathering
15 53 (4.77%) Asset Management
16 49 (4.41%) SIEM
17 47 (4.23%) Security Operations
18 46 (4.14%) Incident Response
19 44 (3.96%) Time Management
20 39 (3.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (6.48%) SQL
2 37 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 22 (1.98%) C#
4 8 (0.72%) Bash
4 8 (0.72%) Python
5 6 (0.54%) Java
6 5 (0.45%) C++
6 5 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.45%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.36%) VBA
8 3 (0.27%) PHP
9 2 (0.18%) C
9 2 (0.18%) COBOL
10 1 (0.090%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (10.98%) Degree
2 39 (3.51%) CISSP
3 37 (3.33%) A+ Certification
4 34 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (2.43%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.62%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.08%) MCP
9 11 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.99%) DBS Check
9 11 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.90%) CompTIA CySA+
10 10 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.81%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.72%) CCNA
12 8 (0.72%) CRISC
12 8 (0.72%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.63%) CISA
13 7 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.77%) SLA
2 34 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.43%) GDPR
4 20 (1.80%) NIST
5 17 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.99%) GRC
8 8 (0.72%) COBIT
8 8 (0.72%) QA
9 6 (0.54%) NCSC
10 5 (0.45%) PMO
10 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.27%) ITGC
12 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.090%) EMIR
13 1 (0.090%) MiFID
System Software
1 383 (34.47%) Active Directory
2 59 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 25 (2.25%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.90%) XenApp
5 10 (0.90%) XenDesktop
6 9 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.45%) vSphere
9 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.090%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 74 (6.66%) SCCM
2 67 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (1.08%) CASB
5 9 (0.81%) CSIRT
6 8 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.63%) Nagios
8 6 (0.54%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.45%) PaperCut
9 5 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.36%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.18%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.090%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 475 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 101 (9.09%) VMware
3 65 (5.85%) Citrix
4 61 (5.49%) Cisco
5 41 (3.69%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.61%) iManage
7 26 (2.34%) Apple
8 18 (1.62%) Meraki
9 16 (1.44%) Oracle
10 12 (1.08%) Adobe
10 12 (1.08%) Avaya
10 12 (1.08%) Dell
11 11 (0.99%) Bloomberg
11 11 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (0.99%) HP
11 11 (0.99%) Virgin Media
12 10 (0.90%) CheckPoint
12 10 (0.90%) Palo Alto
12 10 (0.90%) Veeam
13 8 (0.72%) Google