IT Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

IT Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Analyst salary in Birmingham is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 133 110
Rank change year-on-year +48 -23 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 21 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.54% 0.61% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 0.64% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 17
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,350 £23,650
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% +23.73% -32.95%
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,500 £34,500
90th Percentile £50,250 £53,650 £44,400
West Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -17.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,295 2,808 1,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 94.58% 93.04%
Number of salaries quoted 836 2,177 1,297
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,646 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,075 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Birmingham

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Analyst in Birmingham

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, 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 across the Birmingham region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 8 (38.10%) ITIL
3 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 6 (28.57%) ITSM
5 5 (23.81%) Firewall
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) Network Security
6 4 (19.05%) Azure
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (19.05%) Windows
6 4 (19.05%) Service Management
6 4 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
8 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (9.52%) OneDrive
8 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
8 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Analysis
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Management
8 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (9.52%) AWS

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
2 2 (9.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Firewall
1 5 (23.81%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 8 (38.10%) ITIL
3 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) ITSM
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
6 4 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (19.05%) Service Management
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
8 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
8 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (9.52%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Analysis
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Detection
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Management
9 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
9 1 (4.76%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (4.76%) Time Management
9 1 (4.76%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow