IT Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

IT Analyst
England > East of England

The median IT Analyst salary in the East of England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 142 115
Rank change year-on-year -9 -27 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 25 32 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.74% 0.72% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.76% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 32
10th Percentile - £15,675 £21,275
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,375 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £40,063 £34,063 £34,625
90th Percentile £44,100 £39,500 £45,650
England median annual salary £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,130 4,185 2,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.41% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 2,499 1,496
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,223 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,126
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the East of England

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the East of England

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +15 12 £43,000 +35.43% 1
Essex -5 11 £32,500 +116.67% 4
Cambridgeshire +11 2 £27,500 +12.24%
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 East of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (64.00%) Windows
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (48.00%) Windows Server
4 12 (48.00%) Azure
4 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
5 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
6 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
7 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (28.00%) Firewall
8 6 (24.00%) Mac OS
8 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (20.00%) Degree
10 4 (16.00%) JIRA
10 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
10 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
10 4 (16.00%) ITSM
10 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
10 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
10 4 (16.00%) VPN
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (16.00%) ITIL
10 4 (16.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
10 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
10 4 (16.00%) IaaS
11 3 (12.00%) PaaS

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) Alfresco
2 1 (4.00%) Documentum
2 1 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.00%) IaaS
4 3 (12.00%) Google Workspace
4 3 (12.00%) PaaS
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) VPN
3 3 (12.00%) DHCP
3 3 (12.00%) DNS
3 3 (12.00%) VoIP
4 2 (8.00%) WAN
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) SAN
5 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) CSS
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (8.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (8.00%) iPad
1 2 (8.00%) iPhone
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.00%) Clustering
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (24.00%) Mac OS
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (12.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
5 2 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
3 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) ITSM
3 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (12.00%) Hardware Maintenance
4 3 (12.00%) Patch Management
4 3 (12.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (12.00%) Proactive Management
4 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (8.00%) Case Management
5 2 (8.00%) Proactive Maintenance
5 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.00%) Change Control
6 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CCNA
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) Google
3 3 (12.00%) Okta
4 1 (4.00%) Apple
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) Zscaler