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 £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 157 122
Rank change year-on-year +16 -35 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 44 15 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.70% 0.50% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.55% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 40 11 85
10th Percentile £25,950 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,125 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +5.26%
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,250 £45,000 £50,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 5,782 2,729 5,751
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 90.79% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,742 1,499 4,392
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,200 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,206 £63,338
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend 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 11 May 2026.

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 11 May 2026. 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 -14 14 £46,500 +32.86% 4
Cambridgeshire -14 12 £30,000 -41.66% 5
Suffolk +16 7 £30,000 -3.23%
Bedfordshire +27 5 £28,000 -13.85%
Essex -25 5 £25,250 -11.81% 7
Norfolk - 1 £26,000 -
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2026, IT 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 job ads across the East of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 12 (27.27%) Windows
4 11 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 11 (25.00%) Azure
4 11 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (20.45%) ITIL
5 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (18.18%) Android
6 8 (18.18%) Degree
6 8 (18.18%) Entra ID
6 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (18.18%) SharePoint
7 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
8 4 (9.09%) Apple
8 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
8 4 (9.09%) CMS
8 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (9.09%) CRM
8 4 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (9.09%) Dynamics GP
8 4 (9.09%) ERP
8 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (9.09%) SolarWinds
9 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (6.82%) Data Analysis
9 3 (6.82%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (6.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (9.09%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.27%) IaaS
4 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.27%) PaaS
4 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) DHCP
1 1 (2.27%) DNS
1 1 (2.27%) Firewall
1 1 (2.27%) IPv4
1 1 (2.27%) IPv6
1 1 (2.27%) LAN
1 1 (2.27%) MPLS
1 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (2.27%) VoIP
1 1 (2.27%) VPN
1 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Power BI
General
1 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Law
5 1 (2.27%) Legal
5 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.27%) Clustering
3 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.27%) Windows
2 8 (18.18%) Android
3 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.27%) Linux
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (20.45%) ITIL
4 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (9.09%) CRM
5 4 (9.09%) ERP
6 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.82%) Data Analysis
6 3 (6.82%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (6.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (6.82%) Decision-Making
6 3 (6.82%) Software Licensing
6 3 (6.82%) User Experience
7 1 (2.27%) Business Case
7 1 (2.27%) Deadline-Driven
7 1 (2.27%) Log Analytics
7 1 (2.27%) Requirements Workshops
7 1 (2.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 11 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Apple
2 4 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.55%) Epicor