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 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 152 112
Rank change year-on-year +36 -40 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 38 23 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.83% 0.68% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.77% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28 8 83
10th Percentile £26,175 £25,600 £23,420
25th Percentile £26,250 £29,875 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £33,750 £41,875 £43,750
90th Percentile £44,300 £49,533 £50,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £39,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.20% +12.14% -

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 4,107 2,994 4,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 88.84% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 1,371 3,358
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £39,125 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,296 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +4 12 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Essex - 12 £27,500 - 1
Cambridgeshire +13 10 £30,000 -22.00% 1
Bedfordshire +33 3 - -
Norfolk - 1 £26,000 - 2
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 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 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (44.74%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
3 16 (42.11%) Customer Service
3 16 (42.11%) Windows
4 15 (39.47%) Azure
5 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
6 10 (26.32%) Entra ID
6 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (23.68%) Firewall
7 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (21.05%) Mac OS
9 7 (18.42%) Asset Management
9 7 (18.42%) Degree
9 7 (18.42%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
10 6 (15.79%) Preventative Maintenance
11 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
12 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
13 3 (7.89%) Android
13 3 (7.89%) Apex Code
13 3 (7.89%) Case Management
13 3 (7.89%) CSS
13 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
13 3 (7.89%) Data Collection
13 3 (7.89%) DHCP
13 3 (7.89%) DNS

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 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 17 (44.74%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (39.47%) Azure
3 10 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.89%) IaaS
4 3 (7.89%) PaaS
5 2 (5.26%) SaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Firewall
2 3 (7.89%) DHCP
2 3 (7.89%) DNS
2 3 (7.89%) VoIP
2 3 (7.89%) VPN
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (2.63%) IPv4
3 1 (2.63%) IPv6
3 1 (2.63%) LAN
3 1 (2.63%) MPLS
3 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.63%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 24 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) CSS
1 3 (7.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.63%) Clustering
2 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
3 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (21.05%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.89%) Android
6 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Customer Service
2 11 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (18.42%) Asset Management
4 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
4 6 (15.79%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.89%) Case Management
7 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (7.89%) Data Collection
7 3 (7.89%) Hardware Maintenance
7 3 (7.89%) ITIL
7 3 (7.89%) Patch Management
8 2 (5.26%) ITSM
8 2 (5.26%) Process Improvement
9 1 (2.63%) CRM
9 1 (2.63%) Data Protection
9 1 (2.63%) Identity Management
9 1 (2.63%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Apex Code
1 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
1 3 (7.89%) Python
1 3 (7.89%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.26%) Apple
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) Okta
4 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds