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 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 150 97
Rank change year-on-year +10 -53 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 30 29 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.90% 0.70% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.74% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 22 10 35
10th Percentile - £24,900 -
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,750 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +13.39% -13.85%
75th Percentile £35,938 £34,688 £34,125
90th Percentile £44,000 £40,750 £43,750
England median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +2.74% -

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 3,042 3,935 2,147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 94.86% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,743 2,043 1,438
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,077 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,688 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.63% -4.17% -

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +18 14 £43,000 +35.43% 3
Essex +2 11 £32,500 - 6
Cambridgeshire +11 5 £30,000 +22.45% 8
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, 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 18 (60.00%) Windows
2 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (53.33%) Azure
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (46.67%) Customer Service
3 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (46.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (40.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (36.67%) Firewall
5 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (30.00%) Mac OS
6 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (26.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 6 (20.00%) Degree
8 6 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
9 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 5 (16.67%) IaaS
9 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 5 (16.67%) VPN
10 4 (13.33%) DHCP
10 4 (13.33%) DNS
10 4 (13.33%) ITIL
10 4 (13.33%) ITSM
10 4 (13.33%) JIRA
10 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (13.33%) PaaS
10 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
10 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery

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 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Azure
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) IaaS
4 4 (13.33%) PaaS
5 3 (10.00%) Google Workspace
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (3.33%) AWS
7 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) VPN
3 4 (13.33%) DHCP
3 4 (13.33%) DNS
4 3 (10.00%) VoIP
5 2 (6.67%) WAN
6 1 (3.33%) LAN
6 1 (3.33%) SAN
6 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 23 (76.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.67%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (6.67%) iPad
1 2 (6.67%) iPhone
1 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.33%) Clustering
2 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (60.00%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows Server
3 9 (30.00%) Mac OS
3 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Customer Service
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 6 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) ITSM
4 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) Hardware Maintenance
5 3 (10.00%) Patch Management
5 3 (10.00%) Proactive Management
5 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (6.67%) Case Management
6 2 (6.67%) Proactive Maintenance
6 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.33%) Service Management
7 1 (3.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) CCNA
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (26.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (10.00%) SCCM
3 1 (3.33%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.00%) Google
3 3 (10.00%) Okta
4 1 (3.33%) Apple
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) Zscaler