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 £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 148 139
Rank change year-on-year +40 -9 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 97 24 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.24% 0.71% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.76% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 89 19 14
10th Percentile £25,000 - £17,025
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +6.56% +10.91%
75th Percentile £45,000 £41,375 £34,688
90th Percentile £50,000 £44,200 £43,150
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +5.63%

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 7,300 3,153 4,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.74% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,175 1,767 2,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,117
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,694 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

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 8 September 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 8 September 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
Essex -4 28 £25,250 -22.31% 2
Hertfordshire -18 22 £50,000 +16.28% 3
Cambridgeshire -7 21 £34,000 +23.64% 1
Bedfordshire - 16 £41,739 -
Suffolk - 10 £32,500 -
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 September 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 31 (31.96%) Microsoft
2 29 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (27.84%) Windows
5 23 (23.71%) Active Directory
6 19 (19.59%) Customer Service
7 18 (18.56%) Azure
8 13 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (13.40%) ERP
9 12 (12.37%) A+ Certification
9 12 (12.37%) ITIL
10 10 (10.31%) Asset Management
10 10 (10.31%) VoIP
10 10 (10.31%) Windows Server
10 10 (10.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (9.28%) Degree
12 8 (8.25%) DHCP
12 8 (8.25%) DNS
12 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (8.25%) Software Licensing
12 8 (8.25%) VPN
13 7 (7.22%) Business Analysis
13 7 (7.22%) Entra ID
13 7 (7.22%) Project Management
13 7 (7.22%) SharePoint
13 7 (7.22%) User Experience
14 6 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (6.19%) Data Analysis
14 6 (6.19%) Hardware Maintenance
14 6 (6.19%) Hyper-V

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 7 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.09%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (18.56%) Azure
3 7 (7.22%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.31%) VoIP
2 8 (8.25%) DHCP
2 8 (8.25%) DNS
2 8 (8.25%) VPN
3 5 (5.15%) Firewall
4 4 (4.12%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (3.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.06%) Network Security
6 2 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.03%) Intranet
7 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.19%) Power BI
2 3 (3.09%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
General
1 22 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.40%) Finance
3 10 (10.31%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.15%) Law
4 5 (5.15%) Legal
4 5 (5.15%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.12%) Banking
5 4 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.09%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.12%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.09%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (27.84%) Windows
2 10 (10.31%) Windows Server
2 10 (10.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (19.59%) Customer Service
3 13 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (13.40%) ERP
4 12 (12.37%) ITIL
5 10 (10.31%) Asset Management
6 8 (8.25%) Software Licensing
7 7 (7.22%) Business Analysis
7 7 (7.22%) Project Management
7 7 (7.22%) User Experience
8 6 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (6.19%) Data Analysis
8 6 (6.19%) Hardware Maintenance
8 6 (6.19%) Patch Management
9 5 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.15%) Process Improvement
9 5 (5.15%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.15%) Service Management
9 5 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (4.12%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) A+ Certification
2 9 (9.28%) Degree
3 3 (3.09%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.09%) SLA
2 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.06%) QA
System Software
1 23 (23.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.19%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (31.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.09%) Cisco
3 3 (3.09%) SonicWALL
3 3 (3.09%) VMware
4 2 (2.06%) Epicor
5 1 (1.03%) Citrix