IT Analyst Job Trends in England

IT Analyst
UK > England

The median IT Analyst salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 237 237
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 678 552 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.83% 1.41% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.57% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 525 451 872
10th Percentile £27,000 £22,425 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.11%
75th Percentile £47,250 £46,250 £47,063
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,425
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 75,853 35,072 79,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.55% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,141 20,807 60,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,725
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in England

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in England

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in England

IT Analyst
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London -25 157 £45,000 - 13
Midlands +23 139 £42,000 +50.00% 14
North of England -25 139 £34,000 +21.43% 26
South East -11 107 £31,000 -4.62% 21
South West -13 80 £32,500 -18.75% 11
East Midlands 0 74 £40,000 +66.67% 10
Yorkshire -43 69 £34,000 +21.43% 15
North West +9 65 £30,500 +15.09% 11
West Midlands -10 65 £42,500 +49.12% 4
East of England +25 54 £30,000 -14.29% 12
North East -50 5 £60,000 +130.77%
IT Analyst
UK

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

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

1 262 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 236 (34.81%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (30.68%) Windows
4 137 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (18.88%) Active Directory
6 114 (16.81%) Customer Service
7 109 (16.08%) Azure
8 105 (15.49%) ITIL
9 95 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 89 (13.13%) Degree
11 77 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
12 71 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
13 68 (10.03%) Windows 10
14 64 (9.44%) Entra ID
15 62 (9.14%) ERP
16 54 (7.96%) Security Cleared
17 53 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
18 52 (7.67%) SharePoint
19 49 (7.23%) ITSM
20 47 (6.93%) SQL
21 46 (6.78%) A+ Certification
21 46 (6.78%) Service Management
22 43 (6.34%) Agile
23 41 (6.05%) SC Cleared
24 40 (5.90%) Power Platform
24 40 (5.90%) Service Delivery
25 39 (5.75%) Mentoring
25 39 (5.75%) Windows Server
26 38 (5.60%) Android
27 37 (5.46%) Business Intelligence

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 52 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 36 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.06%) Confluence
4 5 (0.74%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) Moodle
6 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.29%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 236 (34.81%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (16.08%) Azure
3 64 (9.44%) Entra ID
4 40 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.80%) OneDrive
6 17 (2.51%) Power Automate
7 13 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.62%) SaaS
9 10 (1.47%) dbt
9 10 (1.47%) Google Workspace
9 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.33%) Mimecast
11 8 (1.18%) PaaS
12 6 (0.88%) AWS
12 6 (0.88%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.74%) IaaS
14 4 (0.59%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.59%) Lucidchart
14 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.72%) VPN
2 28 (4.13%) DNS
3 25 (3.69%) DHCP
4 19 (2.80%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.65%) Firewall
6 14 (2.06%) Broadband
7 13 (1.92%) WAN
8 11 (1.62%) 4G
8 11 (1.62%) VoIP
9 10 (1.47%) Network Security
10 9 (1.33%) VLAN
11 7 (1.03%) LAN
12 5 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.29%) PBX
14 2 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.29%) WebEx
14 2 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.16%) Power BI
2 25 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.92%) Metabase
4 10 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.88%) MySQL
7 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (3.83%) JIRA
2 13 (1.92%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.29%) Git
3 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 211 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 79 (11.65%) Finance
3 72 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.14%) Law
5 48 (7.08%) Legal
6 35 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.83%) Retail
8 25 (3.69%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.21%) Games
12 10 (1.47%) Banking
13 7 (1.03%) Automotive
13 7 (1.03%) Marketing
14 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.74%) Advertising
15 5 (0.74%) Agriculture
15 5 (0.74%) Local Government
15 5 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.59%) EDI
1 4 (0.59%) JSON
1 4 (0.59%) Middleware
2 3 (0.44%) CSS
2 3 (0.44%) HTML
2 3 (0.44%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.15%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.15%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.15%) Web Services
3 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.31%) Onboarding
2 35 (5.16%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (3.24%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.06%) CSOC
7 11 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
7 11 (1.62%) Security Posture
8 9 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.18%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.03%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.88%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.88%) CMDB
11 6 (0.88%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.88%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.59%) CCTV
12 4 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 208 (30.68%) Windows
2 68 (10.03%) Windows 10
3 39 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 38 (5.60%) Android
5 25 (3.69%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.62%) Linux
7 8 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (16.81%) Customer Service
3 105 (15.49%) ITIL
4 95 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (9.14%) ERP
7 49 (7.23%) ITSM
8 46 (6.78%) Service Management
9 43 (6.34%) Agile
10 40 (5.90%) Service Delivery
11 39 (5.75%) Mentoring
12 37 (5.46%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (5.01%) Process Improvement
14 30 (4.42%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (3.83%) Data Management
15 26 (3.83%) Document Management
16 23 (3.39%) Computer Science
16 23 (3.39%) CRM
16 23 (3.39%) Requirements Gathering
17 22 (3.24%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.93%) SQL
2 18 (2.65%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.03%) PHP
5 6 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.59%) Delphi
6 4 (0.59%) Pascal
7 3 (0.44%) Python
7 3 (0.44%) VBA
8 1 (0.15%) C#
8 1 (0.15%) R
8 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (13.13%) Degree
2 54 (7.96%) Security Cleared
3 46 (6.78%) A+ Certification
4 41 (6.05%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.47%) SANS
7 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.59%) MCSE
10 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.44%) CISA
10 3 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.44%) IIBA
10 3 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.39%) SLA
2 14 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.18%) GDPR
5 5 (0.74%) QA
6 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.59%) MiFID
6 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.44%) COREP
7 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.44%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.29%) ITGC
8 2 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) EMIR
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.15%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 128 (18.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (3.69%) SCCM
3 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 262 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.80%) ServiceNow
3 11 (1.62%) Starlink
4 10 (1.47%) iManage
4 10 (1.47%) VMware
5 9 (1.33%) Google
6 8 (1.18%) Apple
6 8 (1.18%) Epicor
7 7 (1.03%) SAP
8 6 (0.88%) Citrix
9 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.74%) Meraki
9 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.59%) Adobe
10 4 (0.59%) IFS
10 4 (0.59%) Veeam
11 3 (0.44%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.44%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.44%) Sophos