IT Analyst Job Trends in Hertfordshire

IT Analyst
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median IT Analyst salary in Hertfordshire is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 91 50
Rank change year-on-year +13 -41 +36
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 12 9 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.71% 0.75% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.88% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 20
10th Percentile - £27,400 -
25th Percentile £42,000 £29,875 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £33,750 £25,875
Median % change year-on-year +30.37% +30.43% -3.27%
75th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £32,438
90th Percentile £49,500 £38,500 £43,750
East of England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £28,750
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +6.48%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,536 1,025 769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 85.27% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 898 471 587
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,370
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,320 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +0.58% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire

IT Analyst
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Watford +5 6 £44,000 +25.71%
Borehamwood - 6 - -
IT Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Hertfordshire region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 10 (83.33%) Azure
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Windows Server
2 9 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (66.67%) Mac OS
4 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 6 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (33.33%) IaaS
5 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (33.33%) VPN
6 3 (25.00%) DHCP
6 3 (25.00%) DNS
6 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (25.00%) PaaS
7 2 (16.67%) Change Control
7 2 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (16.67%) Google
7 2 (16.67%) Google Workspace
7 2 (16.67%) High Availability
7 2 (16.67%) ITSM
7 2 (16.67%) Jamf Pro

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Azure
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (33.33%) IaaS
4 3 (25.00%) PaaS
5 2 (16.67%) Google Workspace
6 1 (8.33%) AWS
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) DHCP
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
4 2 (16.67%) WAN
5 1 (8.33%) IPv4
5 1 (8.33%) IPv6
5 1 (8.33%) LAN
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Windows Server
2 8 (66.67%) Mac OS
3 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Change Control
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
3 2 (16.67%) Proactive Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) API Management
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Operations
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Log Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (8.33%) CCNA
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) Okta
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) Zscaler