IT Analyst Job Trends in London

IT Analyst
England > London

The median IT Analyst salary in London is £45,000 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 242 219 219
Rank change year-on-year -23 0 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 148 223 305
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.97% 1.48% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.62% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 117 154 280
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £28,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £39,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.20% +12.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,885 13,769 20,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 91.62% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,242 7,883 16,225
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
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 London

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 London.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in London

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in London

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the London 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
Central London +5 56 £45,000 +5.88% 6
South London +38 8 £35,000 +34.62% 4
East London -5 6 £35,000 +7.69%
West London -1 3 £35,000 -33.01%
IT Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 87 (58.78%) Microsoft
2 63 (42.57%) Windows
3 48 (32.43%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (31.76%) Active Directory
4 47 (31.76%) Azure
5 43 (29.05%) ITIL
6 41 (27.70%) Degree
7 31 (20.95%) Customer Service
7 31 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (16.22%) Agile
9 24 (16.22%) Data Management
9 24 (16.22%) SQL
9 24 (16.22%) Windows 10
10 23 (15.54%) Microsoft Office
10 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
11 22 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
11 22 (14.86%) Power BI
11 22 (14.86%) Power Platform
12 21 (14.19%) Document Management
12 21 (14.19%) Firewall
13 19 (12.84%) Computer Science
13 19 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (10.81%) Change Management
14 16 (10.81%) Mac OS
15 15 (10.14%) Entra ID
15 15 (10.14%) Mentoring
15 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
15 15 (10.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.05%) Confluence
2 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.35%) Moodle
3 2 (1.35%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (15.54%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.68%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.68%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.68%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (32.43%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (31.76%) Azure
3 22 (14.86%) Power Platform
4 15 (10.14%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.76%) Power Automate
6 8 (5.41%) dbt
7 7 (4.73%) Mimecast
8 6 (4.05%) SaaS
9 5 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (3.38%) PaaS
10 4 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.70%) ChatGPT
10 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (2.03%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.19%) Firewall
2 14 (9.46%) VPN
3 12 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (7.43%) DHCP
4 11 (7.43%) DNS
5 5 (3.38%) Wireless
6 4 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.70%) LAN
6 4 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.35%) WebEx
8 1 (0.68%) Broadband
8 1 (0.68%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (0.68%) Softphone
8 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.86%) Power BI
2 14 (9.46%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.76%) Metabase
4 8 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.70%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.70%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.76%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 81 (54.73%) Social Skills
2 32 (21.62%) Finance
3 28 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.92%) Law
4 25 (16.89%) Legal
5 19 (12.84%) Telecoms
6 15 (10.14%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.73%) Publishing
8 6 (4.05%) Marketing
9 4 (2.70%) Banking
10 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.68%) Front Office
12 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) EDI
1 1 (0.68%) EDIFACT
1 1 (0.68%) MFC
1 1 (0.68%) Middleware
1 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.19%) Video Conferencing
2 17 (11.49%) Onboarding
3 14 (9.46%) Driving Licence
4 13 (8.78%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (8.78%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.70%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.70%) e-Learning
6 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.70%) EPoS
7 3 (2.03%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.03%) Equities
8 2 (1.35%) CCTV
8 2 (1.35%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.35%) Derivative
8 2 (1.35%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 2 (1.35%) iPhone
8 2 (1.35%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 63 (42.57%) Windows
2 24 (16.22%) Windows 10
3 16 (10.81%) Mac OS
4 6 (4.05%) Linux
5 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.05%) ITIL
2 31 (20.95%) Customer Service
2 31 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (16.22%) Agile
4 24 (16.22%) Data Management
5 22 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (14.19%) Document Management
7 19 (12.84%) Computer Science
7 19 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (10.81%) Change Management
9 15 (10.14%) Mentoring
9 15 (10.14%) Project Management
10 13 (8.78%) Data Analysis
10 13 (8.78%) ITSM
11 12 (8.11%) ERP
11 12 (8.11%) Incident Management
11 12 (8.11%) User Stories
12 11 (7.43%) Coaching
12 11 (7.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.22%) SQL
2 8 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.70%) Java
3 4 (2.70%) Python
4 2 (1.35%) Delphi
4 2 (1.35%) Pascal
4 2 (1.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (27.70%) Degree
2 12 (8.11%) A+ Certification
3 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 9 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.05%) CISSP
6 6 (4.05%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.70%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.70%) IIBA
7 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.70%) PMP
8 2 (1.35%) CISA
8 2 (1.35%) CRISC
8 2 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.35%) MCSE
8 2 (1.35%) MOS
9 1 (0.68%) CISM
9 1 (0.68%) GSEC
9 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) COREP
1 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (3.38%) SLA
2 3 (2.03%) GRC
2 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.35%) NIST
3 2 (1.35%) PMO
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) Basel II
4 1 (0.68%) COBIT
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) MiFID
4 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.68%) QA
4 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (31.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.08%) SCCM
3 4 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (58.78%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.73%) iManage
4 6 (4.05%) Genesys
4 6 (4.05%) VMware
5 5 (3.38%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.38%) HP
5 5 (3.38%) Sophos
6 4 (2.70%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.70%) Anaplan
6 4 (2.70%) Cisco
6 4 (2.70%) Meraki
7 3 (2.03%) Apple
7 3 (2.03%) Citrix
8 2 (1.35%) Adobe
8 2 (1.35%) Freshdesk
8 2 (1.35%) Intapp
9 1 (0.68%) Aderant
9 1 (0.68%) Canon
9 1 (0.68%) Dell