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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 219 233
Rank change year-on-year -29 +14 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 129 227 248
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.92% 1.47% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.59% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 104 153 224
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £30,000
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 £54,250 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -

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 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 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 13 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
Central London +6 47 £45,000 - 5
South London +34 8 £35,000 +2.19%
East London -6 6 £35,000 +7.69% 1
West London +6 3 £35,000 -14.63%
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 83 (64.34%) Microsoft
2 62 (48.06%) Windows
3 47 (36.43%) Active Directory
4 46 (35.66%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (31.78%) Azure
6 38 (29.46%) ITIL
7 35 (27.13%) Degree
8 28 (21.71%) Microsoft Office
9 25 (19.38%) Customer Service
10 24 (18.60%) Agile
10 24 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (17.05%) Firewall
12 21 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (15.50%) Microsoft Intune
13 20 (15.50%) SharePoint
13 20 (15.50%) Windows 10
14 19 (14.73%) Data Management
14 19 (14.73%) Document Management
15 18 (13.95%) Computer Science
15 18 (13.95%) SQL
16 17 (13.18%) Change Management
16 17 (13.18%) Entra ID
17 15 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
17 15 (11.63%) Power BI
17 15 (11.63%) Power Platform
17 15 (11.63%) Project Management
17 15 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
18 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
18 14 (10.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 13 (10.08%) A+ Certification

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 20 (15.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.10%) Confluence
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.55%) Moodle
3 2 (1.55%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.78%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (21.71%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.10%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.78%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.66%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (31.78%) Azure
3 17 (13.18%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.63%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.43%) PaaS
5 7 (5.43%) SaaS
6 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.88%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.88%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (3.10%) ChatGPT
8 4 (3.10%) dbt
8 4 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.33%) IaaS
10 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.05%) Firewall
2 12 (9.30%) VPN
3 10 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (6.20%) DHCP
5 7 (5.43%) DNS
6 6 (4.65%) LAN
7 5 (3.88%) Wireless
8 4 (3.10%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.55%) WAN
10 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.78%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.63%) Power BI
2 9 (6.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.88%) Metabase
4 4 (3.10%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 67 (51.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.81%) Law
3 27 (20.93%) Legal
4 26 (20.16%) Finance
5 25 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (14.73%) Telecoms
7 11 (8.53%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.10%) Banking
9 3 (2.33%) Publishing
10 2 (1.55%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.55%) Marketing
10 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.78%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.40%) Management Information System
2 15 (11.63%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (9.30%) Driving Licence
3 12 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.98%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.10%) AI Agents
6 4 (3.10%) e-Learning
6 4 (3.10%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (3.10%) EPoS
7 3 (2.33%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.55%) Credit Derivative
8 2 (1.55%) Derivative
8 2 (1.55%) Equities
8 2 (1.55%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (0.78%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.78%) iPhone
9 1 (0.78%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 62 (48.06%) Windows
2 20 (15.50%) Windows 10
3 12 (9.30%) Mac OS
4 5 (3.88%) Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.46%) ITIL
2 25 (19.38%) Customer Service
3 24 (18.60%) Agile
3 24 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (14.73%) Data Management
5 19 (14.73%) Document Management
6 18 (13.95%) Computer Science
7 17 (13.18%) Change Management
8 15 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (11.63%) Project Management
8 15 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (10.08%) ITSM
9 13 (10.08%) Mentoring
10 12 (9.30%) Business Analysis
10 12 (9.30%) Coaching
11 11 (8.53%) Data Protection
11 11 (8.53%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (7.75%) Incident Management
12 10 (7.75%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.95%) SQL
2 6 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.10%) Java
3 4 (3.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (27.13%) Degree
2 13 (10.08%) A+ Certification
3 8 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.20%) MCP
4 6 (4.65%) CISSP
4 6 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.10%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.10%) IIBA
5 4 (3.10%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.10%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.10%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.10%) PMP
6 2 (1.55%) CISA
6 2 (1.55%) CRISC
6 2 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.78%) CISM
7 1 (0.78%) GSEC
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (4.65%) SLA
2 5 (3.88%) COREP
3 2 (1.55%) GDPR
3 2 (1.55%) GRC
3 2 (1.55%) NIST
4 1 (0.78%) Basel II
4 1 (0.78%) COBIT
4 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.78%) GxP
4 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.78%) PMO
4 1 (0.78%) QA
4 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (36.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.55%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.55%) Firmware
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (15.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.98%) SCCM
3 4 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (64.34%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.20%) iManage
2 8 (6.20%) ServiceNow
2 8 (6.20%) VMware
3 6 (4.65%) Cisco
3 6 (4.65%) Genesys
3 6 (4.65%) HP
4 5 (3.88%) Guidewire
4 5 (3.88%) Sophos
5 4 (3.10%) Alteryx
5 4 (3.10%) Anaplan
5 4 (3.10%) Apple
5 4 (3.10%) Meraki
6 2 (1.55%) Adobe
6 2 (1.55%) Citrix
6 2 (1.55%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.55%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.78%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.78%) Dell
7 1 (0.78%) Intapp