IT Analyst Job Trends in Manchester

IT Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median IT Analyst salary in Manchester is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 156 150
Rank change year-on-year +27 -6 +45
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 24 25 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.01% 0.62% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.65% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 27
10th Percentile - £25,538 £25,300
25th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £27,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £29,750 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -7.03% +17.43%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,438 £40,250
90th Percentile - £36,750 £56,500
North West median annual salary £26,250 £29,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year -11.02% - +12.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,152 3,840 2,625
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.49% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 2,202 2,114
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £34,554
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Manchester

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in Manchester

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, IT Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 6 (25.00%) Mac OS X
6 6 (25.00%) Law
6 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 6 (25.00%) Apple iOS
6 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 6 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 6 (25.00%) ITIL
6 6 (25.00%) Android
6 6 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (20.83%) Freshdesk
7 5 (20.83%) Retail
8 3 (12.50%) Service Management
8 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
9 2 (8.33%) Intapp
9 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
9 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
9 2 (8.33%) iManage
9 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
9 2 (8.33%) Wireless
9 2 (8.33%) Blackberry

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 19 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Law
2 6 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Retail
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Android
2 6 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 6 (25.00%) Mac OS X
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 6 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 3 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.17%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (4.17%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Freshdesk
3 2 (8.33%) Adobe
3 2 (8.33%) Citrix
3 2 (8.33%) iManage
3 2 (8.33%) Intapp
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow