IT Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

IT Analyst
England > North of England

The median IT Analyst salary in the North of England is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 169 164
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 119 98 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.94% 1.25% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.34% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 91 52 170
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,125 £25,750 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,743 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +5.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £44,375 £37,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £45,788 £43,875
England median annual salary £32,750 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -12.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 11,371 7,288 11,921
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.49% 92.77% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,948 3,594 9,772
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
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 the North of 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 the North of England.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Yorkshire +7 64 £31,000 -4.57% 14
North West +4 45 £33,000 +8.20% 12
North East -16 10 £31,500 -10.00% 4
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 North of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 65 (54.62%) Microsoft
2 64 (53.78%) Windows
3 58 (48.74%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (36.97%) Active Directory
5 39 (32.77%) ITIL
6 36 (30.25%) Customer Service
7 25 (21.01%) Windows 10
8 23 (19.33%) Degree
9 21 (17.65%) ITSM
9 21 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
9 21 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
11 19 (15.97%) Azure
11 19 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (15.97%) Windows Server
12 18 (15.13%) Process Improvement
12 18 (15.13%) Service Management
13 16 (13.45%) SCCM
13 16 (13.45%) SharePoint
14 14 (11.76%) Mentoring
15 13 (10.92%) Agile
15 13 (10.92%) DNS
16 12 (10.08%) DHCP
16 12 (10.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (10.08%) User Experience
17 11 (9.24%) Systems Analysis
18 10 (8.40%) Android
18 10 (8.40%) Apple iOS
18 10 (8.40%) Coaching
18 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 20 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) IIS
3 1 (0.84%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (48.74%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (15.97%) Azure
3 6 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (5.04%) Entra ID
3 6 (5.04%) Mimecast
4 5 (4.20%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.36%) SaaS
6 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.84%) AWS
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.84%) Boomi
7 1 (0.84%) GCP
7 1 (0.84%) IaaS
7 1 (0.84%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.84%) PaaS
7 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) DNS
2 12 (10.08%) DHCP
3 7 (5.88%) Firewall
3 7 (5.88%) LAN
3 7 (5.88%) WAN
4 1 (0.84%) SAN
4 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) Power BI
1 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.84%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 65 (54.62%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.21%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (12.61%) Finance
4 11 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.56%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.88%) Law
7 5 (4.20%) Agriculture
7 5 (4.20%) Legal
8 3 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.52%) Automotive
9 2 (1.68%) German Language
9 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.68%) Retail
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) EDI
2 1 (0.84%) JSON
2 1 (0.84%) Middleware
2 1 (0.84%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.84%) SLSA
2 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Onboarding
2 14 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
3 11 (9.24%) Management Information System
4 10 (8.40%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.04%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (53.78%) Windows
2 25 (21.01%) Windows 10
3 19 (15.97%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.40%) Android
4 10 (8.40%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.04%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) ITIL
2 36 (30.25%) Customer Service
3 21 (17.65%) ITSM
3 21 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (15.13%) Process Improvement
5 18 (15.13%) Service Management
6 14 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 13 (10.92%) Agile
8 12 (10.08%) User Experience
9 11 (9.24%) Systems Analysis
10 10 (8.40%) Coaching
10 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery
11 9 (7.56%) Incident Management
11 9 (7.56%) Project Delivery
11 9 (7.56%) Resource Management
12 8 (6.72%) Workflow
13 7 (5.88%) ERP
14 6 (5.04%) Creative Thinking
15 5 (4.20%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.52%) SQL
2 1 (0.84%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (19.33%) Degree
2 12 (10.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.68%) A+ Certification
3 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.84%) CISA
4 1 (0.84%) CISSP
4 1 (0.84%) CRISC
4 1 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.04%) SLA
2 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.84%) GDPR
3 1 (0.84%) GRC
3 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.84%) NIST
3 1 (0.84%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (36.97%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.56%) Hyper-V
3 8 (6.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (13.45%) SCCM
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 65 (54.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) VMware
3 8 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.04%) Sophos
5 5 (4.20%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.68%) SAP
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe
7 1 (0.84%) Citrix
7 1 (0.84%) Infor
7 1 (0.84%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle
7 1 (0.84%) Sage