IT Analyst Jobs in the North of England

IT Analyst
England > North of England

The median IT Analyst salary in the North of England is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 201 275
Rank change year-on-year -7 +74 -73
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 140 198 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.19% 1.12% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.18% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 130 163 128
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £47,728
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year - -4.11% +4.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,838 16,798 15,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.98% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,779 12,989 8,081
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Analyst 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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025. 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 +40 63 £28,500 -5.00% 13
North West -40 61 £26,000 -17.46% 12
North East +42 16 £26,000 +6.12% 3
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 North of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 74 (52.86%) Windows
2 69 (49.29%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 54 (38.57%) Social Skills
5 48 (34.29%) Active Directory
6 41 (29.29%) Law
7 39 (27.86%) Windows Server
8 37 (26.43%) Windows 10
9 31 (22.14%) SharePoint
10 30 (21.43%) SQL
10 30 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (17.86%) ITSM
12 24 (17.14%) ITIL
13 23 (16.43%) Incident Management
13 23 (16.43%) Agile
14 22 (15.71%) Customer Service
15 20 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (14.29%) SLA
15 20 (14.29%) Manufacturing
16 19 (13.57%) Service Delivery
16 19 (13.57%) Azure
17 18 (12.86%) Confluence
17 18 (12.86%) Root Cause Analysis
17 18 (12.86%) VoIP
17 18 (12.86%) Telecoms
17 18 (12.86%) JIRA
18 16 (11.43%) Asset Management
19 15 (10.71%) Degree
19 15 (10.71%) Linux
19 15 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 31 (22.14%) SharePoint
2 18 (12.86%) Confluence
3 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.71%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 69 (49.29%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (13.57%) Azure
3 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.57%) Mimecast
4 5 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.43%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.86%) VoIP
2 12 (8.57%) Firewall
3 11 (7.86%) LAN
3 11 (7.86%) WAN
4 10 (7.14%) Wireless
5 9 (6.43%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (5.00%) VPN
7 4 (2.86%) SAN
8 1 (0.71%) NAS
8 1 (0.71%) PBX
8 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.71%) Power BI
1 1 (0.71%) Power Query
1 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (12.86%) JIRA
General
1 54 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (29.29%) Law
3 20 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 18 (12.86%) Telecoms
5 14 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (7.86%) Finance
7 7 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.86%) Retail
9 3 (2.14%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.43%) Legal
11 1 (0.71%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.71%) Billing
11 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.86%) EPoS
1 11 (7.86%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.71%) FMCG
2 8 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.43%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.43%) Life Science
4 2 (1.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (0.71%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.71%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.71%) CMDB
5 1 (0.71%) IVR
5 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 74 (52.86%) Windows
2 39 (27.86%) Windows Server
3 37 (26.43%) Windows 10
4 15 (10.71%) Linux
5 9 (6.43%) Mac OS X
6 8 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (17.86%) ITSM
3 24 (17.14%) ITIL
4 23 (16.43%) Agile
4 23 (16.43%) Incident Management
5 22 (15.71%) Customer Service
6 20 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (13.57%) Service Delivery
8 18 (12.86%) Root Cause Analysis
9 16 (11.43%) Asset Management
10 13 (9.29%) CRM
11 12 (8.57%) Customer-Centricity
12 11 (7.86%) Time Management
13 7 (5.00%) ERP
13 7 (5.00%) IT Asset Management
14 6 (4.29%) Workflow
15 5 (3.57%) Data Protection
15 5 (3.57%) Mentoring
15 5 (3.57%) Resource Management
15 5 (3.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.43%) SQL
2 9 (6.43%) Python
3 2 (1.43%) C-shell
3 2 (1.43%) Korn
3 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (10.71%) Degree
1 15 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (5.71%) MCSA
3 7 (5.00%) CCNP
4 3 (2.14%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.43%) PhD
6 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.71%) CCNA
6 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.71%) MCSE
6 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.29%) SLA
2 5 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.71%) COBIT
System Software
1 48 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.86%) Cisco
3 10 (7.14%) VMware
4 9 (6.43%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.57%) Sophos
6 4 (2.86%) Freshdesk
7 3 (2.14%) Oracle
8 2 (1.43%) Google
8 2 (1.43%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.43%) SAP
8 2 (1.43%) Sun
9 1 (0.71%) Adobe
9 1 (0.71%) iManage
9 1 (0.71%) Intapp
9 1 (0.71%) Snow
9 1 (0.71%) Veeam