IT Analyst Jobs in the North West

IT Analyst
England > North West

The median IT Analyst salary in the North West is £25,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 192 200
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 -46
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 63 96 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 0.94% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.99% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 53 82 70
10th Percentile £21,485 £22,775 £21,200
25th Percentile £22,425 £24,750 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £31,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +18.87% +1.92%
75th Percentile £35,250 £38,750 £36,500
90th Percentile £40,150 £43,625 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year - -4.11% +2.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,153 9,681 6,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.70% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,787 7,427 4,039
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,500 £80,650
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Lancashire -52 27 £22,850 -18.39% 2
Merseyside +38 20 £33,500 +6.35% 5
Manchester +66 14 £29,000 -27.50% 8
Cheshire -30 2 £28,750 +10.58% 5
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 West region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (49.21%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 29 (46.03%) Windows
4 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 20 (31.75%) SharePoint
6 19 (30.16%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (28.57%) Active Directory
7 18 (28.57%) Customer Service
8 15 (23.81%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (23.81%) ITIL
8 15 (23.81%) Law
9 14 (22.22%) Asset Management
10 13 (20.63%) Service Delivery
10 13 (20.63%) CRM
10 13 (20.63%) Customer-Centricity
11 12 (19.05%) Time Management
11 12 (19.05%) EPoS
12 11 (17.46%) Agile
12 11 (17.46%) Incident Management
12 11 (17.46%) Windows 10
13 10 (15.87%) Windows Server
13 10 (15.87%) Manufacturing
14 9 (14.29%) Finance
14 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
14 9 (14.29%) ServiceNow
15 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2019
15 8 (12.70%) FMCG
15 8 (12.70%) SLA
15 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (12.70%) Firewall

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (31.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (49.21%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Copilot
3 6 (9.52%) Azure
4 5 (7.94%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (7.94%) Mimecast
4 5 (7.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) Firewall
2 6 (9.52%) LAN
2 6 (9.52%) WAN
3 5 (7.94%) VPN
4 2 (3.17%) Wireless
5 1 (1.59%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 30 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Law
2 15 (23.81%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (15.87%) Manufacturing
4 9 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Legal
7 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) EPoS
2 8 (12.70%) FMCG
2 8 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.94%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.76%) Life Science
5 2 (3.17%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.59%) IVR
6 1 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (46.03%) Windows
2 11 (17.46%) Windows 10
3 10 (15.87%) Windows Server
4 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.16%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 15 (23.81%) ITIL
4 14 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 13 (20.63%) CRM
5 13 (20.63%) Customer-Centricity
5 13 (20.63%) Service Delivery
6 12 (19.05%) Time Management
7 11 (17.46%) Agile
7 11 (17.46%) Incident Management
8 8 (12.70%) ITSM
9 6 (9.52%) IT Asset Management
9 6 (9.52%) Resource Management
9 6 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (9.52%) Workflow
10 5 (7.94%) Coaching
10 5 (7.94%) Creative Thinking
10 5 (7.94%) Data Protection
10 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
10 5 (7.94%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.94%) Degree
3 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.94%) Freshdesk
3 5 (7.94%) Sophos
4 2 (3.17%) Adobe
4 2 (3.17%) iManage
4 2 (3.17%) Intapp
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Snow
5 1 (1.59%) VMware