IT Analyst Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 155 222
Rank change year-on-year +16 +67 -17
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 41 93 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.22% 1.38% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.46% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 76 34
10th Percentile £28,052 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £36,750 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +15.75% -9.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £42,000 £41,000
90th Percentile £62,625 £50,000 £48,375
South East median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year - +4.84% -17.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,802 6,361 5,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.57% 94.69% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 4,463 3,154
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Buckinghamshire +20 19 £37,500 +15.38% 3
Berkshire +33 18 £32,625 -14.14% 1
Oxfordshire +13 4 £47,500 +48.44% 1
IT Analyst
South East

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (78.05%) Social Skills
2 27 (65.85%) Microsoft
3 22 (53.66%) Finance
4 17 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (41.46%) Service Management
5 16 (39.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (39.02%) Law
5 16 (39.02%) SAP FI
5 16 (39.02%) Project Management
5 16 (39.02%) SAP
5 16 (39.02%) ERP
5 16 (39.02%) Cost Control
5 16 (39.02%) Customer Experience
5 16 (39.02%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 16 (39.02%) Strategic Thinking
6 12 (29.27%) Azure
7 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (24.39%) ITIL
8 7 (17.07%) Information Security
8 7 (17.07%) Security Operations
9 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (14.63%) PCI DSS
9 6 (14.63%) GRC
9 6 (14.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (14.63%) Service Delivery
9 6 (14.63%) IBM Domino
10 5 (12.20%) Firewall
10 5 (12.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (9.76%) Retail

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (14.63%) IBM Domino
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (39.02%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (39.02%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (29.27%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
3 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) VoIP
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
General
1 32 (78.05%) Social Skills
2 22 (53.66%) Finance
3 16 (39.02%) Law
4 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Retail
6 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.44%) EPoS
2 1 (2.44%) IVR
2 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Mac OS X
2 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Service Management
2 16 (39.02%) Cost Control
2 16 (39.02%) Customer Experience
2 16 (39.02%) ERP
2 16 (39.02%) Project Management
2 16 (39.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (39.02%) Strategic Thinking
3 10 (24.39%) ITIL
4 7 (17.07%) Information Security
4 7 (17.07%) Security Operations
5 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (14.63%) Service Delivery
6 5 (12.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.32%) Analytics
8 3 (7.32%) Internal Audit
8 3 (7.32%) IT Audit
9 2 (4.88%) Fintech
9 2 (4.88%) Process Improvement
9 2 (4.88%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) VB
3 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) GRC
1 6 (14.63%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (39.02%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Datto
3 1 (2.44%) Intapp
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) Sophos
3 1 (2.44%) Xerox