IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 246 255
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 889 624 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.27% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.41% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 710 543 890
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,000 £34,922
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.64% -4.32%
75th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,863
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,080 44,133 95,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 89.80% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 63,762 26,055 68,461
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 July 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
England +26 795 £35,000 - 82
UK excluding London +34 722 £32,500 +8.33% 92
North of England +2 211 £34,000 +21.43% 25
Midlands +14 146 £35,000 +22.81% 16
London -44 144 £50,000 +5.26% 15
Work from Home -41 142 £35,000 +2.94% 44
South East -1 123 £32,500 - 23
Yorkshire -8 107 £35,000 +22.81% 12
North West +21 100 £32,125 +25.98% 12
East Midlands +29 92 £35,000 +34.62% 7
East of England +47 87 £34,000 -2.86% 12
South West -37 85 £32,500 -18.75% 4
West Midlands -28 54 £42,500 +41.67% 9
Scotland +56 48 £30,000 -21.05% 9
Wales -35 22 £35,000 +16.67% 2
North East -71 4 £60,000 +103.39% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 6

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 347 (39.03%) Microsoft
2 323 (36.33%) Microsoft 365
3 275 (30.93%) Windows
4 189 (21.26%) Active Directory
5 179 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (18.22%) Azure
7 147 (16.54%) Customer Service
8 133 (14.96%) ITIL
9 112 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 109 (12.26%) Entra ID
11 103 (11.59%) Degree
12 98 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
13 94 (10.57%) SharePoint
14 92 (10.35%) ERP
15 89 (10.01%) Microsoft Office
16 79 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
17 77 (8.66%) Windows 10
18 76 (8.55%) Windows Server
19 73 (8.21%) ITSM
20 69 (7.76%) Service Delivery
21 63 (7.09%) Security Cleared
22 61 (6.86%) Service Management
23 59 (6.64%) SQL
24 58 (6.52%) DNS
25 53 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
25 53 (5.96%) SC Cleared
26 52 (5.85%) DHCP
26 52 (5.85%) Mentoring
26 52 (5.85%) VPN
27 47 (5.29%) Agile

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 94 (10.57%) SharePoint
2 53 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.46%) Confluence
4 5 (0.56%) CMS
5 3 (0.34%) IIS
5 3 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 89 (10.01%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.45%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.34%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 323 (36.33%) Microsoft 365
2 162 (18.22%) Azure
3 109 (12.26%) Entra ID
4 42 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.16%) OneDrive
6 15 (1.69%) Mimecast
6 15 (1.69%) Power Automate
7 14 (1.57%) AWS
8 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.90%) dbt
10 8 (0.90%) SaaS
11 7 (0.79%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.67%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.45%) Lucidchart
14 3 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.34%) Boomi
14 3 (0.34%) Cloudflare
15 2 (0.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.52%) DNS
2 52 (5.85%) DHCP
2 52 (5.85%) VPN
3 41 (4.61%) Firewall
4 34 (3.82%) TCP/IP
5 29 (3.26%) WAN
6 27 (3.04%) Broadband
6 27 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (2.36%) LAN
8 19 (2.14%) 4G
9 16 (1.80%) VLAN
10 15 (1.69%) VoIP
11 13 (1.46%) Network Security
12 10 (1.12%) Wireless
13 6 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (0.56%) Internet
15 3 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.34%) Mobile Broadband
15 3 (0.34%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.05%) Power BI
2 19 (2.14%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.12%) Metabase
4 8 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.67%) MySQL
7 5 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.56%) SAP BW
8 4 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (3.26%) JIRA
2 10 (1.12%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.22%) Git
3 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 265 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.91%) Finance
3 83 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.20%) Law
5 58 (6.52%) Legal
6 53 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (5.29%) Manufacturing
8 42 (4.72%) Retail
9 34 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (2.70%) Games
11 20 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.80%) Public Sector
13 13 (1.46%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.46%) Automotive
13 13 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.24%) Banking
15 10 (1.12%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.79%) Marketing
17 6 (0.67%) Advertising
18 5 (0.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.45%) JSON
1 4 (0.45%) Middleware
2 3 (0.34%) CSS
2 3 (0.34%) HTML
2 3 (0.34%) SAP PI
2 3 (0.34%) Web Services
3 2 (0.22%) Classic ASP
4 1 (0.11%) EDI
4 1 (0.11%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.11%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.19%) Onboarding
2 43 (4.84%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 21 (2.36%) CSOC
7 19 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
10 10 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.90%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.79%) CMDB
12 7 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.79%) Cyberattack
12 7 (0.79%) EPoS
12 7 (0.79%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.67%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 275 (30.93%) Windows
2 77 (8.66%) Windows 10
3 76 (8.55%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.60%) Android
5 30 (3.37%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.57%) Linux
6 14 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (1.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (16.54%) Customer Service
3 133 (14.96%) ITIL
4 112 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 98 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
6 92 (10.35%) ERP
7 73 (8.21%) ITSM
8 69 (7.76%) Service Delivery
9 61 (6.86%) Service Management
10 52 (5.85%) Mentoring
11 47 (5.29%) Agile
12 39 (4.39%) Incident Management
13 38 (4.27%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (4.27%) Process Improvement
14 36 (4.05%) Disaster Recovery
15 34 (3.82%) Collaborative Working
16 32 (3.60%) SIEM
17 30 (3.37%) Security Operations
18 29 (3.26%) CRM
19 28 (3.15%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.64%) SQL
2 34 (3.82%) PowerShell
3 11 (1.24%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (0.79%) PHP
6 5 (0.56%) ABAP
7 4 (0.45%) Delphi
7 4 (0.45%) Pascal
7 4 (0.45%) Python
8 3 (0.34%) C#
8 3 (0.34%) VBA
9 2 (0.22%) Java
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (11.59%) Degree
2 63 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 53 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 44 (4.95%) A+ Certification
5 34 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.91%) SANS
7 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 8 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (0.56%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.56%) MCSE
9 5 (0.56%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.45%) CISSP
10 4 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.34%) CCNA
11 3 (0.34%) CISA
11 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.22%) GCIH
12 2 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.60%) SLA
2 25 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.02%) GDPR
4 13 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.90%) QA
6 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.56%) NIST
8 4 (0.45%) MiFID
9 3 (0.34%) COBIT
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.34%) PMO
10 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.22%) ITGC
10 2 (0.22%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) EMIR
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 189 (21.26%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.04%) Hyper-V
3 22 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.79%) Firmware
5 7 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.67%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (2.14%) SCCM
3 6 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.22%) Autotask
4 2 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 347 (39.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.60%) ServiceNow
3 23 (2.59%) VMware
4 19 (2.14%) iManage
4 19 (2.14%) Starlink
5 18 (2.02%) Cisco
6 12 (1.35%) Epicor
6 12 (1.35%) SAP
7 11 (1.24%) Meraki
8 10 (1.12%) Citrix
9 9 (1.01%) Apple
10 7 (0.79%) Google
10 7 (0.79%) Intapp
10 7 (0.79%) Veeam
11 6 (0.67%) Freshdesk
11 6 (0.67%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.56%) Aruba
12 5 (0.56%) Qualys
12 5 (0.56%) Sage
12 5 (0.56%) SolarWinds