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 to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 315 353
Rank change year-on-year +61 +38 -44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 1,123 1,133 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.08% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.18% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 953 937 1,491
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £51,000
90th Percentile £56,647 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +80 1,030 £35,000 -1.41% 138
UK excluding London +41 798 £32,000 +6.67% 96
Work from Home +25 312 £37,500 -6.25% 37
London +45 290 £44,500 -1.11% 46
South East +62 212 £32,500 +1.56% 21
North of England +71 203 £30,000 +3.45% 25
Midlands +27 139 £30,000 -3.23% 16
East of England +48 100 £30,000 - 16
North West +14 99 £31,500 +18.87% 12
Yorkshire +118 88 £30,000 -14.29% 11
South West +8 85 £36,000 +20.00% 16
East Midlands +26 71 £35,000 +27.27% 8
West Midlands +7 67 £28,500 -9.52% 8
Scotland -72 49 £35,000 +16.67% 4
North East -4 16 £24,500 -22.53% 3
Wales -6 7 £32,500 -7.14% 3
Isle of Man -13 4 - -

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 475 (42.30%) Microsoft
2 443 (39.45%) Windows
3 428 (38.11%) Microsoft 365
4 391 (34.82%) Active Directory
5 350 (31.17%) Social Skills
6 243 (21.64%) Customer Service
7 242 (21.55%) ITIL
8 238 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
9 234 (20.84%) Azure
10 199 (17.72%) Windows 10
11 198 (17.63%) Microsoft Office
12 172 (15.32%) Finance
13 144 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
14 141 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
15 128 (11.40%) Windows Server
16 127 (11.31%) Degree
17 113 (10.06%) Agile
18 110 (9.80%) ITSM
18 110 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
19 105 (9.35%) Law
20 98 (8.73%) Firewall
21 95 (8.46%) VMware
22 89 (7.93%) Service Delivery
22 89 (7.93%) Service Management
23 88 (7.84%) Change Management
24 85 (7.57%) Project Management
25 82 (7.30%) LAN
26 80 (7.12%) SCCM
27 78 (6.95%) Entra ID
28 75 (6.68%) WAN

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 144 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (6.23%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.51%) IIS
4 5 (0.45%) IBM Notes
5 4 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.27%) Confluence
6 3 (0.27%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.089%) CMS
Applications
1 198 (17.63%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.089%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) Misys Midas
2 7 (0.62%) Carpe Diem
2 7 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) Epicor Tropos
3 6 (0.53%) Maximo
4 5 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Farmplan
6 2 (0.18%) KEYPrime
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.089%) Endur
7 1 (0.089%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.089%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.089%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.089%) Shopify
7 1 (0.089%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 428 (38.11%) Microsoft 365
2 234 (20.84%) Azure
3 78 (6.95%) Entra ID
4 41 (3.65%) Power Platform
5 32 (2.85%) AWS
6 24 (2.14%) WhatsApp
7 22 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.96%) OneDrive
8 18 (1.60%) Mimecast
9 10 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (0.89%) Google Workspace
10 7 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (0.62%) SaaS
11 5 (0.45%) GCP
11 5 (0.45%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.45%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.36%) PaaS
13 2 (0.18%) Azure App Service
13 2 (0.18%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 98 (8.73%) Firewall
2 82 (7.30%) LAN
3 75 (6.68%) DNS
3 75 (6.68%) WAN
4 72 (6.41%) VPN
5 60 (5.34%) TCP/IP
6 52 (4.63%) DHCP
7 37 (3.29%) Internet
7 37 (3.29%) VoIP
8 30 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (2.14%) VLAN
10 21 (1.87%) Broadband
10 21 (1.87%) Wireless
11 19 (1.69%) Network Security
12 16 (1.42%) WLAN
13 12 (1.07%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
15 8 (0.71%) Skype
15 8 (0.71%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.21%) Power BI
2 33 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.27%) Tableau
7 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.18%) QlikView
8 1 (0.089%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.089%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.80%) JIRA
2 6 (0.53%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.45%) Git
4 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 350 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 172 (15.32%) Finance
3 141 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.35%) Law
5 73 (6.50%) Legal
6 70 (6.23%) Retail
7 41 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (3.56%) Manufacturing
9 36 (3.21%) Telecoms
10 31 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.78%) Banking
13 18 (1.60%) Public Sector
14 14 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.89%) Advertising
15 10 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.71%) German Language
17 7 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.62%) Marketing
18 5 (0.45%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.23%) .NET
2 10 (0.89%) HTML
3 6 (0.53%) CSS
3 6 (0.53%) OLE
3 6 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.53%) REST
4 5 (0.45%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.45%) Blazor
4 5 (0.45%) Entity Framework
4 5 (0.45%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.18%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.18%) SPFx
7 1 (0.089%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.089%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.089%) EDI
7 1 (0.089%) SAML
7 1 (0.089%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.089%) XML
7 1 (0.089%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (3.12%) Driving Licence
3 29 (2.58%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.14%) Fat Client
4 24 (2.14%) Thin Client
5 22 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.78%) iPad
6 20 (1.78%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.78%) Smartphone
7 17 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
8 15 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 15 (1.34%) Life Science
9 14 (1.25%) iPhone
10 11 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 11 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.80%) Operational Technology
13 8 (0.71%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 443 (39.45%) Windows
2 199 (17.72%) Windows 10
3 128 (11.40%) Windows Server
4 47 (4.19%) Android
5 44 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 31 (2.76%) Linux
7 22 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 17 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (1.25%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.62%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.53%) Unix
13 3 (0.27%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.089%) HPUX
14 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.089%) VMS
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (21.64%) Customer Service
2 242 (21.55%) ITIL
3 238 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (10.06%) Agile
5 110 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
5 110 (9.80%) ITSM
6 89 (7.93%) Service Delivery
6 89 (7.93%) Service Management
7 88 (7.84%) Change Management
8 85 (7.57%) Project Management
9 72 (6.41%) Incident Management
10 71 (6.32%) Information Security
11 66 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 51 (4.54%) SIEM
13 48 (4.27%) Requirements Gathering
13 48 (4.27%) Security Operations
14 46 (4.10%) Asset Management
14 46 (4.10%) Incident Response
15 45 (4.01%) Business Analysis
15 45 (4.01%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (6.68%) SQL
2 39 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.05%) C#
4 8 (0.71%) Bash
4 8 (0.71%) Python
5 6 (0.53%) Java
6 5 (0.45%) C++
6 5 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.45%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.27%) C
7 3 (0.27%) VBA
8 2 (0.18%) COBOL
9 1 (0.089%) VB
Qualifications
1 127 (11.31%) Degree
2 37 (3.29%) CISSP
3 35 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (2.94%) A+ Certification
5 24 (2.14%) Security Cleared
6 15 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (1.34%) SC Cleared
7 14 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.07%) CCNA
8 12 (1.07%) MCP
9 11 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
9 11 (0.98%) DBS Check
9 11 (0.98%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.80%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.80%) CRISC
12 8 (0.71%) CISA
12 8 (0.71%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.71%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.25%) SLA
2 37 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (2.49%) GDPR
4 23 (2.05%) NIST
5 20 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.98%) GRC
8 8 (0.71%) COBIT
8 8 (0.71%) QA
9 6 (0.53%) NCSC
10 5 (0.45%) PMO
10 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.27%) ITGC
12 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.089%) Data Quality
System Software
1 391 (34.82%) Active Directory
2 61 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 28 (2.49%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.98%) XenApp
6 10 (0.89%) XenDesktop
7 9 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.45%) vSphere
10 1 (0.089%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.089%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 80 (7.12%) SCCM
2 69 (6.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (1.25%) CASB
5 9 (0.80%) CSIRT
6 8 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.62%) Nagios
8 5 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.36%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.36%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.36%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.18%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.089%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 475 (42.30%) Microsoft
2 95 (8.46%) VMware
3 65 (5.79%) Citrix
4 58 (5.16%) Cisco
5 45 (4.01%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.67%) Apple
7 27 (2.40%) iManage
8 22 (1.96%) Meraki
9 18 (1.60%) Oracle
10 16 (1.42%) Dell
10 16 (1.42%) HP
11 15 (1.34%) Bloomberg
12 12 (1.07%) Adobe
12 12 (1.07%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.07%) Veeam
13 11 (0.98%) Avaya
13 11 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (0.98%) Virgin Media
14 10 (0.89%) CheckPoint
15 9 (0.80%) SAP