IT Analyst Jobs

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 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 255 317
Rank change year-on-year -9 +62 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 583 1,127 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 1.15% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.21% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 472 957 932
10th Percentile £23,250 £23,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
75th Percentile £46,253 £45,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £56,449 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England -1 560 £35,000 - 158
UK excluding London -2 380 £30,000 -6.25% 117
London +26 191 £45,000 - 70
Work from Home +55 159 £34,000 -9.33% 63
North of England +7 122 £28,000 -6.67% 24
South East +16 102 £32,500 - 48
Midlands +7 81 £26,000 -11.86% 12
North West -12 54 £26,750 -15.08% 11
Yorkshire +36 51 £28,000 -6.67% 10
East Midlands +25 47 £24,000 -27.27% 5
South West +75 45 £40,000 +11.11% 13
West Midlands +18 34 £29,250 +2.63% 6
North East +53 17 £25,000 +2.04% 3
East of England -23 14 £35,000 +16.67% 11
Scotland +90 11 £38,000 +8.57% 6
Isle of Man +15 4 £38,750 -
Wales +34 1 £40,000 +23.08% 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 258 (44.25%) Windows
2 254 (43.57%) Microsoft
3 245 (42.02%) Microsoft 365
4 239 (40.99%) Social Skills
5 186 (31.90%) Active Directory
6 147 (25.21%) ITIL
7 134 (22.98%) Law
8 119 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
9 114 (19.55%) Customer Service
10 109 (18.70%) Microsoft Office
11 107 (18.35%) Windows 10
12 102 (17.50%) Azure
13 100 (17.15%) Finance
14 91 (15.61%) Windows Server
15 90 (15.44%) Degree
16 87 (14.92%) SharePoint
17 86 (14.75%) SQL
18 79 (13.55%) ITSM
19 73 (12.52%) Cybersecurity
20 65 (11.15%) Microsoft Intune
21 63 (10.81%) SLA
22 61 (10.46%) Firewall
23 59 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
24 57 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
25 55 (9.43%) Agile
26 52 (8.92%) Incident Management
27 48 (8.23%) Legal
27 48 (8.23%) VoIP
28 46 (7.89%) Telecoms
29 44 (7.55%) Service Management

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 87 (14.92%) SharePoint
2 57 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (5.66%) Confluence
4 11 (1.89%) IIS
5 10 (1.72%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Documentum
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 109 (18.70%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (2.74%) SAP FI
2 5 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.86%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.86%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 245 (42.02%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (17.50%) Azure
3 26 (4.46%) Entra ID
4 24 (4.12%) OneDrive
5 18 (3.09%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.06%) Power Automate
7 11 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.89%) Mimecast
8 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.20%) AWS
10 6 (1.03%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 5 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.69%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.51%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.34%) SaaS
15 1 (0.17%) Google Analytics
15 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (10.46%) Firewall
2 48 (8.23%) VoIP
3 43 (7.38%) VPN
4 36 (6.17%) DHCP
5 35 (6.00%) DNS
6 30 (5.15%) LAN
6 30 (5.15%) WAN
7 23 (3.95%) VLAN
8 21 (3.60%) Wireless
9 20 (3.43%) TCP/IP
10 19 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (2.57%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (2.23%) Internet
13 11 (1.89%) ADSL
14 7 (1.20%) Network Security
15 5 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (0.86%) SAN
16 4 (0.69%) Intranet
17 2 (0.34%) HTTP
17 2 (0.34%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.23%) Power BI
3 10 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.69%) FileMaker
5 4 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.34%) MySQL
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.34%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) Power Query
8 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (6.52%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.17%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.17%) MSI
3 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 239 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 134 (22.98%) Law
3 100 (17.15%) Finance
4 59 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.23%) Legal
6 46 (7.89%) Telecoms
7 32 (5.49%) Retail
8 28 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.12%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.89%) Local Government
13 7 (1.20%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.03%) Banking
14 6 (1.03%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Advertising
17 2 (0.34%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.69%) HTML
2 2 (0.34%) .NET
2 2 (0.34%) EDI
2 2 (0.34%) XML
3 1 (0.17%) CSS
3 1 (0.17%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.17%) HTML5
3 1 (0.17%) IDoc
3 1 (0.17%) jQuery
3 1 (0.17%) JSON
3 1 (0.17%) LAMP
3 1 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.17%) Playwright
3 1 (0.17%) REST
3 1 (0.17%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.17%) SOAP
3 1 (0.17%) Web Services
3 1 (0.17%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.49%) Video Conferencing
2 30 (5.15%) Driving Licence
3 24 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.57%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.06%) EPoS
5 12 (2.06%) iPhone
6 9 (1.54%) FMCG
7 8 (1.37%) CMDB
7 8 (1.37%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.03%) CCTV
9 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
9 5 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.69%) NHS
10 4 (0.69%) Podcast
11 3 (0.51%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.34%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 258 (44.25%) Windows
2 107 (18.35%) Windows 10
3 91 (15.61%) Windows Server
4 33 (5.66%) Linux
5 28 (4.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (2.74%) Mac OS X
8 11 (1.89%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.72%) Mac OS
10 9 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.37%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (25.21%) ITIL
2 119 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (19.55%) Customer Service
4 79 (13.55%) ITSM
5 73 (12.52%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (9.43%) Agile
7 52 (8.92%) Incident Management
8 44 (7.55%) Service Management
9 41 (7.03%) Service Delivery
10 39 (6.69%) ERP
11 36 (6.17%) Root Cause Analysis
12 35 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (6.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 34 (5.83%) Project Management
14 31 (5.32%) Change Management
14 31 (5.32%) Time Management
15 28 (4.80%) Security Operations
16 27 (4.63%) Document Management
17 26 (4.46%) Information Security
18 24 (4.12%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (14.75%) SQL
2 35 (6.00%) PowerShell
3 14 (2.40%) Python
4 4 (0.69%) C#
4 4 (0.69%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.69%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.51%) VB
6 2 (0.34%) C-shell
6 2 (0.34%) Korn
6 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.17%) Java
7 1 (0.17%) PHP
7 1 (0.17%) SOQL
7 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (15.44%) Degree
2 36 (6.17%) A+ Certification
3 22 (3.77%) DBS Check
4 21 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.54%) CCNP
8 9 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.37%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (1.37%) MCSA
10 7 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.86%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.86%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.69%) CCNA
12 4 (0.69%) CRISC
13 3 (0.51%) CISA
13 3 (0.51%) CISM
13 3 (0.51%) CISSP
13 3 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (10.81%) SLA
2 18 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.40%) GRC
4 10 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.72%) NIST
5 8 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.20%) COBIT
6 7 (1.20%) QA
7 4 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.34%) GDPR
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 186 (31.90%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.03%) Firmware
4 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) Docker
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (11.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (4.80%) SCCM
3 6 (1.03%) WSUS
4 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.17%) Ansible
6 1 (0.17%) Nessus
6 1 (0.17%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.17%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.17%) QRadar
6 1 (0.17%) Terraform
6 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 254 (43.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.38%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.66%) SAP
4 27 (4.63%) Cisco
5 24 (4.12%) VMware
6 16 (2.74%) iManage
7 15 (2.57%) Apple
8 10 (1.72%) Citrix
9 9 (1.54%) Adobe
9 9 (1.54%) Sage
9 9 (1.54%) Sophos
10 8 (1.37%) HP
10 8 (1.37%) Meraki
10 8 (1.37%) Veeam
11 7 (1.20%) MobileIron
12 6 (1.03%) Intapp
12 6 (1.03%) Oracle
12 6 (1.03%) Riverbed
12 6 (1.03%) Trend Micro
13 5 (0.86%) Google