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 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 300 392
Rank change year-on-year +37 +92 -52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 942 940 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.16% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.27% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 722 819 1,462
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,063 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -0.68% +5.00%
75th Percentile £45,375 £51,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £61,700 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% +1.64% -6.15%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 18 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 26 July 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 +35 868 £35,000 -4.11% 70
UK excluding London +57 694 £32,500 +4.84% 85
London -36 220 £47,500 +5.56% 10
Work from Home -8 219 £38,000 -7.19% 29
North of England +54 185 £31,500 +5.00% 22
South East +51 177 £32,500 +14.04% 9
South West +48 124 £33,500 +8.06% 15
Midlands +2 113 £27,750 -17.78% 11
West Midlands +16 74 £32,500 -14.47% 7
North West +2 71 £29,000 -1.69% 14
Yorkshire +52 61 £30,250 +2.54% 6
North East +36 53 £37,500 +17.19% 2
East of England -6 49 £30,000 +6.19% 6
East Midlands -17 39 £27,000 -1.82% 4
Scotland -50 36 £30,750 -18.00% 9
Wales +6 6 £30,750 -12.14% 6
Isle of Man -9 4 - - 1
Channel Islands -4 1 £62,000 +37.78%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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.

1 410 (43.52%) Microsoft
2 382 (40.55%) Windows
3 334 (35.46%) Microsoft 365
4 316 (33.55%) Social Skills
5 303 (32.17%) Active Directory
6 266 (28.24%) Customer Service
7 198 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
8 194 (20.59%) ITIL
9 189 (20.06%) Windows 10
10 154 (16.35%) Azure
11 150 (15.92%) Microsoft Office
12 130 (13.80%) Finance
13 114 (12.10%) Windows Server
14 103 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
14 103 (10.93%) Degree
15 102 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
16 101 (10.72%) Microsoft Exchange
17 97 (10.30%) Retail
18 94 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
19 93 (9.87%) SQL
20 83 (8.81%) Firewall
21 79 (8.39%) ITSM
21 79 (8.39%) VMware
22 75 (7.96%) LAN
23 74 (7.86%) Business Analysis
24 71 (7.54%) Change Management
24 71 (7.54%) Service Management
25 70 (7.43%) Law
26 69 (7.32%) Agile
26 69 (7.32%) SCCM

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
1 101 (10.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (6.69%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.96%) IIS
4 5 (0.53%) IBM Notes
5 3 (0.32%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.21%) Confluence
6 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.11%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 150 (15.92%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.27%) Maximo
2 5 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.21%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.21%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) iTrent
6 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 334 (35.46%) Microsoft 365
2 154 (16.35%) Azure
3 65 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 25 (2.65%) AWS
5 24 (2.55%) OneDrive
6 21 (2.23%) Power Platform
7 17 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.38%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.27%) Google Workspace
10 9 (0.96%) WhatsApp
11 6 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.42%) GCP
12 4 (0.42%) SaaS
13 2 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.11%) Boomi
14 1 (0.11%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.11%) Miro
14 1 (0.11%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 83 (8.81%) Firewall
2 75 (7.96%) LAN
3 63 (6.69%) DNS
4 62 (6.58%) WAN
5 54 (5.73%) TCP/IP
6 50 (5.31%) DHCP
7 46 (4.88%) VPN
8 34 (3.61%) Internet
9 32 (3.40%) VoIP
10 26 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (2.02%) VLAN
12 18 (1.91%) Network Security
13 16 (1.70%) WLAN
14 12 (1.27%) Broadband
14 12 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
15 8 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (0.85%) VSAN
15 8 (0.85%) Wireless
16 6 (0.64%) Intranet
16 6 (0.64%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (1.80%) Power BI
4 4 (0.42%) MySQL
5 3 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.21%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.21%) GIS
6 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.21%) QlikView
6 2 (0.21%) Spatial Data
6 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.21%) Tableau
7 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Git
1 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 316 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 130 (13.80%) Finance
3 103 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (10.30%) Retail
5 70 (7.43%) Law
6 50 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 49 (5.20%) Legal
8 34 (3.61%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.70%) Banking
12 15 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.17%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.96%) Automotive
16 8 (0.85%) Advertising
17 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.53%) French Language
18 5 (0.53%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.12%) .NET
2 13 (1.38%) HTML
3 6 (0.64%) REST
4 5 (0.53%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.53%) Blazor
4 5 (0.53%) CSS
4 5 (0.53%) Entity Framework
4 5 (0.53%) JSON
5 3 (0.32%) OLE
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.32%) XML
5 3 (0.32%) XSLT
6 2 (0.21%) EDI
6 2 (0.21%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.11%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.65%) Fat Client
3 25 (2.65%) Thin Client
4 20 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 18 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
6 16 (1.70%) Smartphone
7 13 (1.38%) iPhone
8 12 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (1.17%) iPad
10 10 (1.06%) Cyberattack
10 10 (1.06%) Life Science
10 10 (1.06%) Security Posture
11 9 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.96%) Operational Technology
12 8 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.85%) Clustering
13 7 (0.74%) Replication
14 5 (0.53%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 382 (40.55%) Windows
2 189 (20.06%) Windows 10
3 114 (12.10%) Windows Server
4 47 (4.99%) Apple iOS
5 40 (4.25%) Android
6 32 (3.40%) Linux
7 31 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (2.12%) Windows 7
9 18 (1.91%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.42%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.21%) Unix
15 1 (0.11%) HPUX
15 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.11%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (28.24%) Customer Service
2 198 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (20.59%) ITIL
4 102 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
6 79 (8.39%) ITSM
7 74 (7.86%) Business Analysis
8 71 (7.54%) Change Management
8 71 (7.54%) Service Management
9 69 (7.32%) Agile
10 68 (7.22%) Incident Management
11 60 (6.37%) Service Delivery
12 59 (6.26%) Asset Management
13 58 (6.16%) Project Management
14 53 (5.63%) Change Control
15 51 (5.41%) Information Security
16 47 (4.99%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
17 36 (3.82%) SIEM
18 35 (3.72%) CRM
19 34 (3.61%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 93 (9.87%) SQL
2 26 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.49%) C#
4 9 (0.96%) Bash
5 8 (0.85%) Python
6 7 (0.74%) VBA
7 6 (0.64%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.53%) C++
8 5 (0.53%) Java
8 5 (0.53%) VB.NET
9 4 (0.42%) PHP
10 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.11%) C
11 1 (0.11%) COBOL
11 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (10.93%) Degree
2 34 (3.61%) A+ Certification
2 34 (3.61%) CISSP
2 34 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (3.18%) Security Cleared
4 24 (2.55%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.38%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.06%) CISM
8 10 (1.06%) CompTIA CySA+
8 10 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (0.85%) MCP
11 7 (0.74%) MCITP
12 6 (0.64%) CEH
12 6 (0.64%) GCIH
12 6 (0.64%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.16%) SLA
2 24 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (2.34%) NIST
4 19 (2.02%) GDPR
5 9 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.85%) COBIT
6 8 (0.85%) QA
7 7 (0.74%) GRC
7 7 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.64%) PMO
9 3 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.32%) ITGC
10 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) EMIR
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 303 (32.17%) Active Directory
2 46 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.23%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.06%) XenApp
7 9 (0.96%) XenDesktop
8 6 (0.64%) vSphere
9 4 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.11%) Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 69 (7.32%) SCCM
2 59 (6.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.59%) CASB
4 12 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.74%) PaperCut
7 6 (0.64%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.32%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.21%) WSUS
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.11%) Nessus
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 410 (43.52%) Microsoft
2 79 (8.39%) VMware
3 53 (5.63%) Cisco
4 48 (5.10%) Citrix
5 36 (3.82%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.97%) IFS
7 22 (2.34%) Apple
8 21 (2.23%) iManage
9 12 (1.27%) Avaya
9 12 (1.27%) Oracle
10 11 (1.17%) Adobe
10 11 (1.17%) Canon
11 10 (1.06%) Meraki
11 10 (1.06%) SAP
11 10 (1.06%) Veeam
12 9 (0.96%) Virgin Media
13 8 (0.85%) Bloomberg
13 8 (0.85%) Dell
13 8 (0.85%) Google
13 8 (0.85%) HP