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 7 June 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 261 322
Rank change year-on-year -42 +61 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 572 1,143 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.07% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.13% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 491 935 849
10th Percentile £22,500 £24,000 £23,225
25th Percentile £26,375 £26,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 50,996 101,545 85,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 94.91% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 26,743 71,806 55,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,818 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.64% -6.54% +6.48%

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 7 June 2025.

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 7 June 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 -48 546 £35,000 - 227
UK excluding London -19 403 £30,000 -7.69% 190
London +14 155 £46,000 +2.22% 69
North of England +24 154 £28,000 -6.67% 31
Work from Home +12 153 £34,000 -10.53% 85
South East +2 93 £37,500 +10.29% 68
Midlands -2 80 £28,000 -8.20% 35
Yorkshire +47 75 £28,500 -5.00% 12
North West -36 61 £25,000 -20.63% 18
South West +47 43 £40,000 +14.29% 34
East Midlands +6 41 £24,000 -17.24% 12
West Midlands +31 39 £30,000 -1.64% 19
East of England -39 20 £35,000 +16.67% 11
North East +50 18 £32,000 +30.61% 3
Scotland +77 10 £33,750 -2.17% 4
Wales +36 1 £30,000 -7.69% 6
Isle of Man +11 1 £34,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 £34,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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.

1 272 (47.55%) Microsoft
2 271 (47.38%) Windows
3 245 (42.83%) Social Skills
4 240 (41.96%) Microsoft 365
5 188 (32.87%) Active Directory
6 159 (27.80%) ITIL
7 147 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (22.73%) Law
9 117 (20.45%) Customer Service
10 104 (18.18%) Azure
11 101 (17.66%) Windows Server
12 98 (17.13%) Windows 10
13 95 (16.61%) Microsoft Office
14 88 (15.38%) SharePoint
15 86 (15.03%) ITSM
16 81 (14.16%) SQL
17 79 (13.81%) Finance
18 78 (13.64%) Degree
19 75 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
20 72 (12.59%) Firewall
21 65 (11.36%) SLA
22 64 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
23 60 (10.49%) Agile
24 53 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
25 51 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
26 50 (8.74%) ERP
27 49 (8.57%) Telecoms
28 45 (7.87%) Service Delivery
28 45 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
28 45 (7.87%) A+ Certification

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 88 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 53 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (5.59%) Confluence
4 10 (1.75%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.17%) Documentum
5 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 95 (16.61%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (2.80%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.05%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.87%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.52%) Sage 1000
6 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 240 (41.96%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (18.18%) Azure
3 28 (4.90%) Entra ID
4 22 (3.85%) OneDrive
4 22 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 17 (2.97%) Power Automate
6 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 10 (1.75%) Google Workspace
7 10 (1.75%) Mimecast
8 9 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.05%) AWS
11 5 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.70%) SaaS
13 3 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.35%) IaaS
14 2 (0.35%) PaaS
15 1 (0.17%) GCP
15 1 (0.17%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.59%) Firewall
2 44 (7.69%) VoIP
3 43 (7.52%) VPN
4 41 (7.17%) DHCP
5 37 (6.47%) DNS
6 27 (4.72%) LAN
7 26 (4.55%) WAN
8 23 (4.02%) VLAN
9 21 (3.67%) TCP/IP
10 15 (2.62%) Cisco IOS
10 15 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (2.27%) Wireless
12 11 (1.92%) ADSL
13 9 (1.57%) Network Security
14 6 (1.05%) SAN
15 3 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (0.35%) HTTP
16 2 (0.35%) NAS
16 2 (0.35%) WebEx
16 2 (0.35%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.15%) Power BI
1 18 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.70%) FileMaker
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.35%) Tableau
6 1 (0.17%) MySQL
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.17%) Power Query
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (6.99%) JIRA
2 1 (0.17%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.17%) MSI
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 245 (42.83%) Social Skills
2 130 (22.73%) Law
3 79 (13.81%) Finance
4 51 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (8.57%) Telecoms
6 38 (6.64%) Legal
7 31 (5.42%) Retail
8 30 (5.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 29 (5.07%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.22%) Advertising
13 7 (1.22%) Local Government
14 6 (1.05%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.05%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.70%) German Language
16 4 (0.70%) Italian Language
16 4 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.05%) .NET
1 6 (1.05%) HTML
2 5 (0.87%) LDAP
3 4 (0.70%) CSS
4 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.35%) EDI
6 1 (0.17%) EDIFACT
6 1 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.17%) HTML5
6 1 (0.17%) IDoc
6 1 (0.17%) jQuery
6 1 (0.17%) JSON
6 1 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.17%) Playwright
6 1 (0.17%) REST
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.17%) SOAP
6 1 (0.17%) Web Services
6 1 (0.17%) XML
6 1 (0.17%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.47%) Video Conferencing
2 31 (5.42%) Driving Licence
3 23 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.15%) EPoS
5 14 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.75%) iPhone
8 9 (1.57%) FMCG
9 6 (1.05%) CCTV
9 6 (1.05%) CMDB
9 6 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.05%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.87%) iPad
11 4 (0.70%) Biopharmaceutical
11 4 (0.70%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.70%) Life Science
11 4 (0.70%) Podcast
11 4 (0.70%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 271 (47.38%) Windows
2 101 (17.66%) Windows Server
3 98 (17.13%) Windows 10
4 32 (5.59%) Linux
5 23 (4.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (3.50%) Apple iOS
7 16 (2.80%) Mac OS X
8 12 (2.10%) Android
8 12 (2.10%) Mac OS
8 12 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (27.80%) ITIL
2 147 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (20.45%) Customer Service
4 86 (15.03%) ITSM
5 75 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
6 60 (10.49%) Agile
7 50 (8.74%) ERP
8 45 (7.87%) Service Delivery
9 42 (7.34%) Incident Management
10 40 (6.99%) Service Management
11 38 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (6.29%) Time Management
13 34 (5.94%) Root Cause Analysis
14 32 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 32 (5.59%) Project Management
15 31 (5.42%) Document Management
16 29 (5.07%) Change Management
17 22 (3.85%) Asset Management
17 22 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
18 20 (3.50%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.16%) SQL
2 32 (5.59%) PowerShell
3 14 (2.45%) Python
4 9 (1.57%) C#
4 9 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.87%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.52%) VBA
8 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.17%) Bash
8 1 (0.17%) Java
8 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.17%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 78 (13.64%) Degree
2 45 (7.87%) A+ Certification
3 28 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.15%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.57%) CCNP
9 8 (1.40%) MCSA
10 7 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.87%) MCP
11 5 (0.87%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.87%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.70%) CCNA
13 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.52%) CISA
13 3 (0.52%) CISSP
13 3 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.36%) SLA
2 19 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.92%) NIST
4 10 (1.75%) COBIT
5 9 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.22%) GRC
7 5 (0.87%) PMO
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) QA
9 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.17%) GDPR
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (32.87%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) Docker
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.17%) Xen
7 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 64 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (4.37%) SCCM
3 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.35%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Nessus
5 1 (0.17%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.17%) QRadar
5 1 (0.17%) Terraform
5 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 272 (47.55%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.99%) SAP
3 39 (6.82%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.72%) VMware
5 25 (4.37%) Cisco
6 15 (2.62%) iManage
7 14 (2.45%) Apple
7 14 (2.45%) Citrix
7 14 (2.45%) Google
7 14 (2.45%) Sage
7 14 (2.45%) Veeam
8 9 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.40%) Meraki
9 8 (1.40%) Sophos
10 7 (1.22%) Adobe
10 7 (1.22%) MobileIron
11 6 (1.05%) Aruba
11 6 (1.05%) Riverbed
11 6 (1.05%) Sun
11 6 (1.05%) Trend Micro