Technical Analyst Jobs

Technical Analyst
UK

The median Technical Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 468 574
Rank change year-on-year -71 +106 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 154 489 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.50% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.52% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 113 353 312
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,027
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £39,630
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £67,031
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £36,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.29% -18.89% +5.88%

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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -57 149 £45,000 -14.29% 116
UK excluding London +8 89 £45,000 +23.29% 56
London +11 61 £60,000 -20.00% 75
Work from Home +82 45 £52,500 -4.55% 70
North of England +26 32 £46,250 +32.14% 12
South East +65 18 £45,000 +5.88% 23
Midlands +61 18 £55,000 +46.67% 6
Yorkshire +78 15 £26,000 -42.22% 2
East of England +45 15 £27,500 -21.43% 5
North West -28 15 £52,500 +40.00% 10
West Midlands +31 11 £46,437 +23.83% 4
East Midlands +48 7 £55,000 +36.65% 1
South West +64 5 £30,000 -11.76% 9
North East +48 2 £47,500 +58.33%
Scotland +118 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 71 (46.10%) Social Skills
2 50 (32.47%) Agile
3 42 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 39 (25.32%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (24.68%) Windows
6 34 (22.08%) Active Directory
7 31 (20.13%) Azure
8 30 (19.48%) Requirements Gathering
9 28 (18.18%) SQL
9 28 (18.18%) Finance
10 25 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
10 25 (16.23%) Entra ID
11 24 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (14.94%) ITIL
13 21 (13.64%) Project Management
14 20 (12.99%) Firewall
15 19 (12.34%) Degree
15 19 (12.34%) Windows 10
16 17 (11.04%) User Stories
16 17 (11.04%) JIRA
16 17 (11.04%) QA
16 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (10.39%) Service Management
18 15 (9.74%) ITSM
18 15 (9.74%) SharePoint
18 15 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
19 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
19 14 (9.09%) Business Analysis
19 14 (9.09%) Product Ownership
19 14 (9.09%) Customer Service

Technical 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 15 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (9.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.65%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.65%) Documentum
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.65%) SAS
3 1 (0.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.60%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.30%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.32%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (20.13%) Azure
3 25 (16.23%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.55%) AWS
4 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.55%) SaaS
5 6 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.60%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.95%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.30%) Figma
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.65%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.65%) OCI
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.99%) Firewall
2 9 (5.84%) VoIP
3 7 (4.55%) DNS
4 6 (3.90%) VLAN
5 5 (3.25%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (3.25%) VPN
6 4 (2.60%) DHCP
6 4 (2.60%) Network Security
7 3 (1.95%) SAN
7 3 (1.95%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.30%) Internet
8 2 (1.30%) LAN
8 2 (1.30%) WAN
8 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.65%) Skype
9 1 (0.65%) WebEx
9 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (2.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.95%) Power BI
3 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.65%) DB2
4 1 (0.65%) DTS
4 1 (0.65%) GIS
4 1 (0.65%) Impala
4 1 (0.65%) Looker
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (11.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.65%) JMeter
2 1 (0.65%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.65%) MSI
2 1 (0.65%) Postman
2 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (46.10%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.18%) Finance
3 25 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.84%) Banking
5 9 (5.84%) Law
6 7 (4.55%) Electronics
7 6 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.25%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.25%) General Ledger
8 5 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.60%) Marketing
9 4 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.30%) Billing
10 2 (1.30%) Legal
10 2 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.30%) Retail
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) XML
2 6 (3.90%) HTML
3 5 (3.25%) Swagger
4 4 (2.60%) .NET
5 3 (1.95%) CSS
5 3 (1.95%) XSD
6 2 (1.30%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.30%) LDAP
6 2 (1.30%) Middleware
6 2 (1.30%) Node.js
6 2 (1.30%) OAuth
6 2 (1.30%) React
6 2 (1.30%) REST
6 2 (1.30%) RESTful
6 2 (1.30%) SOAP
7 1 (0.65%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.65%) Kafka
7 1 (0.65%) Playwright
7 1 (0.65%) PySpark
7 1 (0.65%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.90%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.95%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.95%) Replication
7 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.65%) CMDB
8 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.65%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.65%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (24.68%) Windows
2 19 (12.34%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.79%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.19%) Apple iOS
4 8 (5.19%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.95%) Android
8 2 (1.30%) Linux
8 2 (1.30%) Unix
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.47%) Agile
2 30 (19.48%) Requirements Gathering
3 24 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (14.94%) ITIL
5 21 (13.64%) Project Management
6 17 (11.04%) User Stories
7 16 (10.39%) Service Management
8 15 (9.74%) ITSM
9 14 (9.09%) Business Analysis
9 14 (9.09%) Customer Service
10 13 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.44%) Data Analysis
11 12 (7.79%) Wireframes
12 11 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (7.14%) Scrum
12 11 (7.14%) SDLC
12 11 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
13 10 (6.49%) DevOps
14 9 (5.84%) Data Protection
14 9 (5.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.18%) SQL
2 8 (5.19%) Python
3 5 (3.25%) Java
4 3 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.95%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.95%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.30%) Bash
5 2 (1.30%) Perl
5 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.65%) C#
6 1 (0.65%) R
6 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (12.34%) Degree
2 17 (11.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 7 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.25%) MCSA
4 5 (3.25%) MCSE
5 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.30%) CCA
7 2 (1.30%) CCNA
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.30%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.30%) MCP
8 1 (0.65%) CISA
8 1 (0.65%) CISSP
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.65%) PMP
8 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.04%) QA
2 4 (2.60%) SLA
3 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.30%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.30%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.30%) XenApp
4 2 (1.30%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.30%) Ansible
2 2 (1.30%) Backup Exec
2 2 (1.30%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.30%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (0.65%) Puppet
3 1 (0.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.14%) Citrix
3 10 (6.49%) VMware
4 8 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.90%) Cisco
5 6 (3.90%) Oracle
6 5 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.60%) Guidewire
8 3 (1.95%) Adobe
9 2 (1.30%) Apple
9 2 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.30%) Avaya
9 2 (1.30%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.30%) Dell
9 2 (1.30%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.30%) Kaseya
9 2 (1.30%) N-able
9 2 (1.30%) SAP
9 2 (1.30%) Symantec
9 2 (1.30%) Veritas