IT Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 177 191
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 38 76 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.92% 0.97% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.03% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 38 58 58
10th Percentile £26,050 £23,300 £23,013
25th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -3.50%
75th Percentile £46,261 £35,892 £43,938
90th Percentile £53,950 £41,650 £52,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year - -4.11% +2.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,728 7,381 5,467
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.45% 90.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 5,486 3,231
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,365 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham +43 10 £46,250 +32.14% 4
Staffordshire +7 6 £28,000 +16.67% 1
Shropshire - 6 £28,500 - 1
Dudley - 4 £30,000 -
Warwickshire -1 3 £57,500 +53.33% 3
Worcestershire +17 2 £44,810 +33.76%
Coventry - 2 £27,000 - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 £51,000 -
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 14 (36.84%) SharePoint
4 13 (34.21%) Windows
4 13 (34.21%) ITIL
5 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
5 12 (31.58%) Active Directory
6 11 (28.95%) Customer Service
7 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (23.68%) DHCP
7 9 (23.68%) TCP/IP
7 9 (23.68%) Finance
8 8 (21.05%) Firewall
8 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
9 7 (18.42%) Azure
9 7 (18.42%) Power Automate
9 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.42%) ERP
9 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (18.42%) Change Management
9 7 (18.42%) Degree
10 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
10 6 (15.79%) Data Security
10 6 (15.79%) LAN
10 6 (15.79%) WAN
10 6 (15.79%) Apple
10 6 (15.79%) SAP
10 6 (15.79%) VPN

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 14 (36.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.63%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (15.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 7 (18.42%) Power Automate
3 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
5 3 (7.89%) PowerApps
6 2 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) DHCP
1 9 (23.68%) TCP/IP
2 8 (21.05%) Firewall
3 6 (15.79%) LAN
3 6 (15.79%) VPN
3 6 (15.79%) WAN
4 3 (7.89%) DNS
4 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (5.26%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) JIRA
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Finance
3 6 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.53%) Retail
5 2 (5.26%) Police
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 6 (15.79%) Apple iOS
2 6 (15.79%) Mac OS
2 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) ITIL
2 11 (28.95%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (18.42%) Change Management
4 7 (18.42%) ERP
4 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.79%) Data Security
6 4 (10.53%) ITSM
6 4 (10.53%) Workload Management
7 3 (7.89%) Agile
7 3 (7.89%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (7.89%) PRINCE2
7 3 (7.89%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 2 (5.26%) Asset Management
8 2 (5.26%) Coaching
8 2 (5.26%) Development Roadmap
8 2 (5.26%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (5.26%) Mentoring
8 2 (5.26%) Service Management
8 2 (5.26%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 6 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.63%) CISA
3 1 (2.63%) CISM
3 1 (2.63%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) COBIT
3 1 (2.63%) GRC
3 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Apple
2 6 (15.79%) SAP
3 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.63%) Lotus