IT Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £28,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 195 164
Rank change year-on-year +2 -31 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 67 84 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 1.24% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.38% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53 67 109
10th Percentile £22,550 £22,550 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,125 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £31,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +24.14%
75th Percentile £35,569 £42,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £44,400 £48,750 £54,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
Staffordshire -3 24 £25,000 -33.33%
Birmingham -26 12 £35,000 +16.67%
Warwickshire +53 8 £54,813 +68.65% 2
Worcestershire -19 5 £35,000 -12.50%
Walsall - 3 - - 2
Solihull -11 2 £27,000 +0.46% 3
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (47.76%) Microsoft
2 30 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (43.28%) Windows
4 28 (41.79%) Active Directory
5 22 (32.84%) ITIL
6 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
7 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
8 15 (22.39%) Finance
9 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
9 12 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (17.91%) Windows 10
9 12 (17.91%) SCCM
9 12 (17.91%) Agile
9 12 (17.91%) Asset Management
9 12 (17.91%) Logistics
10 11 (16.42%) SQL
10 11 (16.42%) VoIP
10 11 (16.42%) Service Delivery
11 10 (14.93%) Change Management
11 10 (14.93%) Thin Client
11 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
11 10 (14.93%) Fat Client
12 9 (13.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
12 9 (13.43%) .NET
12 9 (13.43%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (11.94%) Azure
14 6 (8.96%) Network Security
14 6 (8.96%) Firewall

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 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.49%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.94%) Azure
3 5 (7.46%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.99%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) VoIP
2 6 (8.96%) Firewall
2 6 (8.96%) Network Security
3 4 (5.97%) DNS
3 4 (5.97%) LAN
4 3 (4.48%) Internet
4 3 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.99%) DHCP
5 2 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (2.99%) VPN
5 2 (2.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.39%) Finance
3 9 (13.43%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.46%) Retail
5 3 (4.48%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Law
5 3 (4.48%) Legal
5 3 (4.48%) Multimedia
5 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) Advertising
7 1 (1.49%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) .NET
2 1 (1.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Fat Client
1 10 (14.93%) Thin Client
2 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.48%) CCTV
3 3 (4.48%) EPoS
3 3 (4.48%) iPad
3 3 (4.48%) Media Streaming
3 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 29 (43.28%) Windows
2 12 (17.91%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.48%) Linux
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) ITIL
2 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
4 12 (17.91%) Agile
4 12 (17.91%) Asset Management
4 12 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (17.91%) Logistics
5 11 (16.42%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.93%) Change Management
6 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
7 9 (13.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.46%) Time Management
9 3 (4.48%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (4.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (4.48%) Fintech
9 3 (4.48%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (4.48%) IT Asset Management
9 3 (4.48%) SIEM
9 3 (4.48%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 3 (4.48%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.42%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) Degree
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.48%) CCNA
2 3 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (4.48%) MCP
2 3 (4.48%) MCSE
3 1 (1.49%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.49%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) GDPR
1 2 (2.99%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (41.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (17.91%) SCCM
2 3 (4.48%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (47.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Apple
2 4 (5.97%) Sage
3 3 (4.48%) Cisco
3 3 (4.48%) Meraki
3 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.48%) VMware
4 2 (2.99%) Remedy
5 1 (1.49%) Citrix
5 1 (1.49%) SAP