IT Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £32,500 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 155 171 219
Rank change year-on-year +16 +48 -56
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 74 55 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.06% 1.08% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.20% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 53 50 95
10th Percentile £23,650 £24,925 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,938 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +8.57% +25.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,688 £48,125
90th Percentile £50,200 £58,750 £53,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% - -1.35%

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 6,598 4,571 8,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 90.05% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,468 3,109 5,288
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 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
Staffordshire -14 21 £23,875 -58.48% 1
Birmingham -14 18 £40,000 +35.59% 2
Worcestershire - 9 £34,250 - 1
Warwickshire +20 7 £37,500 -11.76% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Walsall - 3 - -
Wolverhampton +8 2 - -
IT Analyst
England

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

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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (50.00%) Windows
1 37 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (40.54%) Microsoft
3 28 (37.84%) ITIL
3 28 (37.84%) Active Directory
4 24 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
6 15 (20.27%) Change Management
7 14 (18.92%) SCCM
8 13 (17.57%) Asset Management
8 13 (17.57%) Windows 10
9 12 (16.22%) Agile
9 12 (16.22%) Service Delivery
9 12 (16.22%) SQL
10 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (14.86%) VoIP
10 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (14.86%) Customer Service
11 10 (13.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (13.51%) Thin Client
11 10 (13.51%) Finance
11 10 (13.51%) VMware
11 10 (13.51%) Fat Client
11 10 (13.51%) Project Planning
12 9 (12.16%) SLA
12 9 (12.16%) .NET
12 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (12.16%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (12.16%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (10.81%) Dynamics 365

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 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.70%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.35%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (6.76%) Azure
4 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.86%) VoIP
2 7 (9.46%) WAN
2 7 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (8.11%) LAN
4 5 (6.76%) Network Security
5 4 (5.41%) Firewall
6 3 (4.05%) DHCP
6 3 (4.05%) DNS
7 2 (2.70%) Internet
7 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.35%) SAN
8 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
General
1 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.51%) Finance
3 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.16%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.76%) Automotive
5 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.41%) Retail
6 2 (2.70%) Billing
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Back Office
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.16%) .NET
2 4 (5.41%) HTML
3 1 (1.35%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Fat Client
1 10 (13.51%) Thin Client
2 6 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.70%) CCTV
3 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.70%) EPoS
3 2 (2.70%) iPad
3 2 (2.70%) Media Streaming
3 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.35%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.35%) iPhone
4 1 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.35%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 37 (50.00%) Windows
2 13 (17.57%) Windows 10
3 10 (13.51%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
5 6 (8.11%) Linux
6 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.84%) ITIL
2 24 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (20.27%) Change Management
4 13 (17.57%) Asset Management
5 12 (16.22%) Agile
5 12 (16.22%) Service Delivery
6 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (14.86%) Customer Service
7 10 (13.51%) Project Planning
8 9 (12.16%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (9.46%) Business Analysis
10 6 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (8.11%) Project Management
11 5 (6.76%) ITSM
11 5 (6.76%) Service Management
12 4 (5.41%) Coaching
12 4 (5.41%) Line Management
12 4 (5.41%) Prototyping
12 4 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (5.41%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.22%) SQL
2 4 (5.41%) PHP
3 2 (2.70%) C#
4 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.81%) Degree
2 4 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.70%) CCNA
4 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.70%) MCP
4 2 (2.70%) MCSE
4 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) SLA
2 2 (2.70%) PMO
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 28 (37.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (18.92%) SCCM
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.70%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) VMware
3 4 (5.41%) Remedy
3 4 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.70%) Apple
4 2 (2.70%) Cisco
4 2 (2.70%) Intapp
4 2 (2.70%) Meraki
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.70%) Sage
5 1 (1.35%) HP
5 1 (1.35%) iManage
5 1 (1.35%) NEC
5 1 (1.35%) SAP
5 1 (1.35%) Sun