IT Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £29,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 181 191
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 37 72 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.86% 0.96% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.02% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 36 56 60
10th Percentile £25,125 £23,000 £23,088
25th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 £30,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £45,315 £35,677 £43,813
90th Percentile £51,875 £42,750 £52,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year - -4.11% +4.29%

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 3,898 7,069 5,623
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.40% 90.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,743 5,274 3,232
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +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 21 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 21 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 +32 9 £47,500 +35.71% 5
Staffordshire +3 7 £28,000 +16.67% 5
Shropshire - 6 £28,500 - 1
Dudley - 4 £30,000 -
Worcestershire +21 3 £44,810 +33.76%
Warwickshire -18 2 £41,250 -10.63% 2
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 21 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 20 (54.05%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
3 14 (37.84%) Active Directory
3 14 (37.84%) Windows
4 13 (35.14%) SharePoint
5 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
6 11 (29.73%) ITIL
6 11 (29.73%) Customer Service
7 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
7 10 (27.03%) DHCP
7 10 (27.03%) TCP/IP
8 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (21.62%) Firewall
8 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (18.92%) Driving Licence
9 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
9 7 (18.92%) Power Automate
9 7 (18.92%) Change Management
9 7 (18.92%) Finance
9 7 (18.92%) Degree
9 7 (18.92%) ERP
10 6 (16.22%) LAN
10 6 (16.22%) WAN
10 6 (16.22%) VPN
10 6 (16.22%) SAP
10 6 (16.22%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (16.22%) Apple
10 6 (16.22%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (16.22%) Telecoms

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 13 (35.14%) SharePoint
2 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.70%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (16.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.92%) Power Automate
3 6 (16.22%) Azure
4 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.11%) OneDrive
5 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) DHCP
1 10 (27.03%) TCP/IP
2 8 (21.62%) Firewall
3 6 (16.22%) LAN
3 6 (16.22%) VPN
3 6 (16.22%) WAN
4 4 (10.81%) DNS
5 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (5.41%) Network Security
7 1 (2.70%) Internet
7 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 6 (16.22%) Telecoms
5 5 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (10.81%) Retail
7 2 (5.41%) Police
8 1 (2.70%) Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Law
8 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (16.22%) Apple iOS
3 6 (16.22%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Customer Service
1 11 (29.73%) ITIL
2 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (18.92%) Change Management
3 7 (18.92%) ERP
4 6 (16.22%) Data Security
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.81%) ITSM
5 4 (10.81%) Workload Management
6 3 (8.11%) Agile
6 3 (8.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (8.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 2 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (5.41%) Coaching
7 2 (5.41%) Incident Response
7 2 (5.41%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.41%) Security Operations
7 2 (5.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
1 1 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.70%) CISA
3 1 (2.70%) CISM
3 1 (2.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) COBIT
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (37.84%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Apple
2 6 (16.22%) SAP
3 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.70%) Lotus