IT Analyst Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Analyst salary in the Thames Valley is £37,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 224 225
Rank change year-on-year +71 +1 -31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 91 35 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.31% 0.60% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.66% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 74 31 60
10th Percentile £25,750 £21,250 £23,975
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,969 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £31,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -11.43% -16.67%
75th Percentile £41,375 £41,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £49,250 £48,750 £68,875
South East median annual salary £33,250 £29,607 £35,750
% change year-on-year +12.30% -17.18% -10.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,590 5,264 6,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 89.80% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,524 3,107 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,781
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,212 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Berkshire +42 33 £38,000 +38.18% 2
Buckinghamshire -4 33 £32,500 -23.53% 4
Oxfordshire +16 25 £32,000 +3.23% 3
IT Analyst
South East

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 56 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (58.24%) Microsoft
3 44 (48.35%) Active Directory
4 42 (46.15%) Windows
5 39 (42.86%) Customer Service
6 35 (38.46%) Azure
7 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (31.87%) Windows 10
8 29 (31.87%) Windows Server
9 26 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 25 (27.47%) DNS
10 25 (27.47%) Social Skills
11 21 (23.08%) VMware
11 21 (23.08%) ITIL
12 14 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (14.29%) Finance
13 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
13 13 (14.29%) SharePoint
14 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Exchange
15 10 (10.99%) Process Improvement
16 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
16 9 (9.89%) Agile
17 8 (8.79%) DHCP
17 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
18 7 (7.69%) WAN
18 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
18 7 (7.69%) ERP
18 7 (7.69%) NVQ Level 3
18 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared
18 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (5.49%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 56 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (38.46%) Azure
3 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.30%) AWS
5 3 (3.30%) WhatsApp
6 2 (2.20%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.10%) Miro
7 1 (1.10%) PaaS
7 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (27.47%) DNS
2 8 (8.79%) DHCP
3 7 (7.69%) WAN
4 5 (5.49%) Wireless
5 4 (4.40%) LAN
6 3 (3.30%) Firewall
6 3 (3.30%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.30%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.20%) Intranet
7 2 (2.20%) VoIP
7 2 (2.20%) VPN
8 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Power BI
1 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) JIRA
General
1 25 (27.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.49%) Automotive
4 5 (5.49%) Legal
5 4 (4.40%) Marketing
5 4 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.40%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Banking
7 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.10%) Law
8 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.40%) Educational Technology
2 4 (4.40%) Life Science
3 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (46.15%) Windows
2 29 (31.87%) Windows 10
2 29 (31.87%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.20%) Android
4 2 (2.20%) Linux
4 2 (2.20%) Unix
4 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (23.08%) ITIL
4 14 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (10.99%) Process Improvement
6 9 (9.89%) Agile
7 7 (7.69%) ERP
8 5 (5.49%) Analytics
8 5 (5.49%) Application Rationalisation
8 5 (5.49%) CRM
8 5 (5.49%) Incident Management
8 5 (5.49%) ITSM
8 5 (5.49%) Service Catalogue
8 5 (5.49%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.40%) Creative Thinking
9 4 (4.40%) IT Strategy
9 4 (4.40%) Nanotechnology
10 3 (3.30%) Network Design
10 3 (3.30%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (3.30%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) SQL
2 2 (2.20%) C
2 2 (2.20%) C#
2 2 (2.20%) COBOL
3 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (7.69%) NVQ Level 3
1 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.59%) Degree
3 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
3 3 (3.30%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.30%) MCP
4 1 (1.10%) CISSP
4 1 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.10%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (48.35%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (58.24%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.08%) VMware
3 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.30%) Citrix
5 1 (1.10%) Canon
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco
5 1 (1.10%) Dell