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 to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 179 179
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 71 80 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.96% 1.26% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.40% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56 64 105
10th Percentile £23,000 £23,238 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 £33,750 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +24.14%
75th Percentile £35,142 £43,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,750 £50,000 £53,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -2.78%

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 6,943 5,710 6,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 90.15% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,205 3,266 4,768
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 14 May 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 14 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
Staffordshire -7 24 £25,000 -38.27% 3
Birmingham -33 12 £35,000 +12.90% 3
Warwickshire +44 9 £54,813 +15.39% 1
Worcestershire -19 7 £33,500 -16.25% 2
Walsall - 3 - - 1
Solihull -13 2 £27,000 +0.46% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - - 1
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
2 33 (46.48%) Windows
2 33 (46.48%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (39.44%) Active Directory
4 22 (30.99%) ITIL
5 18 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
6 16 (22.54%) Customer Service
7 15 (21.13%) Finance
8 14 (19.72%) Windows 10
9 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Office
9 12 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (16.90%) Agile
9 12 (16.90%) Asset Management
9 12 (16.90%) Logistics
9 12 (16.90%) SCCM
10 11 (15.49%) SQL
10 11 (15.49%) VoIP
10 11 (15.49%) Service Delivery
11 10 (14.08%) Change Management
11 10 (14.08%) Thin Client
11 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
11 10 (14.08%) Fat Client
12 9 (12.68%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (12.68%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (12.68%) .NET
12 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
13 8 (11.27%) Azure
14 7 (9.86%) Network Security
15 6 (8.45%) 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 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.41%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 33 (46.48%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.27%) Azure
3 5 (7.04%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.82%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.49%) VoIP
2 7 (9.86%) Network Security
3 6 (8.45%) Firewall
4 5 (7.04%) LAN
5 4 (5.63%) DNS
5 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.23%) Internet
6 3 (4.23%) WAN
7 2 (2.82%) DHCP
7 2 (2.82%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (2.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (1.41%) MySQL
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.04%) Retail
5 3 (4.23%) Banking
5 3 (4.23%) Law
5 3 (4.23%) Legal
5 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.23%) Multimedia
5 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Advertising
6 1 (1.41%) Automotive
6 1 (1.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) .NET
2 1 (1.41%) EDI
2 1 (1.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Fat Client
1 10 (14.08%) Thin Client
2 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.23%) CCTV
3 3 (4.23%) EPoS
3 3 (4.23%) iPad
3 3 (4.23%) Media Streaming
3 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 33 (46.48%) Windows
2 14 (19.72%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.63%) Linux
3 4 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.99%) ITIL
2 18 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (22.54%) Customer Service
4 12 (16.90%) Agile
4 12 (16.90%) Asset Management
4 12 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (16.90%) Logistics
5 11 (15.49%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.08%) Change Management
6 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
7 9 (12.68%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.04%) Time Management
9 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (4.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (4.23%) Fintech
10 3 (4.23%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (4.23%) IT Asset Management
10 3 (4.23%) Security Operations
10 3 (4.23%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 3 (4.23%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.49%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.23%) CCNA
3 3 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.23%) MCP
3 3 (4.23%) MCSE
4 1 (1.41%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.41%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) GDPR
1 2 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (39.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) SCCM
2 3 (4.23%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) Apple
2 4 (5.63%) Sage
2 4 (5.63%) VMware
3 3 (4.23%) Cisco
3 3 (4.23%) Meraki
3 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Remedy
5 1 (1.41%) Citrix
5 1 (1.41%) SAP