IT Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 185 203
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 -50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 82 68 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.96% 1.18% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.31% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 57 56 99
10th Percentile £22,250 £24,363 £20,700
25th Percentile £24,000 £27,813 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% -1.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £36,930 £43,813 £47,500
90th Percentile £45,500 £52,500 £53,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -6.67%

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 8,050 5,197 7,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.93% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,794 3,200 4,854
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -12 26 £24,000 -40.00% 4
Birmingham -33 14 £35,375 +13.20% 4
Warwickshire +23 12 £37,500 -21.05% 1
Worcestershire -17 10 £33,500 -25.56% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Walsall - 3 - -
Wolverhampton +16 2 - -
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 40 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 39 (47.56%) Windows
3 38 (46.34%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (35.37%) Active Directory
5 25 (30.49%) ITIL
6 24 (29.27%) Social Skills
7 23 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (21.95%) Customer Service
9 16 (19.51%) Windows 10
10 14 (17.07%) Asset Management
11 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
11 13 (15.85%) Finance
12 12 (14.63%) Service Delivery
12 12 (14.63%) SQL
12 12 (14.63%) Agile
12 12 (14.63%) Logistics
12 12 (14.63%) SCCM
13 11 (13.41%) VoIP
14 10 (12.20%) Change Management
14 10 (12.20%) Thin Client
14 10 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (12.20%) Project Planning
14 10 (12.20%) Degree
14 10 (12.20%) Fat Client
14 10 (12.20%) VMware
14 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019
15 9 (10.98%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
15 9 (10.98%) Root Cause Analysis

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 (10.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (46.34%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (10.98%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.44%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.41%) VoIP
2 9 (10.98%) Network Security
3 7 (8.54%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (6.10%) Firewall
4 5 (6.10%) LAN
4 5 (6.10%) WAN
5 3 (3.66%) Internet
6 2 (2.44%) DHCP
6 2 (2.44%) DNS
7 1 (1.22%) SAN
7 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.88%) MySQL
General
1 24 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.85%) Finance
3 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.10%) Retail
5 4 (4.88%) Automotive
6 3 (3.66%) Banking
6 3 (3.66%) Law
6 3 (3.66%) Legal
6 3 (3.66%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.22%) Advertising
8 1 (1.22%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) .NET
2 4 (4.88%) HTML
3 1 (1.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) Fat Client
1 10 (12.20%) Thin Client
2 6 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.66%) CCTV
3 3 (3.66%) EPoS
3 3 (3.66%) iPad
3 3 (3.66%) Media Streaming
4 2 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.22%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 39 (47.56%) Windows
2 16 (19.51%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (8.54%) Linux
4 7 (8.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) ITIL
2 23 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.95%) Customer Service
4 14 (17.07%) Asset Management
5 12 (14.63%) Agile
5 12 (14.63%) Logistics
5 12 (14.63%) Service Delivery
6 10 (12.20%) Change Management
6 10 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.20%) Project Planning
7 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.98%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.10%) Time Management
9 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.88%) Ticket Management
9 4 (4.88%) Web Development
10 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (3.66%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (3.66%) IT Asset Management
10 3 (3.66%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.63%) SQL
2 4 (4.88%) PHP
3 2 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.66%) CCNA
3 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (3.66%) MCP
3 3 (3.66%) MCSE
4 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.22%) MCITP
5 1 (1.22%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (35.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.66%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) SCCM
2 3 (3.66%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.44%) WSUS
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.20%) VMware
3 4 (4.88%) Apple
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco
4 3 (3.66%) Meraki
4 3 (3.66%) Sage
4 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.44%) Remedy
6 1 (1.22%) Citrix
6 1 (1.22%) HP