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 to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 185 189
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 80 68 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.95% 1.18% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.31% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 56 56 101
10th Percentile £22,250 £24,363 £20,750
25th Percentile £24,000 £27,813 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £34,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% -2.82% +26.79%
75th Percentile £36,930 £43,813 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,750 £52,500 £53,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,125 £35,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% -6.67%

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 7,925 5,201 7,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.90% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,725 3,210 4,866
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,503
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,762
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 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 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 9 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 -17 25 £24,000 -40.00% 4
Birmingham -37 13 £35,000 +12.00% 3
Warwickshire +32 12 £37,500 -21.05% 1
Worcestershire -20 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 9 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 39 (48.75%) Windows
1 39 (48.75%) Microsoft
2 38 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (36.25%) Active Directory
4 25 (31.25%) ITIL
5 23 (28.75%) Social Skills
6 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
8 16 (20.00%) Windows 10
9 14 (17.50%) Asset Management
10 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
10 13 (16.25%) Finance
11 12 (15.00%) SQL
11 12 (15.00%) Agile
11 12 (15.00%) Logistics
11 12 (15.00%) SCCM
12 11 (13.75%) VoIP
12 11 (13.75%) Service Delivery
13 10 (12.50%) Change Management
13 10 (12.50%) Thin Client
13 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (12.50%) Project Planning
13 10 (12.50%) Degree
13 10 (12.50%) Fat Client
13 10 (12.50%) VMware
13 10 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
14 9 (11.25%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
14 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (11.25%) 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 (11.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (11.25%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.50%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.75%) VoIP
2 9 (11.25%) Network Security
3 7 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (6.25%) Firewall
4 5 (6.25%) LAN
4 5 (6.25%) WAN
5 3 (3.75%) Internet
6 2 (2.50%) DHCP
6 2 (2.50%) DNS
7 1 (1.25%) SAN
7 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.00%) MySQL
General
1 23 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.25%) Finance
3 9 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.25%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.25%) Retail
5 4 (5.00%) Automotive
6 3 (3.75%) Banking
6 3 (3.75%) Law
6 3 (3.75%) Legal
6 3 (3.75%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.25%) Advertising
8 1 (1.25%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.25%) .NET
2 4 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (1.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Fat Client
1 10 (12.50%) Thin Client
2 6 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.75%) CCTV
3 3 (3.75%) EPoS
3 3 (3.75%) iPad
3 3 (3.75%) Media Streaming
4 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 39 (48.75%) Windows
2 16 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (8.75%) Linux
4 7 (8.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.25%) ITIL
2 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
4 14 (17.50%) Asset Management
5 12 (15.00%) Agile
5 12 (15.00%) Logistics
6 11 (13.75%) Service Delivery
7 10 (12.50%) Change Management
7 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.50%) Project Planning
8 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (11.25%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (6.25%) Time Management
10 4 (5.00%) Computer Science
10 4 (5.00%) Ticket Management
10 4 (5.00%) Web Development
11 3 (3.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 3 (3.75%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (3.75%) IT Asset Management
11 3 (3.75%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.00%) PHP
3 1 (1.25%) C#
3 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.75%) CCNA
3 3 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (3.75%) MCP
3 3 (3.75%) MCSE
4 2 (2.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.25%) MCITP
5 1 (1.25%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (1.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (36.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (15.00%) SCCM
2 3 (3.75%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.50%) WSUS
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (48.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) VMware
3 4 (5.00%) Apple
4 3 (3.75%) Cisco
4 3 (3.75%) Meraki
4 3 (3.75%) Sage
4 3 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.50%) Remedy
6 1 (1.25%) Citrix
6 1 (1.25%) HP