Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 11 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 832 863 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.57% 14.24% 13.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.18% 15.81% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 542 627 778
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -3.61% -1.19%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,875 £57,500 £61,625
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.40% +1.11%

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 7,441 5,458 7,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 90.04% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,512 3,230 4,795
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
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 £77,525 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

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 Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham -16 189 £45,000 +5.88% 39
Staffordshire +7 156 £35,000 -6.67% 17
Warwickshire -3 90 £32,121 -19.70% 12
Worcestershire +1 80 £48,500 +21.25% 4
Solihull +2 45 £38,500 +10.00% 5
Coventry -7 35 £33,000 -13.16% 7
Shropshire +11 34 £32,500 -18.75% 4
Wolverhampton +2 18 £34,500 -25.81% 3
Walsall +19 17 £38,750 -20.51% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 14 £35,000 -
Dudley - 12 £25,000 - 2
Tipton -1 11 £25,000 -23.08% 1
Wednesbury +8 7 £26,500 -59.23%
West Bromwich +3 6 £32,000 -37.95% 2
Halesowen - 6 - -
Brierley Hill - 6 £29,250 -
Smethwick - 5 £42,500 -
Bilston - 4 - -
Rowley Regis - 4 - -
Willenhall - 4 - -
Herefordshire -16 1 £35,000 -22.22%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 347 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 280 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (31.73%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (30.41%) Degree
5 223 (26.80%) Microsoft
6 219 (26.32%) Customer Service
7 201 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (21.27%) Microsoft Office
9 163 (19.59%) Finance
10 149 (17.91%) Mathematics
11 147 (17.67%) SQL
12 140 (16.83%) Organisational Skills
13 118 (14.18%) Influencing Skills
14 116 (13.94%) Customer Requirements
15 115 (13.82%) Power Platform
16 112 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
17 109 (13.10%) Power BI
18 106 (12.74%) Microsoft Excel
19 98 (11.78%) Analytics
20 97 (11.66%) Windows
21 92 (11.06%) Azure
22 89 (10.70%) Retail
23 84 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
24 83 (9.98%) Decision-Making
25 82 (9.86%) Business Analysis
25 82 (9.86%) ITIL
26 78 (9.38%) Agile
27 77 (9.25%) Active Directory
28 69 (8.29%) Data Analysis
29 68 (8.17%) ERP

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 26 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.96%) Confluence
4 5 (0.60%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.48%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 177 (21.27%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (12.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.24%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.12%) Odoo
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (13.82%) Power Platform
2 92 (11.06%) Azure
3 84 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.81%) SaaS
5 27 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.92%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.44%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.08%) GCP
11 8 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.96%) Google Analytics
11 8 (0.96%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.72%) AWS
12 6 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
14 3 (0.36%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 60 (7.21%) LAN
2 49 (5.89%) WAN
3 40 (4.81%) WLAN
4 39 (4.69%) SD-WAN
5 31 (3.73%) Firewall
6 30 (3.61%) DNS
7 29 (3.49%) BGP
7 29 (3.49%) MPLS
7 29 (3.49%) OSPF
8 28 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (2.64%) DHCP
10 20 (2.40%) VoIP
11 18 (2.16%) TCP/IP
12 17 (2.04%) VPN
13 12 (1.44%) Network Security
14 9 (1.08%) Wireless
15 8 (0.96%) SAN
16 7 (0.84%) EIGRP
16 7 (0.84%) HSRP
16 7 (0.84%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.10%) Power BI
2 46 (5.53%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.97%) Tableau
4 17 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.68%) Power Query
6 12 (1.44%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.72%) Looker
10 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.36%) MySQL
11 2 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.24%) GIS
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.13%) JIRA
2 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.24%) Android Studio
3 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.12%) NUnit
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 347 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 264 (31.73%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (19.59%) Finance
4 140 (16.83%) Organisational Skills
5 118 (14.18%) Influencing Skills
6 89 (10.70%) Retail
7 45 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 40 (4.81%) Legal
9 38 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.64%) Banking
11 19 (2.28%) Law
12 18 (2.16%) Marketing
13 17 (2.04%) Games
14 15 (1.80%) Back Office
14 15 (1.80%) Local Government
15 12 (1.44%) Police
16 11 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.08%) Public Sector
18 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.92%) .NET
2 12 (1.44%) EDI
3 8 (0.96%) cXML
3 8 (0.96%) EDIFACT
4 6 (0.72%) HTML
5 4 (0.48%) REST
5 4 (0.48%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) ADO
6 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (0.24%) JSON
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.12%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.12%) CSS
7 1 (0.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.49%) Management Information System
2 23 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (1.80%) Onboarding
4 14 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 12 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (1.44%) FMCG
5 12 (1.44%) Smartcard
6 11 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (1.20%) Fat Client
7 10 (1.20%) Thin Client
8 8 (0.96%) Driving Licence
8 8 (0.96%) TRADACOMS
9 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (0.60%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.60%) EPoS
12 4 (0.48%) PMI
12 4 (0.48%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (11.66%) Windows
2 47 (5.65%) Windows 10
3 44 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.88%) Linux
5 21 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.56%) Windows 8
8 12 (1.44%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.60%) SUSE
10 5 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.36%) Android
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 201 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 149 (17.91%) Mathematics
5 116 (13.94%) Customer Requirements
6 112 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
7 98 (11.78%) Analytics
8 83 (9.98%) Decision-Making
9 82 (9.86%) Business Analysis
9 82 (9.86%) ITIL
10 78 (9.38%) Agile
11 69 (8.29%) Data Analysis
12 68 (8.17%) ERP
13 59 (7.09%) Visualisation
14 57 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
15 55 (6.61%) Actionable Insight
16 49 (5.89%) CRM
17 43 (5.17%) Asset Management
17 43 (5.17%) Process Improvement
18 42 (5.05%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 147 (17.67%) SQL
2 49 (5.89%) Python
3 21 (2.52%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.96%) ActionScript
5 8 (0.96%) ActionScript 2.0
6 7 (0.84%) C#
7 6 (0.72%) R
8 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.48%) PHP
10 3 (0.36%) Java
10 3 (0.36%) VBA
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) Perl
12 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 253 (30.41%) Degree
2 33 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (3.49%) CCDP
3 29 (3.49%) CCIE
3 29 (3.49%) CCNP
4 26 (3.13%) CCNA
5 21 (2.52%) Security Cleared
6 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.96%) MCP
10 7 (0.84%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 6 (0.72%) ACCA
11 6 (0.72%) CIMA
11 6 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.60%) CISM
12 5 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.48%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.21%) GDPR
2 33 (3.97%) SLA
3 28 (3.37%) QA
4 19 (2.28%) ISO 9001
5 18 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 17 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.32%) NIST
8 8 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.60%) GRC
12 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) PMO
13 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.84%) Firmware
5 5 (0.60%) RACF
5 5 (0.60%) XenApp
5 5 (0.60%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (1.80%) SCCM
2 14 (1.68%) EnCase
3 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (0.48%) Terraform
6 3 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 223 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.28%) Databricks
2 19 (2.28%) Sage
2 19 (2.28%) VMware
3 17 (2.04%) Apple
4 16 (1.92%) Cisco
5 14 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.44%) Alteryx
7 10 (1.20%) Google
7 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.08%) Cellebrite
8 9 (1.08%) Citrix
8 9 (1.08%) SAP
9 7 (0.84%) Adobe
9 7 (0.84%) Ekahau
10 6 (0.72%) Oracle
11 5 (0.60%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.60%) IBM
12 4 (0.48%) Meraki
12 4 (0.48%) Zscaler