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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 811 942 998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.18% 14.15% 13.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.89% 15.73% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 541 657 802
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,250 £25,050
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

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 6,823 5,988 6,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 89.96% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,157 3,359 4,771
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +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 1 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 1 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 -19 177 £44,403 +4.48% 46
Staffordshire +6 164 £35,000 -6.67% 9
Worcestershire +6 81 £48,500 +21.25% 5
Warwickshire +10 78 £32,121 -19.70% 21
Solihull +2 43 £38,500 +10.00% 8
Shropshire +8 34 £32,500 -35.00% 4
Coventry -7 32 £33,000 -13.16% 9
Wolverhampton +5 19 £34,500 -24.59%
Sutton Coldfield - 15 £35,000 - 1
Walsall +27 14 £45,000 -4.26% 3
Dudley - 12 £25,000 - 2
Tipton -1 11 £25,000 -23.08% 1
Wednesbury - 8 £24,750 -
Halesowen - 6 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 6 £29,250 -
Smethwick - 5 £42,500 -
West Bromwich +1 4 - - 1
Rowley Regis 0 4 - -
Bilston - 4 - -
Willenhall - 4 - -
Herefordshire -20 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 1 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.

1 342 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 274 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (32.55%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (30.09%) Degree
5 219 (27.00%) Microsoft
6 216 (26.63%) Customer Service
7 197 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 181 (22.32%) Microsoft Office
9 155 (19.11%) Finance
10 149 (18.37%) Mathematics
11 140 (17.26%) SQL
11 140 (17.26%) Organisational Skills
12 118 (14.55%) Influencing Skills
13 117 (14.43%) Power Platform
14 116 (14.30%) Customer Requirements
15 111 (13.69%) Power BI
15 111 (13.69%) Business Intelligence
16 105 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
17 95 (11.71%) Analytics
18 91 (11.22%) Azure
19 85 (10.48%) Windows
20 83 (10.23%) Agile
21 82 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
22 78 (9.62%) Retail
23 77 (9.49%) Business Analysis
24 76 (9.37%) Decision-Making
25 74 (9.12%) ERP
26 72 (8.88%) ITIL
26 72 (8.88%) Active Directory
27 68 (8.38%) Data Analysis

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 27 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.99%) Confluence
4 5 (0.62%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.49%) SAS
6 3 (0.37%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 181 (22.32%) Microsoft Office
2 105 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.37%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.12%) Odoo
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 117 (14.43%) Power Platform
2 91 (11.22%) Azure
3 82 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (5.18%) SaaS
5 26 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 9 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (1.11%) GCP
10 8 (0.99%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.86%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.74%) AWS
13 4 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.37%) Adobe Analytics
14 3 (0.37%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.37%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.64%) LAN
2 50 (6.17%) WAN
3 44 (5.43%) WLAN
4 43 (5.30%) SD-WAN
5 33 (4.07%) BGP
5 33 (4.07%) Firewall
5 33 (4.07%) MPLS
5 33 (4.07%) OSPF
6 29 (3.58%) DNS
7 26 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (2.47%) VoIP
9 18 (2.22%) DHCP
10 17 (2.10%) VPN
11 15 (1.85%) TCP/IP
12 9 (1.11%) Network Security
12 9 (1.11%) SAN
13 8 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (0.99%) Wireless
14 7 (0.86%) EIGRP
14 7 (0.86%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (13.69%) Power BI
2 41 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 35 (4.32%) Tableau
4 17 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.73%) Power Query
6 12 (1.48%) BigQuery
7 11 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.74%) Looker
10 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.25%) GIS
11 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (3.21%) JIRA
2 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.25%) Android Studio
3 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.12%) NUnit
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 342 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 264 (32.55%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (19.11%) Finance
4 140 (17.26%) Organisational Skills
5 118 (14.55%) Influencing Skills
6 78 (9.62%) Retail
7 43 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 38 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.08%) Legal
10 22 (2.71%) Law
11 19 (2.34%) Games
12 17 (2.10%) Marketing
13 16 (1.97%) Local Government
14 14 (1.73%) Banking
15 13 (1.60%) Back Office
15 13 (1.60%) Police
16 11 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.36%) Public Sector
17 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) .NET
2 12 (1.48%) EDI
3 8 (0.99%) cXML
3 8 (0.99%) EDIFACT
4 4 (0.49%) XML
5 3 (0.37%) HTML
5 3 (0.37%) REST
6 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (0.25%) JSON
7 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.12%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (2.96%) Management Information System
3 16 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 14 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.60%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (1.48%) Smartcard
7 10 (1.23%) Fat Client
7 10 (1.23%) FMCG
7 10 (1.23%) Thin Client
8 8 (0.99%) Driving Licence
8 8 (0.99%) TRADACOMS
9 7 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (0.74%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.62%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.49%) Clustering
12 4 (0.49%) PMI
12 4 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 85 (10.48%) Windows
2 40 (4.93%) Windows 10
3 38 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.59%) Linux
5 18 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.60%) Windows 8
7 12 (1.48%) Windows 7
7 12 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.74%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.62%) SUSE
9 5 (0.62%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.37%) Android
11 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (33.79%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (26.63%) Customer Service
3 197 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 149 (18.37%) Mathematics
5 116 (14.30%) Customer Requirements
6 111 (13.69%) Business Intelligence
7 95 (11.71%) Analytics
8 83 (10.23%) Agile
9 77 (9.49%) Business Analysis
10 76 (9.37%) Decision-Making
11 74 (9.12%) ERP
12 72 (8.88%) ITIL
13 68 (8.38%) Data Analysis
14 58 (7.15%) Actionable Insight
15 57 (7.03%) Visualisation
16 55 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
17 51 (6.29%) CRM
18 44 (5.43%) Asset Management
19 43 (5.30%) Time Management
20 42 (5.18%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (17.26%) SQL
2 51 (6.29%) Python
3 16 (1.97%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.99%) ActionScript
6 8 (0.99%) ActionScript 2.0
6 8 (0.99%) C#
7 6 (0.74%) R
8 5 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.37%) Java
9 3 (0.37%) VBA
10 2 (0.25%) RPG
10 2 (0.25%) VB
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) C++
11 1 (0.12%) Perl
11 1 (0.12%) PHP
11 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 244 (30.09%) Degree
2 37 (4.56%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (4.07%) CCDP
3 33 (4.07%) CCIE
3 33 (4.07%) CCNP
4 30 (3.70%) CCNA
5 19 (2.34%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 8 (0.99%) MCP
9 7 (0.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (0.74%) ACCA
10 6 (0.74%) CIMA
11 5 (0.62%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.07%) GDPR
2 32 (3.95%) SLA
3 20 (2.47%) ISO 9001
3 20 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 20 (2.47%) QA
4 16 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.36%) NIST
6 8 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.74%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.74%) GRC
8 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) PMO
10 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (8.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.86%) Firmware
5 2 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.25%) XenApp
5 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (1.97%) EnCase
2 13 (1.60%) SCCM
3 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 219 (27.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.47%) Sage
3 19 (2.34%) Databricks
4 18 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.10%) Apple
6 16 (1.97%) Cisco
7 13 (1.60%) Alteryx
7 13 (1.60%) VMware
8 9 (1.11%) Adobe
8 9 (1.11%) Cellebrite
8 9 (1.11%) Google
8 9 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.99%) SAP
10 7 (0.86%) Ekahau
10 7 (0.86%) Oracle
11 6 (0.74%) Citrix
11 6 (0.74%) IBM
12 4 (0.49%) Meraki
12 4 (0.49%) YouTube
13 3 (0.37%) UiPath