The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analyst
Rank 175 156 145
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 29 29 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.577% 0.636% 0.743%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.601% 0.664% 0.777%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 29
Average salary £29,375 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.61% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £24,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £42,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,268
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -0.88%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Data Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Analyst Salary Trend

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Data Analyst Salary Histogram

Data Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Coventry -18 11 £34,000 +41.66%
Birmingham -18 8 £18,250 -33.63%
Warwickshire +3 3 £25,000 -20.63%
Worcestershire 0 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Solihull - 1 £18,500 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £30,000 -
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Data Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Analyst in their job title.

1 35 (60.34%) SQL
2 21 (36.21%) Data Analysis
3 18 (31.03%) SQL Server
4 14 (24.14%) Degree
5 13 (22.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (17.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (15.52%) MS Excel
8 8 (13.79%) Finance
8 8 (13.79%) VBA
9 7 (12.07%) SQL Server 2008
10 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
10 6 (10.34%) T-SQL
10 6 (10.34%) CRM
11 5 (8.621%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (8.621%) Data Modelling
11 5 (8.621%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2005
12 4 (6.897%) Billing
12 4 (6.897%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (6.897%) .NET
12 4 (6.897%) Oracle
12 4 (6.897%) SAP
13 3 (5.172%) Migration
13 3 (5.172%) ASP.NET
13 3 (5.172%) Business Objects
13 3 (5.172%) MS Access
13 3 (5.172%) VB.NET
13 3 (5.172%) SCADA
13 3 (5.172%) Quantrix

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Data Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.897%) .NET
2 3 (5.172%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.448%) CSS
4 1 (1.724%) XML
4 1 (1.724%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.448%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.172%) Quantrix
3 2 (3.448%) MS Office
4 1 (1.724%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.724%) SAN
1 1 (1.724%) Broadband
1 1 (1.724%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 13 (22.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (17.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (12.07%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (8.621%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (8.621%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (6.897%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (5.172%) MS Access
8 2 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (3.448%) Base SAS
8 2 (3.448%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (3.448%) QlikView
8 2 (3.448%) Data Mining
9 1 (1.724%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.724%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.724%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.724%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (1.724%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.724%) DB2
General
1 8 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (6.897%) Billing
3 2 (3.448%) Retail
4 1 (1.724%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.724%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.172%) SCADA
2 2 (3.448%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.448%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.724%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.724%) Economics
3 1 (1.724%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Data Analysis
2 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (10.34%) CRM
4 5 (8.621%) Data Modelling
5 3 (5.172%) Migration
6 2 (3.448%) Data Transformation
6 2 (3.448%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.448%) Logistics
6 2 (3.448%) ETL
7 1 (1.724%) Marketing Intelligence
7 1 (1.724%) Project Management
7 1 (1.724%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.724%) Service Management
7 1 (1.724%) Data Security
7 1 (1.724%) ITIL
7 1 (1.724%) UML
7 1 (1.724%) Data Management
7 1 (1.724%) Data Protection
7 1 (1.724%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 35 (60.34%) SQL
2 8 (13.79%) VBA
3 6 (10.34%) T-SQL
4 3 (5.172%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.448%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.448%) VB
5 2 (3.448%) Java
5 2 (3.448%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.724%) JCL
6 1 (1.724%) C
6 1 (1.724%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Degree
2 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.724%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.724%) CCNA
3 1 (1.724%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (1.724%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.724%) MCP
3 1 (1.724%) MCSA
3 1 (1.724%) MCITP
3 1 (1.724%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.724%) SLA
1 1 (1.724%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.897%) Oracle
2 4 (6.897%) SAP
3 3 (5.172%) Business Objects
4 2 (3.448%) NorthgateArinso
4 2 (3.448%) Red Gate
4 2 (3.448%) Northgate
5 1 (1.724%) Citrix
5 1 (1.724%) Cisco
5 1 (1.724%) Tableau
5 1 (1.724%) Twitter
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The suitable person will ideally be working within an data analysis or application support role and have some exposure to reporting services including Crystal reports, Business objects and/...
ITF Solutions
Salary: £21500 - £25500 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Technically the BI data warehouse is based on SQL Server 2008/12 along with an MS Excel front end with some deployment of Qlikview as well... Technically you...
Coburg Banks IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Very Good Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
A University Graduate or similar with solid MS Excel, Access and/or SQL analytical skills, will have an excellent career opportunity to receive full training on customer supply...
Next Move IT
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am looking for a number of people to join a software house in central Birmingham as a Data Analyst/ Junior Business Analyst. To begin with the role...
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am looking for a number of people to join a software house in central Birmingham as a Data Analyst/ Junior Business Analyst. To begin with the role...
Salary: £18000 per annum + Benefits & Training
Posted: 9 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am looking for a number of people to join a software house in central Birmingham as a Data Analyst/ Junior Business Analyst. To begin with the role...
Salary: £18000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Worcester, Worcestershire
This role sits in the migration programme team who are responsible for delivering high quality data migration developments across projects on new and legacy systems. Candidates will need...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
They company are a software house with a strong product and are currently enjoying regular growth as they move forwards.You will need to have a good data...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: .SQL Server 2008/2012 .SSIS .Qlikview .VB.NET & Java .Data Analysis BEST PRACTICE: .Documentation of Solution .Follows Project Management Framework .Follows industry standard coding practices .Maintains...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Droitwich, Worcestershire
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Service) - Essential... This will include assisting with the maintenance of a Data Warehouse to enable the production of clean, clear and accessible reports and...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013