Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £37,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 11 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 728 967 1,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.29% 14.05% 13.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.95% 15.60% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 545 674 812
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,250 £25,050
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,350 £61,195
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +1.48%

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 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -21 176 £45,000 +5.88% 31
Staffordshire +6 135 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Worcestershire +9 81 £48,500 +21.25% 1
Warwickshire +16 74 £32,121 -19.70% 19
Solihull +2 41 £38,500 +6.21% 9
Coventry -6 34 £33,000 -13.16% 9
Shropshire +4 25 £32,500 -45.83% 2
Wolverhampton +5 16 £34,500 -24.59%
Sutton Coldfield - 14 £35,000 -
Walsall +27 10 £45,000 -4.26% 3
Dudley - 9 £25,000 - 2
Tipton -2 8 £25,000 -23.08%
Wednesbury - 6 £23,000 -
Halesowen - 3 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 3 £29,250 -
Smethwick - 2 £42,500 -
Rowley Regis 0 1 - -
West Bromwich -3 1 - - 1
Herefordshire -17 1 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Willenhall - 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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.

1 258 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 222 (30.49%) Microsoft
3 185 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
4 175 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
5 157 (21.57%) Degree
6 156 (21.43%) Finance
7 141 (19.37%) SQL
8 131 (17.99%) Customer Service
9 117 (16.07%) Power Platform
10 111 (15.25%) Power BI
10 111 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
11 110 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
13 95 (13.05%) Microsoft Office
13 95 (13.05%) Analytics
14 91 (12.50%) Azure
15 85 (11.68%) Windows
16 84 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
17 82 (11.26%) Agile
18 78 (10.71%) ERP
19 77 (10.58%) Retail
19 77 (10.58%) Business Analysis
20 75 (10.30%) Decision-Making
21 74 (10.16%) Active Directory
22 72 (9.89%) ITIL
23 67 (9.20%) Data Analysis
24 62 (8.52%) Mathematics
25 61 (8.38%) LAN
26 58 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
26 58 (7.97%) Actionable Insight

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 28 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.10%) Confluence
4 5 (0.69%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.55%) SAS
6 3 (0.41%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Moodle
Applications
1 104 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (13.05%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.41%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.41%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Odoo
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 117 (16.07%) Power Platform
2 91 (12.50%) Azure
3 84 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (5.77%) SaaS
5 25 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.37%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 9 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (1.24%) GCP
10 8 (1.10%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.96%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.82%) AWS
13 5 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.41%) Adobe Analytics
14 3 (0.41%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.38%) LAN
2 49 (6.73%) WAN
3 44 (6.04%) WLAN
4 43 (5.91%) SD-WAN
5 33 (4.53%) BGP
5 33 (4.53%) Firewall
5 33 (4.53%) MPLS
5 33 (4.53%) OSPF
6 31 (4.26%) DNS
7 26 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (2.61%) DHCP
8 19 (2.61%) VoIP
9 17 (2.34%) VPN
10 15 (2.06%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.24%) Network Security
11 9 (1.24%) SAN
12 8 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.10%) Wireless
13 7 (0.96%) EIGRP
13 7 (0.96%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (15.25%) Power BI
2 41 (5.63%) SQL Server
3 35 (4.81%) Tableau
4 17 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.92%) Power Query
6 12 (1.65%) BigQuery
7 11 (1.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.82%) Looker
10 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.27%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.27%) GIS
11 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (3.71%) JIRA
2 6 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.27%) Android Studio
3 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.14%) NUnit
4 1 (0.14%) Postman
4 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 258 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 175 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
3 156 (21.43%) Finance
4 77 (10.58%) Retail
5 53 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (6.04%) Manufacturing
7 36 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.43%) Legal
10 21 (2.88%) Law
11 19 (2.61%) Games
12 17 (2.34%) Marketing
13 16 (2.20%) Local Government
14 14 (1.92%) Banking
15 13 (1.79%) Back Office
15 13 (1.79%) Police
16 12 (1.65%) Public Sector
17 11 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.20%) .NET
2 12 (1.65%) EDI
3 8 (1.10%) cXML
3 8 (1.10%) EDIFACT
4 4 (0.55%) XML
5 3 (0.41%) HTML
5 3 (0.41%) REST
6 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (0.27%) JSON
7 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.14%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 15 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (1.65%) Smartcard
8 10 (1.37%) Fat Client
8 10 (1.37%) FMCG
8 10 (1.37%) Thin Client
9 9 (1.24%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.10%) TRADACOMS
11 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
13 5 (0.69%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (0.55%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 85 (11.68%) Windows
2 40 (5.49%) Windows 10
3 37 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.88%) Linux
5 18 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.79%) Windows 8
7 12 (1.65%) Windows 7
7 12 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.69%) SUSE
9 5 (0.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.41%) Android
11 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (17.99%) Customer Service
3 111 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
4 110 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 95 (13.05%) Analytics
6 82 (11.26%) Agile
7 78 (10.71%) ERP
8 77 (10.58%) Business Analysis
9 75 (10.30%) Decision-Making
10 72 (9.89%) ITIL
11 67 (9.20%) Data Analysis
12 62 (8.52%) Mathematics
13 58 (7.97%) Actionable Insight
13 58 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
14 56 (7.69%) Visualisation
15 51 (7.01%) CRM
16 45 (6.18%) Asset Management
16 45 (6.18%) Time Management
17 44 (6.04%) Change Management
18 40 (5.49%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 141 (19.37%) SQL
2 51 (7.01%) Python
3 17 (2.34%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (1.24%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.10%) ActionScript
6 8 (1.10%) ActionScript 2.0
6 8 (1.10%) C#
7 6 (0.82%) R
8 5 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.41%) Java
9 3 (0.41%) VBA
10 2 (0.27%) RPG
10 2 (0.27%) VB
11 1 (0.14%) C
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) PHP
11 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 157 (21.57%) Degree
2 36 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (4.53%) CCDP
3 33 (4.53%) CCIE
3 33 (4.53%) CCNP
4 29 (3.98%) CCNA
5 17 (2.34%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.10%) MCP
9 7 (0.96%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (0.82%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.82%) ACCA
10 6 (0.82%) CIMA
11 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.67%) GDPR
2 33 (4.53%) SLA
3 22 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 21 (2.88%) ISO 9001
5 20 (2.75%) QA
6 16 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.37%) NIST
8 8 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.82%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.82%) GRC
10 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (10.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.96%) Firmware
3 7 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (0.27%) XenApp
4 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (2.34%) EnCase
2 13 (1.79%) SCCM
3 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 222 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.75%) Sage
3 19 (2.61%) Databricks
3 19 (2.61%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.34%) Apple
5 15 (2.06%) Cisco
6 13 (1.79%) Alteryx
7 12 (1.65%) VMware
8 9 (1.24%) Adobe
8 9 (1.24%) Cellebrite
8 9 (1.24%) Google
8 9 (1.24%) SAP
8 9 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.96%) Ekahau
9 7 (0.96%) Oracle
10 6 (0.82%) IBM
11 5 (0.69%) Citrix
12 4 (0.55%) Meraki
12 4 (0.55%) YouTube
13 3 (0.41%) IFS