Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Analyst salary in Birmingham is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 25 9
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 139 190 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.27% 6.44% 14.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.88% 6.81% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 111 136 229
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,125 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,750
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% -3.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,278 2,791 1,704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.61% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 724 2,250 1,342
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,809 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,625 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.62%) Azure
3 33 (23.74%) Project Management
3 33 (23.74%) SAP
4 32 (23.02%) Microsoft
5 29 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (19.42%) Change Management
8 26 (18.71%) Requirements Gathering
9 24 (17.27%) Customer Service
9 24 (17.27%) Finance
9 24 (17.27%) Agile
9 24 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (16.55%) Power Platform
11 22 (15.83%) Power BI
12 20 (14.39%) SQL
13 19 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (12.95%) Degree
15 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
16 16 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
17 15 (10.79%) Data Security
17 15 (10.79%) Windows
17 15 (10.79%) Visualisation
18 14 (10.07%) Analytics
18 14 (10.07%) Time Management
18 14 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
18 14 (10.07%) Active Directory
18 14 (10.07%) GDPR
18 14 (10.07%) SAP S/4HANA
19 13 (9.35%) SAP Fiori

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (4.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (10.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (9.35%) SAP HCM
2 13 (9.35%) SAP HR
2 13 (9.35%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (5.04%) NetSuite
3 7 (5.04%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.72%) iTrent
5 1 (0.72%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.72%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 37 (26.62%) Azure
2 23 (16.55%) Power Platform
3 19 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (9.35%) SuccessFactors
5 12 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (7.91%) AWS
7 8 (5.76%) Entra ID
8 7 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (4.32%) SaaS
10 2 (1.44%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.72%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.72%) Miro
11 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.88%) DHCP
2 4 (2.88%) DNS
2 4 (2.88%) Firewall
3 2 (1.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) LAN
4 1 (0.72%) MPLS
4 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.72%) WAN
4 1 (0.72%) Wireless
4 1 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (15.83%) Power BI
2 8 (5.76%) Tableau
3 4 (2.88%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.44%) Looker
6 1 (0.72%) Big Data
6 1 (0.72%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) JIRA
2 3 (2.16%) Selenium
2 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) NUnit
3 1 (0.72%) Postman
3 1 (0.72%) RStudio
3 1 (0.72%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (17.27%) Finance
4 9 (6.47%) Law
5 5 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.16%) Automotive
6 3 (2.16%) Retail
7 2 (1.44%) Banking
7 2 (1.44%) Billing
7 2 (1.44%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.44%) Marketing
7 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Advertising
8 1 (0.72%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.35%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.16%) Web Services
3 2 (1.44%) Middleware
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.44%) Playwright
4 1 (0.72%) JSON
4 1 (0.72%) PySpark
4 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (5.04%) Taxonomies
3 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.72%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.72%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.72%) Robotics
8 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.79%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.74%) Project Management
2 29 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (19.42%) Change Management
4 26 (18.71%) Requirements Gathering
5 24 (17.27%) Agile
5 24 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (17.27%) Customer Service
6 16 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (10.79%) Data Security
7 15 (10.79%) Visualisation
8 14 (10.07%) Analytics
8 14 (10.07%) Time Management
8 14 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (9.35%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.35%) Test Scripting
10 12 (8.63%) DevOps
10 12 (8.63%) Journey Map
10 12 (8.63%) Project Delivery
10 12 (8.63%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.39%) SQL
2 13 (9.35%) ABAP
3 3 (2.16%) C#
3 3 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (2.16%) Python
4 1 (0.72%) R
4 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (12.95%) Degree
2 11 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.47%) CESG Certified Professional
3 9 (6.47%) CISM
3 9 (6.47%) CISSP
4 7 (5.04%) ISTQB
4 7 (5.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (2.16%) CISA
6 2 (1.44%) CBAP
7 1 (0.72%) CRISC
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.72%) ISEB
7 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.07%) GDPR
2 11 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.91%) NIST
3 9 (6.47%) JSP 440
3 9 (6.47%) RMADS
4 8 (5.76%) QA
5 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.44%) NCSC
5 2 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.72%) ITGC
6 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (10.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.04%) BitLocker
2 7 (5.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.04%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Nagios
Vendors
1 33 (23.74%) SAP
2 32 (23.02%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.76%) Databricks
4 7 (5.04%) Apple
4 7 (5.04%) HP
4 7 (5.04%) McAfee
4 7 (5.04%) MobileIron
4 7 (5.04%) Remedy
4 7 (5.04%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.60%) VMware
6 2 (1.44%) Oracle
7 1 (0.72%) Avaya
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco
7 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Meraki
7 1 (0.72%) Sage
7 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds