Analytical Skills Job Trends in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 +8
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 143 180 158
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.98% 10.61% 7.87%
As % of the General category 14.88% 15.82% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 82 79 121
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,625 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,035 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £76,250 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £42,430
% change year-on-year +5.00% +17.84% -15.14%

All General Skills
Birmingham

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 961 1,138 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 46.88% 67.10% 57.97%
Number of salaries quoted 633 496 974
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £48,500 £53,684 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.66% +13.02% -9.52%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Birmingham

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (17.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (15.38%) Chatbot
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.10%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.40%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.40%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.40%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.70%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.38%) Azure
2 19 (13.29%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (5.59%) AWS
5 7 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.80%) SaaS
8 3 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.40%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.70%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.70%) GCP
10 1 (0.70%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) Firewall
1 3 (2.10%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.10%) WAN
2 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.40%) VLAN
2 2 (1.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.70%) 4G
3 1 (0.70%) 5G
3 1 (0.70%) Broadband
3 1 (0.70%) NAS
3 1 (0.70%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.70%) SAN
3 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (15.38%) Tableau
2 18 (12.59%) Data Mining
2 18 (12.59%) Power BI
3 7 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.50%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.10%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.40%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.70%) MySQL
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.70%) Maven
2 1 (0.70%) MLflow
2 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 47 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.37%) Finance
3 15 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (8.39%) Legal
5 11 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.29%) Law
7 7 (4.90%) Banking
7 7 (4.90%) Retail
8 6 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.50%) Marketing
10 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.10%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.70%) Billing
11 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Games
11 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (30.07%) Analyst
2 23 (16.08%) Data Analyst
3 22 (15.38%) Senior
3 22 (15.38%) Trainer
4 18 (12.59%) Trainee
5 17 (11.89%) Trainee Analyst
5 17 (11.89%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 12 (8.39%) Developer
7 11 (7.69%) Junior
8 9 (6.29%) Alliance Manager
9 8 (5.59%) Architect
10 7 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.90%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.20%) Business Analyst
11 6 (4.20%) Lead
11 6 (4.20%) SAP Developer
11 6 (4.20%) Senior Manager
12 5 (3.50%) Integration Developer
12 5 (3.50%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
12 5 (3.50%) Oracle Payroll Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) REST
1 7 (4.90%) SOAP
2 6 (4.20%) BAPI
2 6 (4.20%) IBM Integration Bus
2 6 (4.20%) JMS
2 6 (4.20%) Middleware
2 6 (4.20%) OAuth
2 6 (4.20%) SAML
3 2 (1.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.70%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.70%) CSS
4 1 (0.70%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.70%) Flask
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.70%) RAML
4 1 (0.70%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.50%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.10%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.40%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.40%) CMDB
6 2 (1.40%) NHS
6 2 (1.40%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.70%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Linux
2 5 (3.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.57%) Analytics
2 44 (30.77%) AI
3 38 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (19.58%) Project Management
5 27 (18.88%) Data Analysis
6 24 (16.78%) Data Analytics
6 24 (16.78%) Decision-Making
7 23 (16.08%) Business Analysis
8 22 (15.38%) Chemistry
8 22 (15.38%) Conversational UI
9 21 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (13.29%) Agile
12 17 (11.89%) Actionable Insight
13 16 (11.19%) Migration
14 14 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 12 (8.39%) Data Governance
15 12 (8.39%) Data Modelling
16 10 (6.99%) Project Delivery
17 9 (6.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 40 (27.97%) SQL
2 27 (18.88%) Python
3 5 (3.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (3.50%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.10%) Java
5 1 (0.70%) ABAP
5 1 (0.70%) C++
5 1 (0.70%) R
5 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (27.97%) Degree
2 24 (16.78%) Master's Degree
3 22 (15.38%) PhD
4 6 (4.20%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.10%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) CISM
6 2 (1.40%) CISSP
6 2 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.40%) PMP
6 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CBAP
7 1 (0.70%) CITP
7 1 (0.70%) IIBA
7 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.90%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.20%) GDPR
3 5 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.80%) NIST
5 3 (2.10%) SLA
6 2 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.40%) COBIT
6 2 (1.40%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.40%) PMO
6 2 (1.40%) QA
7 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.70%) GRC
7 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Terraform
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.38%) PayPal
3 9 (6.29%) SAP
4 7 (4.90%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) IBM
6 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.10%) Databricks
8 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.70%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.70%) Genesys
9 1 (0.70%) Google
9 1 (0.70%) Kronos
9 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.70%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.70%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.70%) Sage
9 1 (0.70%) Tanium
9 1 (0.70%) Verint
9 1 (0.70%) Workday
9 1 (0.70%) Zscaler