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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 154 156 215
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 5.94% 11.80% 8.16%
As % of the General category 13.13% 17.73% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 98 89 156
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,650 £32,026
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% - -
75th Percentile £64,688 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £75,250 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £43,582
% change year-on-year +2.50% +14.73% -12.84%

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 1,173 880 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 45.27% 66.57% 54.14%
Number of salaries quoted 782 484 1,167
10th Percentile £29,325 £35,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,177
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -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 9 April 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 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Appian
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.95%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.95%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.95%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (1.95%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.65%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.65%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.94%) Azure
2 19 (12.34%) Power Platform
3 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.55%) AWS
4 7 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (4.55%) SaaS
5 5 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.65%) dbt
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.95%) Firewall
1 3 (1.95%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.95%) WAN
2 2 (1.30%) VLAN
2 2 (1.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.65%) 4G
3 1 (0.65%) 5G
3 1 (0.65%) Broadband
3 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.65%) NAS
3 1 (0.65%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.65%) SAN
3 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.64%) Tableau
2 18 (11.69%) Power BI
3 15 (9.74%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.95%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.30%) Redis
8 2 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.65%) MySQL
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.65%) Maven
2 1 (0.65%) MLflow
2 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (41.56%) Finance
2 53 (34.42%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (9.09%) Legal
4 10 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.49%) Retail
5 8 (5.19%) Law
6 7 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.90%) Banking
7 6 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.25%) Marketing
9 3 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.95%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.65%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (34.42%) Analyst
2 31 (20.13%) Senior
3 23 (14.94%) Data Analyst
4 15 (9.74%) Trainee
5 14 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (9.09%) Trainee Analyst
5 14 (9.09%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (6.49%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (5.84%) Alliance Manager
7 9 (5.84%) Junior
8 8 (5.19%) Architect
8 8 (5.19%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.55%) Accountant
9 7 (4.55%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Developer
9 7 (4.55%) Junior Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Lead
9 7 (4.55%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) REST
1 4 (2.60%) SOAP
2 3 (1.95%) BAPI
2 3 (1.95%) IBM Integration Bus
2 3 (1.95%) JMS
2 3 (1.95%) Middleware
2 3 (1.95%) OAuth
2 3 (1.95%) SAML
3 2 (1.30%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.30%) RESTful
3 2 (1.30%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.65%) .NET
4 1 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.65%) CSS
4 1 (0.65%) EDI
4 1 (0.65%) HTML
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) RAML
4 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.95%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.30%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.30%) CMDB
7 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.30%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.65%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.30%) Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Unix
2 1 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (37.01%) Analytics
3 33 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (20.78%) AI
5 30 (19.48%) Agile
6 28 (18.18%) Project Management
7 27 (17.53%) Actionable Insight
8 26 (16.88%) Decision-Making
9 24 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (15.58%) Data Analysis
9 24 (15.58%) Data Analytics
10 21 (13.64%) Business Analysis
11 19 (12.34%) Mentoring
11 19 (12.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (11.04%) Migration
13 16 (10.39%) Business Strategy
13 16 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (9.74%) Coaching
14 15 (9.74%) Data Modelling
15 14 (9.09%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.03%) SQL
2 27 (17.53%) Python
3 5 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (3.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.60%) Java
5 1 (0.65%) C#
5 1 (0.65%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) R
5 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (13.64%) Degree
2 11 (7.14%) ACCA
2 11 (7.14%) CIMA
3 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.19%) CISA
4 8 (5.19%) CISSP
5 7 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (4.55%) SSCP
6 6 (3.90%) IRCA
6 6 (3.90%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.90%) PMP
7 5 (3.25%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.95%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.30%) IIBA
9 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.44%) NIST
2 12 (7.79%) GDPR
3 9 (5.84%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.55%) QA
5 6 (3.90%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.60%) SLA
7 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.95%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.65%) COBIT
9 1 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.65%) GRC
9 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.65%) PMO
9 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
1 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.14%) SAP
3 8 (5.19%) Oracle
4 6 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.95%) Databricks
5 3 (1.95%) IBM
5 3 (1.95%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.65%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.65%) Genesys
7 1 (0.65%) Google
7 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) PayPal
7 1 (0.65%) Planon
7 1 (0.65%) Sage
7 1 (0.65%) Tanium
7 1 (0.65%) Tenable
7 1 (0.65%) Verint
7 1 (0.65%) Zscaler