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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 143 197 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.35% 10.44% 9.12%
As % of the General category 15.91% 15.67% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 79 78 93
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,800 £33,050
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,188 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,250 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -15.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,466 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £74,014 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -

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 899 1,257 740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 52.48% 66.61% 60.81%
Number of salaries quoted 592 524 620
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year - +5.22% -0.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,070
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

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 31 December 2025.

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 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) SAS
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (18.18%) Chatbot
2 21 (14.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) Pegasus Opera
2 1 (0.70%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.89%) Azure
2 15 (10.49%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.29%) AWS
4 7 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (3.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.10%) SaaS
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.40%) GCP
7 2 (1.40%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.80%) Firewall
1 4 (2.80%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.80%) 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%) BGP
3 1 (0.70%) Broadband
3 1 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.70%) NAS
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
3 1 (0.70%) OSPF
3 1 (0.70%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.70%) SAN
3 1 (0.70%) SMS
3 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.59%) Tableau
2 15 (10.49%) Power BI
3 13 (9.09%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.70%) MySQL
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.70%) Maven
3 1 (0.70%) MLflow
General
1 49 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.38%) Finance
3 17 (11.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.69%) Legal
5 9 (6.29%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.59%) Marketing
7 7 (4.90%) Law
8 6 (4.20%) Banking
8 6 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.50%) Retail
10 3 (2.10%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Billing
12 1 (0.70%) Games
12 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (22.38%) Analyst
2 26 (18.18%) Trainer
3 18 (12.59%) Data Analyst
3 18 (12.59%) Developer
4 13 (9.09%) SAP Developer
4 13 (9.09%) Senior
4 13 (9.09%) Trainee
5 12 (8.39%) Architect
5 12 (8.39%) Trainee Analyst
5 12 (8.39%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (6.99%) Junior
7 9 (6.29%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (5.59%) Integration Developer
9 7 (4.90%) Integration Specialist
10 5 (3.50%) ABAP Developer
10 5 (3.50%) Junior Support Technician
10 5 (3.50%) Junior Technical Support
10 5 (3.50%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.50%) Support Technician
10 5 (3.50%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.79%) REST
1 14 (9.79%) SOAP
2 13 (9.09%) BAPI
2 13 (9.09%) IBM Integration Bus
2 13 (9.09%) JMS
2 13 (9.09%) Middleware
2 13 (9.09%) OAuth
2 13 (9.09%) SAML
3 6 (4.20%) EDI
4 3 (2.10%) HTML
5 1 (0.70%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.70%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.70%) Flask
5 1 (0.70%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.70%) RAML
5 1 (0.70%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.79%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (6.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.80%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.80%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.10%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.40%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.40%) NHS
6 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) IoT
6 1 (0.70%) PropTech
6 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Linux
1 6 (4.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.17%) AI
2 41 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (23.78%) Analytics
4 26 (18.18%) Chemistry
4 26 (18.18%) Conversational UI
5 25 (17.48%) Decision-Making
6 23 (16.08%) Data Analysis
6 23 (16.08%) Project Management
7 21 (14.69%) Migration
8 18 (12.59%) Data Analytics
9 17 (11.89%) Agile
10 16 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (10.49%) Business Analysis
11 15 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
12 14 (9.79%) API Management
13 13 (9.09%) Event-Driven
13 13 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 13 (9.09%) High Availability
14 12 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.08%) SQL
2 24 (16.78%) Python
3 5 (3.50%) ABAP
4 4 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.10%) Java
6 1 (0.70%) Bash
6 1 (0.70%) C++
6 1 (0.70%) R
6 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (31.47%) Degree
2 27 (18.88%) Master's Degree
3 26 (18.18%) PhD
4 7 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.80%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.10%) CISM
6 3 (2.10%) CISSP
6 3 (2.10%) CITP
6 3 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.10%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.40%) CCAB
7 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.70%) CCIE
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMP
8 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.50%) NIST
3 4 (2.80%) GDPR
3 4 (2.80%) SLA
4 3 (2.10%) PMO
5 2 (1.40%) IFRS
6 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.70%) COBIT
6 1 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Terraform
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.18%) PayPal
3 14 (9.79%) SAP
4 13 (9.09%) IBM
5 8 (5.59%) Oracle
6 6 (4.20%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.70%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco
8 1 (0.70%) Databricks
8 1 (0.70%) Genesys
8 1 (0.70%) Google
8 1 (0.70%) Kronos
8 1 (0.70%) Meraki
8 1 (0.70%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.70%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.70%) Sage
8 1 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Verint
8 1 (0.70%) Workday