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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 9 20
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 147 157 226
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.87% 13.52% 7.23%
As % of the General category 11.50% 19.65% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 103 91 147
10th Percentile £32,551 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,343 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% - -
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,625 £65,625
90th Percentile £82,600 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £51,275 £47,500 £42,503
% change year-on-year +7.95% +11.76% -13.26%

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 1,278 799 1,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.33% 68.82% 50.21%
Number of salaries quoted 901 437 1,212
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,325
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.84% -1.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,900 £84,964
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 12 June 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 7 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) Appian
Applications
1 16 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (6.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.04%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.04%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.04%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (2.04%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.68%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.61%) Azure
2 17 (11.56%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.12%) SaaS
4 7 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.40%) Anthropic Claude
5 5 (3.40%) AWS
6 4 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.36%) PaaS
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.68%) dbt
9 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.68%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.68%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.36%) Firewall
1 2 (1.36%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.36%) VLAN
1 2 (1.36%) VPN
1 2 (1.36%) WAN
2 1 (0.68%) BIG-IP
2 1 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.68%) SAN
2 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.88%) Power BI
2 9 (6.12%) Tableau
3 7 (4.76%) Data Mining
4 6 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.40%) Redis
6 4 (2.72%) Power Query
7 3 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (2.04%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 61 (41.50%) Finance
2 53 (36.05%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.48%) Legal
5 10 (6.80%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.12%) Retail
7 6 (4.08%) Law
8 3 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.04%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.68%) Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (29.93%) Analyst
2 28 (19.05%) Senior
3 14 (9.52%) Accountant
3 14 (9.52%) Systems Accountant
4 11 (7.48%) Data Analyst
4 11 (7.48%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (6.80%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (6.12%) Support Analyst
7 8 (5.44%) Business Development Manager
7 8 (5.44%) Business Manager
7 8 (5.44%) Development Manager
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Trainee
8 7 (4.76%) Trainee Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Data Steward
9 6 (4.08%) Head of QA
9 6 (4.08%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.08%) RESTful
2 5 (3.40%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.40%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (2.04%) REST
4 2 (1.36%) BAPI
4 2 (1.36%) IBM Integration Bus
4 2 (1.36%) JMS
4 2 (1.36%) Middleware
4 2 (1.36%) OAuth
4 2 (1.36%) SAML
4 2 (1.36%) SOAP
5 1 (0.68%) .NET
5 1 (0.68%) CSS
5 1 (0.68%) EDI
5 1 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (6.12%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.04%) CMDB
7 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.04%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.36%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.36%) CCTV
8 2 (1.36%) Clustering
8 2 (1.36%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.36%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.36%) Replication
8 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.36%) Linux
1 2 (1.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.97%) Analytics
3 36 (24.49%) AI
4 29 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (18.37%) Actionable Insight
5 27 (18.37%) ERP
6 25 (17.01%) Agile
7 21 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (11.56%) Decision-Making
9 17 (11.56%) Project Management
10 16 (10.88%) Budgeting
10 16 (10.88%) Coaching
10 16 (10.88%) Mentoring
11 15 (10.20%) Business Strategy
11 15 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (10.20%) Data Analytics
12 14 (9.52%) Data Governance
12 14 (9.52%) Data Modelling
13 13 (8.84%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 33 (22.45%) SQL
2 18 (12.24%) Python
3 6 (4.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.40%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.04%) Java
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) R
6 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (12.24%) ACCA
1 18 (12.24%) CIMA
2 14 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (8.84%) Degree
4 10 (6.80%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.44%) CISA
5 8 (5.44%) CISSP
6 7 (4.76%) SSCP
7 6 (4.08%) IRCA
8 5 (3.40%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.40%) PMP
8 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.04%) CCNA
10 3 (2.04%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.36%) IIBA
11 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.20%) GDPR
2 12 (8.16%) NIST
3 9 (6.12%) Data Quality
4 8 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.08%) GRC
5 6 (4.08%) ISO 9001
5 6 (4.08%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.08%) QA
6 5 (3.40%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.04%) ISO 20022
7 3 (2.04%) SLA
8 2 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.68%) COBIT
9 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.68%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.04%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.16%) SAP
3 5 (3.40%) OpenAI
3 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.72%) Oracle
5 2 (1.36%) Databricks
5 2 (1.36%) Dell
5 2 (1.36%) Google
5 2 (1.36%) IBM
5 2 (1.36%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco
6 1 (0.68%) F5
6 1 (0.68%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.68%) Meraki
6 1 (0.68%) Planon