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 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 151 147 191
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.34% 11.69% 7.96%
As % of the General category 10.22% 18.24% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 98 87 105
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,850 £35,350
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £67,438 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,194 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%

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 1,478 806 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.52% 64.12% 50.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 495 763
10th Percentile £34,953 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,573 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £88,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 21 August 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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) Appian
2 1 (0.66%) IIS
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.99%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.32%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.32%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.32%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.66%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.58%) Azure
2 18 (11.92%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.64%) SaaS
4 5 (3.31%) Anthropic Claude
4 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.31%) GitHub
4 5 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (2.65%) Google Ads
5 4 (2.65%) Google Data Studio
5 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Advertising
6 3 (1.99%) AWS
6 3 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.99%) PaaS
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.66%) BIG-IP
1 1 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (0.66%) Firewall
1 1 (0.66%) HTTP
1 1 (0.66%) SAN
1 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.66%) SSL
1 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.66%) VLAN
1 1 (0.66%) VPN
1 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.92%) Power BI
2 9 (5.96%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.31%) Redis
5 4 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.99%) Power Query
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.32%) MySQL
7 2 (1.32%) Tableau
8 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (50.99%) Social Skills
2 68 (45.03%) Finance
3 14 (9.27%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.95%) Legal
4 12 (7.95%) Marketing
5 10 (6.62%) Retail
6 9 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.97%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.31%) Law
9 3 (1.99%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.66%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Local Government
10 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Analyst
2 21 (13.91%) Senior
3 16 (10.60%) Accountant
3 16 (10.60%) Systems Accountant
4 11 (7.28%) Consultant
5 10 (6.62%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (5.96%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.96%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.96%) Development Manager
7 7 (4.64%) Applications Support
7 7 (4.64%) Business Development Director
7 7 (4.64%) Development Director
7 7 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (4.64%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 6 (3.97%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.97%) Lead
9 5 (3.31%) Applications Consultant
9 5 (3.31%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.31%) Mainframe Consultant
9 5 (3.31%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) .NET
1 7 (4.64%) RESTful
2 5 (3.31%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.31%) ISPF
2 5 (3.31%) Spring
2 5 (3.31%) Spring Boot
2 5 (3.31%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (1.99%) Ajax
3 3 (1.99%) CSS
3 3 (1.99%) HTML
3 3 (1.99%) LDAP
3 3 (1.99%) REST
3 3 (1.99%) Web Services
4 2 (1.32%) EDI
5 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.66%) Terraform
5 1 (0.66%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (6.62%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.64%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (4.64%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.97%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.31%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (3.31%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.65%) CMDB
7 4 (2.65%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.99%) Clustering
8 3 (1.99%) Replication
9 2 (1.32%) CCTV
9 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.32%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.64%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (42.38%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (29.14%) AI
3 36 (23.84%) Analytics
4 35 (23.18%) Agile
5 31 (20.53%) ERP
6 27 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (17.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (15.89%) Decision-Making
8 23 (15.23%) Business Development
9 21 (13.91%) Actionable Insight
10 19 (12.58%) Budgeting
10 19 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (11.26%) Business Strategy
12 15 (9.93%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.93%) Mentoring
13 14 (9.27%) Customer Service
14 13 (8.61%) Service Delivery
15 12 (7.95%) Coaching
15 12 (7.95%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.25%) SQL
2 10 (6.62%) Python
3 8 (5.30%) Java
4 5 (3.31%) COBOL
4 5 (3.31%) JCL
5 4 (2.65%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.32%) C#
8 1 (0.66%) Delphi
8 1 (0.66%) Pascal
8 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (11.92%) ACCA
1 18 (11.92%) CIMA
2 15 (9.93%) Degree
3 14 (9.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (5.96%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.64%) CISA
5 7 (4.64%) CISSP
5 7 (4.64%) SSCP
6 5 (3.31%) IRCA
6 5 (3.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.65%) PMP
8 3 (1.99%) CCNA
8 3 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.99%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CCA
9 1 (0.66%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.66%) MCSE
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) GDPR
2 11 (7.28%) NIST
3 8 (5.30%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.31%) GRC
5 5 (3.31%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.31%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.31%) QA
6 4 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.65%) SLA
7 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.31%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.31%) Firmware
2 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.28%) SAP
3 6 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.31%) Broadcom
4 5 (3.31%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.65%) Google
5 4 (2.65%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.32%) Dell
6 2 (1.32%) Jedox
6 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.66%) Cisco
7 1 (0.66%) F5
7 1 (0.66%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.66%) Meraki
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle