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 8 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 155 167 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.00% 10.42% 7.86%
As % of the General category 15.17% 15.55% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 81 81 134
10th Percentile - £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,156
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% -15.00%

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 1,022 1,074 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 46.18% 67.04% 57.07%
Number of salaries quoted 665 522 1,066
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £30,875
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 £73,750 £66,713
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,625 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £53,300 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.88% +12.21% -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 8 March 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 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (16.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (13.55%) Chatbot
3 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.94%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.94%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.94%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (1.94%) 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 22 (14.19%) Azure
2 17 (10.97%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.16%) AWS
3 8 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (3.87%) SaaS
6 4 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.58%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.29%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.65%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.94%) Firewall
1 3 (1.94%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.94%) WAN
2 2 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.29%) VLAN
2 2 (1.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.65%) 4G
3 1 (0.65%) 5G
3 1 (0.65%) Broadband
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 (13.55%) Tableau
2 17 (10.97%) Data Mining
3 16 (10.32%) Power BI
4 5 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.94%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.94%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.65%) MySQL
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.65%) Power Query
7 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.94%) 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 51 (32.90%) Finance
2 50 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (9.03%) Legal
4 10 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.81%) Retail
6 8 (5.16%) Law
7 6 (3.87%) Banking
7 6 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.23%) Marketing
9 3 (1.94%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.94%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (31.61%) Analyst
2 27 (17.42%) Senior
3 22 (14.19%) Data Analyst
4 21 (13.55%) Trainer
5 17 (10.97%) Trainee
6 16 (10.32%) Trainee Analyst
6 16 (10.32%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 13 (8.39%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (7.10%) Junior
9 10 (6.45%) Developer
10 9 (5.81%) Alliance Manager
10 9 (5.81%) Digital Analyst
11 8 (5.16%) Architect
11 8 (5.16%) Lead
12 7 (4.52%) Support Analyst
13 6 (3.87%) Senior Digital Analyst
13 6 (3.87%) Senior Manager
14 5 (3.23%) Integration Developer
14 5 (3.23%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
14 5 (3.23%) Oracle Payroll Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.87%) REST
1 6 (3.87%) SOAP
2 5 (3.23%) BAPI
2 5 (3.23%) IBM Integration Bus
2 5 (3.23%) JMS
2 5 (3.23%) Middleware
2 5 (3.23%) OAuth
2 5 (3.23%) SAML
3 2 (1.29%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.65%) CSS
4 1 (0.65%) EDI
4 1 (0.65%) Flask
4 1 (0.65%) HTML
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) RAML
4 1 (0.65%) RESTful
4 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.65%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (4.52%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.58%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.94%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.94%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.29%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.29%) CMDB
8 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) PropTech
8 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.87%) Linux
2 5 (3.23%) Windows
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.90%) Analytics
2 48 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (29.03%) AI
4 27 (17.42%) Project Management
5 25 (16.13%) Agile
5 25 (16.13%) Data Analysis
6 24 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (15.48%) Decision-Making
7 23 (14.84%) Data Analytics
8 22 (14.19%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (13.55%) Business Analysis
9 21 (13.55%) Chemistry
9 21 (13.55%) Conversational UI
10 19 (12.26%) Actionable Insight
11 18 (11.61%) Mentoring
12 15 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.68%) Migration
12 15 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (9.03%) Coaching
14 12 (7.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.23%) SQL
2 27 (17.42%) Python
3 6 (3.87%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.94%) Java
6 1 (0.65%) C++
6 1 (0.65%) R
6 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (27.10%) Degree
2 23 (14.84%) Master's Degree
3 21 (13.55%) PhD
4 7 (4.52%) CISA
4 7 (4.52%) CISSP
5 6 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.87%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.87%) SSCP
6 3 (1.94%) ACCA
6 3 (1.94%) CIMA
6 3 (1.94%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (1.94%) IRCA
7 2 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.29%) PMP
7 2 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.29%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.74%) NIST
2 7 (4.52%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.52%) GDPR
2 7 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.58%) QA
3 4 (2.58%) SLA
4 3 (1.94%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.94%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.29%) PMO
6 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.23%) Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.94%) Terraform
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.55%) PayPal
3 8 (5.16%) SAP
4 7 (4.52%) Oracle
5 5 (3.23%) IBM
5 5 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.94%) Databricks
7 2 (1.29%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.65%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.65%) Genesys
8 1 (0.65%) Google
8 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.65%) Planon
8 1 (0.65%) Sage
8 1 (0.65%) Tanium
8 1 (0.65%) Tenable
8 1 (0.65%) Verint
8 1 (0.65%) Zscaler