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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 8 21
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 148 157 222
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.92% 13.42% 7.20%
As % of the General category 11.55% 19.63% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 103 91 146
10th Percentile £33,206 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,343 £37,750 £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 £64,375
90th Percentile £82,600 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £51,300 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +11.76% -12.89%

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 1,281 800 1,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.60% 68.38% 50.34%
Number of salaries quoted 897 440 1,209
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,735 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.22% -0.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,250 £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 9 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 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) Appian
Applications
1 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (6.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.03%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.03%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.03%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (2.03%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.68%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.51%) Azure
2 17 (11.49%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.08%) SaaS
4 7 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.38%) Anthropic Claude
5 5 (3.38%) AWS
6 4 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.03%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.35%) PaaS
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon MSK
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 Docs
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.35%) Firewall
1 2 (1.35%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.35%) VLAN
1 2 (1.35%) VPN
1 2 (1.35%) 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 (10.81%) Power BI
2 10 (6.76%) Tableau
3 8 (5.41%) Data Mining
4 6 (4.05%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.38%) Redis
6 4 (2.70%) Power Query
7 3 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (2.03%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.35%) 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 Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 62 (41.89%) Finance
2 52 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.43%) Legal
5 10 (6.76%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.08%) Retail
7 6 (4.05%) Law
8 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.03%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.68%) Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (30.41%) Analyst
2 27 (18.24%) Senior
3 14 (9.46%) Accountant
3 14 (9.46%) Systems Accountant
4 12 (8.11%) Data Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (6.76%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.08%) Development Manager
7 9 (6.08%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Business Development Manager
8 8 (5.41%) Business Manager
8 8 (5.41%) Trainee
8 8 (5.41%) Trainee Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 7 (4.73%) Senior Digital Analyst
10 6 (4.05%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.05%) Data Steward
10 6 (4.05%) Head of QA
10 6 (4.05%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) RESTful
2 5 (3.38%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.38%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (2.03%) REST
4 2 (1.35%) BAPI
4 2 (1.35%) IBM Integration Bus
4 2 (1.35%) JMS
4 2 (1.35%) Middleware
4 2 (1.35%) OAuth
4 2 (1.35%) SAML
4 2 (1.35%) SOAP
5 1 (0.68%) .NET
5 1 (0.68%) CSS
5 1 (0.68%) EDI
5 1 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (6.08%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.73%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (4.73%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.03%) CMDB
7 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.03%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.35%) CCTV
8 2 (1.35%) Clustering
8 2 (1.35%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.35%) Replication
8 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.35%) Linux
1 2 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.49%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.76%) Analytics
3 37 (25.00%) AI
4 29 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (18.24%) Actionable Insight
5 27 (18.24%) ERP
6 25 (16.89%) Agile
7 21 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (12.84%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (12.16%) Project Management
10 17 (11.49%) Decision-Making
11 16 (10.81%) Budgeting
11 16 (10.81%) Coaching
11 16 (10.81%) Data Analytics
11 16 (10.81%) Mentoring
12 15 (10.14%) Business Strategy
12 15 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
13 14 (9.46%) Data Governance
13 14 (9.46%) Data Modelling
14 13 (8.78%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.97%) SQL
2 19 (12.84%) Python
3 6 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.38%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.03%) Java
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) R
6 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (12.16%) ACCA
1 18 (12.16%) CIMA
2 14 (9.46%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (8.78%) Degree
4 10 (6.76%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.41%) CISA
5 8 (5.41%) CISSP
6 7 (4.73%) SSCP
7 6 (4.05%) IRCA
8 5 (3.38%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.38%) PMP
8 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.03%) CCNA
10 3 (2.03%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.35%) IIBA
11 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) GDPR
2 12 (8.11%) NIST
3 9 (6.08%) Data Quality
4 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.05%) GRC
5 6 (4.05%) ISO 9001
5 6 (4.05%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.05%) QA
6 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.03%) ISO 20022
7 3 (2.03%) SLA
8 2 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.35%) 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 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.03%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.11%) SAP
3 5 (3.38%) OpenAI
3 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.70%) Oracle
5 2 (1.35%) Databricks
5 2 (1.35%) Dell
5 2 (1.35%) IBM
5 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco
6 1 (0.68%) F5
6 1 (0.68%) Google
6 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.68%) Meraki
6 1 (0.68%) Planon