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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 140 193 112
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.51% 10.08% 10.14%
As % of the General category 15.78% 15.31% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 77 78 99
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,800 £34,450
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,459 £49,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -17.72% +13.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £74,014 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 common skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 887 1,261 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 53.92% 65.88% 64.43%
Number of salaries quoted 578 541 598
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,435 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,991 £68,563
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,021
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 17 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 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) SAS
3 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (20.00%) Chatbot
2 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) Pegasus Opera
2 1 (0.71%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.43%) Azure
2 13 (9.29%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.71%) AWS
4 6 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.14%) SaaS
7 2 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.43%) GCP
7 2 (1.43%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.86%) Firewall
1 4 (2.86%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.86%) WAN
2 2 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.43%) VLAN
2 2 (1.43%) VPN
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) BGP
3 1 (0.71%) Broadband
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.71%) NAS
3 1 (0.71%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) OSPF
3 1 (0.71%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.71%) SAN
3 1 (0.71%) SMS
3 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.43%) Tableau
2 13 (9.29%) Power BI
3 11 (7.86%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.57%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.14%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.71%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.71%) MySQL
8 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) Maven
3 1 (0.71%) MLflow
General
1 49 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.86%) Finance
3 15 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (8.57%) Legal
5 9 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.71%) Marketing
7 7 (5.00%) Law
8 6 (4.29%) Banking
8 6 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.57%) Retail
10 3 (2.14%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Advertising
12 1 (0.71%) Billing
12 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.71%) Games
12 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.71%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (21.43%) Analyst
2 28 (20.00%) Trainer
3 16 (11.43%) Data Analyst
4 15 (10.71%) Developer
5 13 (9.29%) Senior
6 12 (8.57%) Architect
7 11 (7.86%) SAP Developer
7 11 (7.86%) Trainee
8 10 (7.14%) Trainee Analyst
8 10 (7.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 9 (6.43%) Junior
10 7 (5.00%) Alliance Manager
11 6 (4.29%) Integration Developer
11 6 (4.29%) Technical Support
12 5 (3.57%) ABAP Developer
12 5 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 5 (3.57%) Integration Specialist
12 5 (3.57%) Junior Support Technician
12 5 (3.57%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.57%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.29%) REST
2 12 (8.57%) SOAP
3 11 (7.86%) BAPI
3 11 (7.86%) IBM Integration Bus
3 11 (7.86%) JMS
3 11 (7.86%) Middleware
3 11 (7.86%) OAuth
3 11 (7.86%) SAML
4 5 (3.57%) EDI
5 3 (2.14%) HTML
6 1 (0.71%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.71%) Flask
6 1 (0.71%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.71%) RAML
6 1 (0.71%) React
6 1 (0.71%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.71%) Spring
6 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (6.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.86%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.14%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.43%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.43%) IoT
6 2 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.43%) NHS
7 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Life Science
7 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) SCADA
7 1 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.29%) Linux
1 6 (4.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.57%) AI
2 42 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (22.86%) Analytics
4 28 (20.00%) Chemistry
4 28 (20.00%) Conversational UI
5 24 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 22 (15.71%) Data Analysis
7 21 (15.00%) Project Management
8 19 (13.57%) Agile
9 18 (12.86%) Migration
10 16 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.43%) Data Analytics
11 14 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (9.29%) Business Analysis
13 12 (8.57%) API Management
13 12 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (8.57%) Project Delivery
14 11 (7.86%) Event-Driven
14 11 (7.86%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.71%) SQL
2 21 (15.00%) Python
3 5 (3.57%) ABAP
4 4 (2.86%) Java
4 4 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.71%) Bash
6 1 (0.71%) C++
6 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.71%) R
6 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (33.57%) Degree
2 29 (20.71%) Master's Degree
3 28 (20.00%) PhD
4 7 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.14%) CISM
6 3 (2.14%) CISSP
6 3 (2.14%) CITP
6 3 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.43%) CCAB
7 2 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.71%) CCIE
8 1 (0.71%) CCNP
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.57%) NIST
3 4 (2.86%) GDPR
3 4 (2.86%) SLA
4 3 (2.14%) PMO
5 2 (1.43%) IFRS
6 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.71%) COBIT
6 1 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.71%) QA
6 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.57%) Firmware
2 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.14%) Terraform
2 2 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.71%) Ansible
3 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 28 (20.00%) PayPal
2 23 (16.43%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.57%) SAP
4 11 (7.86%) IBM
5 7 (5.00%) Oracle
6 6 (4.29%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.71%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco
8 1 (0.71%) Genesys
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Kronos
8 1 (0.71%) Meraki
8 1 (0.71%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.71%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.71%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.71%) Sage
8 1 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Verint
8 1 (0.71%) Workday