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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 163 156 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.43% 13.09% 7.83%
As % of the General category 10.65% 20.77% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 101 81 65
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% +3.96% -16.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,978
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

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 1,531 751 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 41.59% 63.00% 56.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 465 586
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,238 £73,750 £71,125
90th Percentile £86,275 £82,500 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.58% +0.62%

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 2 October 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 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.23%) SAS
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.61%) Appian
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
3 1 (0.61%) IIS
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.23%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.61%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.25%) Azure
2 24 (14.72%) Power Platform
3 15 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (8.59%) GitHub
5 10 (6.13%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (4.91%) AWS
7 6 (3.68%) SaaS
8 5 (3.07%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (2.45%) Azure Databricks
9 4 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.45%) GCP
9 4 (2.45%) Google Ads
9 4 (2.45%) Google Data Studio
9 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Advertising
10 3 (1.84%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.84%) PaaS
10 3 (1.84%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.84%) Internet
1 3 (1.84%) WAN
2 2 (1.23%) LAN
2 2 (1.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.61%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) HTTP
3 1 (0.61%) SAN
3 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.61%) SSL
3 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) VLAN
3 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.72%) Power BI
2 19 (11.66%) Relational Database
3 10 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.68%) Power Query
5 5 (3.07%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.45%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.45%) Metadata
6 4 (2.45%) Metadata Repository
6 4 (2.45%) Parquet
6 4 (2.45%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.84%) Redis
7 3 (1.84%) Spark SQL
7 3 (1.84%) Tableau
8 2 (1.23%) Base SAS
8 2 (1.23%) MySQL
8 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Jenkins
2 7 (4.29%) Git
3 4 (2.45%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.84%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.23%) JIRA
5 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 92 (56.44%) Social Skills
2 64 (39.26%) Finance
3 17 (10.43%) Marketing
4 15 (9.20%) Legal
5 14 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.98%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (6.13%) Manufacturing
7 10 (6.13%) Retail
8 8 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.07%) Law
10 4 (2.45%) Social Housing
11 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Local Government
12 1 (0.61%) Billing
12 1 (0.61%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.61%) French Language
12 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (18.40%) Analyst
2 17 (10.43%) Senior
3 15 (9.20%) Consultant
4 13 (7.98%) Applications Support
5 12 (7.36%) Accountant
5 12 (7.36%) Data Engineer
5 12 (7.36%) Systems Accountant
6 10 (6.13%) Applications Consultant
6 10 (6.13%) Mainframe Consultant
7 9 (5.52%) Business Development Manager
7 9 (5.52%) Business Manager
7 9 (5.52%) Developer
7 9 (5.52%) Development Manager
8 8 (4.91%) Architect
8 8 (4.91%) Business Development Director
8 8 (4.91%) Development Director
9 7 (4.29%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.07%) Lead
12 4 (2.45%) Databricks Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.20%) .NET
2 10 (6.13%) ISPF
2 10 (6.13%) Spring
2 10 (6.13%) Spring Boot
3 7 (4.29%) PySpark
4 6 (3.68%) REST
5 5 (3.07%) RESTful
6 3 (1.84%) Ajax
6 3 (1.84%) CSS
6 3 (1.84%) FastAPI
6 3 (1.84%) HTML
6 3 (1.84%) LDAP
6 3 (1.84%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (1.84%) Web Services
7 2 (1.23%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.23%) EDI
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.23%) SOAP
8 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.61%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.59%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (7.98%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (6.75%) Management Information System
5 10 (6.13%) Legacy Applications
5 10 (6.13%) Mainframe
6 8 (4.91%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (4.29%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.68%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.45%) CMDB
9 4 (2.45%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.45%) Taxonomies
10 3 (1.84%) Clustering
10 3 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.84%) Replication
11 2 (1.23%) Digital Signage
11 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.52%) Linux
2 7 (4.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.56%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (28.22%) AI
3 40 (24.54%) Analytics
4 39 (23.93%) Decision-Making
5 34 (20.86%) ERP
6 32 (19.63%) Agile
7 30 (18.40%) Business Development
7 30 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (18.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 27 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (15.34%) Data Modelling
10 21 (12.88%) CI/CD
11 20 (12.27%) DevOps
12 19 (11.66%) Actionable Insight
13 18 (11.04%) CRM
13 18 (11.04%) Mentoring
14 17 (10.43%) Data Governance
15 16 (9.82%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (9.82%) Customer Service
16 15 (9.20%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.47%) SQL
2 15 (9.20%) Java
2 15 (9.20%) Python
3 10 (6.13%) COBOL
3 10 (6.13%) JCL
4 7 (4.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (3.07%) C#
5 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.45%) R
7 3 (1.84%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.84%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.23%) C++
9 1 (0.61%) Bash
9 1 (0.61%) Delphi
9 1 (0.61%) Pascal
9 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (8.59%) ACCA
1 14 (8.59%) Degree
2 13 (7.98%) CIMA
3 9 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (3.07%) CCNA
5 5 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.07%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.84%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.84%) PMP
8 2 (1.23%) CCNP
8 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.61%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CCA
9 1 (0.61%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.61%) CITP
9 1 (0.61%) MCSE
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (15.95%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.29%) GDPR
2 7 (4.29%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.07%) GRC
4 3 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.84%) QA
4 3 (1.84%) SLA
5 2 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.07%) Firmware
2 3 (1.84%) Docker
3 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.13%) Broadcom
3 7 (4.29%) Google
4 6 (3.68%) SAP
5 4 (2.45%) Databricks
5 4 (2.45%) Hotjar
5 4 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.84%) Cisco
6 3 (1.84%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.84%) Oracle
7 2 (1.23%) Dell
7 2 (1.23%) Jedox
7 2 (1.23%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.61%) F5
8 1 (0.61%) Facebook
8 1 (0.61%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.61%) Meraki
8 1 (0.61%) Samsung
8 1 (0.61%) TikTok
8 1 (0.61%) YouTube