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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 154 155 219
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 5.59% 12.00% 8.12%
As % of the General category 12.49% 18.17% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 100 89 153
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% - -
75th Percentile £65,160 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £51,300 £48,250 £43,806
% change year-on-year +6.32% +10.14% -12.39%

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 1,233 853 1,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 44.79% 66.02% 53.97%
Number of salaries quoted 819 467 1,178
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £82,500
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 20 April 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 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Appian
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.95%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.95%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.95%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (1.95%) 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 (14.29%) Azure
2 18 (11.69%) Power Platform
3 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.55%) AWS
4 7 (4.55%) SaaS
5 6 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.65%) dbt
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.95%) Firewall
1 3 (1.95%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.95%) WAN
2 2 (1.30%) VLAN
2 2 (1.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.65%) 4G
3 1 (0.65%) 5G
3 1 (0.65%) Broadband
3 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
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 (13.64%) Tableau
2 17 (11.04%) Power BI
3 15 (9.74%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.30%) Redis
8 2 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.65%) Power Query
9 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.30%) 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 65 (42.21%) Finance
2 54 (35.06%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.39%) Legal
4 14 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.49%) Retail
6 9 (5.84%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.55%) Law
7 7 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.90%) Banking
8 6 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.25%) Marketing
10 3 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.95%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.65%) Billing
11 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.65%) Games
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (35.71%) Analyst
2 31 (20.13%) Senior
3 23 (14.94%) Data Analyst
4 15 (9.74%) Trainee
5 14 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (9.09%) Trainee Analyst
5 14 (9.09%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 10 (6.49%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (5.84%) Alliance Manager
8 8 (5.19%) Accountant
8 8 (5.19%) Architect
8 8 (5.19%) Junior
8 8 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 8 (5.19%) Systems Accountant
9 7 (4.55%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Developer
9 7 (4.55%) Junior Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Lead
9 7 (4.55%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) REST
1 4 (2.60%) SOAP
2 3 (1.95%) BAPI
2 3 (1.95%) IBM Integration Bus
2 3 (1.95%) JMS
2 3 (1.95%) Middleware
2 3 (1.95%) OAuth
2 3 (1.95%) SAML
3 2 (1.30%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.30%) RESTful
3 2 (1.30%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.65%) .NET
4 1 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.65%) CSS
4 1 (0.65%) EDI
4 1 (0.65%) HTML
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) RAML
4 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
2 7 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.95%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.30%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.30%) CMDB
7 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.30%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.65%) IoT
8 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.01%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (35.06%) Analytics
3 32 (20.78%) AI
3 32 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (18.83%) Agile
5 28 (18.18%) Project Management
6 26 (16.88%) Actionable Insight
7 24 (15.58%) Data Analytics
7 24 (15.58%) Decision-Making
8 23 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (14.29%) Data Analysis
10 21 (13.64%) Business Analysis
11 19 (12.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (11.69%) Mentoring
13 16 (10.39%) Business Strategy
13 16 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (10.39%) ERP
13 16 (10.39%) Migration
14 15 (9.74%) Coaching
14 15 (9.74%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.03%) SQL
2 25 (16.23%) Python
3 5 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (3.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.60%) Java
5 1 (0.65%) C#
5 1 (0.65%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) R
5 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (11.69%) Degree
2 12 (7.79%) ACCA
2 12 (7.79%) CIMA
3 10 (6.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.19%) CISA
4 8 (5.19%) CISSP
5 7 (4.55%) SSCP
6 6 (3.90%) IRCA
6 6 (3.90%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.90%) PMP
7 5 (3.25%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.95%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.30%) IIBA
9 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.09%) GDPR
2 13 (8.44%) NIST
3 9 (5.84%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.55%) QA
5 6 (3.90%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.60%) GRC
7 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.95%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.95%) SLA
8 2 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.14%) SAP
3 7 (4.55%) Oracle
4 6 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.95%) Databricks
5 3 (1.95%) IBM
5 3 (1.95%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.65%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.65%) Genesys
7 1 (0.65%) Google
7 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) PayPal
7 1 (0.65%) Planon
7 1 (0.65%) Sage
7 1 (0.65%) Tanium
7 1 (0.65%) Tenable
7 1 (0.65%) Verint
7 1 (0.65%) Zscaler