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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 154 148 193
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.51% 11.82% 8.02%
As % of the General category 10.53% 18.27% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 104 86 113
10th Percentile £33,430 £31,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,773 £37,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,900 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £67,875 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,025 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,149 £45,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year +11.44% -0.55% -9.50%

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 1,463 810 1,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.89% 64.70% 50.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 502 793
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,895 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,435 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +4.43% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,275
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 6 August 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 5 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Appian
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.60%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.60%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.60%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.95%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.30%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.69%) Azure
1 18 (11.69%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.84%) SaaS
3 5 (3.25%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (2.60%) Google Ads
4 4 (2.60%) Google Data Studio
4 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Advertising
5 3 (1.95%) AWS
5 3 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.95%) GitHub
5 3 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.95%) PaaS
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon MSK
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) BIG-IP
1 1 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (0.65%) Firewall
1 1 (0.65%) HTTP
1 1 (0.65%) SAN
1 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.65%) SSL
1 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.65%) VLAN
1 1 (0.65%) VPN
1 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.69%) Power BI
2 8 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.25%) Redis
3 5 (3.25%) Tableau
4 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.60%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.95%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.95%) Power Query
5 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.30%) MySQL
7 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (46.75%) Finance
2 70 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.74%) Manufacturing
4 13 (8.44%) Legal
5 10 (6.49%) Retail
6 9 (5.84%) Marketing
7 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.25%) Law
11 3 (1.95%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.65%) Banking
12 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.65%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Local Government
12 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (23.38%) Analyst
2 24 (15.58%) Senior
3 16 (10.39%) Accountant
3 16 (10.39%) Systems Accountant
4 11 (7.14%) Consultant
5 10 (6.49%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (5.84%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.84%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.84%) Development Manager
7 8 (5.19%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.55%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.55%) Lead
8 7 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.55%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 6 (3.90%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.90%) Data Steward
9 6 (3.90%) Head of QA
9 6 (3.90%) Support Consultant
10 5 (3.25%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.25%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) RESTful
2 5 (3.25%) .NET
2 5 (3.25%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.25%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (1.95%) ISPF
3 3 (1.95%) REST
3 3 (1.95%) Spring
3 3 (1.95%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.30%) EDI
5 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.65%) CSS
5 1 (0.65%) HTML
5 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.65%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (5.84%) Public Cloud
3 8 (5.19%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.95%) Clustering
8 3 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.95%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.95%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.95%) Replication
8 3 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.30%) CCTV
9 2 (1.30%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.30%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.90%) Windows
2 5 (3.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.61%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (29.22%) Analytics
3 43 (27.92%) AI
4 32 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (20.78%) ERP
5 30 (19.48%) Agile
6 24 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 22 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 20 (12.99%) Budgeting
8 20 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (11.69%) Business Development
10 17 (11.04%) Business Strategy
11 16 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (10.39%) Mentoring
12 14 (9.09%) Coaching
13 13 (8.44%) Customer Service
14 12 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (7.79%) Project Management
15 11 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.58%) SQL
2 14 (9.09%) Python
3 7 (4.55%) Java
4 4 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.95%) COBOL
5 3 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.95%) JCL
6 2 (1.30%) C#
7 1 (0.65%) Delphi
7 1 (0.65%) Pascal
7 1 (0.65%) R
7 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (12.34%) ACCA
1 19 (12.34%) CIMA
2 15 (9.74%) Degree
3 14 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (5.19%) CISA
4 8 (5.19%) CISSP
4 8 (5.19%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.55%) SSCP
6 6 (3.90%) IRCA
7 5 (3.25%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.60%) PMP
9 3 (1.95%) CCNA
9 3 (1.95%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.95%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.65%) IIBA
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.65%) OSCP
10 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.44%) GDPR
2 12 (7.79%) NIST
3 8 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.90%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.90%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.90%) QA
4 6 (3.90%) SLA
5 5 (3.25%) GRC
6 4 (2.60%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.95%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.65%) COBIT
9 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.60%) Firmware
2 2 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Terraform
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.44%) SAP
3 5 (3.25%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.60%) Google
4 4 (2.60%) Hotjar
5 3 (1.95%) Broadcom
5 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.30%) Dell
6 2 (1.30%) Jedox
6 2 (1.30%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco
7 1 (0.65%) F5
7 1 (0.65%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.65%) Meraki
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle