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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 154 162 196
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 6.50% 11.21% 8.02%
As % of the General category 14.22% 16.74% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 86 87 144
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £31,340
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,275 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,480 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £80,500
West Midlands median annual salary £51,300 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.60% +17.65% -15.00%

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 1,083 968 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 45.70% 66.99% 55.30%
Number of salaries quoted 708 506 1,112
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £66,433
90th Percentile £83,938 £88,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £48,000 £53,300 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.94% +12.21% -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 23 March 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%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (16.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (8.44%) Chatbot
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.19%) 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 16 (10.39%) Power Platform
3 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.19%) AWS
5 7 (4.55%) SaaS
6 6 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.65%) GCP
10 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.65%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.95%) Firewall
1 3 (1.95%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.95%) WAN
2 2 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
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%) NAS
3 1 (0.65%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.65%) SAN
3 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.99%) Tableau
2 16 (10.39%) Data Mining
3 15 (9.74%) Power BI
4 5 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.95%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.65%) MySQL
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.65%) Power Query
8 1 (0.65%) Redis
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 56 (36.36%) Finance
2 51 (33.12%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (9.09%) Legal
4 10 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.49%) Retail
5 8 (5.19%) Law
6 6 (3.90%) Banking
6 6 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Marketing
8 3 (1.95%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.95%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (33.12%) Analyst
2 28 (18.18%) Senior
3 22 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 16 (10.39%) Trainee
5 15 (9.74%) Trainee Analyst
5 15 (9.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 14 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (8.44%) Trainer
8 10 (6.49%) Digital Analyst
8 10 (6.49%) Junior
9 9 (5.84%) Alliance Manager
10 8 (5.19%) Architect
10 8 (5.19%) Developer
11 7 (4.55%) Lead
11 7 (4.55%) Senior Digital Analyst
11 7 (4.55%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.90%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.90%) IT Manager
12 6 (3.90%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.90%) Senior Manager
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
4 1 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.65%) CSS
4 1 (0.65%) EDI
4 1 (0.65%) Flask
4 1 (0.65%) HTML
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) RAML
4 1 (0.65%) RESTful
4 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.65%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.19%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.60%) Public Cloud
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
8 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.65%) PDA
8 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.25%) Linux
2 4 (2.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (35.06%) Analytics
2 52 (33.77%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (25.97%) AI
4 29 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (18.18%) Agile
6 27 (17.53%) Project Management
7 23 (14.94%) Actionable Insight
7 23 (14.94%) Data Analysis
7 23 (14.94%) Data Analytics
7 23 (14.94%) Decision-Making
8 21 (13.64%) Business Analysis
8 21 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
9 19 (12.34%) Mentoring
10 18 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (11.04%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.74%) Coaching
13 14 (9.09%) Business Strategy
13 14 (9.09%) Migration
14 13 (8.44%) Chemistry
14 13 (8.44%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 35 (22.73%) SQL
2 26 (16.88%) Python
3 6 (3.90%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.95%) Java
6 1 (0.65%) C++
6 1 (0.65%) R
6 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (22.08%) Degree
2 15 (9.74%) Master's Degree
3 13 (8.44%) PhD
4 9 (5.84%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.19%) CISA
5 8 (5.19%) CISSP
6 7 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (4.55%) SSCP
7 6 (3.90%) ACCA
7 6 (3.90%) CIMA
8 5 (3.25%) IRCA
9 4 (2.60%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.60%) PMP
9 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.95%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.09%) NIST
2 10 (6.49%) GDPR
3 8 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.90%) QA
6 5 (3.25%) ISO 9001
7 4 (2.60%) SLA
8 3 (1.95%) ISO 20022
9 2 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.65%) COBIT
10 1 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.65%) GRC
10 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.65%) PMO
10 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.60%) Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 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 35 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.44%) PayPal
3 8 (5.19%) SAP
4 7 (4.55%) Oracle
5 6 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.95%) Databricks
6 3 (1.95%) IBM
7 2 (1.30%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.65%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.65%) Genesys
8 1 (0.65%) Google
8 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.65%) Planon
8 1 (0.65%) Sage
8 1 (0.65%) Tanium
8 1 (0.65%) Tenable
8 1 (0.65%) Verint
8 1 (0.65%) Zscaler