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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 149 150 202
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.61% 12.19% 7.63%
As % of the General category 10.75% 18.82% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 103 87 123
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,550 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,297 £37,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% - -17.36%
75th Percentile £68,250 £61,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,100 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -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 1,386 797 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.87% 64.74% 50.36%
Number of salaries quoted 998 490 926
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,458 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £71,106 £73,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -8.57%

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 24 July 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 7 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) Appian
3 1 (0.67%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.68%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.68%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.68%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.01%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.08%) Azure
2 17 (11.41%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.04%) SaaS
4 5 (3.36%) Anthropic Claude
4 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.68%) Google Ads
5 4 (2.68%) Google Data Studio
5 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Advertising
6 3 (2.01%) AWS
6 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.01%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.01%) PaaS
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.67%) BIG-IP
1 1 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (0.67%) Firewall
1 1 (0.67%) HTTP
1 1 (0.67%) SAN
1 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.67%) SSL
1 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.67%) VLAN
1 1 (0.67%) VPN
1 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.74%) Power BI
2 8 (5.37%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.70%) Tableau
4 5 (3.36%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.36%) Redis
5 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.01%) Power Query
6 3 (2.01%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.34%) MySQL
7 2 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 67 (44.97%) Finance
2 64 (42.95%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.72%) Legal
3 13 (8.72%) Manufacturing
4 10 (6.71%) Retail
5 8 (5.37%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.03%) Marketing
7 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.36%) Law
9 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.01%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.67%) Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.67%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Local Government
10 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (26.85%) Analyst
2 26 (17.45%) Senior
3 15 (10.07%) Accountant
3 15 (10.07%) Systems Accountant
4 10 (6.71%) Digital Analyst
5 9 (6.04%) Business Development Manager
5 9 (6.04%) Business Manager
5 9 (6.04%) Data Analyst
5 9 (6.04%) Development Manager
5 9 (6.04%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (5.37%) Business Analyst
6 8 (5.37%) Consultant
7 7 (4.70%) Lead
7 7 (4.70%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 6 (4.03%) Data Steward
8 6 (4.03%) Head of QA
8 6 (4.03%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.36%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.36%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.36%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.70%) RESTful
2 5 (3.36%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.36%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (2.01%) .NET
3 3 (2.01%) REST
4 2 (1.34%) EDI
5 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.67%) CSS
5 1 (0.67%) HTML
5 1 (0.67%) ISPF
5 1 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.67%) Spring
5 1 (0.67%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.67%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (6.04%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.70%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.70%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.01%) Clustering
6 3 (2.01%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.01%) Replication
6 3 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.34%) CCTV
7 2 (1.34%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.34%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.34%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.34%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.36%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.26%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.54%) Analytics
3 37 (24.83%) AI
4 29 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (19.46%) ERP
5 28 (18.79%) Agile
6 24 (16.11%) Actionable Insight
6 24 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (12.75%) Budgeting
7 19 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (12.75%) Decision-Making
8 17 (11.41%) Business Strategy
9 16 (10.74%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.07%) Mentoring
11 14 (9.40%) Coaching
11 14 (9.40%) Project Management
12 13 (8.72%) Business Development
12 13 (8.72%) Data Analytics
13 12 (8.05%) Business Analysis
13 12 (8.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (16.78%) SQL
2 16 (10.74%) Python
3 5 (3.36%) Java
3 5 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.34%) C#
6 1 (0.67%) COBOL
6 1 (0.67%) Delphi
6 1 (0.67%) JCL
6 1 (0.67%) Pascal
6 1 (0.67%) R
6 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (12.75%) ACCA
1 19 (12.75%) CIMA
2 16 (10.74%) Degree
3 14 (9.40%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.37%) CISA
5 8 (5.37%) CISSP
6 7 (4.70%) SSCP
7 6 (4.03%) IRCA
8 5 (3.36%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.36%) PMP
9 4 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.68%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.01%) CCNA
10 3 (2.01%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.34%) IIBA
12 1 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.67%) CBAP
12 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.40%) GDPR
2 12 (8.05%) NIST
3 8 (5.37%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.03%) ISO 9001
4 6 (4.03%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.03%) QA
5 5 (3.36%) GRC
5 5 (3.36%) SLA
6 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.01%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.67%) COBIT
9 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.67%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.01%) Firmware
2 2 (1.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Terraform
2 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.38%) SAP
3 5 (3.36%) Google
3 5 (3.36%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.68%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.34%) Dell
5 2 (1.34%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.67%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.67%) F5
6 1 (0.67%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.67%) Jedox
6 1 (0.67%) Meraki
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce