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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 155 152 193
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.52% 12.04% 8.09%
As % of the General category 10.49% 18.74% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 100 90 111
10th Percentile £32,731 £30,650 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,773 £37,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £67,875 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,740 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,845
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.84% -8.31%

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 1,477 811 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 43.02% 64.26% 50.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 504 786
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,895 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,434 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +4.43% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £88,125
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -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 15 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 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Appian
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.94%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.94%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.94%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.29%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.29%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.26%) Azure
2 18 (11.61%) Power Platform
3 9 (5.81%) SaaS
4 5 (3.23%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.58%) GitHub
5 4 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (2.58%) Google Ads
5 4 (2.58%) Google Data Studio
5 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Advertising
6 3 (1.94%) AWS
6 3 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.94%) PaaS
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
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 (11.61%) Power BI
2 8 (5.16%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.87%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.23%) Redis
5 4 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.58%) Tableau
6 3 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.94%) Power Query
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.29%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.29%) MySQL
7 2 (1.29%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 73 (47.10%) Finance
3 15 (9.68%) Manufacturing
4 14 (9.03%) Legal
5 12 (7.74%) Marketing
6 11 (7.10%) Retail
7 9 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.52%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.23%) Law
11 3 (1.94%) 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 35 (22.58%) Analyst
2 22 (14.19%) Senior
3 16 (10.32%) Accountant
3 16 (10.32%) Systems Accountant
4 11 (7.10%) Consultant
5 10 (6.45%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (5.81%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.81%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.81%) Development Manager
7 7 (4.52%) Business Development Director
7 7 (4.52%) Development Director
7 7 (4.52%) IT Manager
7 7 (4.52%) Lead
7 7 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (4.52%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 6 (3.87%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.87%) Data Analyst
8 6 (3.87%) Head of QA
9 5 (3.23%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.23%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.52%) RESTful
2 6 (3.87%) .NET
3 5 (3.23%) FastAPI
3 5 (3.23%) SQLAlchemy
4 4 (2.58%) ISPF
4 4 (2.58%) Spring
4 4 (2.58%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.94%) REST
6 2 (1.29%) CSS
6 2 (1.29%) EDI
6 2 (1.29%) HTML
7 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.65%) Ajax
7 1 (0.65%) LDAP
7 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.65%) VCL
7 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.16%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.52%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.52%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.87%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.58%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.58%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.58%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.94%) Clustering
8 3 (1.94%) Replication
9 2 (1.29%) CCTV
9 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.29%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.29%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.52%) Windows
2 6 (3.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.65%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (29.68%) AI
3 43 (27.74%) Analytics
4 34 (21.94%) Agile
5 30 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (19.35%) ERP
6 25 (16.13%) Decision-Making
6 25 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (14.19%) Actionable Insight
7 22 (14.19%) Business Development
8 20 (12.90%) Budgeting
8 20 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (10.97%) Business Strategy
10 16 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (9.68%) Mentoring
12 14 (9.03%) Customer Service
13 13 (8.39%) Coaching
13 13 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (7.74%) PRINCE2
14 12 (7.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.19%) SQL
2 12 (7.74%) Python
3 8 (5.16%) Java
4 4 (2.58%) COBOL
4 4 (2.58%) JCL
4 4 (2.58%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.29%) C#
7 1 (0.65%) Delphi
7 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.65%) Pascal
7 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (12.26%) ACCA
1 19 (12.26%) CIMA
2 15 (9.68%) Degree
3 14 (9.03%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (5.16%) CISA
4 8 (5.16%) CISSP
4 8 (5.16%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.52%) SSCP
6 6 (3.87%) IRCA
7 5 (3.23%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.58%) PMP
9 3 (1.94%) CCNA
9 3 (1.94%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.65%) IIBA
11 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.65%) OSCP
11 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.39%) GDPR
2 12 (7.74%) NIST
3 8 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.87%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.87%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.87%) QA
5 5 (3.23%) GRC
5 5 (3.23%) SLA
6 4 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.65%) COBIT
8 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.23%) Firmware
2 3 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.29%) Terraform
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.74%) SAP
3 5 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.58%) Broadcom
4 4 (2.58%) Google
4 4 (2.58%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.58%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.29%) Dell
5 2 (1.29%) Jedox
5 2 (1.29%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco
6 1 (0.65%) F5
6 1 (0.65%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.65%) Meraki
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle