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 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 153 154 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.23% 12.81% 7.75%
As % of the General category 10.02% 20.29% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 101 88 72
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,925 £34,900
25th Percentile £44,343 £34,375 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -16.12%
75th Percentile £67,250 £70,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -8.92%

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 1,527 759 1,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 42.19% 63.14% 54.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 478 621
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,202 £72,500 £69,920
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,318 £88,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 17 September 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 4 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.31%) SAS
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.65%) Appian
3 1 (0.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.65%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.31%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.65%) Azure
2 21 (13.73%) Power Platform
3 12 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.19%) GitHub
5 8 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (3.92%) AWS
7 5 (3.27%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (3.27%) SaaS
8 4 (2.61%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.61%) Google Ads
8 4 (2.61%) Google Data Studio
8 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Advertising
9 3 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.96%) PaaS
9 3 (1.96%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.96%) Serverless
10 2 (1.31%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.96%) WAN
2 2 (1.31%) LAN
2 2 (1.31%) Network Security
3 1 (0.65%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.65%) Firewall
3 1 (0.65%) HTTP
3 1 (0.65%) Internet
3 1 (0.65%) SAN
3 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.65%) SSL
3 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.65%) VLAN
3 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.73%) Power BI
2 14 (9.15%) Relational Database
3 8 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.61%) Power Query
4 4 (2.61%) Redis
5 3 (1.96%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.96%) Parquet
5 3 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.96%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.96%) Spark SQL
6 2 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.31%) Base SAS
6 2 (1.31%) Metadata
6 2 (1.31%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (1.31%) MySQL
6 2 (1.31%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.23%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.61%) Git
3 3 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 85 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 59 (38.56%) Finance
3 13 (8.50%) Marketing
4 12 (7.84%) Legal
4 12 (7.84%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.23%) Retail
7 7 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.27%) Law
9 4 (2.61%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.65%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (16.34%) Analyst
2 17 (11.11%) Senior
3 14 (9.15%) Accountant
3 14 (9.15%) Consultant
3 14 (9.15%) Systems Accountant
4 13 (8.50%) Applications Support
5 11 (7.19%) Data Engineer
6 9 (5.88%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.88%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.88%) Development Manager
7 8 (5.23%) Applications Consultant
7 8 (5.23%) Business Development Director
7 8 (5.23%) Development Director
7 8 (5.23%) Mainframe Consultant
8 6 (3.92%) Architect
8 6 (3.92%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.27%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.27%) Developer
9 5 (3.27%) Lead
10 4 (2.61%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.50%) .NET
2 8 (5.23%) ISPF
2 8 (5.23%) Spring
2 8 (5.23%) Spring Boot
3 6 (3.92%) PySpark
3 6 (3.92%) RESTful
4 4 (2.61%) FastAPI
4 4 (2.61%) REST
4 4 (2.61%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (1.96%) Ajax
5 3 (1.96%) CSS
5 3 (1.96%) HTML
5 3 (1.96%) LDAP
5 3 (1.96%) Web Services
6 2 (1.31%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.31%) EDI
7 1 (0.65%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.65%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.50%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.23%) Legacy Applications
4 8 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.23%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.27%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.61%) CMDB
7 4 (2.61%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.96%) Clustering
8 3 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.96%) Replication
9 2 (1.31%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.58%) Linux
1 7 (4.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (30.07%) AI
3 35 (22.88%) Analytics
4 33 (21.57%) Decision-Making
4 33 (21.57%) ERP
5 30 (19.61%) Agile
6 27 (17.65%) Business Development
6 27 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (15.03%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (13.73%) Data Modelling
9 18 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
10 17 (11.11%) CRM
11 16 (10.46%) CI/CD
12 15 (9.80%) Budgeting
12 15 (9.80%) Data Governance
12 15 (9.80%) DevOps
13 14 (9.15%) Customer Service
13 14 (9.15%) Mentoring
13 14 (9.15%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.95%) SQL
2 14 (9.15%) Python
3 13 (8.50%) Java
4 8 (5.23%) COBOL
4 8 (5.23%) JCL
5 5 (3.27%) C#
5 5 (3.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (3.27%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.31%) C++
7 2 (1.31%) R
8 1 (0.65%) Bash
8 1 (0.65%) Delphi
8 1 (0.65%) Pascal
8 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (9.80%) ACCA
2 14 (9.15%) CIMA
3 10 (6.54%) Degree
3 10 (6.54%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.27%) CCNA
6 5 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.27%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.61%) PMP
8 2 (1.31%) CCNP
9 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) CCA
9 1 (0.65%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.65%) CITP
9 1 (0.65%) IIBA
9 1 (0.65%) IRCA
9 1 (0.65%) MCSE
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.73%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.88%) GDPR
3 6 (3.92%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.27%) GRC
5 4 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.96%) QA
6 3 (1.96%) SLA
7 2 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.65%) NIST
8 1 (0.65%) PMO
8 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.27%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.27%) Firmware
2 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.23%) Broadcom
2 8 (5.23%) SAP
3 5 (3.27%) Google
4 4 (2.61%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.61%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.61%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.96%) Cisco
6 2 (1.31%) Databricks
6 2 (1.31%) Dell
6 2 (1.31%) Jedox
6 2 (1.31%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) F5
7 1 (0.65%) Facebook
7 1 (0.65%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.65%) Meraki
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle
7 1 (0.65%) YouTube