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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 158 151 197
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 4.61% 11.99% 8.21%
As % of the General category 10.68% 18.48% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 105 91 115
10th Percentile £33,654 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £69,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,950 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.76% -5.50%

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 1,479 817 1,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 43.11% 64.89% 50.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 509 791
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,895 £41,250
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,125 £83,750 £88,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £49,652 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.70% -0.70% -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 12 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 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Appian
2 1 (0.63%) IIS
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.53%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.53%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.90%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.03%) Azure
2 18 (11.39%) Power Platform
3 9 (5.70%) SaaS
4 5 (3.16%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.53%) GitHub
5 4 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (2.53%) Google Ads
5 4 (2.53%) Google Data Studio
5 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Advertising
6 3 (1.90%) AWS
6 3 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.90%) PaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.27%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) BIG-IP
1 1 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (0.63%) Firewall
1 1 (0.63%) HTTP
1 1 (0.63%) SAN
1 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.63%) SSL
1 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.63%) VLAN
1 1 (0.63%) VPN
1 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.39%) Power BI
2 8 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.80%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.16%) Redis
4 5 (3.16%) Tableau
5 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.90%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.90%) Power Query
6 3 (1.90%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.27%) MySQL
8 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (47.47%) Finance
1 75 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.49%) Manufacturing
3 14 (8.86%) Legal
4 11 (6.96%) Retail
5 10 (6.33%) Marketing
6 8 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.16%) Law
10 3 (1.90%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.63%) Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.63%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (22.78%) Analyst
2 24 (15.19%) Senior
3 16 (10.13%) Accountant
3 16 (10.13%) Systems Accountant
4 12 (7.59%) Consultant
5 10 (6.33%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (5.70%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.70%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.70%) Development Manager
7 8 (5.06%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.43%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.43%) Lead
8 7 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.43%) Senior Digital Analyst
9 6 (3.80%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.80%) Head of QA
9 6 (3.80%) Support Consultant
10 5 (3.16%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.16%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) RESTful
2 6 (3.80%) .NET
3 5 (3.16%) FastAPI
3 5 (3.16%) SQLAlchemy
4 4 (2.53%) ISPF
4 4 (2.53%) Spring
4 4 (2.53%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.90%) REST
6 2 (1.27%) CSS
6 2 (1.27%) EDI
6 2 (1.27%) HTML
7 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.63%) Ajax
7 1 (0.63%) LDAP
7 1 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.63%) VCL
7 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (5.70%) Public Cloud
3 8 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.06%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.43%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.53%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.90%) Clustering
7 3 (1.90%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Replication
7 3 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.27%) CCTV
8 2 (1.27%) CMDB
8 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 6 (3.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (39.87%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (27.85%) AI
2 44 (27.85%) Analytics
3 32 (20.25%) Agile
3 32 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (20.25%) ERP
4 27 (17.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (14.56%) Decision-Making
6 22 (13.92%) Actionable Insight
7 20 (12.66%) Budgeting
7 20 (12.66%) Business Development
7 20 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (10.76%) Business Strategy
9 16 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (10.13%) Mentoring
10 14 (8.86%) Coaching
10 14 (8.86%) Customer Service
11 13 (8.23%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (8.23%) Project Management
12 12 (7.59%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.19%) SQL
2 14 (8.86%) Python
3 8 (5.06%) Java
4 4 (2.53%) COBOL
4 4 (2.53%) JCL
4 4 (2.53%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (0.63%) Delphi
7 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.63%) Pascal
7 1 (0.63%) R
7 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (12.03%) ACCA
1 19 (12.03%) CIMA
2 16 (10.13%) Degree
3 14 (8.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (5.70%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.06%) CISA
5 8 (5.06%) CISSP
6 7 (4.43%) SSCP
7 6 (3.80%) IRCA
8 5 (3.16%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.53%) PMP
10 3 (1.90%) CCNA
10 3 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.90%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.63%) CCA
11 1 (0.63%) CISM
11 1 (0.63%) MCSE
11 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.23%) GDPR
2 12 (7.59%) NIST
3 8 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.80%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.80%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.80%) QA
4 6 (3.80%) SLA
5 5 (3.16%) GRC
6 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.90%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.63%) COBIT
9 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.63%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.16%) Firmware
2 3 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.23%) SAP
3 5 (3.16%) OpenAI
4 4 (2.53%) Broadcom
4 4 (2.53%) Google
4 4 (2.53%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.27%) Dell
5 2 (1.27%) Jedox
5 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco
6 1 (0.63%) F5
6 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.63%) Meraki
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle