Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 17 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 563 756 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.43% 8.60% 12.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.21% 9.20% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 424 361 525
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 5,515 8,220 4,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 93.54% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,774 4,177 3,749
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,987 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.37% -4.17% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +4 290 £42,500 -5.56% 177
East Midlands +10 270 £35,000 -12.50% 127
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 195 (34.64%) SQL
2 164 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (24.51%) Microsoft
4 105 (18.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 99 (17.58%) Power Platform
6 97 (17.23%) Power BI
7 96 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
8 89 (15.81%) Azure
9 77 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 76 (13.50%) ERP
11 75 (13.32%) Customer Service
12 70 (12.43%) Degree
13 69 (12.26%) Python
14 66 (11.72%) Decision-Making
15 60 (10.66%) Analytics
16 59 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
17 58 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
18 54 (9.59%) Data Analysis
18 54 (9.59%) Tableau
19 53 (9.41%) Incident Management
20 52 (9.24%) Mentoring
21 51 (9.06%) Agile
22 50 (8.88%) CRM
22 50 (8.88%) Windows
23 49 (8.70%) ITIL
24 45 (7.99%) SC Cleared
24 45 (7.99%) Security Cleared
25 44 (7.82%) Azure Certification
26 43 (7.64%) User Acceptance Testing
27 42 (7.46%) Logistics

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.07%) Confluence
3 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Appian
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 105 (18.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.60%) SAP HR
1 9 (1.60%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.07%) SAP Business One
3 6 (1.07%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.89%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.53%) iTrent
6 3 (0.53%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.53%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Cognos Controller
8 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 99 (17.58%) Power Platform
2 89 (15.81%) Azure
3 59 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (4.62%) SaaS
5 23 (4.09%) Azure AI
6 18 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.60%) AWS
9 8 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.24%) OCI
11 6 (1.07%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.71%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.53%) GCP
13 3 (0.53%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.36%) Asana
14 2 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.37%) Firewall
2 14 (2.49%) Network Security
2 14 (2.49%) Remote Desktop
3 12 (2.13%) VPN
4 9 (1.60%) DHCP
4 9 (1.60%) DNS
5 7 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.71%) Internet
7 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) MPLS
8 1 (0.18%) SAN
8 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.18%) VoIP
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (17.23%) Power BI
2 54 (9.59%) Tableau
3 14 (2.49%) Data Mining
4 11 (1.95%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.60%) BigQuery
5 9 (1.60%) BusinessObjects
6 8 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.07%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.89%) EDRMS
9 5 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.89%) GIS
9 5 (0.89%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.53%) UniData
11 2 (0.36%) Big Data
11 2 (0.36%) Power Query
11 2 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 15 (2.66%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) RStudio
General
1 228 (40.50%) Social Skills
2 139 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (23.09%) Finance
4 55 (9.77%) Marketing
5 54 (9.59%) Law
6 49 (8.70%) Retail
7 45 (7.99%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (6.93%) Manufacturing
9 29 (5.15%) Legal
10 23 (4.09%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.31%) Advertising
13 12 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.60%) Local Government
16 6 (1.07%) Banking
16 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.89%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
19 2 (0.36%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.78%) EDI
2 9 (1.60%) Flash
2 9 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.07%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.53%) Middleware
4 3 (0.53%) REST
5 2 (0.36%) .NET
5 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.36%) SOAP
5 2 (0.36%) Web Services
6 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.18%) JSON
6 1 (0.18%) LDAP
6 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.02%) Security Posture
3 16 (2.84%) Driving Licence
4 14 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.42%) NHS
9 7 (1.24%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.07%) iSeries
11 4 (0.71%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.71%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.71%) FMCG
11 4 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.53%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.53%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.36%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.88%) Windows
2 15 (2.66%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.49%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.24%) Linux
6 5 (0.89%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (13.50%) ERP
5 75 (13.32%) Customer Service
6 66 (11.72%) Decision-Making
7 60 (10.66%) Analytics
8 58 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (9.59%) Data Analysis
10 53 (9.41%) Incident Management
11 52 (9.24%) Mentoring
12 51 (9.06%) Agile
13 50 (8.88%) CRM
14 49 (8.70%) ITIL
15 43 (7.64%) User Acceptance Testing
16 42 (7.46%) Logistics
17 37 (6.57%) Actionable Insight
17 37 (6.57%) Project Management
17 37 (6.57%) Visualisation
18 31 (5.51%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 195 (34.64%) SQL
2 69 (12.26%) Python
3 15 (2.66%) C#
4 11 (1.95%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.07%) ABAP
6 6 (1.07%) R
7 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.53%) VBA
8 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) VB
9 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (12.43%) Degree
2 45 (7.99%) SC Cleared
2 45 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 44 (7.82%) Azure Certification
4 29 (5.15%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (4.44%) CompTIA CySA+
6 11 (1.95%) ACCA
6 11 (1.95%) CIMA
6 11 (1.95%) Numerate Degree
7 10 (1.78%) CISSP
8 9 (1.60%) AAT
8 9 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.24%) CISM
10 7 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.07%) CCNA
12 5 (0.89%) MCP
13 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.46%) SLA
2 32 (5.68%) GDPR
3 27 (4.80%) QA
4 26 (4.62%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.78%) PMO
8 8 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.42%) NIST
9 6 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.89%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.53%) COBIT
11 3 (0.53%) GRC
12 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.18%) P3O
13 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.71%) BitLocker
2 4 (0.71%) Firmware
3 2 (0.36%) IAG
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.71%) SCCM
3 2 (0.36%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.18%) EnCase
4 1 (0.18%) Nagios
4 1 (0.18%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 138 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.97%) SAP
3 26 (4.62%) Oracle
4 22 (3.91%) ForeScout
4 22 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.31%) Databricks
6 8 (1.42%) Civica
7 7 (1.24%) Cisco
7 7 (1.24%) Google
7 7 (1.24%) Meraki
8 6 (1.07%) HP
8 6 (1.07%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.89%) Capita
9 5 (0.89%) NEC
10 4 (0.71%) Apple
10 4 (0.71%) IFS
10 4 (0.71%) McAfee
10 4 (0.71%) MobileIron
10 4 (0.71%) QAD
10 4 (0.71%) Remedy