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 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 587 701 608
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.35% 8.65% 12.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.11% 9.26% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 418 347 498
10th Percentile £26,000 £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 £52,250 £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 5,805 7,567 4,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.35% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 3,741 3,621
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 +4 302 £42,500 -1.16% 166
East Midlands +12 281 £35,000 -12.50% 113
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 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.

1 196 (33.39%) SQL
2 156 (26.58%) Microsoft
3 148 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (18.23%) Azure
4 107 (18.23%) Microsoft Excel
5 104 (17.72%) Business Intelligence
5 104 (17.72%) Power Platform
6 102 (17.38%) Power BI
7 82 (13.97%) Python
8 77 (13.12%) ERP
9 71 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (11.58%) Customer Service
10 68 (11.58%) Degree
11 67 (11.41%) Analytics
12 66 (11.24%) Azure Certification
12 66 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
12 66 (11.24%) Tableau
13 62 (10.56%) Decision-Making
13 62 (10.56%) Mentoring
14 57 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
15 51 (8.69%) Data Analysis
16 50 (8.52%) Agile
17 48 (8.18%) Windows
18 47 (8.01%) Incident Management
19 46 (7.84%) CRM
20 45 (7.67%) ITIL
21 44 (7.50%) Logistics
22 43 (7.33%) User Acceptance Testing
23 40 (6.81%) SC Cleared
23 40 (6.81%) Security Cleared

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 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.02%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.17%) Appian
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 107 (18.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.70%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.53%) SAP HR
2 9 (1.53%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.02%) SAP Business One
3 6 (1.02%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.68%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.34%) iTrent
5 2 (0.34%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.34%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.34%) Shopify
6 1 (0.17%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 107 (18.23%) Azure
2 104 (17.72%) Power Platform
3 57 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.62%) Azure AI
5 25 (4.26%) SaaS
6 21 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.36%) AWS
9 7 (1.19%) OCI
10 6 (1.02%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.68%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.51%) GCP
13 2 (0.34%) Asana
13 2 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 1 (0.17%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.17%) BigCommerce
14 1 (0.17%) Miro
14 1 (0.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.90%) Firewall
2 14 (2.39%) Network Security
2 14 (2.39%) Remote Desktop
3 11 (1.87%) VPN
4 8 (1.36%) DHCP
4 8 (1.36%) DNS
5 6 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.68%) Internet
6 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) MPLS
7 1 (0.17%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) WAN
7 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (17.38%) Power BI
2 66 (11.24%) Tableau
3 16 (2.73%) Data Mining
4 9 (1.53%) BigQuery
4 9 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (0.85%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.68%) EDRMS
8 4 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.68%) GIS
9 3 (0.51%) Looker
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.51%) UniData
10 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.34%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 14 (2.39%) JIRA
General
1 248 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 141 (24.02%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (22.15%) Finance
4 55 (9.37%) Retail
5 52 (8.86%) Marketing
6 43 (7.33%) Law
7 39 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (5.45%) Manufacturing
9 27 (4.60%) Legal
10 21 (3.58%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.04%) Advertising
13 11 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.53%) Local Government
15 6 (1.02%) Banking
15 6 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.85%) Automotive
16 5 (0.85%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.87%) Flash
2 9 (1.53%) EDI
2 9 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.34%) .NET
4 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.34%) Middleware
4 2 (0.34%) PySpark
4 2 (0.34%) REST
4 2 (0.34%) SOAP
4 2 (0.34%) Web Services
5 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.96%) Onboarding
2 16 (2.73%) Security Posture
3 14 (2.39%) Driving Licence
4 11 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.70%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.36%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.36%) NHS
8 7 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.02%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.02%) iSeries
10 5 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.85%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.68%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.68%) FMCG
12 3 (0.51%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.18%) Windows
2 14 (2.39%) Mac OS
2 14 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.53%) Linux
5 6 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.68%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (17.72%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (13.12%) ERP
4 71 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 68 (11.58%) Customer Service
6 67 (11.41%) Analytics
7 66 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
8 62 (10.56%) Decision-Making
8 62 (10.56%) Mentoring
9 51 (8.69%) Data Analysis
10 50 (8.52%) Agile
11 47 (8.01%) Incident Management
12 46 (7.84%) CRM
13 45 (7.67%) ITIL
14 44 (7.50%) Logistics
15 43 (7.33%) User Acceptance Testing
16 37 (6.30%) Project Management
17 36 (6.13%) Visualisation
18 34 (5.79%) AI
18 34 (5.79%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 196 (33.39%) SQL
2 82 (13.97%) Python
3 15 (2.56%) C#
4 11 (1.87%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.02%) ABAP
6 6 (1.02%) R
7 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.51%) VBA
8 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.17%) VB
8 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 68 (11.58%) Degree
2 66 (11.24%) Azure Certification
3 40 (6.81%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.81%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 36 (6.13%) CompTIA CySA+
6 13 (2.21%) ACCA
6 13 (2.21%) CIMA
7 11 (1.87%) AAT
8 10 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.70%) CISSP
9 9 (1.53%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.19%) CCNA
11 7 (1.19%) CISM
11 7 (1.19%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.85%) MCP
12 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.96%) SLA
2 27 (4.60%) GDPR
3 26 (4.43%) Data Quality
4 25 (4.26%) QA
5 21 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.53%) NIST
7 9 (1.53%) PMO
8 8 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.51%) GRC
12 2 (0.34%) COBIT
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.68%) BitLocker
2 4 (0.68%) Firmware
3 2 (0.34%) IAG
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.68%) SCCM
3 2 (0.34%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.17%) EnCase
4 1 (0.17%) Nagios
4 1 (0.17%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 156 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.62%) ForeScout
3 24 (4.09%) Oracle
3 24 (4.09%) SAP
4 19 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.56%) Databricks
6 7 (1.19%) Cisco
6 7 (1.19%) Civica
6 7 (1.19%) Google
6 7 (1.19%) Meraki
7 6 (1.02%) JD Edwards
8 5 (0.85%) HP
9 4 (0.68%) Apple
9 4 (0.68%) Capita
9 4 (0.68%) McAfee
9 4 (0.68%) MobileIron
9 4 (0.68%) NEC
9 4 (0.68%) QAD
9 4 (0.68%) Remedy
10 3 (0.51%) IFS