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 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 549 744 622
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.01% 8.71% 12.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.74% 9.31% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 411 354 511
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 £50,000 £53,625 £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 5,636 7,994 4,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.58% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 3,985 3,678
10th Percentile £27,725 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -

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 29 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 29 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 +2 285 £42,500 -1.16% 167
East Midlands +10 261 £35,000 -12.50% 113
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 185 (33.70%) SQL
2 154 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (23.68%) Microsoft
4 95 (17.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 93 (16.94%) Power Platform
6 91 (16.58%) Power BI
7 90 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
8 86 (15.66%) Azure
9 74 (13.48%) ERP
10 71 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (12.75%) Customer Service
12 68 (12.39%) Python
13 65 (11.84%) Degree
14 60 (10.93%) Decision-Making
15 59 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
16 58 (10.56%) Analytics
17 56 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
18 53 (9.65%) Tableau
19 52 (9.47%) Mentoring
20 51 (9.29%) Data Analysis
20 51 (9.29%) Incident Management
21 50 (9.11%) Agile
22 49 (8.93%) Windows
23 47 (8.56%) CRM
24 46 (8.38%) ITIL
25 44 (8.01%) Azure Certification
26 43 (7.83%) Logistics
26 43 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
27 42 (7.65%) SC Cleared
27 42 (7.65%) 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 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.09%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) 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 95 (17.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.64%) NetSuite
1 9 (1.64%) SAP HR
1 9 (1.64%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.09%) SAP Business One
2 6 (1.09%) SAP HCM
2 6 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.91%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.55%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.55%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.36%) iTrent
6 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.36%) Shopify
7 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.18%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 93 (16.94%) Power Platform
2 86 (15.66%) Azure
3 59 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (4.55%) SaaS
5 22 (4.01%) Azure AI
6 20 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.55%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.46%) AWS
9 7 (1.28%) OCI
9 7 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.09%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.55%) GCP
12 3 (0.55%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.36%) Asana
13 2 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 1 (0.18%) Contentsquare
14 1 (0.18%) Miro
14 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.28%) Firewall
2 14 (2.55%) Network Security
2 14 (2.55%) Remote Desktop
3 12 (2.19%) VPN
4 9 (1.64%) DHCP
4 9 (1.64%) DNS
5 7 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.73%) Internet
7 4 (0.73%) 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 91 (16.58%) Power BI
2 53 (9.65%) Tableau
3 14 (2.55%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.64%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.91%) EDRMS
9 5 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.91%) GIS
9 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.55%) UniData
11 2 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.36%) Looker
11 2 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 15 (2.73%) JIRA
General
1 223 (40.62%) Social Skills
2 136 (24.77%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (22.40%) Finance
4 53 (9.65%) Retail
5 52 (9.47%) Marketing
6 49 (8.93%) Law
7 42 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (5.83%) Manufacturing
9 29 (5.28%) Legal
10 23 (4.19%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.19%) Advertising
13 11 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.64%) Local Government
15 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.09%) Banking
16 6 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.91%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
19 2 (0.36%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.82%) EDI
1 10 (1.82%) Flash
2 9 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (0.55%) Middleware
5 2 (0.36%) .NET
5 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.36%) REST
5 2 (0.36%) SOAP
5 2 (0.36%) Web Services
6 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.18%) LDAP
6 1 (0.18%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.73%) Security Posture
3 14 (2.55%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.46%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.46%) NHS
8 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.09%) iSeries
10 5 (0.91%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.91%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.73%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.73%) FMCG
12 3 (0.55%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.55%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.36%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.93%) Windows
2 15 (2.73%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.55%) Mac OS
4 12 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.28%) Linux
6 5 (0.91%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
3 74 (13.48%) ERP
4 71 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 70 (12.75%) Customer Service
6 60 (10.93%) Decision-Making
7 58 (10.56%) Analytics
8 56 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (9.47%) Mentoring
10 51 (9.29%) Data Analysis
10 51 (9.29%) Incident Management
11 50 (9.11%) Agile
12 47 (8.56%) CRM
13 46 (8.38%) ITIL
14 43 (7.83%) Logistics
14 43 (7.83%) User Acceptance Testing
15 34 (6.19%) Visualisation
16 33 (6.01%) Project Management
17 32 (5.83%) Actionable Insight
17 32 (5.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 185 (33.70%) SQL
2 68 (12.39%) Python
3 15 (2.73%) C#
4 11 (2.00%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.09%) ABAP
6 6 (1.09%) R
7 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.55%) VBA
8 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.18%) VB
8 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 65 (11.84%) Degree
2 44 (8.01%) Azure Certification
3 42 (7.65%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.65%) Security Cleared
4 29 (5.28%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (2.19%) ACCA
6 12 (2.19%) CIMA
7 10 (1.82%) AAT
7 10 (1.82%) CISSP
8 9 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.64%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.28%) CISM
11 6 (1.09%) CCNA
11 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.91%) MCP
13 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.10%) SLA
2 29 (5.28%) GDPR
3 26 (4.74%) QA
4 25 (4.55%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.64%) PMO
8 8 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.46%) NIST
9 5 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.55%) GRC
11 2 (0.36%) COBIT
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.73%) BitLocker
2 4 (0.73%) 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 13 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.73%) 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
1 130 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.55%) SAP
3 24 (4.37%) Oracle
4 22 (4.01%) ForeScout
5 20 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.55%) Databricks
7 8 (1.46%) Civica
8 7 (1.28%) Cisco
8 7 (1.28%) Meraki
9 6 (1.09%) Google
9 6 (1.09%) HP
9 6 (1.09%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.91%) Capita
10 5 (0.91%) NEC
11 4 (0.73%) Apple
11 4 (0.73%) McAfee
11 4 (0.73%) MobileIron
11 4 (0.73%) QAD
11 4 (0.73%) Remedy
12 3 (0.55%) JDA