Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,291 557 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.53% 9.85% 9.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.07% 10.87% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 661 472 607
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £41,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +10.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £59,200 £57,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,824 5,124 11,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 90.64% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,947 3,257 7,814
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,700
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 22 July 2026.

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 22 July 2026. 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 +2 681 £45,000 - 105
East Midlands +11 608 £40,000 +12.68% 102
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, 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.

1 503 (38.96%) Microsoft
2 409 (31.68%) Azure
3 332 (25.72%) Azure Certification
4 294 (22.77%) SQL
5 270 (20.91%) Cybersecurity
6 247 (19.13%) Business Intelligence
7 238 (18.44%) Power Platform
8 236 (18.28%) Power BI
9 229 (17.74%) Microsoft Excel
10 224 (17.35%) Mentoring
11 214 (16.58%) AI
12 209 (16.19%) Python
13 191 (14.79%) CompTIA Security+
14 187 (14.48%) Tableau
15 175 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
16 174 (13.48%) CompTIA CySA+
17 165 (12.78%) Azure AI
17 165 (12.78%) ForeScout
18 100 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
18 100 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
19 99 (7.67%) Analytics
20 92 (7.13%) Agile
20 92 (7.13%) Degree
21 86 (6.66%) Decision-Making
22 80 (6.20%) ERP
23 76 (5.89%) Windows
24 73 (5.65%) Security Cleared
25 68 (5.27%) ITIL
26 67 (5.19%) SC Cleared
27 64 (4.96%) Business Analysis

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 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.16%) Confluence
3 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 229 (17.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.01%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.93%) Cloudability
4 11 (0.85%) SAP CO
4 11 (0.85%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.54%) Elite 3E
6 7 (0.54%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.31%) Primavera
9 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.15%) Shopify
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 409 (31.68%) Azure
2 238 (18.44%) Power Platform
3 165 (12.78%) Azure AI
4 100 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (3.64%) AWS
6 30 (2.32%) Entra ID
7 22 (1.70%) GCP
8 20 (1.55%) SaaS
9 17 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (0.54%) IaaS
12 7 (0.54%) PaaS
12 7 (0.54%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.31%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.31%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.23%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.23%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.70%) Firewall
2 14 (1.08%) DHCP
2 14 (1.08%) DNS
3 11 (0.85%) VPN
4 8 (0.62%) LAN
4 8 (0.62%) WAN
5 5 (0.39%) Skype
5 5 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.39%) VoIP
6 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.31%) Wireless
7 3 (0.23%) FTP
8 2 (0.15%) Broadband
8 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.15%) PBX
8 2 (0.15%) SMTP
8 2 (0.15%) SSH
8 2 (0.15%) SSL
8 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.077%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (18.28%) Power BI
2 187 (14.48%) Tableau
3 18 (1.39%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.08%) Power Query
5 11 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
6 10 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.39%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.39%) Looker
9 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.31%) DTS
10 3 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.15%) GIS
11 2 (0.15%) QlikView
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.077%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.077%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 29 (2.25%) JIRA
2 5 (0.39%) Postman
2 5 (0.39%) Selenium
2 5 (0.39%) Zephyr
3 4 (0.31%) Hudson
4 3 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.23%) TestRail
4 3 (0.23%) Toad
5 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.15%) Git
5 2 (0.15%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.077%) LSMW
General
1 526 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 185 (14.33%) Finance
3 175 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (4.96%) Retail
5 61 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.03%) Manufacturing
7 37 (2.87%) Law
8 35 (2.71%) Legal
9 27 (2.09%) Marketing
10 21 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.47%) Public Sector
12 12 (0.93%) Banking
12 12 (0.93%) Swedish Language
13 11 (0.85%) Automotive
14 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.31%) Dutch Language
17 3 (0.23%) Games
17 3 (0.23%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (0.62%) SOAP
3 7 (0.54%) JSON
4 6 (0.46%) REST
5 4 (0.31%) XML
6 3 (0.23%) ADO
6 3 (0.23%) CSS
6 3 (0.23%) EDI
6 3 (0.23%) HTML
7 2 (0.15%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.15%) Playwright
8 1 (0.077%) Pandas
8 1 (0.077%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.64%) Management Information System
2 20 (1.55%) Onboarding
3 19 (1.47%) Driving Licence
3 19 (1.47%) Operational Technology
4 15 (1.16%) CSOC
5 13 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.01%) Product Ownership
5 13 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (0.77%) Security Posture
7 10 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.62%) Smartphone
9 7 (0.54%) CMDB
9 7 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.39%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.31%) iSeries
12 4 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.89%) Windows
2 32 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.09%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.46%) Linux
5 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (20.91%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (19.13%) Business Intelligence
3 224 (17.35%) Mentoring
4 214 (16.58%) AI
5 175 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 99 (7.67%) Analytics
8 92 (7.13%) Agile
9 86 (6.66%) Decision-Making
10 80 (6.20%) ERP
11 68 (5.27%) ITIL
12 64 (4.96%) Business Analysis
12 64 (4.96%) Data Analysis
13 57 (4.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 53 (4.11%) Process Improvement
15 52 (4.03%) Customer Service
16 47 (3.64%) Actionable Insight
16 47 (3.64%) ITSM
17 43 (3.33%) CRM
18 39 (3.02%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 294 (22.77%) SQL
2 209 (16.19%) Python
3 19 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (1.08%) PowerShell
5 11 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.31%) R
9 3 (0.23%) PHP
9 3 (0.23%) VBA
10 2 (0.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 332 (25.72%) Azure Certification
2 191 (14.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 174 (13.48%) CompTIA CySA+
4 92 (7.13%) Degree
5 73 (5.65%) Security Cleared
6 67 (5.19%) SC Cleared
7 25 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 24 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.08%) MCSE
10 12 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (0.93%) CISSP
10 12 (0.93%) SSCP
11 11 (0.85%) SANS
12 7 (0.54%) CISA
13 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.23%) CISM
14 3 (0.23%) IIBA
14 3 (0.23%) MCSA
14 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.71%) Data Quality
2 31 (2.40%) QA
3 28 (2.17%) GDPR
4 21 (1.63%) NIST
4 21 (1.63%) PMO
5 17 (1.32%) SLA
6 16 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.70%) GRC
8 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.077%) PSD2
System Software
1 60 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.23%) vSphere
3 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.15%) Samba
4 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.85%) SCCM
3 8 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.077%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 503 (38.96%) Microsoft
2 165 (12.78%) ForeScout
3 45 (3.49%) ServiceNow
4 35 (2.71%) SAP
5 21 (1.63%) Oracle
6 18 (1.39%) IBM
7 17 (1.32%) Apple
8 16 (1.24%) Adobe
9 15 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.08%) Cognos
10 14 (1.08%) Workday
11 12 (0.93%) Aderant
11 12 (0.93%) Epicor
11 12 (0.93%) Intapp
12 11 (0.85%) Google
12 11 (0.85%) HP
12 11 (0.85%) VMware
13 8 (0.62%) Aruba
13 8 (0.62%) iManage
14 7 (0.54%) Citrix