Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,291 509 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.75% 10.18% 10.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.46% 11.15% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 617 409 829
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +12.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,720 £62,330 £57,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%

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 12,342 4,564 11,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 91.30% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,946 2,632 8,888
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -9 729 £45,000 - 70
East Midlands +15 559 £40,000 +6.67% 56
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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.

1 572 (44.31%) Microsoft
2 481 (37.26%) Azure
3 398 (30.83%) Azure Certification
4 315 (24.40%) SQL
5 310 (24.01%) Cybersecurity
6 275 (21.30%) Business Intelligence
7 268 (20.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 263 (20.37%) Power Platform
9 262 (20.29%) Power BI
10 254 (19.67%) Mentoring
11 252 (19.52%) AI
12 240 (18.59%) Python
13 226 (17.51%) CompTIA Security+
13 226 (17.51%) Tableau
14 207 (16.03%) CompTIA CySA+
15 198 (15.34%) Azure AI
15 198 (15.34%) ForeScout
16 146 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
17 96 (7.44%) Agile
18 95 (7.36%) Analytics
19 88 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
20 84 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
21 77 (5.96%) Business Analysis
22 76 (5.89%) Degree
23 71 (5.50%) Security Cleared
23 71 (5.50%) Windows
24 67 (5.19%) Decision-Making
25 65 (5.03%) ERP
25 65 (5.03%) SC Cleared
26 58 (4.49%) Process Improvement

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 18 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.32%) Confluence
2 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 268 (20.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.93%) Cloudability
1 12 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.77%) SAP CO
2 10 (0.77%) SAP FI
2 10 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (0.62%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 7 (0.54%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.54%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.31%) Primavera
7 4 (0.31%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.31%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.23%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 481 (37.26%) Azure
2 263 (20.37%) Power Platform
3 198 (15.34%) Azure AI
4 84 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.33%) AWS
6 29 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.55%) GCP
8 20 (1.55%) SaaS
9 10 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 9 (0.70%) IaaS
10 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (0.70%) PaaS
11 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (0.54%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.31%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.31%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.47%) DHCP
1 19 (1.47%) DNS
1 19 (1.47%) Firewall
2 10 (0.77%) VPN
3 8 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.39%) Skype
4 5 (0.39%) VoIP
5 4 (0.31%) LAN
5 4 (0.31%) RFID
5 4 (0.31%) WAN
6 3 (0.23%) FTP
7 2 (0.15%) Broadband
7 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.15%) PBX
7 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.15%) Wireless
8 1 (0.077%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.077%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.077%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.077%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (20.29%) Power BI
2 226 (17.51%) Tableau
3 21 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.01%) Power Query
5 11 (0.85%) Data Mining
6 10 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.46%) Looker
8 5 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.15%) GIS
11 2 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.077%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.077%) DTS
12 1 (0.077%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (2.63%) JIRA
2 4 (0.31%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.23%) Postman
3 3 (0.23%) Selenium
3 3 (0.23%) TestRail
3 3 (0.23%) Toad
3 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.077%) SoapUI
General
1 567 (43.92%) Social Skills
2 175 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (13.01%) Finance
4 65 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (4.18%) Retail
6 47 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.49%) Law
8 35 (2.71%) Legal
9 25 (1.94%) Marketing
10 13 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.01%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.85%) Banking
12 9 (0.70%) Automotive
13 6 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.31%) Swedish Language
15 3 (0.23%) Games
15 3 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.23%) Retail Finance
16 2 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.39%) JSON
2 3 (0.23%) CSS
2 3 (0.23%) HTML
2 3 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.077%) ADO
3 1 (0.077%) Flash
3 1 (0.077%) Middleware
3 1 (0.077%) Pandas
3 1 (0.077%) PySpark
3 1 (0.077%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.077%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (2.40%) Management Information System
2 26 (2.01%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (1.16%) CSOC
4 15 (1.16%) Operational Technology
4 15 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (1.08%) Driving Licence
6 13 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (1.01%) Product Ownership
7 9 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 8 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (0.62%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.54%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.39%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.39%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.31%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.31%) iSeries
12 4 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.50%) Windows
2 33 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 29 (2.25%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.39%) 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
1 310 (24.01%) Cybersecurity
2 275 (21.30%) Business Intelligence
3 254 (19.67%) Mentoring
4 252 (19.52%) AI
5 146 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (7.44%) Agile
7 95 (7.36%) Analytics
8 88 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (5.96%) Business Analysis
10 67 (5.19%) Decision-Making
11 65 (5.03%) ERP
12 58 (4.49%) Process Improvement
13 57 (4.42%) ITIL
14 49 (3.80%) Data Analysis
15 44 (3.41%) Customer Service
15 44 (3.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 40 (3.10%) Information Security
17 39 (3.02%) Actionable Insight
18 36 (2.79%) ITSM
19 35 (2.71%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 315 (24.40%) SQL
2 240 (18.59%) Python
3 16 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (0.85%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
6 8 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.54%) VBA
8 4 (0.31%) R
9 3 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 398 (30.83%) Azure Certification
2 226 (17.51%) CompTIA Security+
3 207 (16.03%) CompTIA CySA+
4 76 (5.89%) Degree
5 71 (5.50%) Security Cleared
6 65 (5.03%) SC Cleared
7 24 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.01%) SSCP
10 12 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.85%) CISSP
12 10 (0.77%) SANS
13 7 (0.54%) CISA
13 7 (0.54%) MCSA
13 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.46%) MCSE
15 5 (0.39%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.39%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.31%) HNC
16 4 (0.31%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.70%) GDPR
2 22 (1.70%) QA
3 21 (1.63%) NIST
3 21 (1.63%) SLA
4 15 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.08%) PMO
6 10 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.77%) GRC
7 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.077%) PSD2
12 1 (0.077%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.23%) vSphere
4 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.077%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.62%) SCCM
2 8 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 572 (44.31%) Microsoft
2 198 (15.34%) ForeScout
3 40 (3.10%) SAP
4 31 (2.40%) ServiceNow
5 25 (1.94%) Adobe
5 25 (1.94%) Apple
6 23 (1.78%) Oracle
7 15 (1.16%) VMware
8 13 (1.01%) IBM
9 12 (0.93%) Aderant
9 12 (0.93%) Intapp
9 12 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.77%) Google
10 10 (0.77%) HP
11 9 (0.70%) Cognos
11 9 (0.70%) Workday
12 8 (0.62%) iManage
13 7 (0.54%) Aruba
13 7 (0.54%) Citrix
13 7 (0.54%) Databricks