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 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,273 529 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.14% 10.47% 9.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.69% 11.50% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 638 435 820
10th Percentile £28,850 £25,950 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £37,153
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +13.05% -7.12%
75th Percentile £53,625 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,873 £58,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11,904 4,599 13,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.00% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8,277 2,782 9,622
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,683 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% +0.39% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,748
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +3 705 £45,000 - 89
East Midlands +12 566 £40,000 +6.67% 94
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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.

1 520 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 435 (34.17%) Azure
3 354 (27.81%) Azure Certification
4 300 (23.57%) SQL
5 290 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
6 257 (20.19%) Business Intelligence
7 248 (19.48%) Power Platform
8 247 (19.40%) Power BI
9 239 (18.77%) Microsoft Excel
10 235 (18.46%) Mentoring
11 227 (17.83%) AI
12 222 (17.44%) Python
13 204 (16.03%) CompTIA Security+
14 198 (15.55%) Tableau
15 185 (14.53%) CompTIA CySA+
16 176 (13.83%) Azure AI
16 176 (13.83%) ForeScout
17 156 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
18 101 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
19 100 (7.86%) Agile
20 95 (7.46%) Analytics
21 89 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
22 80 (6.28%) Decision-Making
23 79 (6.21%) Degree
24 75 (5.89%) Security Cleared
25 74 (5.81%) Business Analysis
26 72 (5.66%) Windows
27 68 (5.34%) SC Cleared
28 65 (5.11%) ERP
29 62 (4.87%) Data 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 19 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.34%) Confluence
4 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 239 (18.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.94%) Cloudability
3 10 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 10 (0.79%) SAP FI
3 10 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (0.71%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 7 (0.55%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.55%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.31%) Primavera
9 3 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 3 (0.24%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.24%) SAP PP
10 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
11 1 (0.079%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 435 (34.17%) Azure
2 248 (19.48%) Power Platform
3 176 (13.83%) Azure AI
4 89 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (3.22%) AWS
6 29 (2.28%) Entra ID
7 24 (1.89%) SaaS
8 21 (1.65%) GCP
9 17 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (0.86%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.71%) IaaS
11 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (0.71%) PaaS
12 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.31%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.31%) OneDrive
16 3 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (0.24%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.57%) Firewall
2 18 (1.41%) DHCP
2 18 (1.41%) DNS
3 12 (0.94%) VPN
4 8 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.39%) LAN
5 5 (0.39%) Skype
5 5 (0.39%) VoIP
5 5 (0.39%) WAN
6 3 (0.24%) FTP
7 2 (0.16%) Broadband
7 2 (0.16%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.16%) PBX
7 2 (0.16%) RFID
7 2 (0.16%) SMTP
7 2 (0.16%) SSH
7 2 (0.16%) SSL
7 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.16%) Wireless
8 1 (0.079%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (19.40%) Power BI
2 198 (15.55%) Tableau
3 20 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.02%) Power Query
5 6 (0.47%) Data Mining
5 6 (0.47%) Looker
6 5 (0.39%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.24%) MySQL
8 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.16%) DTS
9 2 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) GIS
9 2 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.079%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.079%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 34 (2.67%) JIRA
2 3 (0.24%) Postman
2 3 (0.24%) Selenium
2 3 (0.24%) TestRail
2 3 (0.24%) Toad
2 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
3 2 (0.16%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.079%) SoapUI
General
1 529 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 175 (13.75%) Finance
3 174 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (4.08%) Retail
6 47 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 41 (3.22%) Law
8 37 (2.91%) Legal
9 28 (2.20%) Marketing
10 16 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (1.26%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.10%) Banking
12 8 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.47%) Automotive
13 6 (0.47%) Swedish Language
14 5 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.24%) Games
16 3 (0.24%) Legal Technology
16 3 (0.24%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.39%) JSON
3 3 (0.24%) CSS
3 3 (0.24%) HTML
3 3 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.079%) ADO
4 1 (0.079%) Middleware
4 1 (0.079%) Pandas
4 1 (0.079%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.079%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (2.83%) Management Information System
2 20 (1.57%) Onboarding
3 19 (1.49%) Operational Technology
4 16 (1.26%) CSOC
5 15 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (1.10%) Driving Licence
7 12 (0.94%) Product Ownership
8 11 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (0.71%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.63%) Smartphone
11 7 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.47%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.39%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.39%) FMCG
13 5 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
14 4 (0.31%) iSeries
14 4 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 72 (5.66%) Windows
2 34 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.36%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.47%) Linux
5 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.079%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
2 257 (20.19%) Business Intelligence
3 235 (18.46%) Mentoring
4 227 (17.83%) AI
5 156 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (7.86%) Agile
8 95 (7.46%) Analytics
9 80 (6.28%) Decision-Making
10 74 (5.81%) Business Analysis
11 65 (5.11%) ERP
12 62 (4.87%) Data Analysis
13 57 (4.48%) ITIL
14 56 (4.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (4.32%) Process Improvement
16 50 (3.93%) Actionable Insight
17 49 (3.85%) Customer Service
18 44 (3.46%) Information Security
19 39 (3.06%) Data Analytics
20 37 (2.91%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 300 (23.57%) SQL
2 222 (17.44%) Python
3 16 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (0.86%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (0.71%) T-SQL
6 7 (0.55%) VBA
7 4 (0.31%) R
8 3 (0.24%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 354 (27.81%) Azure Certification
2 204 (16.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 185 (14.53%) CompTIA CySA+
4 79 (6.21%) Degree
5 75 (5.89%) Security Cleared
6 68 (5.34%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.65%) AWS Certification
7 21 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (0.94%) SSCP
9 11 (0.86%) CISSP
9 11 (0.86%) SANS
10 8 (0.63%) MCSE
11 7 (0.55%) CISA
12 5 (0.39%) A+ Certification
12 5 (0.39%) MCSA
12 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.31%) IIBA
13 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.24%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.51%) Data Quality
2 27 (2.12%) GDPR
3 25 (1.96%) QA
4 21 (1.65%) SLA
5 20 (1.57%) NIST
5 20 (1.57%) PMO
6 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.79%) GRC
8 9 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.079%) PSD2
13 1 (0.079%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.24%) vSphere
4 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.16%) Samba
5 1 (0.079%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.079%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.079%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.63%) SCCM
2 8 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.16%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 520 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 176 (13.83%) ForeScout
3 37 (2.91%) SAP
4 34 (2.67%) ServiceNow
5 21 (1.65%) Oracle
6 20 (1.57%) Adobe
6 20 (1.57%) Apple
7 14 (1.10%) IBM
8 13 (1.02%) VMware
9 12 (0.94%) Aderant
9 12 (0.94%) Intapp
9 12 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 11 (0.86%) HP
11 10 (0.79%) Cognos
11 10 (0.79%) Google
11 10 (0.79%) Workday
12 8 (0.63%) Aruba
12 8 (0.63%) iManage
13 7 (0.55%) Citrix
14 6 (0.47%) Databricks