Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Analyst Skill Set in the Midlands
Period
to

The median annual salary for an Analyst was £41,000 in advertised job vacancies in the Midlands during the 6 months to 3 July 2022.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Analyst
England > Midlands
6 months to
3 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 12 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,584 1,217 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.81% 13.05% 12.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.01% 14.11% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 906 625
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £53,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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.

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands
Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,304 8,623 5,864
% of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.49% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7,054 6,531 4,928
10th Percentile £27,625 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,195 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,934 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +5.77%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 2022.

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 3 July 2022. 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 1,112 £42,500 +6.25% 87
East Midlands -4 462 £39,335 +0.86% 48
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 July 2022, Analyst job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 444 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 373 (23.55%) Agile
3 348 (21.97%) Microsoft
4 335 (21.15%) Finance
5 307 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
6 274 (17.30%) Windows
7 271 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
8 265 (16.73%) SQL
9 245 (15.47%) Business Analysis
10 198 (12.50%) ITIL
11 195 (12.31%) Degree
12 187 (11.81%) Azure
13 182 (11.49%) Active Directory
14 175 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
15 164 (10.35%) Microsoft Excel
16 161 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
17 143 (9.03%) Windows Server
18 139 (8.78%) Management Information System
19 133 (8.40%) Change Management
20 131 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
20 131 (8.27%) Retail
21 130 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
22 128 (8.08%) SLA
23 127 (8.02%) SQL Server
24 125 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
25 121 (7.64%) ERP
26 116 (7.32%) Analytics
27 115 (7.26%) User Stories
28 108 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
29 104 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.45%) Confluence
3 19 (1.20%) MS Exchange
4 14 (0.88%) IIS
5 8 (0.51%) SAS
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.063%) Podio
8 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 175 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 164 (10.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (1.14%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.69%) Abaqus
8 5 (0.32%) SPSS
9 1 (0.063%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 17 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (0.69%) iTrent
3 10 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.19%) Northgate Housing
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.19%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.13%) Magento
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 187 (11.81%) Azure
2 161 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (5.43%) Power Platform
4 63 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
5 62 (3.91%) AWS
6 25 (1.58%) SaaS
7 23 (1.45%) GCP
8 20 (1.26%) Azure Active Directory
9 18 (1.14%) OneDrive
10 16 (1.01%) IaaS
10 16 (1.01%) PaaS
11 15 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.76%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.38%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
15 4 (0.25%) Lucidchart
15 4 (0.25%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.25%) Slack
15 4 (0.25%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.23%) DNS
2 62 (3.91%) Firewall
3 61 (3.85%) DHCP
4 26 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.52%) VoIP
6 22 (1.39%) LAN
6 22 (1.39%) WAN
7 18 (1.14%) VPN
8 17 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.69%) Wireless
10 10 (0.63%) WLAN
11 9 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.57%) Network Security
12 8 (0.51%) SSL
12 8 (0.51%) VLAN
13 7 (0.44%) Intranet
13 7 (0.44%) IPsec
14 6 (0.38%) Internet
15 5 (0.32%) IP Telephony
15 5 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.24%) Power BI
3 52 (3.28%) Tableau
4 41 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 22 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
8 15 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.57%) Oracle Discoverer
12 8 (0.51%) Big Data
12 8 (0.51%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.51%) Cognos Impromptu
12 8 (0.51%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.38%) MS Access
14 6 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 85 (5.37%) JIRA
2 17 (1.07%) Selenium
3 15 (0.95%) Git (software)
4 11 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.69%) Postman
5 10 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.51%) JMeter
7 6 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.38%) Subversion
7 6 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.38%) TestRail
8 5 (0.32%) Maven
8 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.19%) ERwin
10 3 (0.19%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.13%) HP UFT
General
1 444 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 335 (21.15%) Finance
3 307 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.27%) Retail
5 103 (6.50%) Law
6 85 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 80 (5.05%) Automotive
8 70 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 56 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (3.03%) Legal
12 47 (2.97%) Marketing
13 46 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.15%) Banking
14 34 (2.15%) Digital Economy
15 27 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (1.26%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.01%) Aviation
18 15 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.71%) HTML
2 36 (2.27%) .NET
2 36 (2.27%) CSS
3 32 (2.02%) Web Services
4 19 (1.20%) HTML5
5 18 (1.14%) XML
6 17 (1.07%) LDAP
7 16 (1.01%) Regular Expression
8 13 (0.82%) RESTful
9 11 (0.69%) REST
10 9 (0.57%) Spring
11 8 (0.51%) EDI
11 8 (0.51%) React
12 7 (0.44%) Kafka
12 7 (0.44%) Middleware
12 7 (0.44%) SOAP
12 7 (0.44%) Vert.x
13 5 (0.32%) JSON
13 5 (0.32%) WML
14 4 (0.25%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 139 (8.78%) Management Information System
2 57 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (2.21%) User Experience
4 34 (2.15%) Driving Licence
5 26 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (1.64%) Cyberthreat
6 25 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
7 23 (1.45%) IoT
8 19 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.01%) Mainframe
9 16 (1.01%) Smart Meter
10 15 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
10 15 (0.95%) Video Editing
11 14 (0.88%) Social Media
12 12 (0.76%) AS400
12 12 (0.76%) Blog
12 12 (0.76%) Mobile App
13 11 (0.69%) Clustering
13 11 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.69%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 274 (17.30%) Windows
2 143 (9.03%) Windows Server
3 97 (6.12%) Windows 10
4 63 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 59 (3.72%) Linux
6 33 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
8 28 (1.77%) Unix
9 21 (1.33%) Windows 7
10 14 (0.88%) Android
11 10 (0.63%) Solaris
12 9 (0.57%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.57%) SUSE
13 6 (0.38%) OS/400
13 6 (0.38%) Windows 8
14 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.32%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (23.55%) Agile
2 271 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (15.47%) Business Analysis
4 198 (12.50%) ITIL
5 133 (8.40%) Change Management
6 131 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 130 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
9 121 (7.64%) ERP
10 116 (7.32%) Analytics
11 115 (7.26%) User Stories
12 108 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
13 104 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
14 101 (6.38%) Project Management
14 101 (6.38%) SDLC
14 101 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
15 100 (6.31%) Information Security
16 99 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
17 98 (6.19%) Data Analysis
18 97 (6.12%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 265 (16.73%) SQL
2 58 (3.66%) Python
3 45 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 42 (2.65%) Java
5 41 (2.59%) JavaScript
6 37 (2.34%) C
7 36 (2.27%) C#
8 27 (1.70%) VBA
9 21 (1.33%) R
10 20 (1.26%) VB
11 17 (1.07%) RPG
12 15 (0.95%) Perl
12 15 (0.95%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.57%) C++
14 8 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.44%) Bourne shell
15 7 (0.44%) C-shell
16 6 (0.38%) Go
16 6 (0.38%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 195 (12.31%) Degree
2 61 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 45 (2.84%) ISEB
4 41 (2.59%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.02%) CISSP
6 27 (1.70%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.64%) CISA
8 25 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (0.95%) CISM
11 14 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.69%) SANS
14 9 (0.57%) A+ Certification
14 9 (0.57%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.57%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.08%) SLA
2 100 (6.31%) QA
3 51 (3.22%) PMO
4 45 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (2.34%) GDPR
6 23 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 22 (1.39%) NIST
8 17 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.07%) Data Quality
9 12 (0.76%) GRC
10 9 (0.57%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.32%) NCSC
13 5 (0.32%) P3O
14 4 (0.25%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.25%) IASME
14 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 182 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.69%) XenApp
4 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.25%) Docker
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.063%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.45%) SCCM
2 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.76%) Nessus
4 9 (0.57%) Ansible
4 9 (0.57%) NetBackup
4 9 (0.57%) Norton AntiVirus
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 8 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
5 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.38%) Backup Exec
6 6 (0.38%) Opscode Chef
6 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.19%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.063%) Grafana
9 1 (0.063%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.063%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 348 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.43%) SAP
3 69 (4.36%) Oracle
4 59 (3.72%) Google
5 52 (3.28%) Cisco
6 48 (3.03%) VMware
7 45 (2.84%) Citrix
8 32 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.45%) Apple
9 23 (1.45%) FIS
9 23 (1.45%) Salesforce.com
10 21 (1.33%) Dell
11 20 (1.26%) IBM
11 20 (1.26%) Infor
12 18 (1.14%) HP
13 16 (1.01%) Splunk
14 15 (0.95%) Workday
15 14 (0.88%) Ivanti
15 14 (0.88%) Veeam
16 13 (0.82%) Remedy