Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,212 549 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.26% 9.43% 9.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.80% 10.34% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 685 466 463
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,188 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
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 13,775 5,308 10,179
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 91.16% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9,625 3,365 6,459
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +3 615 £45,000 - 107
East Midlands +9 596 £40,000 +12.68% 91
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 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.

1 385 (31.77%) Microsoft
2 295 (24.34%) Azure
3 234 (19.31%) SQL
4 222 (18.32%) Azure Certification
5 218 (17.99%) Cybersecurity
6 190 (15.68%) Business Intelligence
7 183 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
8 173 (14.27%) Power Platform
9 172 (14.19%) Power BI
10 166 (13.70%) AI
11 163 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
12 159 (13.12%) Mentoring
13 146 (12.05%) Python
14 130 (10.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 121 (9.98%) Tableau
16 116 (9.57%) CompTIA CySA+
17 110 (9.08%) Azure AI
17 110 (9.08%) ForeScout
18 108 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
19 97 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
20 95 (7.84%) Analytics
21 86 (7.10%) ERP
22 83 (6.85%) Decision-Making
23 82 (6.77%) Agile
24 81 (6.68%) Degree
25 77 (6.35%) Customer Service
26 76 (6.27%) Windows
27 67 (5.53%) ITIL
28 65 (5.36%) Data Analysis
29 62 (5.12%) 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 17 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.91%) Confluence
4 5 (0.41%) IIS
4 5 (0.41%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.083%) SAS
Applications
1 163 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.99%) Cloudability
4 11 (0.91%) SAP CO
4 11 (0.91%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.58%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.58%) Visualfiles
6 5 (0.41%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.33%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.33%) Primavera
7 4 (0.33%) Shopify
8 3 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.25%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.25%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 295 (24.34%) Azure
2 173 (14.27%) Power Platform
3 110 (9.08%) Azure AI
4 97 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.71%) AWS
6 27 (2.23%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.73%) GCP
8 20 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.65%) SaaS
9 9 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (0.58%) IaaS
10 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (0.58%) PaaS
11 5 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.33%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.25%) Siteimprove
14 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.17%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.06%) Firewall
2 11 (0.91%) LAN
2 11 (0.91%) WAN
3 8 (0.66%) DHCP
3 8 (0.66%) DNS
4 7 (0.58%) VPN
4 7 (0.58%) Wireless
5 6 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.41%) Skype
7 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.17%) FTP
9 2 (0.17%) SMTP
9 2 (0.17%) SSH
9 2 (0.17%) SSL
10 1 (0.083%) Broadband
10 1 (0.083%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.083%) SAN
10 1 (0.083%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (14.19%) Power BI
2 121 (9.98%) Tableau
3 21 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (0.99%) Power Query
5 11 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
6 8 (0.66%) GIS
7 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.33%) DTS
9 3 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.25%) Looker
9 3 (0.25%) MySQL
9 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.17%) QlikView
10 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.083%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.083%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (2.39%) JIRA
2 5 (0.41%) Git
2 5 (0.41%) Postman
2 5 (0.41%) Selenium
2 5 (0.41%) Zephyr
3 4 (0.33%) Hudson
4 3 (0.25%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.25%) TestRail
4 3 (0.25%) Toad
5 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.17%) GitLab
5 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.17%) JMeter
6 1 (0.083%) LSMW
General
1 426 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 181 (14.93%) Finance
3 164 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.02%) Retail
5 55 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 28 (2.31%) Legal
8 26 (2.15%) Law
9 24 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (1.82%) Public Sector
11 19 (1.57%) Marketing
12 12 (0.99%) Banking
12 12 (0.99%) Swedish Language
13 11 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.83%) Automotive
14 10 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.74%) Italian Language
16 7 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.50%) Dutch Language
18 5 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.83%) SOAP
3 8 (0.66%) REST
4 7 (0.58%) JSON
5 6 (0.50%) EDI
6 3 (0.25%) ADO
6 3 (0.25%) CSS
6 3 (0.25%) HTML
6 3 (0.25%) XML
7 2 (0.17%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.96%) Management Information System
2 21 (1.73%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.65%) Operational Technology
4 19 (1.57%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.24%) Product Ownership
6 12 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (0.91%) CSOC
8 10 (0.83%) Security Posture
9 9 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (0.74%) CMDB
9 9 (0.74%) Data Structures
10 8 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (0.66%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (0.41%) FMCG
12 5 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.33%) iSeries
13 4 (0.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.27%) Windows
2 29 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.98%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.41%) Linux
5 4 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.083%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (17.99%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (15.68%) Business Intelligence
3 183 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (13.70%) AI
5 159 (13.12%) Mentoring
6 108 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (7.84%) Analytics
8 86 (7.10%) ERP
9 83 (6.85%) Decision-Making
10 82 (6.77%) Agile
11 77 (6.35%) Customer Service
12 67 (5.53%) ITIL
13 65 (5.36%) Data Analysis
14 58 (4.79%) Business Analysis
15 57 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (4.04%) Logistics
17 47 (3.88%) Process Improvement
18 45 (3.71%) CRM
18 45 (3.71%) ITSM
19 44 (3.63%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 234 (19.31%) SQL
2 146 (12.05%) Python
3 16 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.07%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.83%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (0.50%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.25%) PHP
7 3 (0.25%) VBA
8 2 (0.17%) Java
8 2 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 222 (18.32%) Azure Certification
2 130 (10.73%) CompTIA Security+
3 116 (9.57%) CompTIA CySA+
4 81 (6.68%) Degree
5 62 (5.12%) Security Cleared
6 57 (4.70%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 24 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.16%) MCSE
10 12 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (0.99%) SSCP
11 11 (0.91%) CISSP
12 9 (0.74%) SANS
13 7 (0.58%) CISA
14 5 (0.41%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.33%) CBAP
15 4 (0.33%) IIBA
15 4 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.33%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.56%) GDPR
2 30 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 29 (2.39%) QA
4 21 (1.73%) PMO
5 20 (1.65%) NIST
6 15 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.83%) SLA
8 9 (0.74%) GRC
9 7 (0.58%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.33%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.083%) PSD2
System Software
1 49 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.33%) vSphere
3 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (0.17%) Samba
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.17%) XenApp
4 1 (0.083%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.083%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.083%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (0.99%) SCCM
2 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.083%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 385 (31.77%) Microsoft
2 110 (9.08%) ForeScout
3 50 (4.13%) ServiceNow
4 38 (3.14%) SAP
5 28 (2.31%) Oracle
6 23 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.65%) IBM
8 17 (1.40%) Apple
9 16 (1.32%) Adobe
9 16 (1.32%) Workday
10 15 (1.24%) Cognos
10 15 (1.24%) Epicor
11 12 (0.99%) Aderant
11 12 (0.99%) Intapp
11 12 (0.99%) VMware
12 11 (0.91%) HP
13 10 (0.83%) Google
14 8 (0.66%) Aruba
14 8 (0.66%) iManage
15 7 (0.58%) Sophos