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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,209 543 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.17% 9.32% 9.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.72% 10.22% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 681 461 459
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £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 13,870 5,313 10,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 91.16% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,705 3,368 6,436
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,900 £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 27 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 27 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 +2 612 £45,000 +0.21% 153
East Midlands +9 596 £40,000 +11.11% 118
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 382 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 293 (24.23%) Azure
3 233 (19.27%) SQL
4 222 (18.36%) Azure Certification
5 220 (18.20%) Cybersecurity
6 190 (15.72%) Business Intelligence
7 182 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
8 173 (14.31%) Power Platform
9 172 (14.23%) Power BI
10 166 (13.73%) AI
11 162 (13.40%) Microsoft Excel
12 159 (13.15%) Mentoring
13 146 (12.08%) Python
14 129 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
15 121 (10.01%) Tableau
16 116 (9.59%) CompTIA CySA+
17 110 (9.10%) Azure AI
17 110 (9.10%) ForeScout
18 106 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
19 97 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
20 95 (7.86%) Analytics
21 86 (7.11%) ERP
22 82 (6.78%) Degree
23 81 (6.70%) Agile
23 81 (6.70%) Decision-Making
24 78 (6.45%) Customer Service
25 74 (6.12%) Windows
26 66 (5.46%) Data Analysis
26 66 (5.46%) ITIL
27 61 (5.05%) 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 (1.41%) 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
1 162 (13.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 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%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.50%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.50%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.41%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.33%) Shopify
9 3 (0.25%) Exchequer
9 3 (0.25%) Infor CloudSuite
9 3 (0.25%) Infor LN
9 3 (0.25%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.25%) Primavera
9 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 293 (24.23%) Azure
2 173 (14.31%) Power Platform
3 110 (9.10%) Azure AI
4 97 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.72%) AWS
6 25 (2.07%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.74%) GCP
8 20 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (1.57%) SaaS
10 9 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.41%) IaaS
12 5 (0.41%) PaaS
13 4 (0.33%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.33%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.25%) Siteimprove
15 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.17%) Smartsheet
15 2 (0.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.07%) 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%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.083%) SAN
10 1 (0.083%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.083%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (14.23%) Power BI
2 121 (10.01%) Tableau
3 19 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
5 11 (0.91%) Power Query
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 (2.40%) 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
1 425 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 180 (14.89%) Finance
3 162 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.12%) Retail
5 54 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 27 (2.23%) Law
6 27 (2.23%) Legal
7 23 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (1.82%) Public Sector
9 19 (1.57%) Marketing
10 12 (0.99%) Banking
10 12 (0.99%) Swedish Language
11 11 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.83%) Automotive
12 10 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.74%) Italian Language
14 7 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.50%) Dutch Language
16 5 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.49%) 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 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 21 (1.74%) 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 10 (0.83%) CSOC
7 10 (0.83%) Security Posture
8 9 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (0.74%) CMDB
8 9 (0.74%) Data Structures
9 8 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (0.66%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.41%) FMCG
11 5 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.41%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.33%) iSeries
12 4 (0.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.12%) Windows
2 27 (2.23%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.99%) 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
1 220 (18.20%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (15.72%) Business Intelligence
3 182 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (13.73%) AI
5 159 (13.15%) Mentoring
6 106 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (7.86%) Analytics
8 86 (7.11%) ERP
9 81 (6.70%) Agile
9 81 (6.70%) Decision-Making
10 78 (6.45%) Customer Service
11 66 (5.46%) Data Analysis
11 66 (5.46%) ITIL
12 58 (4.80%) Business Analysis
13 57 (4.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (4.14%) Logistics
15 46 (3.80%) Process Improvement
16 45 (3.72%) CRM
17 43 (3.56%) Actionable Insight
17 43 (3.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 233 (19.27%) SQL
2 146 (12.08%) Python
3 15 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.83%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.25%) PHP
8 3 (0.25%) VBA
9 2 (0.17%) Java
9 2 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 222 (18.36%) Azure Certification
2 129 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 116 (9.59%) CompTIA CySA+
4 82 (6.78%) Degree
5 61 (5.05%) Security Cleared
6 56 (4.63%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 24 (1.99%) 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%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.56%) GDPR
2 29 (2.40%) Data Quality
2 29 (2.40%) QA
3 20 (1.65%) NIST
3 20 (1.65%) PMO
4 15 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.83%) SLA
6 9 (0.74%) GRC
7 7 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 1 (0.083%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (3.89%) 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 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.083%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 382 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 110 (9.10%) ForeScout
3 49 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 39 (3.23%) SAP
5 29 (2.40%) Oracle
6 24 (1.99%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.65%) IBM
8 17 (1.41%) 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%) VMware
12 11 (0.91%) Aderant
12 11 (0.91%) HP
12 11 (0.91%) Intapp
13 10 (0.83%) Google
14 8 (0.66%) Aruba
15 7 (0.58%) iManage
15 7 (0.58%) Sophos