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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,335 491 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.30% 9.50% 10.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.06% 10.46% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 607 375 814
10th Percentile £28,150 £25,100 £24,400
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £54,125 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £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 12,070 4,696 10,890
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 90.83% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,680 2,800 8,268
10th Percentile £29,350 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,688 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 7 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 7 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 -2 753 £45,000 - 142
East Midlands +11 579 £37,663 -2.17% 101
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 633 (47.42%) Microsoft
2 541 (40.52%) Azure
3 463 (34.68%) Azure Certification
4 348 (26.07%) SQL
5 334 (25.02%) Cybersecurity
6 317 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
7 310 (23.22%) Microsoft Excel
8 303 (22.70%) Power Platform
9 301 (22.55%) Power BI
10 287 (21.50%) Mentoring
11 273 (20.45%) Python
12 272 (20.37%) AI
13 264 (19.78%) Tableau
14 257 (19.25%) CompTIA Security+
15 239 (17.90%) CompTIA CySA+
16 231 (17.30%) Azure AI
16 231 (17.30%) ForeScout
17 132 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
18 95 (7.12%) Agile
19 93 (6.97%) Analytics
20 83 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
21 78 (5.84%) Business Analysis
22 76 (5.69%) Degree
23 74 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
24 72 (5.39%) ERP
25 67 (5.02%) Windows
26 63 (4.72%) Security Cleared
27 60 (4.49%) Decision-Making
27 60 (4.49%) ITIL
28 58 (4.34%) 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 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.27%) Confluence
3 14 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.37%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 310 (23.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.75%) SAP CO
2 10 (0.75%) SAP FI
2 10 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 9 (0.67%) Cloudability
4 8 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
5 7 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.45%) SAP HR
6 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.30%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 4 (0.30%) Primavera
8 4 (0.30%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.30%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.22%) SAP Business ByDesign
10 2 (0.15%) Misys Midas
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 541 (40.52%) Azure
2 303 (22.70%) Power Platform
3 231 (17.30%) Azure AI
4 74 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (2.70%) AWS
6 29 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 25 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (1.27%) GCP
8 17 (1.27%) SaaS
9 10 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 9 (0.67%) IaaS
10 9 (0.67%) PaaS
11 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.45%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.30%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.22%) Siteimprove
15 3 (0.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.27%) DHCP
1 17 (1.27%) DNS
2 16 (1.20%) Firewall
3 9 (0.67%) VPN
4 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.37%) Skype
5 5 (0.37%) VoIP
6 4 (0.30%) RFID
7 3 (0.22%) FTP
8 2 (0.15%) Broadband
8 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.15%) LAN
8 2 (0.15%) PBX
8 2 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.15%) WAN
9 1 (0.075%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.075%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.075%) SMS
9 1 (0.075%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (22.55%) Power BI
2 264 (19.78%) Tableau
3 21 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.12%) Data Mining
5 12 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (0.90%) Power Query
6 7 (0.52%) Looker
7 5 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.22%) MySQL
9 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.075%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.075%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.075%) DTS
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (2.32%) JIRA
2 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.22%) Selenium
3 3 (0.22%) TestRail
3 3 (0.22%) Toad
3 3 (0.22%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.15%) Postman
5 1 (0.075%) SoapUI
General
1 646 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 182 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (12.28%) Finance
4 61 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 61 (4.57%) Retail
5 48 (3.60%) Manufacturing
6 40 (3.00%) Law
7 30 (2.25%) Legal
7 30 (2.25%) Marketing
8 12 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (0.82%) Automotive
9 11 (0.82%) Banking
10 8 (0.60%) Public Sector
11 7 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.30%) Games
14 3 (0.22%) Retail Finance
14 3 (0.22%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.15%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.37%) Flash
2 5 (0.37%) JSON
3 3 (0.22%) CSS
3 3 (0.22%) HTML
3 3 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.15%) PySpark
5 1 (0.075%) Middleware
5 1 (0.075%) Pandas
5 1 (0.075%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.075%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (1.95%) Management Information System
2 25 (1.87%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (1.20%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.12%) CSOC
5 15 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
6 14 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 9 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (0.67%) Operational Technology
7 9 (0.67%) Public Cloud
8 8 (0.60%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.37%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.37%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.37%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.30%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.30%) iSeries
11 4 (0.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 67 (5.02%) Windows
2 29 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.60%) Linux
5 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (25.02%) Cybersecurity
2 317 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
3 287 (21.50%) Mentoring
4 272 (20.37%) AI
5 132 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (7.12%) Agile
7 93 (6.97%) Analytics
8 83 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (5.84%) Business Analysis
10 72 (5.39%) ERP
11 60 (4.49%) Decision-Making
11 60 (4.49%) ITIL
12 58 (4.34%) Process Improvement
13 49 (3.67%) Data Analysis
14 41 (3.07%) Customer Service
15 38 (2.85%) Project Management
16 36 (2.70%) Information Security
17 35 (2.62%) CRM
17 35 (2.62%) Logistics
18 34 (2.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 348 (26.07%) SQL
2 273 (20.45%) Python
3 15 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (0.82%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.67%) T-SQL
6 8 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.52%) VBA
8 4 (0.30%) R
9 3 (0.22%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.22%) PHP
10 1 (0.075%) C#
Qualifications
1 463 (34.68%) Azure Certification
2 257 (19.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 239 (17.90%) CompTIA CySA+
4 76 (5.69%) Degree
5 63 (4.72%) Security Cleared
6 58 (4.34%) SC Cleared
7 19 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.90%) SSCP
10 11 (0.82%) CISSP
11 10 (0.75%) SANS
12 9 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.52%) ACCA
13 7 (0.52%) CIMA
13 7 (0.52%) CISA
13 7 (0.52%) MCSA
13 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.37%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.37%) AAT
14 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.40%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.65%) NIST
2 22 (1.65%) QA
2 22 (1.65%) SLA
3 19 (1.42%) GDPR
4 17 (1.27%) PMO
5 16 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.60%) GRC
8 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.075%) PSD2
13 1 (0.075%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.075%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.52%) SCCM
4 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 633 (47.42%) Microsoft
2 231 (17.30%) ForeScout
3 44 (3.30%) SAP
4 28 (2.10%) Oracle
5 25 (1.87%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.65%) Adobe
6 22 (1.65%) Apple
7 14 (1.05%) VMware
8 13 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 12 (0.90%) Google
10 9 (0.67%) Databricks
10 9 (0.67%) IBM
11 8 (0.60%) HP
12 6 (0.45%) Citrix
12 6 (0.45%) Epicor
12 6 (0.45%) Workday
13 5 (0.37%) Dell
13 5 (0.37%) iManage
13 5 (0.37%) McAfee
13 5 (0.37%) Sophos