Analyst Jobs 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 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 576 1,206 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.29% 10.33% 13.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 10.95% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 368 814 904
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,445 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,335 11,010 8,542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 94.31% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,843 8,239 4,748
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -14 329 £45,000 +20.00% 186
East Midlands +2 246 £38,500 +5.48% 101
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities 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.

1 208 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 169 (29.34%) Degree
3 133 (23.09%) Project Management
4 132 (22.92%) SQL
5 114 (19.79%) Microsoft
6 111 (19.27%) Risk Management
7 107 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
9 98 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
10 95 (16.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 92 (15.97%) Azure
11 92 (15.97%) Information Security
11 92 (15.97%) NIST
12 91 (15.80%) Finance
13 90 (15.63%) CISM
14 88 (15.28%) BPSS Clearance
15 87 (15.10%) CESG Certified Professional
15 87 (15.10%) Cyber Resilience
15 87 (15.10%) CISSP
15 87 (15.10%) Security Testing
15 87 (15.10%) JSP 440
15 87 (15.10%) RMADS
16 73 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
17 70 (12.15%) Requirements Gathering
18 69 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
19 67 (11.63%) Analytics
20 65 (11.28%) Power Platform
21 64 (11.11%) Agile
22 61 (10.59%) Customer Service
23 59 (10.24%) Power BI

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

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

Application Platforms
1 45 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (3.65%) Confluence
4 5 (0.87%) IIS
5 4 (0.69%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.17%) Mule
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.78%) SAP HCM
2 15 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.08%) SAP HR
3 12 (2.08%) SAP Payroll
4 7 (1.22%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.87%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.52%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.52%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 3 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.35%) iTrent
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
9 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 92 (15.97%) Azure
2 73 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (11.28%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.47%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (2.60%) AWS
7 15 (2.60%) OneDrive
8 14 (2.43%) SaaS
9 11 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.39%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.04%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.04%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.87%) Google Tag Manager
14 4 (0.69%) Boomi
14 4 (0.69%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.52%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.78%) DHCP
2 15 (2.60%) VoIP
3 14 (2.43%) Firewall
4 12 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.91%) DNS
6 9 (1.56%) VPN
7 7 (1.22%) LAN
7 7 (1.22%) WAN
7 7 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.35%) CHAP
9 2 (0.35%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.24%) Power BI
2 33 (5.73%) Tableau
3 22 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 6 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
9 6 (1.04%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.87%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.87%) Power Query
11 4 (0.69%) Looker
11 4 (0.69%) Metadata
11 4 (0.69%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.69%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 36 (6.25%) JIRA
2 9 (1.56%) Git
3 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (1.04%) Postman
5 3 (0.52%) Selenium
5 3 (0.52%) Subversion
5 3 (0.52%) TortoiseSVN
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Appium
7 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.17%) NUnit
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
7 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 208 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 104 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (15.80%) Finance
4 45 (7.81%) Law
5 29 (5.03%) Retail
6 24 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (3.47%) Marketing
9 15 (2.60%) Banking
10 14 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.26%) Legal
12 12 (2.08%) Billing
12 12 (2.08%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.74%) Local Government
14 9 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.22%) Front Office
16 7 (1.22%) Games
17 6 (1.04%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (1.39%) Middleware
2 8 (1.39%) Web Services
3 6 (1.04%) .NET
3 6 (1.04%) HTML
4 4 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.52%) CSS
5 3 (0.52%) JSON
5 3 (0.52%) Playwright
6 2 (0.35%) EDI
6 2 (0.35%) XML
7 1 (0.17%) ODBC
7 1 (0.17%) PySpark
7 1 (0.17%) REST
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.65%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.08%) Credit Risk
3 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (1.91%) Driving Licence
4 11 (1.91%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.04%) Taxonomies
9 5 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.52%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.35%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.35%) FMCG
11 2 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (9.38%) Windows
2 14 (2.43%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.26%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.56%) Android
5 7 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.04%) Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Unix
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (23.09%) Project Management
2 111 (19.27%) Risk Management
3 107 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
5 92 (15.97%) Information Security
6 87 (15.10%) Cyber Resilience
6 87 (15.10%) Security Testing
7 70 (12.15%) Requirements Gathering
8 69 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
9 67 (11.63%) Analytics
10 64 (11.11%) Agile
11 61 (10.59%) Customer Service
12 58 (10.07%) Data Analysis
13 54 (9.38%) Change Management
13 54 (9.38%) Decision-Making
13 54 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (9.38%) Visualisation
14 50 (8.68%) ITIL
15 46 (7.99%) ITSM
16 38 (6.60%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 132 (22.92%) SQL
2 35 (6.08%) Python
3 16 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 12 (2.08%) T-SQL
5 11 (1.91%) ABAP
5 11 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.04%) C#
6 6 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.87%) R
8 2 (0.35%) VB
8 2 (0.35%) VBA
9 1 (0.17%) PHP
9 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.17%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 169 (29.34%) Degree
2 90 (15.63%) CISM
3 88 (15.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 87 (15.10%) CESG Certified Professional
4 87 (15.10%) CISSP
5 28 (4.86%) DBS Check
6 18 (3.13%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.74%) CBAP
9 8 (1.39%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.22%) MCSA
11 6 (1.04%) A+ Certification
11 6 (1.04%) IIBA
11 6 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.87%) MCSE
12 5 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (16.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (15.97%) NIST
3 87 (15.10%) JSP 440
3 87 (15.10%) RMADS
4 29 (5.03%) QA
5 21 (3.65%) GDPR
5 21 (3.65%) SLA
6 15 (2.60%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.91%) PMO
8 7 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.87%) GRC
10 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.35%) NCSC
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) P3O
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.78%) Docker
3 4 (0.69%) Firmware
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.52%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.52%) SCCM
3 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.17%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.90%) SAP
3 25 (4.34%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.82%) Databricks
5 17 (2.95%) Oracle
6 13 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.74%) VMware
8 8 (1.39%) Apple
8 8 (1.39%) Google
9 5 (0.87%) HP
9 5 (0.87%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.87%) Meraki
9 5 (0.87%) Sage
10 4 (0.69%) Dell
10 4 (0.69%) DocuSign
10 4 (0.69%) PayPal
11 3 (0.52%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.52%) Infor
11 3 (0.52%) MobileIron
11 3 (0.52%) Optimizely