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 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,171 530 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.89% 9.15% 9.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.42% 10.04% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 673 451 443
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £59,250 £58,500
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 13,905 5,280 9,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 91.11% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,725 3,342 6,104
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £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 £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 2 September 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 2 September 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
East Midlands +8 586 £40,000 +12.68% 123
West Midlands +2 583 £45,000 +0.43% 169
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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.

1 352 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 269 (22.97%) Azure
3 220 (18.79%) SQL
4 205 (17.51%) Cybersecurity
5 200 (17.08%) Azure Certification
6 184 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
7 177 (15.12%) Business Intelligence
8 159 (13.58%) Power Platform
9 158 (13.49%) Power BI
10 155 (13.24%) AI
11 151 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
12 143 (12.21%) Mentoring
13 135 (11.53%) Python
14 115 (9.82%) CompTIA Security+
15 110 (9.39%) Tableau
16 107 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 104 (8.88%) CompTIA CySA+
18 99 (8.45%) Azure AI
18 99 (8.45%) ForeScout
19 97 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
20 95 (8.11%) Analytics
21 85 (7.26%) ERP
22 81 (6.92%) Decision-Making
22 81 (6.92%) Degree
23 80 (6.83%) Customer Service
24 77 (6.58%) Agile
25 74 (6.32%) Windows
26 68 (5.81%) Data Analysis
27 64 (5.47%) ITIL
28 58 (4.95%) 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 18 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.94%) Confluence
4 5 (0.43%) IIS
4 5 (0.43%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 151 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (1.02%) Cloudability
4 9 (0.77%) SAP CO
4 9 (0.77%) SAP FI
4 9 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.43%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.43%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.34%) Shopify
8 3 (0.26%) Exchequer
8 3 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.26%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.26%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.26%) Primavera
8 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.085%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 269 (22.97%) Azure
2 159 (13.58%) Power Platform
3 99 (8.45%) Azure AI
4 97 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (3.84%) AWS
6 24 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.79%) GCP
8 19 (1.62%) SaaS
9 18 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.43%) IaaS
12 5 (0.43%) NetDocuments
12 5 (0.43%) PaaS
13 4 (0.34%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.34%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.26%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.26%) Siteimprove
15 2 (0.17%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.05%) Firewall
2 11 (0.94%) LAN
2 11 (0.94%) WAN
3 7 (0.60%) DHCP
3 7 (0.60%) DNS
3 7 (0.60%) VPN
3 7 (0.60%) Wireless
4 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.43%) Skype
6 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.26%) Network Security
8 2 (0.17%) SMTP
8 2 (0.17%) SSH
8 2 (0.17%) SSL
9 1 (0.085%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.085%) FTP
9 1 (0.085%) SAN
9 1 (0.085%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.085%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (13.49%) Power BI
2 110 (9.39%) Tableau
3 19 (1.62%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
4 11 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.94%) Power Query
5 9 (0.77%) GIS
6 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.34%) DTS
8 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.26%) Looker
8 3 (0.26%) MySQL
8 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.17%) QlikView
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.085%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 28 (2.39%) JIRA
2 5 (0.43%) Git
2 5 (0.43%) Postman
2 5 (0.43%) Selenium
2 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
3 4 (0.34%) Hudson
4 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.26%) TestRail
4 3 (0.26%) Toad
5 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.17%) GitLab
5 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.17%) JMeter
6 1 (0.085%) LSMW
General
1 402 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 177 (15.12%) Finance
3 162 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.40%) Retail
5 52 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 49 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.22%) Law
7 26 (2.22%) Legal
8 22 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (1.88%) Public Sector
9 19 (1.62%) Marketing
10 12 (1.02%) Banking
10 12 (1.02%) Swedish Language
11 11 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.85%) Automotive
13 9 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.77%) Italian Language
14 7 (0.60%) Dutch Language
14 7 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.85%) SOAP
3 8 (0.68%) REST
4 6 (0.51%) EDI
4 6 (0.51%) JSON
5 3 (0.26%) ADO
5 3 (0.26%) CSS
5 3 (0.26%) HTML
5 3 (0.26%) XML
6 2 (0.17%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 22 (1.88%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.71%) Driving Licence
3 20 (1.71%) Operational Technology
4 15 (1.28%) Product Ownership
5 13 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (0.77%) CMDB
6 9 (0.77%) Data Structures
6 9 (0.77%) Security Posture
7 8 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (0.68%) CSOC
7 8 (0.68%) Smartphone
8 6 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.43%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (0.43%) FMCG
9 5 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.34%) iSeries
10 4 (0.34%) NHS
10 4 (0.34%) PMI
11 3 (0.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.32%) Windows
2 28 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.34%) Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (17.51%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (15.12%) Business Intelligence
4 155 (13.24%) AI
5 143 (12.21%) Mentoring
6 107 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (8.11%) Analytics
8 85 (7.26%) ERP
9 81 (6.92%) Decision-Making
10 80 (6.83%) Customer Service
11 77 (6.58%) Agile
12 68 (5.81%) Data Analysis
13 64 (5.47%) ITIL
14 56 (4.78%) Business Analysis
15 55 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 51 (4.36%) Logistics
17 44 (3.76%) ITSM
17 44 (3.76%) Process Improvement
18 43 (3.67%) Actionable Insight
18 43 (3.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 220 (18.79%) SQL
2 135 (11.53%) Python
3 15 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.11%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.26%) PHP
7 3 (0.26%) R
7 3 (0.26%) VBA
8 2 (0.17%) Java
9 1 (0.085%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 200 (17.08%) Azure Certification
2 115 (9.82%) CompTIA Security+
3 104 (8.88%) CompTIA CySA+
4 81 (6.92%) Degree
5 58 (4.95%) Security Cleared
6 53 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.13%) AWS Certification
8 22 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.20%) MCSE
10 12 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.85%) SSCP
12 9 (0.77%) CISSP
13 8 (0.68%) SANS
14 5 (0.43%) CISA
14 5 (0.43%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.34%) CBAP
15 4 (0.34%) IIBA
15 4 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.34%) SAP Certification
16 2 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.73%) GDPR
2 31 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.56%) QA
4 20 (1.71%) PMO
5 18 (1.54%) NIST
6 15 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.77%) GRC
8 8 (0.68%) SLA
9 7 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.085%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.34%) vSphere
3 2 (0.17%) Samba
3 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.17%) XenApp
4 1 (0.085%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.085%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (1.02%) SCCM
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.085%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 352 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 99 (8.45%) ForeScout
3 49 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 37 (3.16%) SAP
5 29 (2.48%) Oracle
6 23 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.62%) IBM
8 17 (1.45%) Apple
8 17 (1.45%) Workday
9 16 (1.37%) Adobe
10 15 (1.28%) Cognos
10 15 (1.28%) Epicor
11 12 (1.02%) VMware
12 11 (0.94%) HP
13 10 (0.85%) Aderant
13 10 (0.85%) Google
13 10 (0.85%) Intapp
14 8 (0.68%) Aruba
15 7 (0.60%) Dell
15 7 (0.60%) Sophos