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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,016 497 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.50% 8.81% 10.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.04% 9.48% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 657 425 368
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,919 £40,001
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -0.21% +0.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -

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 14,437 5,241 8,942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.89% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,061 3,185 4,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £31,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,235
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.42% -7.94%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +8 527 £40,000 +14.29% 156
West Midlands -1 489 £46,227 +8.77% 299
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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.

1 217 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 180 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (14.76%) SQL
4 130 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
5 124 (12.20%) Azure
6 108 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
7 107 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (9.74%) Analytics
9 95 (9.35%) Customer Service
10 94 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
11 92 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
11 92 (9.06%) Power Platform
12 91 (8.96%) Power BI
13 89 (8.76%) ERP
14 87 (8.56%) Decision-Making
15 80 (7.87%) AI
16 75 (7.38%) Data Analysis
17 73 (7.19%) Degree
18 70 (6.89%) Python
19 68 (6.69%) Azure Certification
20 65 (6.40%) Mentoring
21 61 (6.00%) Windows
22 60 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 56 (5.51%) CRM
24 55 (5.41%) Agile
24 55 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
25 54 (5.31%) ITIL
26 53 (5.22%) Logistics
27 52 (5.12%) Business Analysis
28 46 (4.53%) Actionable Insight

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 20 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.79%) Confluence
4 4 (0.39%) IIS
4 4 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.098%) Apache
6 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 92 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.30%) Notion
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (0.98%) Cloudability
4 7 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.49%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.49%) Shopify
6 4 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.30%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.30%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.30%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.20%) Magento
9 1 (0.098%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (12.20%) Azure
2 94 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 34 (3.35%) AWS
5 33 (3.25%) Azure AI
6 22 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (1.67%) SaaS
8 15 (1.48%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.48%) GCP
9 9 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (0.49%) NetDocuments
10 5 (0.49%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.39%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.30%) Boomi
13 2 (0.20%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.20%) SuccessFactors
14 1 (0.098%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.57%) Firewall
2 11 (1.08%) LAN
2 11 (1.08%) WAN
3 7 (0.69%) Wireless
4 6 (0.59%) DHCP
4 6 (0.59%) DNS
4 6 (0.59%) VPN
5 4 (0.39%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.30%) Network Security
6 3 (0.30%) VLAN
7 2 (0.20%) Skype
7 2 (0.20%) SMTP
7 2 (0.20%) SSH
7 2 (0.20%) SSL
8 1 (0.098%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.098%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.96%) Power BI
2 43 (4.23%) Tableau
3 15 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
5 11 (1.08%) GIS
5 11 (1.08%) Power Query
6 10 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.49%) Looker
8 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.30%) DTS
10 2 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.20%) Base SAS
10 2 (0.20%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.20%) MS Access
10 2 (0.20%) MySQL
10 2 (0.20%) QlikView
11 1 (0.098%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (2.36%) JIRA
2 6 (0.59%) Git
3 5 (0.49%) Postman
4 4 (0.39%) Hudson
5 3 (0.30%) Selenium
5 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.30%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.20%) GitLab
6 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.20%) JMeter
6 2 (0.20%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.098%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.098%) LSMW
7 1 (0.098%) TestRail
7 1 (0.098%) Toad
General
1 261 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 181 (17.81%) Finance
3 167 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (8.07%) Retail
5 48 (4.72%) Manufacturing
6 40 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 22 (2.17%) Marketing
9 20 (1.97%) Law
9 20 (1.97%) Legal
10 11 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.08%) Swedish Language
11 10 (0.98%) Automotive
11 10 (0.98%) Dutch Language
12 9 (0.89%) Banking
12 9 (0.89%) Italian Language
12 9 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.79%) French Language
14 5 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.98%) SOAP
3 9 (0.89%) REST
4 6 (0.59%) EDI
5 5 (0.49%) JSON
6 3 (0.30%) ADO
6 3 (0.30%) XML
7 2 (0.20%) CSS
7 2 (0.20%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.20%) HTML
7 2 (0.20%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.31%) Management Information System
2 22 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.67%) Operational Technology
4 16 (1.57%) Driving Licence
5 14 (1.38%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.08%) CMDB
6 11 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 8 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.69%) Security Posture
9 6 (0.59%) Smartphone
10 5 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.49%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.49%) CSOC
10 5 (0.49%) FMCG
10 5 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.39%) NHS
11 4 (0.39%) Online Gambling
12 3 (0.30%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.00%) Windows
2 21 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.57%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.30%) Android
5 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.20%) Linux
7 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
3 108 (10.63%) Business Intelligence
4 107 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (9.74%) Analytics
6 95 (9.35%) Customer Service
7 89 (8.76%) ERP
8 87 (8.56%) Decision-Making
9 80 (7.87%) AI
10 75 (7.38%) Data Analysis
11 65 (6.40%) Mentoring
12 60 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (5.51%) CRM
14 55 (5.41%) Agile
14 55 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
15 54 (5.31%) ITIL
16 53 (5.22%) Logistics
17 52 (5.12%) Business Analysis
18 46 (4.53%) Actionable Insight
19 45 (4.43%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 150 (14.76%) SQL
2 70 (6.89%) Python
3 15 (1.48%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (1.08%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.39%) R
8 2 (0.20%) Java
8 2 (0.20%) PHP
8 2 (0.20%) VBA
9 1 (0.098%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (7.19%) Degree
2 68 (6.69%) Azure Certification
3 41 (4.04%) CompTIA Security+
3 41 (4.04%) Security Cleared
4 37 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 35 (3.44%) CompTIA CySA+
6 22 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.28%) MCSE
9 10 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.49%) SANS
11 4 (0.39%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.39%) ACCA
11 4 (0.39%) CBAP
11 4 (0.39%) CIMA
11 4 (0.39%) CISSP
11 4 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.39%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.39%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.44%) Data Quality
2 30 (2.95%) QA
3 27 (2.66%) GDPR
4 24 (2.36%) PMO
5 10 (0.98%) GRC
5 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.59%) NIST
9 5 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.49%) SLA
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.098%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.098%) COBIT
12 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.098%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.39%) vSphere
3 2 (0.20%) Samba
3 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.20%) XenApp
4 1 (0.098%) Docker
4 1 (0.098%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.098%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (1.08%) SCCM
2 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.098%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.098%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.098%) QRadar
Vendors
1 217 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.33%) ServiceNow
3 41 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 33 (3.25%) ForeScout
5 31 (3.05%) SAP
6 27 (2.66%) Oracle
7 19 (1.87%) Workday
8 16 (1.57%) Apple
9 15 (1.48%) Adobe
10 13 (1.28%) Epicor
11 12 (1.18%) Cognos
11 12 (1.18%) IBM
12 9 (0.89%) VMware
13 8 (0.79%) Aderant
13 8 (0.79%) Intapp
14 7 (0.69%) HP
15 6 (0.59%) Aruba
15 6 (0.59%) Google
15 6 (0.59%) Meraki
16 5 (0.49%) Guidewire