Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,309 494 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.66% 10.16% 10.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.49% 11.37% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 590 365 819
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £24,950
25th Percentile £31,750 £30,250 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,325 £62,500 £57,100
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 11,394 4,346 10,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 89.35% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,132 2,776 8,160
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,704
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,997 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,011 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -2 735 £42,500 -6.08% 154
East Midlands +3 571 £35,000 -9.09% 132
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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.

1 627 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 535 (40.87%) Azure
3 462 (35.29%) Azure Certification
4 363 (27.73%) SQL
5 326 (24.90%) Cybersecurity
6 321 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
7 320 (24.45%) Microsoft Excel
8 306 (23.38%) Power Platform
9 304 (23.22%) Power BI
10 292 (22.31%) Mentoring
11 272 (20.78%) Python
12 267 (20.40%) Tableau
13 262 (20.02%) AI
14 260 (19.86%) CompTIA Security+
15 239 (18.26%) CompTIA CySA+
16 231 (17.65%) Azure AI
16 231 (17.65%) ForeScout
17 148 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
18 94 (7.18%) Agile
19 92 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
20 91 (6.95%) Analytics
21 85 (6.49%) Degree
22 82 (6.26%) ERP
23 79 (6.04%) Business Analysis
24 74 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
25 67 (5.12%) Decision-Making
26 66 (5.04%) Windows
27 61 (4.66%) ITIL
28 60 (4.58%) Process Improvement
28 60 (4.58%) 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 20 (1.53%) Confluence
2 16 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 320 (24.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.76%) SAP CO
1 10 (0.76%) SAP FI
1 10 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
2 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.61%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.46%) Cloudability
4 6 (0.46%) SAP HR
4 6 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.31%) Primavera
5 4 (0.31%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.31%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.15%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 535 (40.87%) Azure
2 306 (23.38%) Power Platform
3 231 (17.65%) Azure AI
4 74 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (2.52%) AWS
6 26 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (1.91%) Entra ID
8 23 (1.76%) SaaS
9 14 (1.07%) GCP
10 10 (0.76%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.69%) IaaS
11 9 (0.69%) PaaS
12 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.53%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.46%) Google Analytics
14 3 (0.23%) OCI
14 3 (0.23%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.23%) Siteimprove
14 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.45%) Firewall
2 17 (1.30%) DHCP
2 17 (1.30%) DNS
3 9 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
3 9 (0.69%) VPN
4 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.38%) Skype
5 5 (0.38%) VoIP
6 4 (0.31%) RFID
7 3 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.23%) FTP
8 2 (0.15%) Broadband
8 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.15%) PBX
8 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.076%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.076%) LAN
9 1 (0.076%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 304 (23.22%) Power BI
2 267 (20.40%) Tableau
3 21 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.30%) Data Mining
5 13 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (0.76%) Power Query
7 7 (0.53%) Looker
8 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
11 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.15%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.076%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (2.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.31%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.23%) Selenium
3 3 (0.23%) TestRail
3 3 (0.23%) Toad
3 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.076%) Postman
4 1 (0.076%) SoapUI
General
1 665 (50.80%) Social Skills
2 205 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
3 167 (12.76%) Finance
4 68 (5.19%) Retail
5 57 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 40 (3.06%) Law
8 32 (2.44%) Legal
9 31 (2.37%) Marketing
10 14 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (0.76%) Automotive
12 9 (0.69%) Banking
13 8 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.53%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.46%) Advertising
15 6 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.31%) Games
18 3 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (0.23%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.61%) Flash
2 7 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.38%) JSON
4 3 (0.23%) CSS
4 3 (0.23%) HTML
4 3 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.15%) PySpark
6 1 (0.076%) Middleware
6 1 (0.076%) Pandas
6 1 (0.076%) SAP CAF
6 1 (0.076%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (2.22%) Onboarding
2 22 (1.68%) Management Information System
3 18 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (1.30%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.15%) CSOC
5 15 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (0.84%) Security Posture
8 10 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.46%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.38%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.31%) iSeries
12 4 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.31%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.31%) Social Media
13 3 (0.23%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.04%) Windows
2 26 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.76%) Windows 10
4 10 (0.76%) Linux
5 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.076%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (24.90%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
3 292 (22.31%) Mentoring
4 262 (20.02%) AI
5 148 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (7.18%) Agile
7 92 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (6.95%) Analytics
9 82 (6.26%) ERP
10 79 (6.04%) Business Analysis
11 67 (5.12%) Decision-Making
12 61 (4.66%) ITIL
13 60 (4.58%) Process Improvement
14 56 (4.28%) Customer Service
15 53 (4.05%) Data Analysis
16 42 (3.21%) Project Management
17 38 (2.90%) CRM
18 35 (2.67%) Information Security
18 35 (2.67%) Validation
19 34 (2.60%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 363 (27.73%) SQL
2 272 (20.78%) Python
3 15 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (0.99%) T-SQL
5 9 (0.69%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.69%) VBA
6 8 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.53%) C#
8 4 (0.31%) R
9 3 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.23%) PHP
10 1 (0.076%) VB
Qualifications
1 462 (35.29%) Azure Certification
2 260 (19.86%) CompTIA Security+
3 239 (18.26%) CompTIA CySA+
4 85 (6.49%) Degree
5 60 (4.58%) Security Cleared
6 55 (4.20%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.15%) CISSP
10 12 (0.92%) SSCP
11 10 (0.76%) ACCA
11 10 (0.76%) CIMA
11 10 (0.76%) SANS
12 8 (0.61%) AAT
13 7 (0.53%) CISA
13 7 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.53%) CISM
13 7 (0.53%) MCSA
13 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.29%) Data Quality
2 26 (1.99%) QA
3 24 (1.83%) NIST
4 22 (1.68%) SLA
5 20 (1.53%) GDPR
5 20 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.99%) PMO
7 10 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.53%) GRC
9 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.076%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.076%) PSD2
13 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.38%) SCCM
4 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.076%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 627 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 231 (17.65%) ForeScout
3 43 (3.28%) SAP
4 31 (2.37%) Oracle
5 21 (1.60%) ServiceNow
6 19 (1.45%) Adobe
7 18 (1.38%) Apple
8 14 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.99%) VMware
10 12 (0.92%) Google
11 10 (0.76%) Databricks
12 8 (0.61%) IBM
13 7 (0.53%) HP
13 7 (0.53%) Meraki
14 6 (0.46%) Citrix
14 6 (0.46%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.46%) Sage
15 5 (0.38%) JD Edwards
15 5 (0.38%) McAfee
15 5 (0.38%) Sophos