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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,283 565 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.97% 9.80% 9.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.53% 10.74% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 688 481 462
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
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 13,459 5,261 10,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 91.21% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,395 3,385 6,574
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,959 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £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 9 August 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 August 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 +3 663 £45,000 - 124
East Midlands +10 619 £40,000 +12.68% 102
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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.

1 460 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 362 (28.22%) Azure
3 288 (22.45%) Azure Certification
4 270 (21.04%) SQL
5 255 (19.88%) Cybersecurity
6 228 (17.77%) Business Intelligence
7 214 (16.68%) Power Platform
8 213 (16.60%) Power BI
9 203 (15.82%) Microsoft Excel
10 200 (15.59%) Mentoring
11 197 (15.35%) AI
12 185 (14.42%) Python
13 183 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
14 168 (13.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 161 (12.55%) Tableau
16 150 (11.69%) CompTIA CySA+
17 143 (11.15%) Azure AI
17 143 (11.15%) ForeScout
18 111 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
19 101 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
20 100 (7.79%) Analytics
21 89 (6.94%) Agile
22 87 (6.78%) Degree
22 87 (6.78%) ERP
23 86 (6.70%) Decision-Making
24 78 (6.08%) Windows
25 71 (5.53%) ITIL
26 68 (5.30%) Customer Service
26 68 (5.30%) Security Cleared
27 65 (5.07%) Data Analysis

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 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 203 (15.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.09%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.94%) Cloudability
4 11 (0.86%) SAP CO
4 11 (0.86%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.55%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.55%) Visualfiles
6 6 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 5 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.31%) Primavera
8 4 (0.31%) Shopify
9 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.16%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.16%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.16%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 362 (28.22%) Azure
2 214 (16.68%) Power Platform
3 143 (11.15%) Azure AI
4 101 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (3.66%) AWS
6 30 (2.34%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.64%) GCP
8 20 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.56%) SaaS
9 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.55%) IaaS
11 7 (0.55%) PaaS
11 7 (0.55%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.31%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.23%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.23%) Siteimprove
13 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.87%) Firewall
2 10 (0.78%) DHCP
2 10 (0.78%) DNS
2 10 (0.78%) LAN
2 10 (0.78%) WAN
3 8 (0.62%) VPN
4 7 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.47%) Wireless
6 5 (0.39%) Skype
7 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.16%) FTP
9 2 (0.16%) Network Security
9 2 (0.16%) SMTP
9 2 (0.16%) SSH
9 2 (0.16%) SSL
9 2 (0.16%) VoIP
10 1 (0.078%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.078%) PBX
10 1 (0.078%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (16.60%) Power BI
2 161 (12.55%) Tableau
3 19 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.09%) Power Query
5 12 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.39%) Looker
9 4 (0.31%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.31%) DTS
9 4 (0.31%) GIS
10 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.16%) QlikView
11 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.078%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 28 (2.18%) JIRA
2 5 (0.39%) Postman
2 5 (0.39%) Selenium
2 5 (0.39%) Zephyr
3 4 (0.31%) Git
3 4 (0.31%) Hudson
4 3 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.23%) TestRail
4 3 (0.23%) Toad
5 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.16%) GitLab
5 2 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.16%) JMeter
6 1 (0.078%) LSMW
General
1 492 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 194 (15.12%) Finance
3 170 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (5.46%) Retail
5 62 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.21%) Manufacturing
7 32 (2.49%) Legal
8 30 (2.34%) Law
9 26 (2.03%) Marketing
10 24 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.71%) Public Sector
12 12 (0.94%) Banking
12 12 (0.94%) Swedish Language
13 11 (0.86%) Automotive
14 10 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.55%) Italian Language
17 6 (0.47%) Dutch Language
18 5 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.78%) SOAP
3 8 (0.62%) REST
4 7 (0.55%) JSON
5 5 (0.39%) EDI
6 3 (0.23%) ADO
6 3 (0.23%) CSS
6 3 (0.23%) HTML
6 3 (0.23%) XML
7 2 (0.16%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.16%) Playwright
8 1 (0.078%) Pandas
8 1 (0.078%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.82%) Management Information System
2 21 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.56%) Driving Licence
4 19 (1.48%) Operational Technology
5 15 (1.17%) CSOC
6 14 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 11 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (0.78%) Security Posture
8 10 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.70%) CMDB
9 9 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 8 (0.62%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.31%) FMCG
12 4 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.31%) iSeries
12 4 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.08%) Windows
2 30 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.10%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.47%) Linux
5 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) Android
6 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.078%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (19.88%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (17.77%) Business Intelligence
3 200 (15.59%) Mentoring
4 197 (15.35%) AI
5 183 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (7.79%) Analytics
8 89 (6.94%) Agile
9 87 (6.78%) ERP
10 86 (6.70%) Decision-Making
11 71 (5.53%) ITIL
12 68 (5.30%) Customer Service
13 65 (5.07%) Data Analysis
14 61 (4.75%) Business Analysis
15 59 (4.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 52 (4.05%) Process Improvement
17 50 (3.90%) ITSM
18 47 (3.66%) Actionable Insight
19 46 (3.59%) CRM
20 42 (3.27%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 270 (21.04%) SQL
2 185 (14.42%) Python
3 19 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.86%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.23%) PHP
8 3 (0.23%) R
8 3 (0.23%) VBA
9 2 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 288 (22.45%) Azure Certification
2 168 (13.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 150 (11.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 87 (6.78%) Degree
5 68 (5.30%) Security Cleared
6 63 (4.91%) SC Cleared
7 25 (1.95%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.09%) MCSE
10 12 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (0.94%) CISSP
10 12 (0.94%) SSCP
11 11 (0.86%) SANS
12 7 (0.55%) CISA
13 4 (0.31%) IIBA
13 4 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.23%) CBAP
14 3 (0.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.65%) Data Quality
2 30 (2.34%) GDPR
2 30 (2.34%) QA
3 22 (1.71%) PMO
4 21 (1.64%) NIST
5 17 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.09%) SLA
7 9 (0.70%) GRC
8 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 1 (0.078%) PSD2
System Software
1 54 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.31%) vSphere
3 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.16%) Samba
4 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.078%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.078%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.078%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.86%) SCCM
3 7 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.078%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 460 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 143 (11.15%) ForeScout
3 49 (3.82%) ServiceNow
4 35 (2.73%) SAP
5 27 (2.10%) Oracle
6 22 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.48%) IBM
8 17 (1.33%) Apple
9 16 (1.25%) Adobe
10 15 (1.17%) Cognos
10 15 (1.17%) Workday
11 14 (1.09%) Epicor
12 12 (0.94%) Aderant
12 12 (0.94%) Intapp
12 12 (0.94%) VMware
13 11 (0.86%) HP
14 10 (0.78%) Google
15 8 (0.62%) Aruba
15 8 (0.62%) iManage
16 6 (0.47%) Sophos