Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 559 1,345 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.20% 9.64% 13.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.92% 10.23% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 429 788 820
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £36,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £52,750 £50,000 £50,563
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,550
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -2.11%

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 6,266 13,150 7,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.29% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 9,190 4,511
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,256 £34,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -8 328 £45,000 +20.00% 426
East Midlands -8 230 £35,500 +1.43% 277
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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.

1 186 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 143 (25.58%) SQL
3 141 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (20.39%) Microsoft
6 112 (20.04%) Finance
6 112 (20.04%) Degree
7 88 (15.74%) Power Platform
8 87 (15.56%) Project Management
8 87 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
9 83 (14.85%) Power BI
10 80 (14.31%) Azure
11 74 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
11 74 (13.24%) Customer Service
12 73 (13.06%) Law
13 70 (12.52%) Agile
14 64 (11.45%) SAP
15 62 (11.09%) Data Analysis
15 62 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
16 59 (10.55%) Analytics
16 59 (10.55%) Change Management
17 57 (10.20%) Windows
18 56 (10.02%) Requirements Gathering
19 55 (9.84%) ITIL
19 55 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
20 53 (9.48%) Active Directory
20 53 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
20 53 (9.48%) Risk Management
21 51 (9.12%) Visualisation
22 50 (8.94%) Incident Management

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 37 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.29%) Confluence
3 22 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (8.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.22%) SAP HR
2 18 (3.22%) SAP Payroll
3 16 (2.86%) SAP HCM
4 13 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (1.43%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.07%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.89%) Exchequer
7 5 (0.89%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.89%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.54%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.54%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 3 (0.54%) iTrent
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle SCM
9 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.18%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 88 (15.74%) Power Platform
2 80 (14.31%) Azure
3 74 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 23 (4.11%) AWS
6 20 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (3.58%) SuccessFactors
7 17 (3.04%) OneDrive
8 15 (2.68%) SaaS
9 10 (1.79%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.89%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.89%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.72%) GCP
13 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.54%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.54%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (0.54%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.47%) Firewall
2 17 (3.04%) DHCP
3 16 (2.86%) VoIP
3 16 (2.86%) VPN
4 13 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.97%) Network Security
5 11 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.79%) DNS
7 9 (1.61%) LAN
7 9 (1.61%) WAN
8 3 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.36%) Broadband
9 2 (0.36%) CHAP
9 2 (0.36%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.36%) SAN
9 2 (0.36%) Wireless
10 1 (0.18%) MPLS
10 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (14.85%) Power BI
2 27 (4.83%) Tableau
3 26 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
7 10 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (1.25%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (1.07%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.89%) EDRMS
11 5 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.89%) GIS
11 5 (0.89%) Power Query
12 4 (0.72%) Metadata
12 4 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 36 (6.44%) JIRA
2 9 (1.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (1.43%) Git
4 3 (0.54%) Postman
4 3 (0.54%) Selenium
5 2 (0.36%) RStudio
6 1 (0.18%) Appium
6 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.18%) JMeter
6 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.18%) NUnit
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) TestRail
6 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 186 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 119 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (20.04%) Finance
4 73 (13.06%) Law
5 31 (5.55%) Retail
6 30 (5.37%) Marketing
7 27 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.33%) Legal
12 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.61%) Local Government
16 8 (1.43%) Billing
17 7 (1.25%) Automotive
17 7 (1.25%) Banking
18 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
19 5 (0.89%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (1.43%) Web Services
3 7 (1.25%) EDI
3 7 (1.25%) Middleware
4 4 (0.72%) .NET
4 4 (0.72%) REST
5 3 (0.54%) JSON
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.54%) Playwright
5 3 (0.54%) XML
6 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.36%) HTML
6 2 (0.36%) SOAP
7 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.18%) CSS
7 1 (0.18%) ODBC
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.47%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.50%) Driving Licence
3 14 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.43%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.25%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (0.89%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.89%) Pricing Data
11 4 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.54%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.54%) Tandem
13 2 (0.36%) AS400
13 2 (0.36%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.20%) Windows
2 15 (2.68%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.61%) Android
5 7 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.07%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.89%) Linux
8 1 (0.18%) AIX
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
2 87 (15.56%) Project Management
3 74 (13.24%) Customer Service
4 70 (12.52%) Agile
5 62 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (11.09%) Data Analysis
6 59 (10.55%) Analytics
6 59 (10.55%) Change Management
7 56 (10.02%) Requirements Gathering
8 55 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (9.84%) ITIL
9 53 (9.48%) Risk Management
9 53 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 51 (9.12%) Visualisation
11 50 (8.94%) Incident Management
11 50 (8.94%) Information Security
12 49 (8.77%) ITSM
13 47 (8.41%) ERP
14 45 (8.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 143 (25.58%) SQL
2 28 (5.01%) Python
3 16 (2.86%) ABAP
4 13 (2.33%) C#
5 12 (2.15%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.72%) R
9 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.36%) VBA
11 1 (0.18%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 112 (20.04%) Degree
2 45 (8.05%) CISSP
3 44 (7.87%) CISM
4 43 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (7.33%) CESG Certified Professional
6 26 (4.65%) Security Cleared
7 19 (3.40%) DBS Check
8 18 (3.22%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.79%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.61%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.43%) CBAP
12 8 (1.43%) MCSA
13 7 (1.25%) ISTQB
14 6 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.89%) CISA
15 5 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.89%) MCSE
16 4 (0.72%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (8.05%) NIST
3 41 (7.33%) JSP 440
3 41 (7.33%) RMADS
4 39 (6.98%) GDPR
5 37 (6.62%) SLA
6 25 (4.47%) QA
7 18 (3.22%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.61%) PMO
9 5 (0.89%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.72%) GRC
10 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.54%) COBIT
11 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.36%) NCSC
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 53 (9.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.61%) Firmware
3 8 (1.43%) BitLocker
4 5 (0.89%) Docker
5 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.43%) SCCM
3 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.18%) Nagios
3 1 (0.18%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 64 (11.45%) SAP
3 27 (4.83%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.29%) Databricks
5 16 (2.86%) Oracle
6 14 (2.50%) Apple
6 14 (2.50%) Google
7 11 (1.97%) HP
8 10 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.43%) McAfee
9 8 (1.43%) MobileIron
9 8 (1.43%) Remedy
10 7 (1.25%) Meraki
10 7 (1.25%) VMware
11 6 (1.07%) Sage
12 5 (0.89%) Capita
12 5 (0.89%) Civica
12 5 (0.89%) JD Edwards
12 5 (0.89%) JDA
12 5 (0.89%) NEC