Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,297 565 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.27% 9.87% 9.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.82% 10.86% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 685 483 491
10th Percentile £28,660 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £59,150 £59,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 13,213 5,203 10,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 90.88% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 3,331 7,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,028
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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +3 677 £45,000 - 92
East Midlands +11 619 £40,000 +12.68% 81
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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.

1 487 (37.55%) Microsoft
2 388 (29.92%) Azure
3 310 (23.90%) Azure Certification
4 286 (22.05%) SQL
5 268 (20.66%) Cybersecurity
6 239 (18.43%) Business Intelligence
7 227 (17.50%) Power Platform
8 225 (17.35%) Power BI
9 219 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
10 213 (16.42%) Mentoring
11 207 (15.96%) AI
12 197 (15.19%) Python
13 186 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
14 179 (13.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 175 (13.49%) Tableau
16 163 (12.57%) CompTIA CySA+
17 154 (11.87%) Azure AI
17 154 (11.87%) ForeScout
18 110 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
19 103 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
20 102 (7.86%) Analytics
21 90 (6.94%) Agile
21 90 (6.94%) Degree
22 86 (6.63%) Decision-Making
23 85 (6.55%) ERP
24 79 (6.09%) Windows
25 71 (5.47%) ITIL
26 70 (5.40%) Security Cleared
27 65 (5.01%) Data Analysis
27 65 (5.01%) SC 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 21 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.00%) Confluence
4 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 219 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.08%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.93%) Cloudability
4 11 (0.85%) SAP CO
4 11 (0.85%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.54%) Visualfiles
6 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.31%) Primavera
8 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.23%) Shopify
9 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.15%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 388 (29.92%) Azure
2 227 (17.50%) Power Platform
3 154 (11.87%) Azure AI
4 103 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (3.70%) AWS
6 32 (2.47%) Entra ID
7 22 (1.70%) GCP
8 20 (1.54%) SaaS
9 19 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.54%) IaaS
12 7 (0.54%) PaaS
12 7 (0.54%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.31%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.31%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.23%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.77%) Firewall
2 12 (0.93%) DHCP
2 12 (0.93%) DNS
3 10 (0.77%) VPN
4 9 (0.69%) LAN
4 9 (0.69%) WAN
5 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.39%) Skype
6 5 (0.39%) Wireless
7 4 (0.31%) VoIP
7 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.23%) FTP
9 2 (0.15%) Broadband
9 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.15%) PBX
9 2 (0.15%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.15%) SMTP
9 2 (0.15%) SSH
9 2 (0.15%) SSL
9 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (17.35%) Power BI
2 175 (13.49%) Tableau
3 18 (1.39%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.08%) Power Query
5 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.39%) Looker
9 4 (0.31%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.31%) DTS
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 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.15%) GIS
11 2 (0.15%) QlikView
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.077%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 29 (2.24%) JIRA
2 5 (0.39%) Postman
2 5 (0.39%) Selenium
2 5 (0.39%) Zephyr
3 4 (0.31%) Hudson
4 3 (0.23%) Git
4 3 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.23%) TestRail
4 3 (0.23%) Toad
5 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.15%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.077%) LSMW
General
1 514 (39.63%) Social Skills
2 194 (14.96%) Finance
3 174 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (5.17%) Retail
5 61 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.16%) Manufacturing
7 34 (2.62%) Law
8 33 (2.54%) Legal
9 27 (2.08%) Marketing
10 23 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 12 (0.93%) Automotive
12 12 (0.93%) Banking
12 12 (0.93%) Swedish Language
13 10 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.46%) Dutch Language
17 5 (0.39%) Italian Language
18 4 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.77%) SOAP
3 8 (0.62%) REST
4 7 (0.54%) JSON
5 5 (0.39%) EDI
6 4 (0.31%) XML
7 3 (0.23%) ADO
7 3 (0.23%) CSS
7 3 (0.23%) HTML
8 2 (0.15%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.15%) Playwright
9 1 (0.077%) Pandas
9 1 (0.077%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 21 (1.62%) Driving Licence
2 21 (1.62%) Onboarding
3 19 (1.46%) Operational Technology
4 15 (1.16%) CSOC
5 13 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.00%) Product Ownership
5 13 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (0.77%) Security Posture
7 10 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (0.69%) CMDB
9 8 (0.62%) Smartphone
10 7 (0.54%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.39%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.31%) iSeries
13 4 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.09%) Windows
2 31 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 28 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.46%) Linux
5 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (20.66%) Cybersecurity
2 239 (18.43%) Business Intelligence
3 213 (16.42%) Mentoring
4 207 (15.96%) AI
5 186 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
6 110 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (7.86%) Analytics
8 90 (6.94%) Agile
9 86 (6.63%) Decision-Making
10 85 (6.55%) ERP
11 71 (5.47%) ITIL
12 65 (5.01%) Data Analysis
13 64 (4.93%) Customer Service
14 63 (4.86%) Business Analysis
15 60 (4.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 54 (4.16%) Process Improvement
17 51 (3.93%) ITSM
18 47 (3.62%) Actionable Insight
19 44 (3.39%) CRM
20 40 (3.08%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 286 (22.05%) SQL
2 197 (15.19%) Python
3 19 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.00%) JavaScript
5 12 (0.93%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.23%) PHP
8 3 (0.23%) R
8 3 (0.23%) VBA
9 2 (0.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 310 (23.90%) Azure Certification
2 179 (13.80%) CompTIA Security+
3 163 (12.57%) CompTIA CySA+
4 90 (6.94%) Degree
5 70 (5.40%) Security Cleared
6 65 (5.01%) SC Cleared
7 25 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.08%) MCSE
9 12 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (0.93%) CISSP
9 12 (0.93%) SSCP
10 11 (0.85%) SANS
11 7 (0.54%) CISA
12 4 (0.31%) IIBA
12 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.23%) CBAP
13 3 (0.23%) CISM
13 3 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 30 (2.31%) GDPR
2 30 (2.31%) QA
3 21 (1.62%) NIST
3 21 (1.62%) PMO
4 17 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.23%) SLA
6 9 (0.69%) GRC
7 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.077%) PSD2
System Software
1 57 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.31%) vSphere
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) Samba
5 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.077%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.85%) SCCM
3 8 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.077%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 487 (37.55%) Microsoft
2 154 (11.87%) ForeScout
3 50 (3.86%) ServiceNow
4 34 (2.62%) SAP
5 26 (2.00%) Oracle
6 19 (1.46%) IBM
7 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.31%) Apple
9 16 (1.23%) Adobe
10 15 (1.16%) Cognos
10 15 (1.16%) Workday
11 14 (1.08%) Epicor
12 12 (0.93%) Aderant
12 12 (0.93%) Intapp
12 12 (0.93%) VMware
13 11 (0.85%) Google
13 11 (0.85%) HP
14 8 (0.62%) Aruba
14 8 (0.62%) iManage
15 6 (0.46%) Dell