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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,094 491 965
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.94% 8.75% 9.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.47% 9.41% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 680 425 380
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,919 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -0.20% -
75th Percentile £54,438 £49,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,350
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,323 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.53% -1.50% -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 14,646 5,217 9,183
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 92.93% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,200 3,183 4,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,875 £35,700
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 £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +10 564 £40,000 +12.68% 158
West Midlands +1 530 £45,000 +5.88% 299
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 268 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 191 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (16.36%) SQL
4 173 (15.81%) Azure
5 160 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
6 138 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
7 121 (11.06%) Power Platform
8 120 (10.97%) Power BI
9 116 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
10 112 (10.24%) Azure Certification
11 109 (9.96%) AI
12 108 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 103 (9.41%) Analytics
14 99 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
15 97 (8.87%) Customer Service
16 92 (8.41%) Mentoring
16 92 (8.41%) Python
17 90 (8.23%) Decision-Making
18 87 (7.95%) ERP
19 80 (7.31%) Degree
20 79 (7.22%) Data Analysis
21 69 (6.31%) Tableau
22 67 (6.12%) Windows
23 66 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
24 60 (5.48%) Agile
24 60 (5.48%) CompTIA CySA+
24 60 (5.48%) ITIL
25 58 (5.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 57 (5.21%) CRM
27 56 (5.12%) Logistics

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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.01%) Confluence
4 5 (0.46%) IIS
5 4 (0.37%) SAS
6 3 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 116 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.091%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (1.10%) Cloudability
4 7 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.55%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.55%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.46%) Shopify
6 5 (0.46%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.27%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.27%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.27%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.18%) Magento
10 1 (0.091%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 173 (15.81%) Azure
2 121 (11.06%) Power Platform
3 99 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (5.03%) Azure AI
5 42 (3.84%) AWS
6 22 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (1.74%) GCP
8 17 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 17 (1.55%) SaaS
9 10 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.46%) NetDocuments
12 5 (0.46%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.37%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.37%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.27%) Boomi
15 2 (0.18%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.18%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.74%) Firewall
2 11 (1.01%) LAN
2 11 (1.01%) WAN
3 7 (0.64%) Wireless
4 6 (0.55%) DHCP
4 6 (0.55%) DNS
4 6 (0.55%) VPN
5 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.27%) Network Security
6 3 (0.27%) Skype
6 3 (0.27%) VLAN
7 2 (0.18%) SMTP
7 2 (0.18%) SSH
7 2 (0.18%) SSL
8 1 (0.091%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.091%) SAN
8 1 (0.091%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (10.97%) Power BI
2 69 (6.31%) Tableau
3 15 (1.37%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.28%) Power Query
5 11 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
6 10 (0.91%) GIS
7 8 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.37%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.37%) DTS
8 4 (0.37%) Looker
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.27%) MySQL
9 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.18%) Base SAS
10 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.18%) MS Access
10 2 (0.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 27 (2.47%) JIRA
2 5 (0.46%) Git
2 5 (0.46%) Postman
3 4 (0.37%) Hudson
3 4 (0.37%) Selenium
3 4 (0.37%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.18%) GitLab
4 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.18%) JMeter
4 2 (0.18%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.18%) TestRail
4 2 (0.18%) Toad
4 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.091%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.091%) LSMW
General
1 321 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 180 (16.45%) Finance
3 177 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (7.50%) Retail
5 50 (4.57%) Manufacturing
6 43 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 23 (2.10%) Legal
8 23 (2.10%) Marketing
9 21 (1.92%) Law
10 12 (1.10%) Swedish Language
11 11 (1.01%) Banking
11 11 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.91%) Automotive
12 10 (0.91%) Dutch Language
13 9 (0.82%) Italian Language
14 8 (0.73%) French Language
14 8 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.91%) SOAP
3 8 (0.73%) REST
4 6 (0.55%) EDI
4 6 (0.55%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) ADO
5 3 (0.27%) CSS
5 3 (0.27%) HTML
5 3 (0.27%) XML
6 2 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.03%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.19%) Onboarding
3 19 (1.74%) Operational Technology
4 18 (1.65%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.01%) CMDB
8 9 (0.82%) Security Posture
9 8 (0.73%) CSOC
9 8 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.73%) Smartphone
10 7 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.46%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.46%) FMCG
11 5 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.37%) iSeries
12 4 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.37%) NHS
12 4 (0.37%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 67 (6.12%) Windows
2 24 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Android
5 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.18%) Linux
7 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
3 138 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
4 109 (9.96%) AI
5 108 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (9.41%) Analytics
7 97 (8.87%) Customer Service
8 92 (8.41%) Mentoring
9 90 (8.23%) Decision-Making
10 87 (7.95%) ERP
11 79 (7.22%) Data Analysis
12 60 (5.48%) Agile
12 60 (5.48%) ITIL
13 58 (5.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 57 (5.21%) CRM
15 56 (5.12%) Logistics
16 53 (4.84%) Business Analysis
17 48 (4.39%) Stakeholder Management
18 47 (4.30%) Actionable Insight
18 47 (4.30%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 179 (16.36%) SQL
2 92 (8.41%) Python
3 16 (1.46%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (0.82%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.27%) PHP
7 3 (0.27%) R
7 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.27%) VBA
8 2 (0.18%) Java
9 1 (0.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (10.24%) Azure Certification
2 80 (7.31%) Degree
3 66 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
4 60 (5.48%) CompTIA CySA+
5 50 (4.57%) Security Cleared
6 46 (4.20%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.29%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.28%) MCSE
10 12 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (0.73%) SANS
12 5 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.46%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.46%) SSCP
13 4 (0.37%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.37%) CBAP
13 4 (0.37%) CISSP
13 4 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.37%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.27%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.29%) Data Quality
2 31 (2.83%) QA
3 29 (2.65%) GDPR
4 24 (2.19%) PMO
5 10 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.82%) GRC
7 8 (0.73%) NIST
8 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.64%) SLA
9 6 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.091%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.091%) COBIT
12 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.091%) PSD2
12 1 (0.091%) SOC 2
System Software
1 40 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.37%) vSphere
3 2 (0.18%) Samba
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.18%) XenApp
4 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.091%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (1.01%) SCCM
2 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.18%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.091%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.091%) QRadar
Vendors
1 268 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.03%) ForeScout
3 47 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 37 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.02%) SAP
6 28 (2.56%) Oracle
7 19 (1.74%) Workday
8 18 (1.65%) Apple
9 17 (1.55%) Adobe
10 14 (1.28%) Epicor
11 13 (1.19%) Cognos
11 13 (1.19%) IBM
12 10 (0.91%) Aderant
12 10 (0.91%) HP
12 10 (0.91%) Intapp
12 10 (0.91%) VMware
13 8 (0.73%) Aruba
13 8 (0.73%) Google
14 6 (0.55%) Meraki
15 5 (0.46%) iManage