Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,320 498 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.94% 10.20% 10.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.66% 11.19% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 622 400 823
10th Percentile £29,025 £25,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,309 £57,500
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 12,386 4,452 11,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 91.23% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,981 2,552 8,778
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £33,930
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £60,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -6 742 £45,000 - 89
East Midlands +15 575 £40,000 +6.67% 67
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 596 (45.15%) Microsoft
2 503 (38.11%) Azure
3 420 (31.82%) Azure Certification
4 328 (24.85%) SQL
5 320 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 288 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
7 279 (21.14%) Microsoft Excel
8 275 (20.83%) Power Platform
9 274 (20.76%) Power BI
10 264 (20.00%) Mentoring
11 262 (19.85%) AI
12 252 (19.09%) Python
13 238 (18.03%) Tableau
14 237 (17.95%) CompTIA Security+
15 218 (16.52%) CompTIA CySA+
16 209 (15.83%) Azure AI
16 209 (15.83%) ForeScout
17 143 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
18 96 (7.27%) Agile
18 96 (7.27%) Analytics
19 86 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
20 85 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
21 77 (5.83%) Business Analysis
22 75 (5.68%) Degree
23 71 (5.38%) Windows
24 70 (5.30%) Security Cleared
25 65 (4.92%) Decision-Making
25 65 (4.92%) ERP
25 65 (4.92%) SC Cleared
26 59 (4.47%) Process Improvement

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 18 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.29%) Confluence
2 17 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 279 (21.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.91%) Cloudability
1 12 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.76%) SAP CO
2 10 (0.76%) SAP FI
2 10 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (0.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 6 (0.45%) Elite 3E
4 6 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.45%) Visualfiles
5 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.30%) Primavera
6 4 (0.30%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.30%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.23%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 503 (38.11%) Azure
2 275 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 209 (15.83%) Azure AI
4 85 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.26%) AWS
6 29 (2.20%) Entra ID
7 20 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (1.52%) GCP
7 20 (1.52%) SaaS
8 10 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 9 (0.68%) IaaS
9 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (0.68%) PaaS
10 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.53%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.30%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.30%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.23%) Siteimprove
14 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.44%) DHCP
1 19 (1.44%) DNS
1 19 (1.44%) Firewall
2 10 (0.76%) VPN
3 8 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.38%) Skype
4 5 (0.38%) VoIP
5 4 (0.30%) LAN
5 4 (0.30%) RFID
5 4 (0.30%) WAN
6 3 (0.23%) FTP
7 2 (0.15%) Broadband
7 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.15%) PBX
7 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.15%) Wireless
8 1 (0.076%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.076%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.076%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.076%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (20.76%) Power BI
2 238 (18.03%) Tableau
3 21 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 13 (0.98%) Power Query
5 12 (0.91%) Data Mining
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.45%) Looker
8 5 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.15%) GIS
11 2 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.076%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.076%) DTS
12 1 (0.076%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (2.58%) JIRA
2 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.23%) Postman
3 3 (0.23%) Selenium
3 3 (0.23%) TestRail
3 3 (0.23%) Toad
3 3 (0.23%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.076%) SoapUI
General
1 588 (44.55%) Social Skills
2 174 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (12.73%) Finance
4 65 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (4.17%) Retail
6 47 (3.56%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.41%) Law
8 34 (2.58%) Legal
9 27 (2.05%) Marketing
10 14 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (0.91%) Public Sector
12 11 (0.83%) Automotive
12 11 (0.83%) Banking
13 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.30%) Swedish Language
15 3 (0.23%) Games
15 3 (0.23%) Retail Finance
16 2 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.38%) JSON
2 3 (0.23%) CSS
2 3 (0.23%) HTML
2 3 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.076%) ADO
4 1 (0.076%) Flash
4 1 (0.076%) Middleware
4 1 (0.076%) Pandas
4 1 (0.076%) PySpark
4 1 (0.076%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.076%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (2.27%) Management Information System
2 26 (1.97%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (1.14%) CSOC
4 15 (1.14%) Operational Technology
4 15 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (1.06%) Driving Licence
6 13 (0.98%) Product Ownership
7 9 (0.68%) Public Cloud
8 8 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (0.61%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.53%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.38%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.30%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.30%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.30%) iSeries
12 4 (0.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.38%) Windows
2 33 (2.50%) Windows Server
3 29 (2.20%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.45%) Linux
5 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
2 288 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
3 264 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 262 (19.85%) AI
5 143 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (7.27%) Agile
6 96 (7.27%) Analytics
7 86 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (5.83%) Business Analysis
9 65 (4.92%) Decision-Making
9 65 (4.92%) ERP
10 59 (4.47%) Process Improvement
11 57 (4.32%) ITIL
12 50 (3.79%) Data Analysis
13 44 (3.33%) Customer Service
13 44 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (2.95%) Actionable Insight
15 38 (2.88%) Information Security
16 36 (2.73%) Data Analytics
16 36 (2.73%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 328 (24.85%) SQL
2 252 (19.09%) Python
3 16 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (0.83%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.68%) T-SQL
6 8 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.53%) VBA
8 4 (0.30%) R
9 3 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 420 (31.82%) Azure Certification
2 237 (17.95%) CompTIA Security+
3 218 (16.52%) CompTIA CySA+
4 75 (5.68%) Degree
5 70 (5.30%) Security Cleared
6 65 (4.92%) SC Cleared
7 24 (1.82%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.98%) SSCP
10 12 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.83%) CISSP
12 10 (0.76%) SANS
13 7 (0.53%) CISA
13 7 (0.53%) MCSA
13 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.45%) MCSE
15 5 (0.38%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.30%) HNC
16 4 (0.30%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 22 (1.67%) QA
3 21 (1.59%) GDPR
3 21 (1.59%) NIST
3 21 (1.59%) SLA
4 15 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.06%) PMO
6 10 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.76%) GRC
7 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.076%) PSD2
12 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.23%) vSphere
4 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.076%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.61%) SCCM
2 8 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 596 (45.15%) Microsoft
2 209 (15.83%) ForeScout
3 41 (3.11%) SAP
4 31 (2.35%) ServiceNow
5 25 (1.89%) Adobe
5 25 (1.89%) Apple
6 22 (1.67%) Oracle
7 15 (1.14%) VMware
8 12 (0.91%) IBM
8 12 (0.91%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.83%) Aderant
9 11 (0.83%) Intapp
10 10 (0.76%) Google
10 10 (0.76%) HP
11 8 (0.61%) Cognos
11 8 (0.61%) Workday
12 7 (0.53%) Aruba
12 7 (0.53%) Citrix
12 7 (0.53%) Databricks
12 7 (0.53%) iManage