Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 496 971 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.87% 9.68% 13.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.63% 10.22% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 426 396 644
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.61%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £50,563
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

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 5,149 9,505 5,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.80% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 5,373 4,059
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,119 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +1 280 £42,500 +6.25% 197
East Midlands -9 213 £35,500 +1.43% 142
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 161 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 143 (28.83%) SQL
3 140 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (24.19%) Microsoft
5 114 (22.98%) Finance
6 105 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (15.73%) Power Platform
7 78 (15.73%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (15.32%) Customer Service
9 73 (14.72%) Power BI
10 70 (14.11%) Law
10 70 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
11 69 (13.91%) Degree
12 64 (12.90%) Incident Management
12 64 (12.90%) Windows
13 63 (12.70%) Azure
14 62 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
15 58 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (11.49%) Agile
17 54 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
17 54 (10.89%) ITIL
18 53 (10.69%) Active Directory
19 50 (10.08%) Analytics
19 50 (10.08%) Decision-Making
20 49 (9.88%) SLA
21 48 (9.68%) Data Analysis
21 48 (9.68%) Marketing
22 47 (9.48%) ERP
22 47 (9.48%) SAP
23 45 (9.07%) Visualisation

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 29 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 62 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.02%) Dynamics NAV
1 15 (3.02%) SAP HR
1 15 (3.02%) SAP Payroll
2 14 (2.82%) SAP HCM
2 14 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.21%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.21%) SAP ERP
5 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.01%) Exchequer
5 5 (1.01%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.01%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.01%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.60%) iTrent
7 2 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.40%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (15.73%) Microsoft 365
1 78 (15.73%) Power Platform
2 63 (12.70%) Azure
3 28 (5.65%) Entra ID
4 26 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (3.63%) SuccessFactors
6 17 (3.43%) AWS
7 15 (3.02%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.22%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.22%) SaaS
9 6 (1.21%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.81%) GCP
12 3 (0.60%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.40%) Google Tag Manager
13 2 (0.40%) OCI
14 1 (0.20%) Azure AI
14 1 (0.20%) BigCommerce
14 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.44%) Firewall
2 21 (4.23%) DHCP
3 18 (3.63%) VPN
4 15 (3.02%) Network Security
4 15 (3.02%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.82%) DNS
5 14 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (2.22%) VoIP
7 9 (1.81%) LAN
7 9 (1.81%) WAN
8 3 (0.60%) Internet
9 2 (0.40%) MPLS
9 2 (0.40%) SAN
9 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.40%) Wireless
9 2 (0.40%) WLAN
10 1 (0.20%) CHAP
10 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (14.72%) Power BI
2 24 (4.84%) Tableau
3 16 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (2.42%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (1.81%) BigQuery
6 9 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (1.41%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (1.01%) EDRMS
9 5 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (1.01%) GIS
9 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.60%) Looker
11 3 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 21 (4.23%) JIRA
2 9 (1.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.40%) RStudio
3 2 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
General
1 161 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 114 (22.98%) Finance
3 105 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (14.11%) Law
5 48 (9.68%) Marketing
6 40 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (5.65%) Manufacturing
8 25 (5.04%) Public Sector
9 21 (4.23%) Retail
10 17 (3.43%) Legal
11 16 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.61%) Social Housing
14 7 (1.41%) Banking
14 7 (1.41%) Local Government
15 6 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.01%) Games
17 4 (0.81%) Automotive
17 4 (0.81%) Billing
17 4 (0.81%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.82%) SAP Fiori
2 12 (2.42%) EDI
3 8 (1.61%) Web Services
4 5 (1.01%) Middleware
5 3 (0.60%) REST
6 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.40%) Playwright
6 2 (0.40%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) .NET
7 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.20%) Flash
7 1 (0.20%) JSON
7 1 (0.20%) LDAP
7 1 (0.20%) ODBC
7 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.03%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.63%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (2.82%) Security Posture
5 11 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.41%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.01%) iSeries
9 5 (1.01%) Pricing Data
9 5 (1.01%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.81%) FMCG
10 4 (0.81%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.60%) NHS
11 3 (0.60%) Tandem
12 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 64 (12.90%) Windows
2 20 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.42%) Mac OS
3 12 (2.42%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.01%) Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) AIX
7 1 (0.20%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (15.32%) Customer Service
3 70 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
4 64 (12.90%) Incident Management
5 58 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (11.49%) Agile
7 54 (10.89%) ITIL
8 50 (10.08%) Analytics
8 50 (10.08%) Decision-Making
9 48 (9.68%) Data Analysis
10 47 (9.48%) ERP
11 45 (9.07%) Visualisation
12 44 (8.87%) Actionable Insight
13 42 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 41 (8.27%) Change Management
15 38 (7.66%) Logistics
16 35 (7.06%) CRM
16 35 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 34 (6.85%) Project Management
18 33 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 143 (28.83%) SQL
2 35 (7.06%) Python
3 14 (2.82%) ABAP
4 10 (2.02%) C#
5 7 (1.41%) R
6 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (13.91%) Degree
2 45 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 44 (8.87%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.81%) DBS Check
4 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.21%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.01%) CISSP
7 5 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (1.01%) MCP
7 5 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.81%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.81%) CBAP
8 4 (0.81%) CISM
8 4 (0.81%) GISP
8 4 (0.81%) ISEB
9 3 (0.60%) CISA
9 3 (0.60%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.88%) SLA
2 39 (7.86%) GDPR
3 22 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.43%) QA
5 12 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.02%) PMO
7 8 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.01%) GRC
11 4 (0.81%) COBIT
11 4 (0.81%) NIST
12 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 1 (0.20%) ITGC
14 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 53 (10.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.22%) BitLocker
2 11 (2.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.40%) IAG
3 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.22%) SCCM
3 2 (0.40%) Nagios
4 1 (0.20%) EnCase
4 1 (0.20%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 120 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.48%) SAP
3 22 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.43%) Apple
5 13 (2.62%) Google
5 13 (2.62%) HP
5 13 (2.62%) Oracle
6 12 (2.42%) Databricks
7 11 (2.22%) McAfee
7 11 (2.22%) MobileIron
7 11 (2.22%) Remedy
8 8 (1.61%) Civica
8 8 (1.61%) Meraki
9 6 (1.21%) Sage
10 5 (1.01%) Capita
10 5 (1.01%) JDA
10 5 (1.01%) NEC
11 4 (0.81%) IFS
11 4 (0.81%) QAD
11 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow