Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £39,960 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 524 767 657
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.05% 8.58% 12.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.79% 9.16% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 428 358 547
10th Percentile £26,175 £28,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,938 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,960 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,875 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

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 5,354 8,374 4,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 93.64% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,613 4,217 3,827
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,455 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.04% -4.17% -

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 16 November 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 November 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 +4 273 £42,500 -5.56% 221
East Midlands +7 248 £35,000 -11.39% 126
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, 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.

1 177 (33.78%) SQL
2 166 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (17.75%) Microsoft
4 83 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 82 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 78 (14.89%) Customer Service
6 78 (14.89%) Power Platform
7 76 (14.50%) Power BI
8 75 (14.31%) Business Intelligence
9 70 (13.36%) ERP
10 69 (13.17%) Degree
11 65 (12.40%) Decision-Making
12 60 (11.45%) Analytics
12 60 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
13 59 (11.26%) Incident Management
14 55 (10.50%) Data Analysis
15 54 (10.31%) Agile
16 50 (9.54%) CRM
16 50 (9.54%) ITIL
16 50 (9.54%) Windows
17 49 (9.35%) SC Cleared
17 49 (9.35%) Security Cleared
18 47 (8.97%) SLA
19 46 (8.78%) Python
20 45 (8.59%) Azure
21 43 (8.21%) User Acceptance Testing
22 42 (8.02%) Logistics
23 41 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
24 40 (7.63%) Actionable Insight
24 40 (7.63%) Visualisation

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 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.34%) Confluence
3 3 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.19%) Appian
4 1 (0.19%) CMS
4 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.34%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (1.34%) SAP HR
1 7 (1.34%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.15%) SAP Business One
2 6 (1.15%) SAP HCM
2 6 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.95%) Exchequer
3 5 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.76%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.76%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.57%) iTrent
6 2 (0.38%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.89%) Power Platform
2 60 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (8.59%) Azure
4 26 (4.96%) SaaS
5 17 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.10%) AWS
8 10 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
9 7 (1.34%) OCI
10 6 (1.15%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.95%) GCP
12 4 (0.76%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.57%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.38%) Google Analytics
14 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
15 1 (0.19%) Lucidchart
15 1 (0.19%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.01%) Firewall
2 16 (3.05%) Network Security
3 14 (2.67%) Remote Desktop
4 12 (2.29%) VPN
5 9 (1.72%) DHCP
5 9 (1.72%) DNS
6 7 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.76%) Internet
9 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.19%) LAN
9 1 (0.19%) MPLS
9 1 (0.19%) SAN
9 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.19%) VoIP
9 1 (0.19%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.50%) Power BI
2 33 (6.30%) Tableau
3 13 (2.48%) Data Mining
4 11 (2.10%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.72%) BigQuery
5 9 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
5 9 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.15%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.95%) EDRMS
8 5 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (0.95%) GIS
9 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.57%) UniData
11 2 (0.38%) Big Data
11 2 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 15 (2.86%) JIRA
2 2 (0.38%) RStudio
General
1 180 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 136 (25.95%) Analytical Skills
3 127 (24.24%) Finance
4 61 (11.64%) Law
5 58 (11.07%) Marketing
6 48 (9.16%) Organisational Skills
7 46 (8.78%) Retail
8 38 (7.25%) Manufacturing
9 29 (5.53%) Legal
10 23 (4.39%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.48%) Advertising
13 11 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.72%) Local Government
15 8 (1.53%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.15%) Banking
18 4 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
19 2 (0.38%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.10%) EDI
2 8 (1.53%) Flash
2 8 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.76%) Middleware
5 3 (0.57%) REST
6 2 (0.38%) .NET
6 2 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.38%) SOAP
6 2 (0.38%) Web Services
7 1 (0.19%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.19%) JSON
7 1 (0.19%) LDAP
7 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 19 (3.63%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.67%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.72%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.34%) NHS
9 7 (1.34%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.15%) iSeries
11 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.76%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.76%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.76%) FMCG
13 3 (0.57%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
14 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.54%) Windows
2 15 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.67%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.48%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.15%) Linux
7 5 (0.95%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 78 (14.89%) Customer Service
4 75 (14.31%) Business Intelligence
5 70 (13.36%) ERP
6 65 (12.40%) Decision-Making
7 60 (11.45%) Analytics
8 59 (11.26%) Incident Management
9 55 (10.50%) Data Analysis
10 54 (10.31%) Agile
11 50 (9.54%) CRM
11 50 (9.54%) ITIL
12 43 (8.21%) User Acceptance Testing
13 42 (8.02%) Logistics
14 40 (7.63%) Actionable Insight
14 40 (7.63%) Visualisation
15 38 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
16 36 (6.87%) Project Management
17 35 (6.68%) Patch Management
18 34 (6.49%) Batch Management
Programming Languages
1 177 (33.78%) SQL
2 46 (8.78%) Python
3 17 (3.24%) C#
4 11 (2.10%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.15%) ABAP
6 6 (1.15%) R
7 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.57%) VBA
8 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.19%) VB
9 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (13.17%) Degree
2 49 (9.35%) SC Cleared
2 49 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.10%) Numerate Degree
4 10 (1.91%) ACCA
4 10 (1.91%) CIMA
4 10 (1.91%) CISSP
5 9 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.53%) AAT
6 8 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.34%) CISM
7 7 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.34%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.15%) CCNA
9 5 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.95%) MCP
10 4 (0.76%) GISP
11 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.97%) SLA
2 34 (6.49%) GDPR
3 27 (5.15%) QA
4 25 (4.77%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.72%) PMO
8 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.53%) NIST
8 8 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.57%) COBIT
10 3 (0.57%) GRC
11 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.19%) ITGC
12 1 (0.19%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.15%) BitLocker
2 6 (1.15%) Firmware
3 2 (0.38%) IAG
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.15%) SCCM
3 2 (0.38%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.19%) EnCase
4 1 (0.19%) Nagios
4 1 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.53%) SAP
3 24 (4.58%) Oracle
4 22 (4.20%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.48%) Databricks
6 10 (1.91%) Google
7 8 (1.53%) Civica
7 8 (1.53%) HP
8 7 (1.34%) Cisco
8 7 (1.34%) Meraki
9 6 (1.15%) Apple
9 6 (1.15%) McAfee
9 6 (1.15%) MobileIron
9 6 (1.15%) Remedy
10 5 (0.95%) Capita
10 5 (0.95%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.95%) NEC
11 4 (0.76%) IFS
11 4 (0.76%) JDA
11 4 (0.76%) QAD