Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £39,758 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 512 779 657
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.09% 8.81% 12.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.85% 9.39% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 425 357 541
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,300 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,758 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +6.25% -5.33%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £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 5,199 8,295 4,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.86% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,437 4,188 3,808
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,999 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 9 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 9 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 +2 264 £42,500 -5.56% 224
East Midlands +3 245 £35,000 -12.50% 160
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 (34.57%) SQL
2 165 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (17.77%) Microsoft
4 80 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 80 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 77 (15.04%) Power Platform
6 75 (14.65%) Power BI
7 73 (14.26%) Business Intelligence
8 69 (13.48%) Degree
9 67 (13.09%) ERP
10 63 (12.30%) Decision-Making
11 60 (11.72%) Incident Management
12 58 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
13 56 (10.94%) Analytics
14 55 (10.74%) Data Analysis
15 54 (10.55%) Agile
16 50 (9.77%) CRM
17 49 (9.57%) SC Cleared
17 49 (9.57%) Security Cleared
17 49 (9.57%) Windows
18 48 (9.38%) ITIL
19 46 (8.98%) Azure
19 46 (8.98%) SLA
20 45 (8.79%) Python
21 44 (8.59%) Logistics
22 41 (8.01%) User Acceptance Testing
23 40 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
23 40 (7.81%) Visualisation
24 39 (7.62%) Cybersecurity

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 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.37%) Confluence
3 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.37%) SAP HR
2 7 (1.37%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.17%) SAP Business One
3 6 (1.17%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.98%) Exchequer
4 5 (0.98%) SAP EWM
4 5 (0.98%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.59%) iTrent
7 2 (0.39%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.20%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.20%) Shopify
8 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 77 (15.04%) Power Platform
2 58 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (8.98%) Azure
4 26 (5.08%) SaaS
5 18 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (3.13%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.15%) AWS
8 10 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.17%) OCI
9 6 (1.17%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.98%) GCP
11 4 (0.78%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.20%) Lucidchart
14 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.10%) Firewall
2 16 (3.13%) Network Security
3 14 (2.73%) Remote Desktop
4 12 (2.34%) VPN
5 9 (1.76%) DHCP
5 9 (1.76%) DNS
6 7 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.78%) Internet
9 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.20%) LAN
9 1 (0.20%) MPLS
9 1 (0.20%) SAN
9 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.20%) VoIP
9 1 (0.20%) WAN
9 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (14.65%) Power BI
2 32 (6.25%) Tableau
3 12 (2.34%) Data Mining
4 11 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.76%) BigQuery
6 9 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
7 8 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.98%) EDRMS
9 5 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.98%) GIS
9 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.78%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.59%) UniData
12 2 (0.39%) Big Data
12 2 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (2.93%) JIRA
2 2 (0.39%) RStudio
General
1 167 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 128 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (24.22%) Finance
4 60 (11.72%) Law
5 57 (11.13%) Marketing
6 48 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (8.20%) Retail
8 40 (7.81%) Manufacturing
9 27 (5.27%) Legal
10 22 (4.30%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.54%) Advertising
13 12 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.76%) Local Government
16 8 (1.56%) Social Housing
17 7 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.17%) Banking
19 4 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
20 2 (0.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.34%) EDI
2 6 (1.17%) Flash
2 6 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (0.98%) Middleware
4 3 (0.59%) REST
5 2 (0.39%) .NET
5 2 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.39%) SOAP
5 2 (0.39%) Web Services
6 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.20%) JSON
6 1 (0.20%) LDAP
6 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.91%) Security Posture
3 17 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.73%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.37%) NHS
9 7 (1.37%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.17%) iSeries
11 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.78%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.78%) FMCG
12 4 (0.78%) Pricing Data
13 3 (0.59%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 49 (9.57%) Windows
2 15 (2.93%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.73%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.54%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.98%) Android
6 5 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 80 (15.63%) Customer Service
3 73 (14.26%) Business Intelligence
4 67 (13.09%) ERP
5 63 (12.30%) Decision-Making
6 60 (11.72%) Incident Management
7 56 (10.94%) Analytics
8 55 (10.74%) Data Analysis
9 54 (10.55%) Agile
10 50 (9.77%) CRM
11 48 (9.38%) ITIL
12 44 (8.59%) Logistics
13 41 (8.01%) User Acceptance Testing
14 40 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
14 40 (7.81%) Visualisation
15 39 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (6.84%) Patch Management
17 34 (6.64%) Batch Management
18 33 (6.45%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 177 (34.57%) SQL
2 45 (8.79%) Python
3 18 (3.52%) C#
4 11 (2.15%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.17%) ABAP
6 6 (1.17%) R
7 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.59%) VBA
8 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) VB
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (13.48%) Degree
2 49 (9.57%) SC Cleared
2 49 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.15%) Numerate Degree
4 10 (1.95%) CISSP
5 9 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.56%) ACCA
6 8 (1.56%) CIMA
6 8 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.37%) CISM
7 7 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.17%) AAT
8 6 (1.17%) CCNA
9 5 (0.98%) MCP
10 4 (0.78%) GISP
10 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.98%) SLA
2 34 (6.64%) GDPR
3 28 (5.47%) QA
4 25 (4.88%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (1.56%) NIST
7 8 (1.56%) PMO
7 8 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.78%) COBIT
10 3 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) GRC
11 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.20%) ITGC
12 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 30 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.17%) BitLocker
2 6 (1.17%) Firmware
3 2 (0.39%) IAG
3 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.17%) SCCM
3 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.20%) EnCase
4 1 (0.20%) Nagios
4 1 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.05%) SAP
3 24 (4.69%) Oracle
4 22 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.34%) Databricks
6 9 (1.76%) Google
7 8 (1.56%) Civica
7 8 (1.56%) HP
8 7 (1.37%) Cisco
8 7 (1.37%) Meraki
9 6 (1.17%) Apple
9 6 (1.17%) McAfee
9 6 (1.17%) MobileIron
9 6 (1.17%) Remedy
10 5 (0.98%) Capita
10 5 (0.98%) JDA
10 5 (0.98%) NEC
11 4 (0.78%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.78%) QAD
11 4 (0.78%) ServiceNow