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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,333 476 1,243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 10.12% 9.60% 10.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.86% 10.51% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 622 378 807
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £27,473
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 £62,500 £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 12,270 4,528 11,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 91.36% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,909 2,579 8,456
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,250 £57,560 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.01% +7.59% -12.01%

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 22 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 22 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 -6 744 £45,000 - 112
East Midlands +18 586 £40,000 +5.26% 72
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 614 (46.06%) Microsoft
2 523 (39.23%) Azure
3 442 (33.16%) Azure Certification
4 333 (24.98%) SQL
5 331 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
6 301 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
7 290 (21.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 288 (21.61%) Power Platform
9 287 (21.53%) Power BI
10 276 (20.71%) Mentoring
11 272 (20.41%) AI
12 260 (19.50%) Python
13 250 (18.75%) Tableau
14 246 (18.45%) CompTIA Security+
15 228 (17.10%) CompTIA CySA+
16 220 (16.50%) Azure AI
16 220 (16.50%) ForeScout
17 134 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
18 95 (7.13%) Agile
19 90 (6.75%) Analytics
20 81 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
20 81 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
21 78 (5.85%) Business Analysis
22 76 (5.70%) Degree
23 69 (5.18%) Windows
24 68 (5.10%) Security Cleared
25 65 (4.88%) ERP
26 63 (4.73%) SC Cleared
27 61 (4.58%) Process Improvement
28 58 (4.35%) Decision-Making

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 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.28%) Confluence
3 16 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 290 (21.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Cloudability
1 12 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.75%) SAP CO
2 10 (0.75%) SAP FI
2 10 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 6 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 5 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.30%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Primavera
5 4 (0.30%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.30%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.23%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.15%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 523 (39.23%) Azure
2 288 (21.61%) Power Platform
3 220 (16.50%) Azure AI
4 81 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (3.00%) AWS
6 30 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.50%) GCP
9 19 (1.43%) SaaS
10 10 (0.75%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.68%) IaaS
11 9 (0.68%) PaaS
12 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.30%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.30%) OneDrive
16 3 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (0.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.35%) DHCP
1 18 (1.35%) DNS
2 17 (1.28%) Firewall
3 10 (0.75%) VPN
4 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.38%) Skype
5 5 (0.38%) VoIP
6 4 (0.30%) LAN
6 4 (0.30%) RFID
6 4 (0.30%) WAN
7 3 (0.23%) FTP
8 2 (0.15%) Broadband
8 2 (0.15%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.15%) PBX
8 2 (0.15%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.15%) Wireless
9 1 (0.075%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.075%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.075%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.075%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (21.53%) Power BI
2 250 (18.75%) Tableau
3 21 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 13 (0.98%) Power Query
5 12 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 10 (0.75%) 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%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.075%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.075%) DTS
Development Applications
1 32 (2.40%) 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 (0.075%) SoapUI
General
1 608 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 169 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
3 159 (11.93%) Finance
4 66 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (4.43%) Retail
6 46 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.38%) Law
8 33 (2.48%) Legal
9 26 (1.95%) Marketing
10 13 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (0.83%) Automotive
11 11 (0.83%) Banking
11 11 (0.83%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.23%) Games
15 3 (0.23%) Retail Finance
15 3 (0.23%) Swedish Language
16 2 (0.15%) Spanish Language
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%) Flash
3 2 (0.15%) PySpark
4 1 (0.075%) ADO
4 1 (0.075%) Middleware
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.075%) Pandas
4 1 (0.075%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.075%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.10%) Management Information System
2 25 (1.88%) Onboarding
3 16 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (1.13%) CSOC
4 15 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (1.05%) Driving Licence
6 13 (0.98%) Operational Technology
6 13 (0.98%) Product Ownership
7 9 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (0.68%) Public Cloud
8 8 (0.60%) Security Posture
9 6 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.38%) Credit Risk
10 5 (0.38%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.38%) Smartphone
11 4 (0.30%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.30%) iSeries
11 4 (0.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (5.18%) Windows
2 32 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.45%) Linux
5 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
2 301 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
3 276 (20.71%) Mentoring
4 272 (20.41%) AI
5 134 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (7.13%) Agile
7 90 (6.75%) Analytics
8 81 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (5.85%) Business Analysis
10 65 (4.88%) ERP
11 61 (4.58%) Process Improvement
12 58 (4.35%) Decision-Making
13 55 (4.13%) ITIL
14 45 (3.38%) Data Analysis
15 40 (3.00%) Customer Service
16 39 (2.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 37 (2.78%) Logistics
18 35 (2.63%) Actionable Insight
18 35 (2.63%) Information Security
18 35 (2.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 333 (24.98%) SQL
2 260 (19.50%) Python
3 16 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 11 (0.83%) PowerShell
5 9 (0.68%) T-SQL
6 8 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.53%) VBA
8 4 (0.30%) R
9 3 (0.23%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 442 (33.16%) Azure Certification
2 246 (18.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 228 (17.10%) CompTIA CySA+
4 76 (5.70%) Degree
5 68 (5.10%) Security Cleared
6 63 (4.73%) SC Cleared
7 23 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (0.90%) SSCP
10 11 (0.83%) CISSP
11 10 (0.75%) SANS
12 7 (0.53%) CISA
12 7 (0.53%) MCSA
12 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (0.38%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.38%) MCSE
13 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.30%) ACCA
14 4 (0.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.55%) Data Quality
2 21 (1.58%) NIST
2 21 (1.58%) QA
3 20 (1.50%) SLA
4 19 (1.43%) GDPR
5 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.13%) PMO
6 10 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.60%) GRC
8 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.30%) 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 (0.075%) PSD2
12 1 (0.075%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (4.28%) 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 (0.075%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.075%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.60%) SCCM
2 8 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 614 (46.06%) Microsoft
2 220 (16.50%) ForeScout
3 41 (3.08%) SAP
4 29 (2.18%) ServiceNow
5 25 (1.88%) Adobe
5 25 (1.88%) Apple
6 21 (1.58%) Oracle
7 15 (1.13%) VMware
8 12 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.83%) Aderant
9 11 (0.83%) Intapp
10 10 (0.75%) Google
10 10 (0.75%) IBM
11 8 (0.60%) Databricks
11 8 (0.60%) HP
12 7 (0.53%) Citrix
12 7 (0.53%) iManage
13 6 (0.45%) Cognos
13 6 (0.45%) Epicor
13 6 (0.45%) Veeam