Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,129 504 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.31% 9.00% 9.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.83% 9.75% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 678 433 396
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,100 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £52,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,415 5,171 9,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 92.34% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10,058 3,266 5,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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
East Midlands +12 578 £40,000 +12.68% 159
West Midlands 0 549 £45,000 +5.88% 218
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 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.

1 312 (27.64%) Microsoft
2 222 (19.66%) Azure
3 200 (17.71%) SQL
4 191 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 179 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
6 158 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
7 156 (13.82%) Azure Certification
8 141 (12.49%) Power Platform
9 140 (12.40%) Power BI
10 133 (11.78%) AI
11 130 (11.51%) Microsoft Excel
12 113 (10.01%) Mentoring
12 113 (10.01%) Python
13 108 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 101 (8.95%) Microsoft 365
15 98 (8.68%) Analytics
16 94 (8.33%) Customer Service
17 90 (7.97%) Tableau
18 88 (7.79%) CompTIA Security+
19 87 (7.71%) ERP
20 86 (7.62%) Decision-Making
21 82 (7.26%) CompTIA CySA+
22 77 (6.82%) Azure AI
22 77 (6.82%) ForeScout
23 76 (6.73%) Degree
24 71 (6.29%) Windows
25 70 (6.20%) Data Analysis
26 65 (5.76%) Agile
27 61 (5.40%) ITIL
28 58 (5.14%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 23 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.15%) Confluence
4 5 (0.44%) IIS
4 5 (0.44%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 130 (11.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.089%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (1.06%) Cloudability
4 8 (0.71%) SAP CO
4 8 (0.71%) SAP FI
4 8 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.44%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.44%) SAP Business One
6 5 (0.44%) Shopify
6 5 (0.44%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.27%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.27%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.27%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.18%) Magento
10 1 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 222 (19.66%) Azure
2 141 (12.49%) Power Platform
3 101 (8.95%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (6.82%) Azure AI
5 45 (3.99%) AWS
6 23 (2.04%) GCP
7 20 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (1.68%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.59%) SaaS
10 9 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.44%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.44%) NetDocuments
12 5 (0.44%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.35%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.27%) Boomi
15 2 (0.18%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.18%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.86%) Firewall
2 11 (0.97%) LAN
2 11 (0.97%) WAN
3 7 (0.62%) Wireless
4 6 (0.53%) DHCP
4 6 (0.53%) DNS
4 6 (0.53%) VPN
5 5 (0.44%) Skype
6 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.27%) Network Security
7 3 (0.27%) VLAN
8 2 (0.18%) SMTP
8 2 (0.18%) SSH
8 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 1 (0.089%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.089%) SAN
9 1 (0.089%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (12.40%) Power BI
2 90 (7.97%) Tableau
3 15 (1.33%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.06%) Power Query
5 11 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
5 11 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.80%) GIS
7 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.44%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.44%) Looker
9 4 (0.35%) DTS
10 3 (0.27%) MySQL
10 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.18%) Base SAS
11 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.18%) QlikView
11 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.089%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 30 (2.66%) JIRA
2 5 (0.44%) Git
2 5 (0.44%) Postman
3 4 (0.35%) Hudson
3 4 (0.35%) Selenium
3 4 (0.35%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.18%) GitLab
4 2 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.18%) JMeter
4 2 (0.18%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.18%) TestRail
4 2 (0.18%) Toad
5 1 (0.089%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.089%) LSMW
General
1 363 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 174 (15.41%) Finance
3 169 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (7.09%) Retail
5 51 (4.52%) Manufacturing
6 44 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (2.21%) Public Sector
8 24 (2.13%) Legal
9 23 (2.04%) Law
9 23 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (1.77%) Marketing
11 13 (1.15%) Banking
12 12 (1.06%) Swedish Language
13 11 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.89%) Automotive
15 9 (0.80%) Dutch Language
15 9 (0.80%) Italian Language
16 7 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.53%) French Language
18 5 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.89%) SOAP
3 8 (0.71%) REST
4 6 (0.53%) EDI
4 6 (0.53%) JSON
5 3 (0.27%) ADO
5 3 (0.27%) CSS
5 3 (0.27%) HTML
5 3 (0.27%) XML
6 2 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.43%) Management Information System
2 23 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 21 (1.86%) Driving Licence
4 19 (1.68%) Operational Technology
5 16 (1.42%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.06%) Data Structures
8 10 (0.89%) CMDB
9 9 (0.80%) Security Posture
10 8 (0.71%) CSOC
10 8 (0.71%) Smartphone
11 7 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.44%) FMCG
13 5 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.35%) iSeries
14 4 (0.35%) NHS
14 4 (0.35%) PMI
15 3 (0.27%) Credit Risk
15 3 (0.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.29%) Windows
2 26 (2.30%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.86%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Android
5 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.18%) Linux
7 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
3 158 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
4 133 (11.78%) AI
5 113 (10.01%) Mentoring
6 108 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 98 (8.68%) Analytics
8 94 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 87 (7.71%) ERP
10 86 (7.62%) Decision-Making
11 70 (6.20%) Data Analysis
12 65 (5.76%) Agile
13 61 (5.40%) ITIL
14 58 (5.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 56 (4.96%) Logistics
16 55 (4.87%) Business Analysis
17 53 (4.69%) CRM
18 46 (4.07%) ITSM
19 45 (3.99%) Actionable Insight
20 44 (3.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 200 (17.71%) SQL
2 113 (10.01%) Python
3 14 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 14 (1.24%) JavaScript
4 10 (0.89%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.27%) PHP
6 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.27%) VBA
7 2 (0.18%) Java
7 2 (0.18%) R
8 1 (0.089%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 156 (13.82%) Azure Certification
2 88 (7.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 82 (7.26%) CompTIA CySA+
4 76 (6.73%) Degree
5 57 (5.05%) Security Cleared
6 52 (4.61%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.21%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.24%) MCSE
10 12 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (0.71%) SANS
12 5 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.44%) SSCP
13 4 (0.35%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.35%) CBAP
13 4 (0.35%) CISSP
13 4 (0.35%) IIBA
13 4 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.35%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.10%) Data Quality
2 32 (2.83%) GDPR
3 31 (2.75%) QA
4 23 (2.04%) PMO
5 12 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.89%) NIST
7 9 (0.80%) GRC
8 7 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.62%) SLA
9 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.089%) COBIT
13 1 (0.089%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.089%) PSD2
System Software
1 44 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.35%) vSphere
3 2 (0.18%) Samba
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.18%) XenApp
4 1 (0.089%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.089%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (1.06%) SCCM
2 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.18%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 312 (27.64%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.82%) ForeScout
3 47 (4.16%) ServiceNow
4 36 (3.19%) SAP
5 29 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.48%) Oracle
7 18 (1.59%) Apple
8 17 (1.51%) Adobe
8 17 (1.51%) Workday
9 15 (1.33%) Epicor
10 13 (1.15%) Cognos
10 13 (1.15%) IBM
11 12 (1.06%) VMware
12 11 (0.97%) Google
13 10 (0.89%) Aderant
13 10 (0.89%) HP
13 10 (0.89%) Intapp
14 8 (0.71%) Aruba
15 7 (0.62%) Dell
15 7 (0.62%) Sophos