Analytical Skills Job Trends in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 696 614 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.55% 10.89% 10.65%
As % of the General category 10.40% 16.74% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 443 318 318
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,707 £31,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £46,595
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.42% -6.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

All General Skills
Midlands

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,691 3,667 5,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.77% 65.03% 53.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,283 2,090 2,423
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,657 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,845 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,910
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the Midlands

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands -17 356 £48,000 +6.67% 375
East Midlands -4 337 £45,000 +3.45% 252
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 27 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.29%) IIS
4 5 (0.72%) SAS
5 2 (0.29%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Confluence
5 2 (0.29%) WordPress
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Appian
6 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 67 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.15%) Simulink
4 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.14%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.14%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Revit
6 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.01%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.72%) Infor M3
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Shopify
4 4 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.57%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics SL
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.53%) Power Platform
2 116 (16.67%) Azure
3 43 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.89%) SaaS
5 31 (4.45%) AWS
6 28 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.73%) Entra ID
9 17 (2.44%) GCP
10 16 (2.30%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.87%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.72%) GitHub
12 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.58%) Google Ads
14 9 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.29%) OneDrive
15 8 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.15%) Google Analytics
16 6 (0.86%) PaaS
17 5 (0.72%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.74%) TCP/IP
2 24 (3.45%) Firewall
3 18 (2.59%) VPN
4 17 (2.44%) DNS
5 13 (1.87%) VLAN
6 12 (1.72%) Wireless
7 10 (1.44%) Network Security
8 9 (1.29%) DHCP
8 9 (1.29%) WAN
8 9 (1.29%) Wireshark
9 8 (1.15%) LAN
10 6 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.86%) Modbus
11 4 (0.57%) MQTT
11 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.29%) BGP
12 2 (0.29%) HTTP
12 2 (0.29%) J1939
12 2 (0.29%) SMS
12 2 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (16.95%) Power BI
2 30 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.74%) Power Query
4 25 (3.59%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (3.16%) Tableau
6 15 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.01%) MySQL
10 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.86%) QlikView
11 5 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.72%) GIS
11 5 (0.72%) Metadata
11 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.57%) DTS
12 4 (0.57%) Looker
12 4 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (1.72%) Git
1 12 (1.72%) JIRA
2 8 (1.15%) Eclipse
2 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.86%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.57%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) Appium
7 1 (0.14%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
7 1 (0.14%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 340 (48.85%) Social Skills
2 191 (27.44%) Finance
3 94 (13.51%) Manufacturing
4 78 (11.21%) Marketing
5 63 (9.05%) Retail
6 52 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (3.59%) Legal
10 24 (3.45%) Public Sector
11 22 (3.16%) Electronics
11 22 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 15 (2.16%) Law
13 11 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.58%) Fire and Rescue
14 10 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.29%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.01%) Advertising
16 7 (1.01%) Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (22.70%) Analyst
2 63 (9.05%) Senior
3 54 (7.76%) Lead
4 48 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 36 (5.17%) Accountant
6 32 (4.60%) Support Analyst
7 30 (4.31%) Developer
8 29 (4.17%) Support Engineer
9 28 (4.02%) Consultant
10 25 (3.59%) Business Manager
11 24 (3.45%) Business Analyst
11 24 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.30%) IT Support
13 22 (3.16%) Systems Accountant
14 21 (3.02%) Applications Support
15 20 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Manager
15 20 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
15 20 (2.87%) IT Analyst
15 20 (2.87%) Security Analyst
16 18 (2.59%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.44%) .NET
2 13 (1.87%) REST
3 10 (1.44%) CSS
3 10 (1.44%) HTML
4 9 (1.29%) PySpark
4 9 (1.29%) RESTful
4 9 (1.29%) XML
5 8 (1.15%) EDI
5 8 (1.15%) ISPF
5 8 (1.15%) LDAP
5 8 (1.15%) scikit-learn
5 8 (1.15%) SOAP
5 8 (1.15%) Spring
5 8 (1.15%) Spring Boot
6 7 (1.01%) JSON
6 7 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.01%) Pandas
6 7 (1.01%) PyTorch
7 6 (0.86%) Middleware
7 6 (0.86%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 55 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (7.18%) Management Information System
4 36 (5.17%) Driving Licence
5 34 (4.89%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.16%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.01%) SCADA
8 13 (1.87%) CMDB
8 13 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.58%) Robotics
11 10 (1.44%) IoT
12 9 (1.29%) Mainframe
13 8 (1.15%) CSOC
13 8 (1.15%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.01%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.76%) Windows
2 28 (4.02%) Linux
3 19 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.01%) Android
5 5 (0.72%) OpenVMS
5 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.57%) VMS
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (54.60%) Problem-Solving
2 206 (29.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 171 (24.57%) Decision-Making
4 149 (21.41%) Analytics
5 137 (19.68%) Business Intelligence
6 109 (15.66%) Agile
7 88 (12.64%) ERP
8 81 (11.64%) AI
9 80 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 78 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
10 78 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
11 75 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 68 (9.77%) Roadmaps
13 64 (9.20%) Validation
14 60 (8.62%) CRM
15 59 (8.48%) Customer Service
16 57 (8.19%) Collaborative Culture
17 55 (7.90%) Data Analysis
18 54 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
18 54 (7.76%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 153 (21.98%) SQL
2 75 (10.78%) Python
3 30 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (3.59%) Java
5 21 (3.02%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.87%) C#
8 10 (1.44%) C
9 8 (1.15%) COBOL
9 8 (1.15%) Embedded C
9 8 (1.15%) JCL
9 8 (1.15%) MATLAB
10 7 (1.01%) Bash
10 7 (1.01%) C++
11 5 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.72%) PHP
12 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.57%) VBA
13 3 (0.43%) R
13 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (21.12%) Degree
2 66 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 36 (5.17%) ACCA
4 36 (5.17%) CIMA
5 20 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.44%) HNC
6 17 (2.44%) HND
7 15 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (1.87%) CCNA
8 13 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.87%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.58%) NVQ Level 4
10 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.44%) PMP
11 8 (1.15%) SANS
12 7 (1.01%) CISSP
13 6 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.86%) CCSP
14 5 (0.72%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.32%) GDPR
3 25 (3.59%) QA
4 19 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.44%) ISO 9001
6 15 (2.16%) GRC
7 10 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.44%) NIST
8 9 (1.29%) SLA
9 7 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.86%) PMO
11 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 3 (0.43%) AQAP
13 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.73%) Firmware
3 8 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.86%) Docker
5 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.57%) Nmap
2 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.29%) Ansible
4 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.14%) Puppet
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 164 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.59%) Google
3 24 (3.45%) SAP
4 21 (3.02%) Cisco
5 20 (2.87%) Databricks
5 20 (2.87%) Oracle
5 20 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.58%) Allen-Bradley
8 9 (1.29%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.15%) Broadcom
9 8 (1.15%) SYSPRO
10 6 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.86%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.86%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.86%) VMware
10 6 (0.86%) YouTube
11 5 (0.72%) Infor
12 4 (0.57%) Meraki
12 4 (0.57%) OpenAI