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 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 582 508 839
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.84% 9.74% 8.58%
As % of the General category 11.16% 15.21% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 375 246 604
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,375 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,875 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £68,525
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 5,216 3,341 5,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 52.34% 64.07% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,555 1,767 4,436
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,774 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.02% -13.07%

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 March 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 March 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 -16 352 £52,500 +5.00% 201
East Midlands -1 229 £40,000 -8.05% 118
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 10 (1.72%) CMS
1 10 (1.72%) Confluence
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.52%) WordPress
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.70%) Chatbot
3 36 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.52%) CATIA
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 11 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.86%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.17%) HFM
7 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Primavera
7 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 72 (12.37%) Azure
2 68 (11.68%) Power Platform
3 49 (8.42%) SaaS
4 37 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (5.84%) AWS
6 12 (2.06%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (2.06%) Serverless
7 10 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (1.55%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.55%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (1.20%) OCI
11 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.86%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.69%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.64%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.23%) VPN
2 13 (2.23%) WAN
3 10 (1.72%) Wireless
4 9 (1.55%) Firewall
4 9 (1.55%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.20%) VLAN
6 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.86%) BGP
7 5 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.86%) DHCP
7 5 (0.86%) DNS
7 5 (0.86%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.86%) OSPF
7 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.86%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.69%) LAN
9 3 (0.52%) Broadband
10 2 (0.34%) Internet
10 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.17%) Power BI
2 36 (6.19%) Tableau
3 24 (4.12%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.26%) Looker
5 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.89%) Metadata
9 10 (1.72%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.37%) Power Query
11 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.52%) MySQL
12 3 (0.52%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.12%) JIRA
2 5 (0.86%) Subversion
3 4 (0.69%) Postman
3 4 (0.69%) Selenium
4 2 (0.34%) Git
4 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.34%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) JMeter
5 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) MLflow
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 261 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 152 (26.12%) Finance
3 68 (11.68%) Retail
4 50 (8.59%) Marketing
5 39 (6.70%) Law
6 35 (6.01%) Manufacturing
7 33 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (5.50%) Legal
9 29 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (4.12%) Public Sector
11 20 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.72%) Electronics
13 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.37%) Banking
15 7 (1.20%) Games
16 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.52%) Advertising
18 3 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 179 (30.76%) Analyst
2 74 (12.71%) Senior
3 52 (8.93%) Lead
4 41 (7.04%) Support Analyst
5 40 (6.87%) Developer
6 39 (6.70%) Trainer
7 37 (6.36%) Data Analyst
8 34 (5.84%) Senior Analyst
9 33 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
10 27 (4.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 25 (4.30%) Business Analyst
12 24 (4.12%) IT Support
13 23 (3.95%) Junior
14 22 (3.78%) Architect
14 22 (3.78%) Trainee
15 19 (3.26%) ERP Support
15 19 (3.26%) Trainee Analyst
15 19 (3.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 18 (3.09%) ERP Analyst
16 18 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.44%) HTML
2 19 (3.26%) CSS
3 18 (3.09%) React
4 16 (2.75%) Node.js
5 10 (1.72%) Flash
6 9 (1.55%) REST
7 7 (1.20%) SOAP
8 6 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.03%) PySpark
9 5 (0.86%) .NET
9 5 (0.86%) Playwright
10 4 (0.69%) BAPI
10 4 (0.69%) IBM Integration Bus
10 4 (0.69%) JMS
10 4 (0.69%) JSON
10 4 (0.69%) Middleware
10 4 (0.69%) OAuth
10 4 (0.69%) SAML
11 3 (0.52%) PyTorch
11 3 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.48%) Onboarding
2 49 (8.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.44%) Driving Licence
5 19 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.58%) FMCG
8 10 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.55%) IoT
10 8 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.03%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.86%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.69%) CSOC
14 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
14 4 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.44%) Windows
2 13 (2.23%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Debian
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (48.11%) Problem-Solving
2 177 (30.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (24.57%) Analytics
4 94 (16.15%) ERP
5 93 (15.98%) Decision-Making
6 82 (14.09%) CRM
7 81 (13.92%) Agile
8 79 (13.57%) Business Intelligence
9 78 (13.40%) AI
10 74 (12.71%) Mentoring
11 71 (12.20%) Project Management
12 63 (10.82%) Analytical Thinking
13 55 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (9.28%) Customer Service
14 54 (9.28%) E-Commerce
15 51 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 48 (8.25%) Data Analysis
17 47 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
18 46 (7.90%) Root Cause Analysis
19 45 (7.73%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 149 (25.60%) SQL
2 71 (12.20%) Python
3 32 (5.50%) C#
4 22 (3.78%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.23%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.20%) R
7 7 (1.20%) VBA
8 6 (1.03%) Java
9 2 (0.34%) Bash
9 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.17%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) C++
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) Scala
10 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 153 (26.29%) Degree
2 50 (8.59%) Master's Degree
3 40 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.70%) PhD
5 28 (4.81%) SC Cleared
6 20 (3.44%) ACCA
7 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (3.09%) CIMA
9 13 (2.23%) CISSP
10 12 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (1.72%) AAT
11 10 (1.72%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.55%) PMP
13 8 (1.37%) CISA
13 8 (1.37%) DBS Check
14 7 (1.20%) SSCP
15 6 (1.03%) CISM
16 5 (0.86%) CCNP
17 4 (0.69%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.76%) QA
2 39 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 31 (5.33%) GDPR
4 20 (3.44%) NIST
5 17 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.06%) SLA
7 8 (1.37%) PMO
8 6 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.86%) COSHH
9 5 (0.86%) GMP
10 4 (0.69%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.17%) COBIT
13 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.17%) HL7
13 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.03%) vSphere
3 5 (0.86%) Firmware
4 4 (0.69%) Docker
4 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (1.37%) Terraform
2 3 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Puppet
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 121 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.70%) PayPal
3 36 (6.19%) SAP
4 28 (4.81%) Oracle
5 10 (1.72%) Cisco
6 8 (1.37%) Databricks
6 8 (1.37%) Zoho
7 7 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.03%) Google
9 5 (0.86%) Epicor
9 5 (0.86%) IBM
9 5 (0.86%) Infor
9 5 (0.86%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.86%) Meraki
10 4 (0.69%) Sage
11 3 (0.52%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.52%) QAD
11 3 (0.52%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.52%) VMware