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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 555 504 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.19% 10.08% 9.47%
As % of the General category 8.65% 15.21% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 392 273 649
10th Percentile £30,987 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,225 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,961 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 6,419 3,313 6,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.48% 66.27% 55.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,195 1,699 4,789
10th Percentile £28,175 £26,208 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,875 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,991
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 31 May 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 31 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 -27 321 £51,275 +7.95% 139
East Midlands +1 232 £45,000 -5.76% 78
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 12 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.08%) CMS
3 6 (1.08%) IIS
4 3 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) Appian
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 66 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.90%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.54%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 92 (16.58%) Power Platform
2 79 (14.23%) Azure
3 53 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (6.85%) AWS
5 22 (3.96%) SaaS
6 15 (2.70%) GCP
7 13 (2.34%) Amazon S3
7 13 (2.34%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (2.16%) Serverless
9 10 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.62%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (0.72%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.72%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.54%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.42%) VPN
2 14 (2.52%) WAN
3 13 (2.34%) Firewall
4 11 (1.98%) DNS
4 11 (1.98%) Wireless
5 9 (1.62%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.08%) BGP
8 6 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.08%) DHCP
8 6 (1.08%) EIGRP
8 6 (1.08%) LAN
8 6 (1.08%) OSPF
8 6 (1.08%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.90%) VLAN
10 4 (0.72%) MQTT
11 3 (0.54%) Network Security
12 2 (0.36%) Broadband
12 2 (0.36%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (16.04%) Power BI
2 30 (5.41%) Tableau
3 20 (3.60%) Power Query
4 19 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.16%) Data Mining
7 10 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.08%) MySQL
10 5 (0.90%) Redis
11 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.72%) Metadata
11 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.54%) Looker
12 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.72%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) Subversion
3 2 (0.36%) JMeter
3 2 (0.36%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.36%) Postman
3 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.36%) TestRail
3 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.18%) Appium
4 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.18%) Bugzilla
4 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) MLflow
4 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 227 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 161 (29.01%) Finance
3 58 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (7.39%) Retail
5 34 (6.13%) Manufacturing
6 32 (5.77%) Marketing
7 30 (5.41%) Law
8 29 (5.23%) Legal
9 23 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 14 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.44%) Electronics
14 8 (1.44%) Games
15 7 (1.26%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.08%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.90%) German Language
18 4 (0.72%) Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (31.53%) Analyst
2 72 (12.97%) Senior
3 46 (8.29%) Data Analyst
4 32 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
5 31 (5.59%) Developer
5 31 (5.59%) Lead
6 30 (5.41%) Business Analyst
7 28 (5.05%) Support Engineer
8 25 (4.50%) Accountant
9 24 (4.32%) IT Support
10 22 (3.96%) Support Analyst
10 22 (3.96%) Systems Accountant
11 21 (3.78%) IT Analyst
11 21 (3.78%) Junior
12 20 (3.60%) IT Manager
12 20 (3.60%) Security Analyst
13 19 (3.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 19 (3.42%) Junior Analyst
14 17 (3.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 17 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.24%) CSS
1 18 (3.24%) HTML
2 14 (2.52%) Node.js
2 14 (2.52%) React
3 9 (1.62%) PyTorch
4 8 (1.44%) Pandas
4 8 (1.44%) RESTful
4 8 (1.44%) scikit-learn
5 5 (0.90%) FastAPI
5 5 (0.90%) JSON
5 5 (0.90%) PySpark
5 5 (0.90%) SQLAlchemy
6 4 (0.72%) .NET
6 4 (0.72%) EDI
6 4 (0.72%) REST
7 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (0.54%) Middleware
7 3 (0.54%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.36%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 25 (4.50%) Driving Licence
3 23 (4.14%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.80%) CSOC
6 10 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.44%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.26%) IoT
9 7 (1.26%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.08%) FMCG
11 5 (0.90%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.14%) Windows
2 12 (2.16%) Linux
3 11 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.72%) VMS
5 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) CentOS
6 2 (0.36%) Debian
6 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (50.99%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 120 (21.62%) Analytics
4 100 (18.02%) Business Intelligence
5 94 (16.94%) Decision-Making
6 91 (16.40%) Agile
7 70 (12.61%) Actionable Insight
7 70 (12.61%) AI
8 60 (10.81%) ERP
9 58 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
9 58 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (9.19%) Coaching
10 51 (9.19%) Roadmaps
11 46 (8.29%) Analytical Thinking
11 46 (8.29%) Data Analysis
12 45 (8.11%) Mentoring
13 44 (7.93%) Project Management
14 42 (7.57%) Collaborative Working
15 41 (7.39%) Data Modelling
15 41 (7.39%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 137 (24.68%) SQL
2 89 (16.04%) Python
3 26 (4.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (3.24%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.98%) VBA
7 8 (1.44%) Java
7 8 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.26%) R
9 6 (1.08%) C#
9 6 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.90%) Bash
10 5 (0.90%) PHP
11 4 (0.72%) C++
12 2 (0.36%) RPG
12 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.36%) Swift
13 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (14.59%) Degree
2 46 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.59%) ACCA
3 31 (5.59%) CIMA
4 30 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.34%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.34%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (2.16%) PMP
8 12 (2.16%) SSCP
9 11 (1.98%) CISSP
10 8 (1.44%) CISA
11 7 (1.26%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.08%) CCNP
12 6 (1.08%) IRCA
12 6 (1.08%) MOS
12 6 (1.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.03%) GDPR
2 36 (6.49%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.86%) QA
4 23 (4.14%) NIST
5 22 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.34%) GRC
7 11 (1.98%) ISO 9001
7 11 (1.98%) SLA
8 8 (1.44%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.08%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.08%) PMO
10 5 (0.90%) COSHH
10 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.90%) GMP
10 5 (0.90%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.26%) Docker
3 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.54%) vSphere
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (1.44%) Terraform
2 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.72%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.54%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.18%) Nmap
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (20.36%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.96%) SAP
3 18 (3.24%) Databricks
4 16 (2.88%) Oracle
5 15 (2.70%) Google
6 10 (1.80%) Cisco
6 10 (1.80%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.26%) Meraki
9 6 (1.08%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.72%) VMware
11 3 (0.54%) Adobe
11 3 (0.54%) Botify
11 3 (0.54%) QAD
11 3 (0.54%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.36%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (0.36%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.36%) Workday
12 2 (0.36%) Zoho
12 2 (0.36%) Zscaler