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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 625 756 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.19% 10.69% 9.75%
As % of the General category 13.28% 17.52% 15.26%
Number of salaries quoted 342 271 358
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,875 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,706 4,314 2,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.70% 60.99% 63.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,310 1,912 2,415
10th Percentile £26,875 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,196 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +2.39% -0.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,411 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 -13 366 £52,000 +4.00% 606
East Midlands +2 256 £37,500 -11.76% 519
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 8 (1.28%) Confluence
1 8 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.64%) CMS
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.48%) WordPress
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (12.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (11.68%) Chatbot
3 36 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.64%) CATIA
6 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.32%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.16%) Sketch
8 1 (0.16%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 15 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.44%) Sprinklr
4 8 (1.28%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.48%) Shopify
6 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.32%) Primavera
6 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) HFM
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 64 (10.24%) Azure
2 57 (9.12%) SaaS
3 51 (8.16%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.52%) AWS
5 16 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.60%) OCI
8 7 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.12%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.96%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (0.80%) Google Ads
10 5 (0.80%) PaaS
10 5 (0.80%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.80%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.24%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (1.28%) Firewall
2 8 (1.28%) VPN
3 6 (0.96%) VLAN
4 5 (0.80%) WAN
5 4 (0.64%) SMS
6 3 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.32%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.32%) LAN
7 2 (0.32%) Network Security
7 2 (0.32%) Wireless
8 1 (0.16%) Broadband
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) HTTP
8 1 (0.16%) NAS
8 1 (0.16%) VoIP
8 1 (0.16%) VPLS
8 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.20%) Power BI
2 29 (4.64%) Tableau
3 24 (3.84%) Data Mining
4 20 (3.20%) Looker
5 16 (2.56%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.60%) Metadata
8 9 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.64%) MySQL
12 3 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.32%) Big Data
13 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (3.20%) JIRA
2 6 (0.96%) Selenium
3 4 (0.64%) Subversion
4 2 (0.32%) Git
4 2 (0.32%) Postman
4 2 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.32%) TestRail
5 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) ERwin
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) JMeter
5 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) MLflow
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 269 (43.04%) Social Skills
2 137 (21.92%) Finance
3 108 (17.28%) Marketing
4 104 (16.64%) Retail
5 36 (5.76%) Law
6 35 (5.60%) Manufacturing
7 26 (4.16%) Public Sector
8 24 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.52%) Legal
10 21 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.44%) Banking
14 7 (1.12%) Electronics
15 6 (0.96%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.80%) Advertising
17 4 (0.64%) Social Housing
18 3 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.48%) Local Government
18 3 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 141 (22.56%) Analyst
2 73 (11.68%) Trainer
3 70 (11.20%) Lead
4 56 (8.96%) Senior
5 47 (7.52%) 2nd Line Support
6 35 (5.60%) Architect
6 35 (5.60%) Support Analyst
7 34 (5.44%) Developer
8 30 (4.80%) Data Analyst
9 27 (4.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 25 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.68%) Software Analyst
11 23 (3.68%) Support Technician
12 21 (3.36%) Technical Support
13 20 (3.20%) Consultant
13 20 (3.20%) Support Engineer
14 19 (3.04%) ERP Support
15 18 (2.88%) ERP Analyst
16 17 (2.72%) 2nd Line Support Technician
17 16 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.20%) HTML
2 18 (2.88%) CSS
2 18 (2.88%) REST
3 15 (2.40%) SOAP
4 14 (2.24%) Middleware
5 13 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.76%) BAPI
6 11 (1.76%) Flash
6 11 (1.76%) IBM Integration Bus
6 11 (1.76%) JMS
6 11 (1.76%) OAuth
6 11 (1.76%) SAML
7 7 (1.12%) React
8 6 (0.96%) .NET
8 6 (0.96%) EDI
9 5 (0.80%) Playwright
10 4 (0.64%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.64%) JSON
11 3 (0.48%) Node.js
11 3 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 125 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 69 (11.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (5.60%) Management Information System
4 29 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (4.16%) Driving Licence
6 23 (3.68%) FMCG
7 13 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.60%) e-Learning
9 9 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.44%) IoT
10 8 (1.28%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.12%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.96%) Social Media
13 5 (0.80%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.80%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.80%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.64%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.04%) Windows
2 15 (2.40%) Linux
3 5 (0.80%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (42.40%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (32.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 164 (26.24%) CRM
4 142 (22.72%) Analytics
5 113 (18.08%) ERP
6 107 (17.12%) E-Commerce
7 100 (16.00%) Decision-Making
8 99 (15.84%) AI
9 93 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 87 (13.92%) Customer Service
11 81 (12.96%) Project Management
12 75 (12.00%) Analytical Thinking
13 74 (11.84%) Chemistry
13 74 (11.84%) Coaching
13 74 (11.84%) Collaborative Working
14 73 (11.68%) Conversational UI
14 73 (11.68%) Digital Marketing
15 72 (11.52%) Mentoring
16 71 (11.36%) Customer Experience
17 70 (11.20%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 152 (24.32%) SQL
2 45 (7.20%) C#
2 45 (7.20%) Python
3 21 (3.36%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.24%) T-SQL
5 10 (1.60%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.28%) R
7 6 (0.96%) Java
8 5 (0.80%) ABAP
9 3 (0.48%) Bash
10 2 (0.32%) C++
10 2 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 237 (37.92%) Degree
2 83 (13.28%) Master's Degree
3 76 (12.16%) PhD
4 36 (5.76%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.84%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.24%) ACCA
7 14 (2.24%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.08%) AAT
9 12 (1.92%) CIMA
10 10 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.44%) CISSP
12 8 (1.28%) CISM
13 6 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.80%) MCP
14 5 (0.80%) MCSA
14 5 (0.80%) MCSE
15 4 (0.64%) CIPD
15 4 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.68%) QA
2 34 (5.44%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.36%) GDPR
4 18 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.76%) SLA
6 10 (1.60%) NIST
7 9 (1.44%) PMO
8 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) COBIT
9 2 (0.32%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.76%) Firmware
3 5 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.64%) vSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Docker
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.64%) Terraform
3 3 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.32%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 110 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 73 (11.68%) PayPal
3 64 (10.24%) SAP
4 31 (4.96%) Oracle
5 25 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.92%) Databricks
6 12 (1.92%) IBM
7 11 (1.76%) Cisco
7 11 (1.76%) Google
7 11 (1.76%) Zoho
8 9 (1.44%) Adobe
9 7 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.80%) Epicor
11 5 (0.80%) Infor
11 5 (0.80%) JD Edwards
11 5 (0.80%) VMware
12 4 (0.64%) Sage
12 4 (0.64%) SonicWALL
13 2 (0.32%) Ariba