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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 622 741 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 8.09% 10.70% 9.87%
As % of the General category 13.19% 17.28% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 341 273 358
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £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 4,714 4,288 2,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.31% 61.94% 63.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,327 1,895 2,400
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,251 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -3.23%

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 18 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 18 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% 285
East Midlands +2 253 £37,500 -11.76% 254
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 (1.29%) Confluence
2 7 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.64%) CMS
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.48%) WordPress
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 75 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (11.09%) Chatbot
3 35 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.13%) 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 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.29%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.13%) Sprinklr
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 65 (10.45%) Azure
2 57 (9.16%) SaaS
3 51 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 24 (3.86%) AWS
5 16 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.61%) OCI
8 7 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (0.80%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.80%) PaaS
10 5 (0.80%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.64%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.48%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.27%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (1.45%) Firewall
2 9 (1.45%) VPN
3 7 (1.13%) VLAN
4 6 (0.96%) WAN
5 4 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.64%) SMS
6 2 (0.32%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.32%) LAN
6 2 (0.32%) Network Security
6 2 (0.32%) Wireless
7 1 (0.16%) Broadband
7 1 (0.16%) DHCP
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) NAS
7 1 (0.16%) VoIP
7 1 (0.16%) VPLS
7 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.40%) Power BI
2 29 (4.66%) Tableau
3 24 (3.86%) Data Mining
4 20 (3.22%) Looker
5 16 (2.57%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.61%) Metadata
8 9 (1.45%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.29%) Relational Database
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
12 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.32%) Big Data
13 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 21 (3.38%) JIRA
2 6 (0.96%) Selenium
3 5 (0.80%) 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%) 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
5 1 (0.16%) XCUITest
General
1 267 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 136 (21.86%) Finance
3 106 (17.04%) Marketing
4 102 (16.40%) Retail
5 35 (5.63%) Law
5 35 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (3.54%) Legal
10 19 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.45%) Banking
13 8 (1.29%) Electronics
14 6 (0.96%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.64%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.48%) Advertising
16 3 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.48%) Local Government
16 3 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 142 (22.83%) Analyst
2 71 (11.41%) Lead
3 69 (11.09%) Trainer
4 56 (9.00%) Senior
5 47 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 36 (5.79%) Architect
6 36 (5.79%) Developer
6 36 (5.79%) Support Analyst
7 30 (4.82%) Data Analyst
8 27 (4.34%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 25 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (3.70%) Software Analyst
10 23 (3.70%) Support Technician
11 21 (3.38%) Technical Support
12 20 (3.22%) Support Engineer
13 19 (3.05%) ERP Support
14 18 (2.89%) Consultant
14 18 (2.89%) ERP Analyst
15 17 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support Technician
16 16 (2.57%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.89%) HTML
2 17 (2.73%) REST
3 16 (2.57%) CSS
4 15 (2.41%) SOAP
5 14 (2.25%) Middleware
6 13 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.77%) BAPI
7 11 (1.77%) Flash
7 11 (1.77%) IBM Integration Bus
7 11 (1.77%) JMS
7 11 (1.77%) OAuth
7 11 (1.77%) SAML
8 7 (1.13%) EDI
9 6 (0.96%) .NET
9 6 (0.96%) React
10 5 (0.80%) Playwright
11 4 (0.64%) JSON
12 3 (0.48%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.48%) Node.js
12 3 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (20.10%) Onboarding
2 67 (10.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 28 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (4.18%) Driving Licence
6 23 (3.70%) FMCG
7 13 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.61%) e-Learning
9 9 (1.45%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.45%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.29%) IoT
11 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.96%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.80%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.80%) Social Media
14 4 (0.64%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.05%) Windows
2 15 (2.41%) Linux
3 5 (0.80%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Android
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
1 269 (43.25%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (32.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 162 (26.05%) CRM
4 139 (22.35%) Analytics
5 114 (18.33%) ERP
6 107 (17.20%) E-Commerce
7 101 (16.24%) Decision-Making
8 96 (15.43%) AI
9 93 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 85 (13.67%) Customer Service
11 78 (12.54%) Project Management
12 74 (11.90%) Analytical Thinking
12 74 (11.90%) Coaching
12 74 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
13 72 (11.58%) Mentoring
14 71 (11.41%) Dashboard Development
14 71 (11.41%) Digital Marketing
15 70 (11.25%) Chemistry
15 70 (11.25%) Customer Experience
16 69 (11.09%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 151 (24.28%) SQL
2 46 (7.40%) Python
3 45 (7.23%) C#
4 19 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.25%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (1.29%) R
9 5 (0.80%) ABAP
9 5 (0.80%) Java
10 3 (0.48%) Bash
11 2 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) Groovy
12 1 (0.16%) Perl
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Scala
12 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.16%) Swift
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 233 (37.46%) Degree
2 79 (12.70%) Master's Degree
3 72 (11.58%) PhD
4 36 (5.79%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.86%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.25%) ACCA
7 14 (2.25%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.09%) AAT
9 12 (1.93%) CIMA
10 10 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.45%) CISSP
12 8 (1.29%) 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 (7.72%) QA
2 34 (5.47%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.54%) GDPR
4 19 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.77%) NIST
5 11 (1.77%) SLA
6 9 (1.45%) PMO
7 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.32%) COBIT
8 2 (0.32%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) HL7
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.77%) 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 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.32%) Ansible
3 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 110 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 69 (11.09%) PayPal
3 64 (10.29%) SAP
4 32 (5.14%) Oracle
5 24 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.93%) Databricks
6 12 (1.93%) IBM
7 11 (1.77%) Cisco
7 11 (1.77%) Zoho
8 9 (1.45%) Google
9 7 (1.13%) Adobe
9 7 (1.13%) 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%) Apple