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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 593 562 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.40% 9.92% 10.22%
As % of the General category 10.00% 15.38% 18.67%
Number of salaries quoted 404 297 557
10th Percentile £31,066 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £34,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £43,806
Median % change year-on-year - +8.43% -12.39%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -8.90%

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 5,931 3,655 6,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.05% 64.53% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,731 2,032 4,104
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,818
% change year-on-year - +2.20% -10.30%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -16 319 £49,000 +5.95% 118
East Midlands -5 273 £45,000 -5.26% 89
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 14 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.69%) IIS
3 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.01%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 68 (11.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.51%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.17%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.84%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.67%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 4 (0.67%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.67%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.51%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (16.69%) Power Platform
2 87 (14.67%) Azure
3 42 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (5.90%) SaaS
5 32 (5.40%) AWS
6 16 (2.70%) GCP
7 14 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.84%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (0.67%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Advertising
13 4 (0.67%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.67%) Serverless
13 4 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.87%) TCP/IP
2 16 (2.70%) VPN
3 15 (2.53%) Firewall
4 13 (2.19%) DNS
5 11 (1.85%) WAN
6 9 (1.52%) Wireless
7 7 (1.18%) DHCP
7 7 (1.18%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.01%) LAN
9 5 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.67%) BGP
10 4 (0.67%) MQTT
10 4 (0.67%) Network Security
10 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.51%) EIGRP
11 3 (0.51%) OSPF
11 3 (0.51%) VLAN
12 2 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (16.02%) Power BI
2 28 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 27 (4.55%) Tableau
4 26 (4.38%) Power Query
5 17 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.18%) MySQL
9 5 (0.84%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.84%) QlikView
9 5 (0.84%) Redis
10 4 (0.67%) DTS
10 4 (0.67%) Metadata
10 4 (0.67%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (2.36%) JIRA
2 5 (0.84%) Git
3 4 (0.67%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.67%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.34%) JMeter
4 2 (0.34%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.34%) Postman
4 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.17%) Appium
5 1 (0.17%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.17%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 275 (46.37%) Social Skills
2 179 (30.19%) Finance
3 57 (9.61%) Manufacturing
4 56 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (9.44%) Retail
5 43 (7.25%) Marketing
6 36 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (5.56%) Legal
8 27 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.54%) Law
10 18 (3.04%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 15 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.18%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.18%) Games
15 6 (1.01%) Japanese Language
16 5 (0.84%) German Language
16 5 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 176 (29.68%) Analyst
2 75 (12.65%) Senior
3 50 (8.43%) Data Analyst
4 38 (6.41%) Accountant
5 37 (6.24%) Senior Analyst
6 35 (5.90%) Lead
7 34 (5.73%) Support Engineer
8 32 (5.40%) Business Analyst
9 24 (4.05%) Systems Accountant
10 22 (3.71%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (3.71%) Security Analyst
11 21 (3.54%) IT Support
11 21 (3.54%) Support Analyst
12 20 (3.37%) Developer
12 20 (3.37%) IT Analyst
13 19 (3.20%) Senior Data Analyst
13 19 (3.20%) Technical Support
14 18 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 18 (3.04%) Data Scientist
14 18 (3.04%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.69%) CSS
1 10 (1.69%) HTML
1 10 (1.69%) REST
2 9 (1.52%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.35%) Pandas
3 8 (1.35%) RESTful
3 8 (1.35%) scikit-learn
4 6 (1.01%) .NET
4 6 (1.01%) Node.js
4 6 (1.01%) React
4 6 (1.01%) SOAP
5 5 (0.84%) FastAPI
5 5 (0.84%) JSON
5 5 (0.84%) SQLAlchemy
5 5 (0.84%) XML
6 4 (0.67%) COM
6 4 (0.67%) DCOM
6 4 (0.67%) EDI
6 4 (0.67%) LDAP
6 4 (0.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 65 (10.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 30 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.05%) Driving Licence
4 24 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.02%) IoT
8 11 (1.85%) CSOC
9 10 (1.69%) CMDB
9 10 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (0.84%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.84%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.73%) Windows
2 21 (3.54%) Linux
3 11 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.18%) Android
5 5 (0.84%) OpenVMS
5 5 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.67%) VMS
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) CentOS
7 2 (0.34%) Debian
7 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (53.12%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (27.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (23.61%) Analytics
4 137 (23.10%) Decision-Making
5 109 (18.38%) Business Intelligence
6 90 (15.18%) Agile
7 82 (13.83%) Actionable Insight
8 76 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 72 (12.14%) AI
9 72 (12.14%) ERP
10 67 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
11 64 (10.79%) Roadmaps
12 57 (9.61%) Coaching
13 56 (9.44%) Collaborative Working
14 55 (9.27%) Analytical Thinking
15 54 (9.11%) Data Analysis
16 52 (8.77%) Mentoring
17 48 (8.09%) Data Modelling
17 48 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
18 45 (7.59%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 137 (23.10%) SQL
2 83 (14.00%) Python
3 28 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.36%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.69%) Java
7 8 (1.35%) C#
8 7 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.18%) R
8 7 (1.18%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.18%) VBA
9 5 (0.84%) Bash
9 5 (0.84%) PHP
10 3 (0.51%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) RPG
11 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
12 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 106 (17.88%) Degree
2 53 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.24%) ACCA
3 37 (6.24%) CIMA
4 35 (5.90%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.53%) CISSP
7 12 (2.02%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.02%) SSCP
8 9 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.35%) CISA
10 7 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (1.18%) PMP
10 7 (1.18%) SANS
11 6 (1.01%) CCSP
11 6 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.01%) IRCA
11 6 (1.01%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.93%) Data Quality
2 41 (6.91%) GDPR
3 24 (4.05%) QA
4 23 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (3.37%) NIST
6 16 (2.70%) GRC
6 16 (2.70%) ISO 9001
7 13 (2.19%) SLA
8 9 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.35%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.01%) PCI DSS
11 6 (1.01%) PMO
12 5 (0.84%) COSHH
12 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.84%) GMP
12 5 (0.84%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.01%) Docker
3 5 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.51%) Firmware
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.35%) Terraform
2 5 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.67%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.67%) Nmap
4 3 (0.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.34%) Grafana
5 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (20.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.54%) SAP
3 20 (3.37%) Google
4 16 (2.70%) Databricks
5 15 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.02%) Cisco
7 10 (1.69%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.18%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.18%) SYSPRO
10 5 (0.84%) Meraki
10 5 (0.84%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.67%) Botify
11 4 (0.67%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.67%) JD Edwards
12 3 (0.51%) Adobe
12 3 (0.51%) Oracle
12 3 (0.51%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
13 2 (0.34%) Workday