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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 585 632 647
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.15% 10.18% 8.42%
As % of the General category 12.73% 16.19% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 349 254 496
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £48,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% +13.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,014 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,596 3,904 4,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.14% 62.91% 58.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,256 1,736 3,668
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -13 349 £52,000 +4.00% 192
East Midlands +6 234 £37,750 -11.18% 147
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 11 (1.88%) Confluence
2 8 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 3 (0.51%) WordPress
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 70 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (10.43%) Chatbot
3 34 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.71%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.68%) CATIA
7 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.34%) Trello
9 1 (0.17%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.17%) Sketch
9 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 13 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.34%) Primavera
4 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.17%) HFM
5 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.17%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Pegasus Opera
5 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 74 (12.65%) Azure
2 62 (10.60%) Power Platform
3 51 (8.72%) SaaS
4 31 (5.30%) AWS
5 28 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.71%) Serverless
9 9 (1.54%) Amazon S3
9 9 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.20%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.20%) OCI
11 7 (1.20%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.20%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.98%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (1.88%) Firewall
3 9 (1.54%) VLAN
3 9 (1.54%) WAN
4 7 (1.20%) VPN
5 6 (1.03%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.85%) Wireless
7 4 (0.68%) BGP
7 4 (0.68%) OSPF
8 3 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.51%) EIGRP
8 3 (0.51%) LAN
8 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.51%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.34%) Broadband
9 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.34%) Network Security
10 1 (0.17%) DNS
10 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.09%) Power BI
2 30 (5.13%) Tableau
3 24 (4.10%) Data Mining
4 20 (3.42%) Looker
4 20 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (2.05%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.71%) Metadata
9 10 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.51%) MySQL
13 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.51%) Power Query
13 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.27%) JIRA
2 5 (0.85%) Subversion
3 4 (0.68%) Selenium
4 2 (0.34%) Git
4 2 (0.34%) Postman
4 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.34%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) MLflow
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 248 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.25%) Finance
3 89 (15.21%) Retail
4 64 (10.94%) Marketing
5 40 (6.84%) Law
6 33 (5.64%) Manufacturing
7 26 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (3.25%) Legal
11 13 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.88%) Electronics
13 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.54%) Banking
14 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.51%) Advertising
15 3 (0.51%) Publishing
15 3 (0.51%) Spanish Language
15 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 152 (25.98%) Analyst
2 66 (11.28%) Lead
3 61 (10.43%) Trainer
4 60 (10.26%) Senior
5 44 (7.52%) Developer
6 43 (7.35%) 2nd Line Support
7 40 (6.84%) Support Analyst
8 31 (5.30%) Data Analyst
9 27 (4.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 25 (4.27%) Architect
11 24 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.59%) IT Support
13 20 (3.42%) Business Analyst
14 19 (3.25%) ERP Support
14 19 (3.25%) Support Technician
14 19 (3.25%) Trainee
15 18 (3.08%) ERP Analyst
15 18 (3.08%) Financial Analyst
15 18 (3.08%) Junior
16 17 (2.91%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.08%) CSS
1 18 (3.08%) HTML
2 16 (2.74%) REST
3 15 (2.56%) React
4 14 (2.39%) SOAP
5 13 (2.22%) Node.js
6 12 (2.05%) Middleware
7 11 (1.88%) Flash
8 10 (1.71%) BAPI
8 10 (1.71%) IBM Integration Bus
8 10 (1.71%) JMS
8 10 (1.71%) OAuth
8 10 (1.71%) SAML
9 9 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (1.03%) .NET
11 5 (0.85%) PySpark
12 4 (0.68%) EDI
12 4 (0.68%) JSON
12 4 (0.68%) Playwright
13 3 (0.51%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (15.04%) Onboarding
2 59 (10.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 38 (6.50%) Management Information System
4 28 (4.79%) FMCG
5 21 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 21 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.54%) e-Learning
8 8 (1.37%) IoT
8 8 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.20%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.85%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.68%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.68%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.68%) Social Media
12 4 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.91%) Windows
2 13 (2.22%) Linux
3 3 (0.51%) Unix
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (47.01%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (31.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 133 (22.74%) Analytics
4 111 (18.97%) CRM
5 107 (18.29%) ERP
6 97 (16.58%) Decision-Making
7 88 (15.04%) AI
8 79 (13.50%) Project Management
9 77 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
10 75 (12.82%) E-Commerce
11 72 (12.31%) Customer Service
11 72 (12.31%) Mentoring
12 68 (11.62%) Agile
13 67 (11.45%) Analytical Thinking
14 63 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (10.60%) Chemistry
16 61 (10.43%) Conversational UI
17 48 (8.21%) Coaching
18 47 (8.03%) Migration
19 46 (7.86%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 156 (26.67%) SQL
2 58 (9.91%) Python
3 41 (7.01%) C#
4 19 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.05%) T-SQL
6 11 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.85%) Java
9 4 (0.68%) ABAP
9 4 (0.68%) R
9 4 (0.68%) VBA
10 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) C++
11 1 (0.17%) Groovy
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Scala
11 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 194 (33.16%) Degree
2 71 (12.14%) Master's Degree
3 61 (10.43%) PhD
4 31 (5.30%) Security Cleared
5 22 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.76%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.74%) ACCA
7 14 (2.39%) CIMA
8 13 (2.22%) AAT
9 9 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.20%) CISSP
11 7 (1.20%) PMP
12 6 (1.03%) CISM
12 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.85%) CCNP
14 4 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.38%) QA
2 31 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.93%) GDPR
4 18 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.71%) NIST
6 8 (1.37%) PMO
7 7 (1.20%) SLA
8 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.17%) COSHH
9 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
9 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.88%) Firmware
3 6 (1.03%) vSphere
4 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.51%) Docker
5 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.03%) Terraform
3 3 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 119 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 65 (11.11%) SAP
3 61 (10.43%) PayPal
4 33 (5.64%) Oracle
5 20 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.74%) Cisco
7 11 (1.88%) IBM
8 10 (1.71%) Databricks
9 8 (1.37%) Zoho
10 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.85%) Epicor
11 5 (0.85%) Google
11 5 (0.85%) Infor
11 5 (0.85%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.68%) Meraki
12 4 (0.68%) Sage
12 4 (0.68%) SonicWALL
13 3 (0.51%) QAD
13 3 (0.51%) VMware
13 3 (0.51%) Zscaler