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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 585 483 858
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.72% 9.67% 8.58%
As % of the General category 11.01% 15.30% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 379 252 608
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £64,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 5,314 3,157 5,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.91% 63.19% 58.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,597 1,768 4,467
10th Percentile £27,650 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,800 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.20%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -15 358 £51,300 +2.60% 183
East Midlands -3 226 £40,500 -7.43% 118
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 10 (1.71%) CMS
1 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.37%) Confluence
2 8 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) WordPress
4 2 (0.34%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.67%) Chatbot
3 36 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.34%) CATIA
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 12 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.85%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.17%) HFM
7 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Primavera
7 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 74 (12.65%) Azure
2 67 (11.45%) Power Platform
3 44 (7.52%) SaaS
4 38 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (6.32%) AWS
6 12 (2.05%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (2.05%) Serverless
7 11 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.54%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.54%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.03%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.03%) GCP
11 6 (1.03%) OCI
12 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.10%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.22%) VPN
2 13 (2.22%) WAN
3 10 (1.71%) Wireless
4 9 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.37%) Firewall
6 6 (1.03%) VLAN
6 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.85%) BGP
7 5 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.85%) DHCP
7 5 (0.85%) DNS
7 5 (0.85%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.85%) OSPF
7 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.85%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.68%) LAN
9 3 (0.51%) Broadband
10 2 (0.34%) Internet
10 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.94%) Power BI
2 35 (5.98%) Tableau
3 23 (3.93%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.25%) Looker
5 17 (2.91%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.71%) Metadata
9 10 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.54%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.54%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.37%) Power Query
11 8 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.85%) MySQL
13 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (3.93%) JIRA
2 5 (0.85%) Subversion
3 4 (0.68%) Git
3 4 (0.68%) Postman
3 4 (0.68%) Selenium
4 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.34%) JMeter
4 2 (0.34%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.34%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) MLflow
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 258 (44.10%) Social Skills
2 150 (25.64%) Finance
3 65 (11.11%) Retail
4 50 (8.55%) Marketing
5 38 (6.50%) Law
6 36 (6.15%) Manufacturing
7 33 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.64%) Legal
8 28 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.93%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.71%) Electronics
12 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.37%) Banking
14 7 (1.20%) Games
14 7 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.51%) Advertising
16 3 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 181 (30.94%) Analyst
2 73 (12.48%) Senior
3 48 (8.21%) Lead
4 42 (7.18%) Developer
4 42 (7.18%) Support Analyst
5 39 (6.67%) Trainer
6 36 (6.15%) Data Analyst
7 34 (5.81%) Senior Analyst
8 29 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
9 25 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 24 (4.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 24 (4.10%) IT Support
11 22 (3.76%) Junior
12 21 (3.59%) Trainee
13 20 (3.42%) Architect
14 19 (3.25%) ERP Support
15 18 (3.08%) ERP Analyst
15 18 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (3.08%) IT Manager
15 18 (3.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.76%) HTML
2 21 (3.59%) CSS
3 19 (3.25%) React
4 17 (2.91%) Node.js
5 10 (1.71%) Flash
6 8 (1.37%) REST
7 6 (1.03%) .NET
7 6 (1.03%) PySpark
7 6 (1.03%) SOAP
8 5 (0.85%) Playwright
9 4 (0.68%) BAPI
9 4 (0.68%) IBM Integration Bus
9 4 (0.68%) JMS
9 4 (0.68%) JSON
9 4 (0.68%) Middleware
9 4 (0.68%) OAuth
9 4 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.68%) PyTorch
9 4 (0.68%) SAML
10 3 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.74%) Onboarding
2 49 (8.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 19 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.91%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.22%) FMCG
8 10 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.54%) IoT
9 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.03%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.68%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.68%) CSOC
12 4 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.42%) Windows
2 13 (2.22%) Linux
3 3 (0.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Debian
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (48.03%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (24.27%) Analytics
4 90 (15.38%) ERP
5 89 (15.21%) Decision-Making
6 82 (14.02%) Agile
7 80 (13.68%) AI
8 78 (13.33%) CRM
9 76 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
10 71 (12.14%) Mentoring
11 67 (11.45%) Project Management
12 60 (10.26%) Analytical Thinking
13 55 (9.40%) E-Commerce
14 54 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 52 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 50 (8.55%) Actionable Insight
17 49 (8.38%) Customer Service
18 46 (7.86%) Coaching
19 44 (7.52%) Data Analysis
19 44 (7.52%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 145 (24.79%) SQL
2 72 (12.31%) Python
3 30 (5.13%) C#
4 24 (4.10%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (2.05%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.37%) Java
9 7 (1.20%) VBA
10 6 (1.03%) R
11 3 (0.51%) Bash
12 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.34%) PHP
12 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.17%) Bicep
13 1 (0.17%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) Scala
13 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 149 (25.47%) Degree
2 48 (8.21%) Master's Degree
3 44 (7.52%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.67%) PhD
5 31 (5.30%) SC Cleared
6 23 (3.93%) ACCA
7 21 (3.59%) CIMA
8 19 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.22%) CISSP
10 12 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (1.88%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.71%) AAT
12 10 (1.71%) PMP
13 9 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.54%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.37%) CISA
15 7 (1.20%) SSCP
16 6 (1.03%) CISM
17 5 (0.85%) CCNP
17 5 (0.85%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.38%) QA
2 39 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 33 (5.64%) GDPR
4 22 (3.76%) NIST
5 18 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.05%) SLA
7 7 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.20%) PMO
8 5 (0.85%) COSHH
8 5 (0.85%) GMP
8 5 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 19 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.85%) Docker
2 5 (0.85%) vSphere
3 4 (0.68%) Firmware
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.54%) Terraform
2 4 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.34%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.67%) PayPal
3 34 (5.81%) SAP
4 26 (4.44%) Oracle
5 10 (1.71%) Databricks
6 9 (1.54%) Cisco
7 8 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.37%) Zoho
8 7 (1.20%) Google
9 5 (0.85%) Epicor
9 5 (0.85%) IBM
9 5 (0.85%) Infor
9 5 (0.85%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.85%) Meraki
9 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.68%) Sage
11 3 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.51%) QAD
11 3 (0.51%) VMware
11 3 (0.51%) Workday