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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 564 473 913
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.14% 9.81% 8.58%
As % of the General category 10.05% 15.92% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 394 260 640
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,900 £25,225
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +13.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,014 £68,775
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5,614 2,971 6,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.15% 61.60% 57.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,769 1,759 4,608
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,965 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.74% -13.52%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -19 347 £51,250 +2.50% 175
East Midlands -7 215 £42,500 -3.41% 123
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 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.60%) CMS
3 8 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.06%) Confluence
5 3 (0.53%) IIS
5 3 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 82 (14.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Sketch
8 1 (0.18%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 11 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.42%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.89%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.53%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.53%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.53%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.18%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.18%) HFM
6 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.18%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 82 (14.54%) Azure
2 81 (14.36%) Power Platform
3 40 (7.09%) AWS
4 39 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (6.38%) SaaS
6 12 (2.13%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.13%) Serverless
7 11 (1.95%) GCP
8 10 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.77%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.06%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.06%) OCI
12 5 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.30%) VPN
2 13 (2.30%) WAN
3 10 (1.77%) Wireless
4 9 (1.60%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.24%) Firewall
6 6 (1.06%) DNS
6 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.89%) BGP
7 5 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.89%) DHCP
7 5 (0.89%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.89%) OSPF
7 5 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.89%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.71%) LAN
8 4 (0.71%) VLAN
9 3 (0.53%) Broadband
10 2 (0.35%) Internet
11 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (14.01%) Power BI
2 38 (6.74%) Tableau
3 22 (3.90%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.37%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.66%) Looker
6 14 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (2.30%) Power Query
8 12 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.77%) Metadata
10 10 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.42%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.06%) MySQL
14 3 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
15 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
15 2 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (3.72%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) Subversion
3 4 (0.71%) Postman
3 4 (0.71%) Selenium
4 3 (0.53%) Git
5 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.35%) JMeter
5 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.35%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.35%) TestRail
5 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
6 1 (0.18%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 254 (45.04%) Social Skills
2 160 (28.37%) Finance
3 58 (10.28%) Retail
4 47 (8.33%) Marketing
5 39 (6.91%) Manufacturing
6 37 (6.56%) Law
7 33 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.85%) Legal
8 28 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.26%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.60%) Electronics
14 8 (1.42%) Banking
15 7 (1.24%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.24%) Games
16 4 (0.71%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (33.87%) Analyst
2 75 (13.30%) Senior
3 44 (7.80%) Support Analyst
4 43 (7.62%) Lead
5 39 (6.91%) Data Analyst
5 39 (6.91%) Developer
6 36 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (4.61%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.43%) IT Support
9 23 (4.08%) Architect
10 21 (3.72%) Junior
11 20 (3.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 20 (3.55%) Trainee
12 19 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (3.37%) ERP Support
12 19 (3.37%) IT Manager
13 18 (3.19%) ERP Analyst
13 18 (3.19%) Financial Analyst
13 18 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.01%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.90%) CSS
1 22 (3.90%) HTML
2 19 (3.37%) React
3 17 (3.01%) Node.js
4 10 (1.77%) Flash
5 9 (1.60%) PyTorch
6 7 (1.24%) Pandas
6 7 (1.24%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.06%) PySpark
7 6 (1.06%) REST
8 5 (0.89%) .NET
8 5 (0.89%) JSON
8 5 (0.89%) Playwright
8 5 (0.89%) SOAP
9 4 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.71%) RESTful
10 3 (0.53%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (0.53%) JMS
10 3 (0.53%) Middleware
10 3 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 45 (7.98%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.37%) Driving Licence
5 17 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.77%) FMCG
7 9 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.60%) IoT
7 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.06%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.89%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (0.89%) Social Media
10 4 (0.71%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.71%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.19%) Windows
2 11 (1.95%) Linux
3 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.53%) Unix
5 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) CentOS
6 1 (0.18%) Debian
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (50.18%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (30.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 148 (26.24%) Analytics
4 94 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 88 (15.60%) Agile
6 84 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (14.89%) ERP
7 64 (11.35%) CRM
8 63 (11.17%) Project Management
9 62 (10.99%) Mentoring
10 56 (9.93%) Actionable Insight
11 51 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 50 (8.87%) AI
12 50 (8.87%) Analytical Thinking
13 47 (8.33%) E-Commerce
14 46 (8.16%) Coaching
14 46 (8.16%) Data Analysis
15 45 (7.98%) Visualisation
16 44 (7.80%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 149 (26.42%) SQL
2 76 (13.48%) Python
3 24 (4.26%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.90%) C#
5 20 (3.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 14 (2.48%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.42%) Java
8 8 (1.42%) VBA
9 6 (1.06%) R
10 4 (0.71%) Bash
11 3 (0.53%) PHP
12 2 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.35%) C++
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.35%) Swift
13 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 108 (19.15%) Degree
2 45 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.85%) ACCA
4 32 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.50%) CIMA
6 18 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.30%) CISSP
7 13 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (2.30%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.95%) PMP
10 10 (1.77%) AAT
11 9 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.42%) CISA
12 8 (1.42%) SSCP
13 6 (1.06%) CISM
13 6 (1.06%) IRCA
14 5 (0.89%) CCNP
15 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.98%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.80%) QA
3 35 (6.21%) GDPR
4 22 (3.90%) NIST
5 18 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.13%) SLA
7 9 (1.60%) PMO
8 7 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.89%) COSHH
10 5 (0.89%) GMP
11 3 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 17 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.71%) Docker
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.53%) vSphere
4 2 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.77%) Terraform
2 4 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.18%) Puppet
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.50%) SAP
3 25 (4.43%) Oracle
4 18 (3.19%) Databricks
5 12 (2.13%) Google
6 8 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.42%) Zoho
7 7 (1.24%) Cisco
8 5 (0.89%) Epicor
8 5 (0.89%) Infor
8 5 (0.89%) JD Edwards
8 5 (0.89%) Meraki
9 4 (0.71%) IBM
9 4 (0.71%) Sage
10 3 (0.53%) Botify
10 3 (0.53%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.53%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.53%) QAD
10 3 (0.53%) VMware
10 3 (0.53%) Zscaler