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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 616 1,082 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.99% 10.72% 11.12%
As % of the General category 16.78% 19.92% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 318 307 460
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +8.17%
75th Percentile £60,375 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,125 £71,250 £72,700
England median annual salary £52,500 £54,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% -0.06% -

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 3,670 5,431 3,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 65.47% 53.81% 67.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 2,390 2,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -3.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £60,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,777 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +1 358 £45,000 -5.26% 252
East Midlands -4 256 £41,250 -8.33% 191
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.49%) CMS
4 3 (0.49%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 77 (12.50%) Chatbot
2 53 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.97%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.32%) CATIA
7 2 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.95%) Sprinklr
3 11 (1.79%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (1.14%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.97%) Shopify
7 4 (0.65%) Magento
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.16%) Primavera
10 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 65 (10.55%) Azure
2 50 (8.12%) Power Platform
3 32 (5.19%) SaaS
4 30 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (4.06%) AWS
6 13 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (2.11%) Google Analytics
7 12 (1.95%) GCP
8 11 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.79%) Google Ads
9 10 (1.62%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.97%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.97%) PaaS
13 5 (0.81%) Google Tag Manager
13 5 (0.81%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.06%) VPN
2 15 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
3 14 (2.27%) Firewall
4 11 (1.79%) DHCP
5 10 (1.62%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.62%) WAN
6 9 (1.46%) LAN
7 8 (1.30%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.97%) DNS
8 6 (0.97%) VoIP
9 5 (0.81%) Network Security
9 5 (0.81%) SMS
10 4 (0.65%) HTTP
10 4 (0.65%) SAN
11 3 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.49%) VLAN
12 2 (0.32%) Skype
12 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
13 1 (0.16%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.14%) Power BI
2 28 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.27%) Tableau
4 13 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (1.46%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.46%) Data Mining
7 7 (1.14%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.97%) Metadata
9 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.65%) Big Data
9 4 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.65%) Looker
9 4 (0.65%) MS Access
9 4 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.11%) JIRA
2 7 (1.14%) Selenium
3 6 (0.97%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.49%) GitLab
4 3 (0.49%) JUnit
5 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.32%) DbUnit
5 2 (0.32%) ERwin
5 2 (0.32%) Git
5 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.32%) JMeter
5 2 (0.32%) jMock
5 2 (0.32%) Maven
5 2 (0.32%) Mockito
5 2 (0.32%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.32%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.16%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
General
1 265 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 140 (22.73%) Finance
3 113 (18.34%) Retail
4 98 (15.91%) Marketing
5 44 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 42 (6.82%) Law
7 33 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.06%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.44%) Banking
10 15 (2.44%) Legal
11 12 (1.95%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.14%) Local Government
14 7 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.97%) Social Housing
16 3 (0.49%) Advertising
16 3 (0.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 106 (17.21%) Analyst
2 95 (15.42%) Trainer
3 49 (7.95%) Lead
4 37 (6.01%) Consultant
5 36 (5.84%) Developer
6 30 (4.87%) IT Support
7 28 (4.55%) Senior
8 25 (4.06%) Architect
9 23 (3.73%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (3.73%) Support Analyst
10 22 (3.57%) IT Analyst
11 21 (3.41%) Support Engineer
12 18 (2.92%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.76%) Applications Support
13 17 (2.76%) Business Analyst
13 17 (2.76%) Technical Support
14 16 (2.60%) Support Technician
14 16 (2.60%) Technical Engineer
14 16 (2.60%) Technical Support Engineer
15 15 (2.44%) Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.90%) REST
2 22 (3.57%) HTML
3 20 (3.25%) CSS
3 20 (3.25%) SOAP
4 16 (2.60%) Middleware
5 14 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
6 13 (2.11%) BAPI
6 13 (2.11%) IBM Integration Bus
6 13 (2.11%) JMS
6 13 (2.11%) OAuth
6 13 (2.11%) SAML
7 10 (1.62%) React
8 7 (1.14%) .NET
8 7 (1.14%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.14%) Web Services
9 5 (0.81%) EDI
9 5 (0.81%) Hibernate
9 5 (0.81%) Node.js
9 5 (0.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 85 (13.80%) Onboarding
2 63 (10.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (4.87%) Driving Licence
4 23 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.08%) Robotics
6 18 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.76%) FMCG
8 15 (2.44%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.95%) e-Learning
11 11 (1.79%) Cyberattack
12 7 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.14%) Social Media
13 6 (0.97%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.81%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
14 5 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.31%) Windows
2 24 (3.90%) Linux
3 11 (1.79%) Android
3 11 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.14%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.81%) Mac OS X
5 5 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (43.34%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (21.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 134 (21.75%) CRM
4 127 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 107 (17.37%) Analytics
6 100 (16.23%) Chemistry
7 93 (15.10%) Decision-Making
8 89 (14.45%) Customer Service
9 87 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 85 (13.80%) ERP
11 78 (12.66%) Collaborative Working
11 78 (12.66%) E-Commerce
12 77 (12.50%) Conversational UI
12 77 (12.50%) Project Management
13 67 (10.88%) Digital Marketing
14 60 (9.74%) Agile
14 60 (9.74%) Customer Experience
15 59 (9.58%) B2B
15 59 (9.58%) Dashboard Development
16 57 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 133 (21.59%) SQL
2 42 (6.82%) Python
3 27 (4.38%) C#
4 25 (4.06%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.92%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.27%) Bash
7 13 (2.11%) Java
7 13 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.46%) R
9 6 (0.97%) ABAP
10 5 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.65%) C++
11 4 (0.65%) Perl
12 3 (0.49%) Go
12 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.32%) Rust
13 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 234 (37.99%) Degree
2 82 (13.31%) Master's Degree
3 79 (12.82%) PhD
4 30 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.22%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.11%) CISSP
7 12 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (1.95%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.62%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.97%) CISM
11 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.81%) MCP
11 5 (0.81%) MCSA
11 5 (0.81%) MCSE
11 5 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.38%) QA
2 24 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.90%) GDPR
3 17 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.79%) PMO
5 8 (1.30%) SLA
6 6 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.97%) NIST
7 3 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.32%) COBIT
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 38 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.11%) Docker
2 13 (2.11%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.62%) vSphere
4 8 (1.30%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.14%) Firmware
5 7 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.32%) Postfix
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (2.60%) Terraform
2 14 (2.27%) Ansible
3 7 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.65%) SCOM
6 3 (0.49%) Grafana
6 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.32%) Kibana
7 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.32%) Puppet
7 2 (0.32%) SCCM
7 2 (0.32%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.32%) SCSM
8 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 115 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 76 (12.34%) PayPal
3 65 (10.55%) SAP
4 49 (7.95%) Google
5 35 (5.68%) Adobe
5 35 (5.68%) Databricks
6 30 (4.87%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.92%) Cisco
8 16 (2.60%) Oracle
9 14 (2.27%) Splunk
10 13 (2.11%) IBM
11 9 (1.46%) Facebook
11 9 (1.46%) Juniper
12 8 (1.30%) 3PAR
12 8 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.30%) VMware
13 7 (1.14%) Apple
14 6 (0.97%) Sage
14 6 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 6 (0.97%) Zoho