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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 604 568 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.39% 9.95% 10.37%
As % of the General category 9.99% 15.36% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 414 298 487
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,313 £34,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,195 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% +0.43% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,813 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,740 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +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 6,045 3,697 6,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.96% 64.77% 54.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 2,088 3,549
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 27 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 27 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 -18 323 £50,000 +11.11% 156
East Midlands -5 279 £45,872 +0.39% 130
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 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.49%) IIS
3 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.99%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Appian
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (11.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.17%) LaTeX
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.99%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.66%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 4 (0.66%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.66%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.50%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 108 (17.88%) Power Platform
2 87 (14.40%) Azure
3 40 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (6.29%) SaaS
5 31 (5.13%) AWS
6 16 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.48%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.48%) GCP
8 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.66%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.32%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.83%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.83%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (0.66%) Google Ads
13 4 (0.66%) Google Data Studio
13 4 (0.66%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Advertising
13 4 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.15%) TCP/IP
2 18 (2.98%) VPN
3 17 (2.81%) Firewall
4 14 (2.32%) DNS
5 11 (1.82%) WAN
6 10 (1.66%) Wireless
7 7 (1.16%) DHCP
7 7 (1.16%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.99%) LAN
9 5 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.66%) BGP
10 4 (0.66%) MQTT
10 4 (0.66%) Network Security
10 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.50%) EIGRP
11 3 (0.50%) Internet
11 3 (0.50%) OSPF
11 3 (0.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (17.22%) Power BI
2 29 (4.80%) Power Query
2 29 (4.80%) Tableau
3 27 (4.47%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.16%) MySQL
7 7 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.99%) QlikView
9 5 (0.83%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.83%) Redis
10 4 (0.66%) DTS
10 4 (0.66%) Metadata
10 4 (0.66%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (1.82%) JIRA
2 6 (0.99%) Git
3 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.66%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.33%) JMeter
4 2 (0.33%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.33%) Postman
4 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
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%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.17%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 280 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 189 (31.29%) Finance
3 60 (9.93%) Manufacturing
4 59 (9.77%) Retail
5 55 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (7.62%) Marketing
7 36 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (5.63%) Legal
9 28 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.31%) Law
11 19 (3.15%) Public Sector
12 15 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (2.32%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.16%) Fire and Rescue
16 7 (1.16%) Games
17 6 (0.99%) Japanese Language
18 5 (0.83%) German Language
Job Titles
1 175 (28.97%) Analyst
2 76 (12.58%) Senior
3 51 (8.44%) Data Analyst
4 39 (6.46%) Accountant
5 38 (6.29%) Lead
6 37 (6.13%) Senior Analyst
7 33 (5.46%) Support Engineer
8 30 (4.97%) Business Analyst
9 25 (4.14%) Systems Accountant
10 22 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (3.64%) Security Analyst
10 22 (3.64%) Support Analyst
11 20 (3.31%) Developer
11 20 (3.31%) IT Analyst
11 20 (3.31%) IT Support
12 19 (3.15%) Business Manager
12 19 (3.15%) Senior Data Analyst
12 19 (3.15%) Technical Support
13 18 (2.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 18 (2.98%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.99%) REST
2 9 (1.49%) CSS
2 9 (1.49%) HTML
2 9 (1.49%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.32%) Pandas
3 8 (1.32%) RESTful
3 8 (1.32%) scikit-learn
4 7 (1.16%) SOAP
5 6 (0.99%) .NET
5 6 (0.99%) JSON
6 5 (0.83%) FastAPI
6 5 (0.83%) SQLAlchemy
6 5 (0.83%) XML
7 4 (0.66%) COM
7 4 (0.66%) DCOM
7 4 (0.66%) EDI
7 4 (0.66%) LDAP
7 4 (0.66%) Middleware
7 4 (0.66%) Node.js
7 4 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 33 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (4.80%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 25 (4.14%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.81%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.32%) Security Posture
8 12 (1.99%) IoT
9 11 (1.82%) CSOC
10 10 (1.66%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.49%) CMDB
11 9 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.32%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 5 (0.83%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.96%) Windows
2 22 (3.64%) Linux
3 12 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.16%) Android
5 5 (0.83%) OpenVMS
5 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.66%) VMS
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.33%) CentOS
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (52.98%) Problem-Solving
2 169 (27.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 146 (24.17%) Analytics
4 145 (24.01%) Decision-Making
5 119 (19.70%) Business Intelligence
6 89 (14.74%) Agile
7 83 (13.74%) Actionable Insight
8 79 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 78 (12.91%) AI
10 74 (12.25%) ERP
11 69 (11.42%) Cybersecurity
12 68 (11.26%) Roadmaps
13 58 (9.60%) Collaborative Working
13 58 (9.60%) Data Analysis
14 56 (9.27%) Coaching
15 54 (8.94%) Analytical Thinking
16 51 (8.44%) Mentoring
17 50 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 48 (7.95%) Data Modelling
18 48 (7.95%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 141 (23.34%) SQL
2 85 (14.07%) Python
3 29 (4.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.66%) Java
7 7 (1.16%) C#
7 7 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.16%) VBA
8 5 (0.83%) Bash
8 5 (0.83%) PHP
8 5 (0.83%) R
9 4 (0.66%) C++
10 2 (0.33%) C
10 2 (0.33%) RPG
10 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.17%) JCL
11 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 108 (17.88%) Degree
2 53 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.46%) ACCA
3 39 (6.46%) CIMA
4 35 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.48%) CISSP
7 13 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.99%) SSCP
9 8 (1.32%) CISA
9 8 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.16%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (1.16%) SANS
11 6 (0.99%) CCSP
11 6 (0.99%) IRCA
11 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.99%) MOS
11 6 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.12%) GDPR
3 24 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (3.64%) QA
5 21 (3.48%) NIST
6 16 (2.65%) ISO 9001
7 15 (2.48%) GRC
8 13 (2.15%) SLA
9 9 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (1.16%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.99%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.99%) PMO
13 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.83%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.66%) COSHH
14 4 (0.66%) GMP
15 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.50%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.83%) Docker
2 5 (0.83%) Firmware
2 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (1.16%) Terraform
2 4 (0.66%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.66%) Nmap
3 3 (0.50%) Ansible
4 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) SCCM
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 125 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.64%) SAP
3 20 (3.31%) Google
4 16 (2.65%) Databricks
4 16 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.99%) Cisco
6 10 (1.66%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.32%) SYSPRO
8 7 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.83%) Meraki
9 5 (0.83%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.66%) Botify
10 4 (0.66%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.66%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.50%) Adobe
11 3 (0.50%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.33%) Jedox
12 2 (0.33%) Screaming Frog
12 2 (0.33%) Workday