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

6 months to
28 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 576 475 890
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.43% 9.88% 8.53%
As % of the General category 10.53% 15.88% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 390 260 631
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +13.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,938 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £68,750
England median annual salary £53,784 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.21% +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 5,471 2,992 6,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 51.54% 62.24% 57.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,686 1,772 4,581
10th Percentile £27,750 £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 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,978 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -12.55%

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 28 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 28 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 -18 354 £51,300 +2.60% 175
East Midlands -3 220 £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 (1.74%) CMS
1 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) Confluence
4 3 (0.52%) WordPress
5 2 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 81 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.95%) Chatbot
4 10 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) CATIA
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 12 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.39%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.87%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.52%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.35%) 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 PP
Cloud Services
1 79 (13.72%) Azure
2 72 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 40 (6.94%) SaaS
4 39 (6.77%) AWS
5 38 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.08%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.08%) Serverless
7 11 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (1.56%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.56%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.39%) GCP
10 7 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.04%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.04%) OCI
12 5 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.69%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.47%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.26%) VPN
2 13 (2.26%) WAN
3 10 (1.74%) Wireless
4 9 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.39%) Firewall
6 6 (1.04%) DNS
6 6 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.87%) BGP
7 5 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.87%) DHCP
7 5 (0.87%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.87%) OSPF
7 5 (0.87%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.87%) VLAN
7 5 (0.87%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.69%) LAN
9 3 (0.52%) Broadband
10 2 (0.35%) Internet
10 2 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.98%) Power BI
2 36 (6.25%) Tableau
3 23 (3.99%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.30%) Looker
5 17 (2.95%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.74%) Metadata
9 10 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.56%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.56%) Power Query
11 8 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.39%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.87%) MySQL
13 3 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (3.82%) JIRA
2 5 (0.87%) Subversion
3 4 (0.69%) Git
3 4 (0.69%) Postman
3 4 (0.69%) Selenium
4 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.35%) JMeter
4 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.35%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.35%) 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%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 258 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 156 (27.08%) Finance
3 61 (10.59%) Retail
4 50 (8.68%) Marketing
5 37 (6.42%) Law
5 37 (6.42%) Manufacturing
6 33 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (5.73%) Legal
7 29 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.74%) Electronics
11 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.39%) Banking
12 8 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.22%) Games
14 3 (0.52%) Advertising
14 3 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 184 (31.94%) Analyst
2 74 (12.85%) Senior
3 46 (7.99%) Lead
4 43 (7.47%) Support Analyst
5 41 (7.12%) Developer
6 36 (6.25%) Data Analyst
7 34 (5.90%) Senior Analyst
8 26 (4.51%) Business Analyst
9 24 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
9 24 (4.17%) IT Support
10 23 (3.99%) Architect
11 21 (3.65%) Trainee
12 20 (3.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 20 (3.47%) Junior
13 19 (3.30%) ERP Support
13 19 (3.30%) IT Manager
14 18 (3.13%) ERP Analyst
14 18 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.13%) Trainee Analyst
14 18 (3.13%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.82%) HTML
2 21 (3.65%) CSS
3 19 (3.30%) React
4 17 (2.95%) Node.js
5 10 (1.74%) Flash
6 7 (1.22%) REST
7 6 (1.04%) .NET
7 6 (1.04%) PySpark
7 6 (1.04%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.87%) Playwright
8 5 (0.87%) SOAP
9 4 (0.69%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.69%) JSON
9 4 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.69%) Pandas
9 4 (0.69%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.52%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (0.52%) OAuth
10 3 (0.52%) RESTful
10 3 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.03%) Analytical Mindset
1 52 (9.03%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.47%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.91%) FMCG
6 10 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (1.74%) IoT
7 9 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.04%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.04%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.87%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.69%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.69%) CSOC
10 4 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.30%) Windows
2 12 (2.08%) Linux
3 3 (0.52%) Unix
3 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.35%) 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
1 283 (49.13%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (31.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 144 (25.00%) Analytics
4 90 (15.63%) Decision-Making
5 88 (15.28%) ERP
6 85 (14.76%) Agile
7 78 (13.54%) Business Intelligence
8 73 (12.67%) CRM
9 66 (11.46%) Mentoring
10 65 (11.28%) Project Management
11 61 (10.59%) AI
12 57 (9.90%) Analytical Thinking
13 54 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (9.20%) Actionable Insight
14 53 (9.20%) E-Commerce
15 47 (8.16%) Coaching
16 44 (7.64%) Root Cause Analysis
17 43 (7.47%) Customer Service
17 43 (7.47%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 145 (25.17%) SQL
2 75 (13.02%) Python
3 27 (4.69%) C#
4 24 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.74%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.39%) Java
9 7 (1.22%) VBA
10 6 (1.04%) R
11 4 (0.69%) Bash
12 2 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.35%) C++
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) PHP
12 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.17%) Scala
13 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 126 (21.88%) Degree
2 45 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.03%) ACCA
5 27 (4.69%) CIMA
6 26 (4.51%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.95%) PhD
9 13 (2.26%) CISSP
10 12 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (2.08%) PMI Certification
11 11 (1.91%) PMP
12 10 (1.74%) AAT
12 10 (1.74%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.39%) CISA
15 7 (1.22%) SSCP
16 6 (1.04%) CISM
16 6 (1.04%) IRCA
17 5 (0.87%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.16%) QA
2 42 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 34 (5.90%) GDPR
4 22 (3.82%) NIST
5 18 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.08%) SLA
7 8 (1.39%) PMO
8 7 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.04%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.87%) COSHH
10 5 (0.87%) GMP
11 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.52%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.87%) Docker
3 4 (0.69%) vSphere
4 3 (0.52%) Firmware
4 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.74%) Terraform
2 4 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.52%) Ansible
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) 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
1 118 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.90%) SAP
3 26 (4.51%) Oracle
4 17 (2.95%) PayPal
5 13 (2.26%) Databricks
6 9 (1.56%) Google
7 8 (1.39%) Cisco
7 8 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.39%) Zoho
8 5 (0.87%) Epicor
8 5 (0.87%) Infor
8 5 (0.87%) JD Edwards
8 5 (0.87%) Meraki
9 4 (0.69%) IBM
9 4 (0.69%) Sage
10 3 (0.52%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.52%) QAD
10 3 (0.52%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.52%) VMware
10 3 (0.52%) Workday