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

6 months to
17 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 579 491 853
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.75% 9.53% 8.65%
As % of the General category 11.02% 15.04% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 374 251 613
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +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 5,253 3,264 5,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 52.18% 63.37% 58.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,553 1,789 4,454
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £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% -12.90%

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 17 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 17 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 -16 354 £51,300 +2.60% 198
East Midlands -3 224 £41,750 -4.02% 113
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 (1.73%) CMS
2 9 (1.55%) Confluence
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.21%) SharePoint
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 (13.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.74%) Chatbot
3 36 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.35%) CATIA
7 2 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 12 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.86%) 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 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 71 (12.26%) Azure
2 66 (11.40%) Power Platform
3 46 (7.94%) SaaS
4 37 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (6.04%) AWS
6 12 (2.07%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (2.07%) Serverless
7 11 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.55%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.55%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (1.21%) OCI
11 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.86%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.69%) GCP
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.15%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.25%) VPN
2 13 (2.25%) WAN
3 10 (1.73%) Wireless
4 9 (1.55%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.38%) Firewall
6 6 (1.04%) VLAN
6 6 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.86%) BGP
7 5 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.86%) DHCP
7 5 (0.86%) DNS
7 5 (0.86%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.86%) OSPF
7 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.86%) 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 63 (10.88%) Power BI
2 35 (6.04%) Tableau
3 23 (3.97%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.28%) Looker
5 18 (3.11%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.90%) Metadata
8 11 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (1.73%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.38%) Power Query
12 5 (0.86%) MySQL
13 3 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.52%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (3.97%) JIRA
2 5 (0.86%) 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%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.35%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.17%) JMeter
5 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
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
1 256 (44.21%) Social Skills
2 151 (26.08%) Finance
3 63 (10.88%) Retail
4 50 (8.64%) Marketing
5 39 (6.74%) Law
6 35 (6.04%) Manufacturing
7 33 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.70%) Legal
8 28 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.15%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.73%) Electronics
12 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.38%) Banking
14 7 (1.21%) Games
15 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.52%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 176 (30.40%) Analyst
2 73 (12.61%) Senior
3 49 (8.46%) Lead
4 42 (7.25%) Developer
5 41 (7.08%) Support Analyst
6 39 (6.74%) Trainer
7 36 (6.22%) Data Analyst
8 34 (5.87%) Senior Analyst
9 29 (5.01%) 2nd Line Support
10 25 (4.32%) Business Analyst
11 24 (4.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 24 (4.15%) IT Support
12 22 (3.80%) Architect
12 22 (3.80%) Junior
13 21 (3.63%) Trainee
14 19 (3.28%) ERP Support
15 18 (3.11%) ERP Analyst
15 18 (3.11%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (3.11%) Trainee Analyst
15 18 (3.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.80%) HTML
2 21 (3.63%) CSS
3 19 (3.28%) React
4 17 (2.94%) Node.js
5 10 (1.73%) Flash
6 9 (1.55%) REST
7 7 (1.21%) SOAP
8 6 (1.04%) .NET
8 6 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.04%) PySpark
9 5 (0.86%) Playwright
10 4 (0.69%) BAPI
10 4 (0.69%) IBM Integration Bus
10 4 (0.69%) JMS
10 4 (0.69%) JSON
10 4 (0.69%) Middleware
10 4 (0.69%) OAuth
10 4 (0.69%) SAML
11 3 (0.52%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.84%) Onboarding
2 50 (8.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.11%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.25%) FMCG
8 10 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.55%) IoT
10 7 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.04%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.69%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.69%) Social Media
13 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.45%) Windows
2 13 (2.25%) 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
1 277 (47.84%) Problem-Solving
2 178 (30.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (24.35%) Analytics
4 91 (15.72%) Decision-Making
5 89 (15.37%) ERP
6 82 (14.16%) Agile
7 80 (13.82%) AI
8 78 (13.47%) CRM
9 76 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
10 72 (12.44%) Mentoring
11 68 (11.74%) Project Management
12 60 (10.36%) Analytical Thinking
13 55 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (9.33%) E-Commerce
15 51 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (8.46%) Actionable Insight
17 48 (8.29%) Customer Service
18 45 (7.77%) Coaching
18 45 (7.77%) Data Analysis
19 44 (7.60%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 145 (25.04%) SQL
2 70 (12.09%) Python
3 30 (5.18%) C#
4 24 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.25%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.21%) Java
8 7 (1.21%) VBA
9 6 (1.04%) R
10 3 (0.52%) Bash
11 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.35%) PHP
11 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.17%) Bicep
12 1 (0.17%) C++
12 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) Scala
12 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 148 (25.56%) Degree
2 48 (8.29%) Master's Degree
3 40 (6.91%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.74%) PhD
5 28 (4.84%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.80%) ACCA
7 20 (3.45%) CIMA
8 19 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.25%) CISSP
10 12 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (1.90%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.73%) AAT
12 10 (1.73%) PMP
13 9 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.38%) CISA
14 8 (1.38%) DBS Check
15 7 (1.21%) SSCP
16 6 (1.04%) CISM
17 5 (0.86%) CCNP
17 5 (0.86%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.46%) QA
2 40 (6.91%) Data Quality
3 32 (5.53%) GDPR
4 20 (3.45%) NIST
5 16 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.07%) SLA
7 8 (1.38%) PMO
8 6 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.86%) COSHH
9 5 (0.86%) GMP
9 5 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.17%) HL7
12 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 18 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.86%) Docker
2 5 (0.86%) vSphere
3 4 (0.69%) Firmware
4 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.55%) Terraform
2 4 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.74%) PayPal
3 34 (5.87%) SAP
4 28 (4.84%) Oracle
5 9 (1.55%) Cisco
6 8 (1.38%) Databricks
6 8 (1.38%) Zoho
7 7 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.04%) Google
9 5 (0.86%) Epicor
9 5 (0.86%) IBM
9 5 (0.86%) Infor
9 5 (0.86%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.86%) Meraki
9 5 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.69%) Sage
11 3 (0.52%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.52%) QAD
11 3 (0.52%) VMware
11 3 (0.52%) Workday