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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 568 480 933
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.95% 10.00% 8.55%
As % of the General category 9.76% 16.19% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 403 267 643
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,950
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 5,819 2,964 6,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 50.75% 61.75% 57.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,859 1,777 4,650
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £25,738
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,887 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +10.86% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,035
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%

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 9 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 9 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 -20 345 £51,250 +2.50% 175
East Midlands -10 221 £43,500 -3.33% 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 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.58%) CMS
3 8 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.06%) Confluence
5 3 (0.53%) IIS
5 3 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Appian
6 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.76%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.23%) 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 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.88%) 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%) Oracle EBS
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 Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
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 86 (15.14%) Power Platform
2 83 (14.61%) Azure
3 42 (7.39%) AWS
3 42 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (6.34%) SaaS
5 12 (2.11%) Amazon S3
5 12 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (2.11%) GCP
5 12 (2.11%) Serverless
6 11 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (1.94%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.41%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.06%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.06%) OCI
11 5 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.70%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.29%) VPN
2 13 (2.29%) WAN
3 10 (1.76%) Wireless
4 9 (1.58%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.23%) Firewall
6 6 (1.06%) DNS
6 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.88%) BGP
7 5 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.88%) DHCP
7 5 (0.88%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.88%) OSPF
7 5 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.88%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.70%) LAN
8 4 (0.70%) VLAN
9 3 (0.53%) Broadband
10 2 (0.35%) Internet
11 1 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (14.79%) Power BI
2 39 (6.87%) Tableau
3 22 (3.87%) Data Mining
4 21 (3.70%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (2.46%) Power Query
6 12 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.76%) Metadata
7 10 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.58%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.23%) Looker
10 6 (1.06%) MySQL
11 3 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (3.70%) JIRA
2 5 (0.88%) Subversion
3 4 (0.70%) Postman
3 4 (0.70%) 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%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
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
1 259 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 162 (28.52%) Finance
3 55 (9.68%) Retail
4 39 (6.87%) Marketing
5 38 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (6.69%) Manufacturing
6 36 (6.34%) Law
7 32 (5.63%) Legal
8 28 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 22 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.58%) Electronics
14 8 (1.41%) Banking
15 7 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.23%) Games
16 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.53%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 200 (35.21%) Analyst
2 76 (13.38%) Senior
3 45 (7.92%) Support Analyst
4 41 (7.22%) Data Analyst
5 39 (6.87%) Developer
5 39 (6.87%) Lead
6 36 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
7 27 (4.75%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.40%) IT Support
9 24 (4.23%) Architect
10 22 (3.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 21 (3.70%) Junior
12 20 (3.52%) Trainee
13 19 (3.35%) ERP Support
13 19 (3.35%) IT Manager
14 18 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (3.17%) Accountant
14 18 (3.17%) ERP Analyst
14 18 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.17%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.87%) CSS
1 22 (3.87%) HTML
2 19 (3.35%) React
3 17 (2.99%) Node.js
4 9 (1.58%) Flash
4 9 (1.58%) PyTorch
5 7 (1.23%) Pandas
5 7 (1.23%) scikit-learn
6 6 (1.06%) .NET
6 6 (1.06%) PySpark
7 5 (0.88%) JSON
7 5 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.88%) Playwright
7 5 (0.88%) REST
7 5 (0.88%) SOAP
8 4 (0.70%) RESTful
9 3 (0.53%) IBM Integration Bus
9 3 (0.53%) JMS
9 3 (0.53%) OAuth
9 3 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 35 (6.16%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.35%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.76%) FMCG
7 9 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.23%) CSOC
9 7 (1.23%) IoT
10 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.06%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.88%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.88%) Social Media
12 4 (0.70%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.82%) Windows
2 10 (1.76%) Linux
3 4 (0.70%) 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
1 287 (50.53%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (29.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (25.00%) Analytics
4 96 (16.90%) Decision-Making
5 90 (15.85%) Agile
5 90 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (14.79%) ERP
7 63 (11.09%) Project Management
8 62 (10.92%) Mentoring
9 59 (10.39%) Actionable Insight
10 55 (9.68%) AI
11 54 (9.51%) CRM
12 53 (9.33%) Analytical Thinking
13 49 (8.63%) Data Analysis
14 44 (7.75%) Process Improvement
14 44 (7.75%) Visualisation
15 43 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 42 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 41 (7.22%) Validation
18 40 (7.04%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 152 (26.76%) SQL
2 77 (13.56%) Python
3 24 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.87%) C#
5 21 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (2.64%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.58%) Java
7 9 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.58%) VBA
8 6 (1.06%) R
9 4 (0.70%) Bash
9 4 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.53%) PHP
11 2 (0.35%) Bicep
11 2 (0.35%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.35%) Swift
12 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (17.61%) Degree
2 49 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.99%) ACCA
5 33 (5.81%) CIMA
6 18 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.64%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (2.46%) CISSP
8 14 (2.46%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.29%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.11%) PMP
11 10 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.76%) SSCP
12 9 (1.58%) AAT
13 8 (1.41%) CISA
14 6 (1.06%) CISM
14 6 (1.06%) IRCA
15 5 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.88%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.75%) QA
3 37 (6.51%) GDPR
4 23 (4.05%) NIST
5 20 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.29%) SLA
7 9 (1.58%) PMO
8 7 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.88%) COSHH
10 5 (0.88%) 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%) GRC
12 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.70%) Docker
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.53%) vSphere
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.76%) Terraform
2 4 (0.70%) 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
1 121 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.11%) SAP
3 27 (4.75%) Oracle
4 18 (3.17%) Databricks
5 12 (2.11%) Google
6 8 (1.41%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.41%) Zoho
7 7 (1.23%) Cisco
8 5 (0.88%) JD Edwards
8 5 (0.88%) Meraki
9 4 (0.70%) IBM
9 4 (0.70%) Sage
10 3 (0.53%) Epicor
10 3 (0.53%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.53%) Infor
10 3 (0.53%) PayPal
10 3 (0.53%) QAD
10 3 (0.53%) VMware
10 3 (0.53%) Workday
10 3 (0.53%) Zscaler