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 2 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	19	11	15
Rank change year-on-year	-8	+4	-2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills	864	639	839
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	5.39%	11.51%	9.44%
As % of the General category	11.82%	17.61%	17.00%
Number of salaries quoted	518	316	240
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£27,000	£27,500
25^th Percentile	£34,639	£30,000	£34,001
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£43,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.45%	-13.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£58,750	£62,813	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£75,340	£78,750	£75,500
England median annual salary	£51,402	£50,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-9.09%	-4.35%

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 citing general skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	7,308	3,629	4,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	45.56%	65.34%	55.53%
Number of salaries quoted	4,842	2,164	2,003
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£26,575	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,250	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,125	£43,303	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.21%	-13.40%	-
75^th Percentile	£61,033	£61,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£77,500	£77,425	£77,500
England median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-12.50%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 2 November 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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-9	451	£46,000	-10.68%	179
East Midlands	-8	411	£42,500	+13.33%	137
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Analytical Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Analytical Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Analytical Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	56.4%	487
2	Continuous Improvement	30.3%	262
3	Microsoft	27.3%	236
4	Decision-Making	27.2%	235
5	Analytics	23.6%	204
6	SQL	21.1%	182
7	Business Intelligence	20.5%	177
8	Degree	19.6%	169
9	Power Platform	17.4%	150
10	Power BI	16.8%	145
10	Stakeholder Management	16.8%	145
12	Azure	15.7%	136
13	Data Quality	13.4%	116
14	Agile	13.3%	115
15	Microsoft Excel	12.5%	108
16	CRM	11.7%	101
17	Validation	11.2%	97
18	AI	11.0%	95
19	ERP	10.8%	93
20	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	92
21	Actionable Insight	10.3%	89
22	Customer Service	10.2%	88
23	Data Modelling	10.0%	86
24	Mentoring	9.6%	83
25	Collaborative Working	9.4%	81
26	Data Governance	9.1%	79
27	Roadmaps	9.0%	78
28	Python	8.9%	77
29	Cybersecurity	8.8%	76
30	Collaborative Culture	8.3%	72

Analytical Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	50.8%	439
2	Finance	27.2%	235
3	Manufacturing	14.4%	124
3	Marketing	14.4%	124
5	Retail	10.0%	86
6	Organisational Skills	9.1%	79
7	Inclusion and Diversity	6.8%	59
8	Presentation Skills	5.2%	45
9	Influencing Skills	5.0%	43
9	Telecoms	5.0%	43
11	Electronics	4.9%	42
12	Legal	4.5%	39
13	Public Sector	3.8%	33
14	Law	2.5%	22
15	Advertising	1.4%	12
15	Automotive	1.4%	12
17	Fire and Rescue	1.3%	11
17	Pharmaceutical	1.3%	11
19	Documentation Skills	1.2%	10
20	Social Housing	1.0%	9