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 24 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 548 490 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.14% 9.97% 9.54%
As % of the General category 8.62% 15.02% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 389 262 651
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,875 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
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 6,359 3,263 6,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.05% 66.42% 56.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,158 1,629 4,747
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,126 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.13% +9.52% -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 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -27 324 £50,774 +5.78% 158
East Midlands +1 222 £45,000 -7.22% 88
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 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.09%) CMS
4 5 (0.91%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Appian
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 70 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.82%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.91%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.55%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.55%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.55%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 91 (16.61%) Power Platform
2 79 (14.42%) Azure
3 54 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (6.57%) AWS
5 23 (4.20%) SaaS
6 13 (2.37%) GCP
6 13 (2.37%) Power Automate
7 12 (2.19%) Amazon S3
7 12 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (2.19%) Serverless
8 10 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (1.82%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.91%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.73%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.73%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.47%) VPN
2 14 (2.55%) WAN
3 13 (2.37%) Firewall
4 11 (2.01%) Wireless
5 10 (1.82%) DNS
6 9 (1.64%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.09%) BGP
8 6 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.09%) EIGRP
8 6 (1.09%) OSPF
8 6 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.09%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.91%) DHCP
9 5 (0.91%) LAN
9 5 (0.91%) VLAN
10 4 (0.73%) MQTT
11 2 (0.36%) Broadband
11 2 (0.36%) Internet
11 2 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (16.06%) Power BI
2 33 (6.02%) Tableau
3 19 (3.47%) Power Query
4 18 (3.28%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.55%) Data Mining
6 13 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.91%) MySQL
10 5 (0.91%) Redis
10 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.73%) Metadata
11 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.55%) Looker
12 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (3.10%) JIRA
2 5 (0.91%) Subversion
3 4 (0.73%) Git
4 3 (0.55%) TestRail
5 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.36%) JMeter
5 2 (0.36%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.36%) Postman
5 2 (0.36%) Selenium
5 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.18%) Appium
6 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.18%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 220 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 155 (28.28%) Finance
3 61 (11.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 39 (7.12%) Retail
5 35 (6.39%) Manufacturing
6 34 (6.20%) Marketing
7 31 (5.66%) Law
8 28 (5.11%) Legal
9 24 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.64%) Electronics
15 8 (1.46%) Games
16 7 (1.28%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.09%) Japanese Language
18 5 (0.91%) German Language
19 4 (0.73%) Banking
Job Titles
1 170 (31.02%) Analyst
2 71 (12.96%) Senior
3 45 (8.21%) Data Analyst
4 32 (5.84%) Developer
5 31 (5.66%) Lead
5 31 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
6 27 (4.93%) Business Analyst
6 27 (4.93%) Support Engineer
7 25 (4.56%) IT Support
8 24 (4.38%) Accountant
9 23 (4.20%) Support Analyst
10 21 (3.83%) IT Analyst
10 21 (3.83%) Junior
10 21 (3.83%) Systems Accountant
11 20 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 20 (3.65%) IT Manager
12 19 (3.47%) Junior Analyst
12 19 (3.47%) Security Analyst
13 16 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 16 (2.92%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.47%) CSS
1 19 (3.47%) HTML
2 15 (2.74%) Node.js
2 15 (2.74%) React
3 9 (1.64%) PyTorch
4 7 (1.28%) Pandas
4 7 (1.28%) RESTful
4 7 (1.28%) scikit-learn
5 6 (1.09%) PySpark
6 5 (0.91%) FastAPI
6 5 (0.91%) JSON
6 5 (0.91%) SQLAlchemy
7 4 (0.73%) .NET
7 4 (0.73%) REST
8 3 (0.55%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.55%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (0.55%) EDI
8 3 (0.55%) Playwright
8 3 (0.55%) SOAP
8 3 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 26 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 21 (3.83%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.82%) CSOC
5 10 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.82%) Public Cloud
6 9 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.28%) FMCG
8 7 (1.28%) IoT
8 7 (1.28%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.09%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.91%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.73%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.83%) Windows
2 13 (2.37%) Linux
3 10 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.73%) VMS
5 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) CentOS
6 2 (0.36%) Debian
6 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (49.27%) Problem-Solving
2 138 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (21.17%) Analytics
4 99 (18.07%) Business Intelligence
5 86 (15.69%) Decision-Making
6 85 (15.51%) Agile
7 71 (12.96%) AI
8 65 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
9 58 (10.58%) ERP
10 56 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
11 51 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 48 (8.76%) Project Management
13 47 (8.58%) Mentoring
14 46 (8.39%) Coaching
15 43 (7.85%) Analytical Thinking
15 43 (7.85%) Roadmaps
16 41 (7.48%) Data Analysis
17 38 (6.93%) Data Modelling
17 38 (6.93%) Process Improvement
18 37 (6.75%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 132 (24.09%) SQL
2 84 (15.33%) Python
3 25 (4.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.01%) VBA
7 8 (1.46%) Java
7 8 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.09%) C#
8 6 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.09%) R
9 5 (0.91%) Bash
9 5 (0.91%) PHP
10 4 (0.73%) C++
11 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
12 1 (0.18%) Bicep
12 1 (0.18%) RPG
Qualifications
1 82 (14.96%) Degree
2 43 (7.85%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.66%) ACCA
3 31 (5.66%) CIMA
4 29 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.37%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.19%) PMP
9 11 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.01%) CISSP
9 11 (2.01%) SSCP
10 8 (1.46%) CISA
11 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.09%) CCNP
12 6 (1.09%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (1.09%) IRCA
12 6 (1.09%) MOS
12 6 (1.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.93%) GDPR
2 37 (6.75%) Data Quality
3 30 (5.47%) QA
4 22 (4.01%) NIST
5 20 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.01%) SLA
7 10 (1.82%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.64%) GRC
9 8 (1.46%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.09%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.09%) PMO
11 5 (0.91%) COSHH
11 5 (0.91%) GMP
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.55%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.09%) Docker
3 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.55%) vSphere
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.64%) Terraform
2 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.55%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.65%) SAP
3 19 (3.47%) Databricks
4 17 (3.10%) Oracle
5 15 (2.74%) Google
6 10 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 9 (1.64%) Cisco
8 8 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.28%) Meraki
10 6 (1.09%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.55%) Adobe
11 3 (0.55%) Botify
11 3 (0.55%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.55%) QAD
11 3 (0.55%) VMware
11 3 (0.55%) Zoho
11 3 (0.55%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.36%) IBM
12 2 (0.36%) NEC
12 2 (0.36%) Perforce