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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 663 611 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.46% 10.47% 10.62%
As % of the General category 10.21% 16.22% 19.96%
Number of salaries quoted 429 324 383
10th Percentile £30,600 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £46,189
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.57% -7.62%
75th Percentile £62,000 £60,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 6,494 3,768 5,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.69% 64.58% 53.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 2,153 2,792
10th Percentile £28,535 £26,250 £26,275
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -7.08%
75th Percentile £62,750 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -17 340 £48,750 +8.33% 234
East Midlands -4 320 £46,113 +2.47% 165
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 23 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.36%) IIS
2 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.45%) CMS
3 3 (0.45%) SAS
4 2 (0.30%) WordPress
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Appian
5 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 66 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.75%) Simulink
4 4 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.15%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.06%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.75%) Shopify
4 4 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.60%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.45%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics SL
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 120 (18.10%) Power Platform
2 105 (15.84%) Azure
3 40 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.13%) SaaS
5 28 (4.22%) AWS
6 26 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.71%) Entra ID
8 17 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 15 (2.26%) GCP
11 12 (1.81%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.66%) Google Ads
12 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.21%) GitHub
14 7 (1.06%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.90%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Advertising
16 5 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.62%) TCP/IP
2 22 (3.32%) Firewall
3 16 (2.41%) DNS
3 16 (2.41%) VPN
4 10 (1.51%) VLAN
4 10 (1.51%) Wireless
5 8 (1.21%) DHCP
5 8 (1.21%) Network Security
6 7 (1.06%) WAN
7 6 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (0.90%) LAN
7 6 (0.90%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.60%) Modbus
8 4 (0.60%) MQTT
9 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.30%) BGP
10 2 (0.30%) HTTP
10 2 (0.30%) J1939
10 2 (0.30%) SMS
11 1 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (17.50%) Power BI
2 30 (4.52%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.77%) Power Query
4 22 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 21 (3.17%) Tableau
6 14 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.06%) MySQL
9 6 (0.90%) QlikView
10 5 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (0.75%) GIS
11 4 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.60%) DTS
11 4 (0.60%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.60%) Redis
12 3 (0.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (1.66%) JIRA
2 10 (1.51%) Git
3 7 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.75%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.60%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.60%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.30%) JMeter
6 2 (0.30%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.30%) Postman
6 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.15%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.15%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) TestRail
7 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 314 (47.36%) Social Skills
2 200 (30.17%) Finance
3 80 (12.07%) Manufacturing
4 77 (11.61%) Marketing
5 62 (9.35%) Retail
6 53 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (3.92%) Legal
10 24 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 19 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.41%) Electronics
14 15 (2.26%) Law
15 10 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.51%) Fire and Rescue
15 10 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.21%) Social Housing
17 7 (1.06%) Advertising
18 6 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 164 (24.74%) Analyst
2 71 (10.71%) Senior
3 49 (7.39%) Lead
4 47 (7.09%) Data Analyst
5 39 (5.88%) Accountant
6 33 (4.98%) Senior Analyst
7 30 (4.52%) Developer
7 30 (4.52%) Support Engineer
8 27 (4.07%) Support Analyst
9 25 (3.77%) Business Manager
9 25 (3.77%) Systems Accountant
10 24 (3.62%) Business Analyst
10 24 (3.62%) Consultant
11 21 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 20 (3.02%) IT Support
12 20 (3.02%) Security Analyst
13 19 (2.87%) IT Analyst
13 19 (2.87%) Senior Data Analyst
14 17 (2.56%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.11%) .NET
2 13 (1.96%) REST
3 10 (1.51%) CSS
3 10 (1.51%) HTML
4 9 (1.36%) RESTful
5 8 (1.21%) EDI
5 8 (1.21%) JSON
5 8 (1.21%) scikit-learn
5 8 (1.21%) SOAP
6 7 (1.06%) LDAP
6 7 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.06%) Pandas
6 7 (1.06%) PyTorch
6 7 (1.06%) Terraform
6 7 (1.06%) XML
7 6 (0.90%) ISPF
7 6 (0.90%) Middleware
7 6 (0.90%) Spring
7 6 (0.90%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.60%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 51 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (6.64%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.52%) Driving Licence
5 29 (4.37%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.96%) CMDB
7 13 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.81%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.81%) SCADA
8 12 (1.81%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.51%) IoT
9 10 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.21%) CSOC
10 8 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.06%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.09%) Windows
2 27 (4.07%) Linux
3 18 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.06%) Android
5 5 (0.75%) OpenVMS
5 5 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.60%) VMS
7 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (54.15%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (28.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 161 (24.28%) Decision-Making
4 143 (21.57%) Analytics
5 134 (20.21%) Business Intelligence
6 111 (16.74%) Agile
7 82 (12.37%) ERP
8 81 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
9 79 (11.92%) Actionable Insight
9 79 (11.92%) AI
9 79 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 67 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 64 (9.65%) Roadmaps
12 56 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
13 55 (8.30%) CRM
14 54 (8.14%) Collaborative Culture
15 52 (7.84%) Data Analysis
16 51 (7.69%) Validation
17 50 (7.54%) Coaching
18 49 (7.39%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 142 (21.42%) SQL
2 70 (10.56%) Python
3 28 (4.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.87%) Java
6 16 (2.41%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.81%) C#
8 7 (1.06%) C
9 6 (0.90%) Bash
9 6 (0.90%) C++
9 6 (0.90%) COBOL
9 6 (0.90%) JCL
10 5 (0.75%) Embedded C
10 5 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.75%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.75%) PHP
11 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.60%) VBA
12 3 (0.45%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.30%) RPG
Qualifications
1 137 (20.66%) Degree
2 62 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.73%) ACCA
4 38 (5.73%) CIMA
5 22 (3.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.11%) CISSP
8 13 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.81%) SSCP
10 11 (1.66%) CCNA
10 11 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.21%) HNC
12 8 (1.21%) HND
12 8 (1.21%) PMP
12 8 (1.21%) SANS
13 7 (1.06%) CISA
14 6 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.49%) GDPR
3 24 (3.62%) QA
4 22 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (3.02%) NIST
6 18 (2.71%) ISO 9001
7 15 (2.26%) GRC
8 9 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.36%) SLA
9 7 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.75%) ISO 14001
10 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.75%) PMO
11 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 3 (0.45%) AQAP
12 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.26%) Firmware
3 6 (0.90%) Docker
3 6 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.60%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.60%) Nmap
2 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.30%) Ansible
3 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) Grafana
4 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.15%) Puppet
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 148 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.77%) Google
3 22 (3.32%) SAP
4 20 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.87%) Oracle
6 17 (2.56%) Cisco
6 17 (2.56%) Databricks
7 13 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.36%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.21%) SYSPRO
10 6 (0.90%) Broadcom
10 6 (0.90%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.90%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.75%) Allen-Bradley
11 5 (0.75%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.75%) VMware
11 5 (0.75%) YouTube
12 4 (0.60%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.60%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.60%) OpenAI