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

6 months to
10 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 645 582 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.48% 10.08% 10.58%
As % of the General category 10.14% 15.59% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 435 315 447
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -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 6,362 3,733 5,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.16% 64.64% 53.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,045 2,144 3,114
10th Percentile £28,547 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,051 £62,500 £61,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
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 10 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 10 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 -16 337 £50,149 +11.44% 227
East Midlands -1 306 £45,000 -0.43% 146
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 15 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.40%) IIS
3 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.09%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) SAS
5 2 (0.31%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Appian
6 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 73 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) LaTeX
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.24%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.62%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 4 (0.62%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.62%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.47%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.47%) Shopify
7 2 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics SL
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 116 (17.98%) Power Platform
2 97 (15.04%) Azure
3 40 (6.20%) SaaS
4 36 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.65%) AWS
6 20 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 15 (2.33%) GCP
9 13 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (1.40%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.24%) Google Ads
14 7 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
15 5 (0.78%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.78%) PaaS
16 4 (0.62%) Amazon S3
16 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Advertising
16 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.41%) TCP/IP
2 20 (3.10%) Firewall
3 16 (2.48%) DNS
3 16 (2.48%) VPN
4 10 (1.55%) Wireless
5 8 (1.24%) DHCP
5 8 (1.24%) WAN
6 6 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (0.93%) Network Security
6 6 (0.93%) VLAN
7 5 (0.78%) LAN
7 5 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.62%) MQTT
8 4 (0.62%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.47%) BGP
10 2 (0.31%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.31%) HTTP
10 2 (0.31%) OSPF
10 2 (0.31%) SMS
10 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.36%) Power BI
2 30 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 29 (4.50%) Power Query
4 26 (4.03%) Tableau
5 22 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.09%) MySQL
9 6 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.93%) QlikView
10 5 (0.78%) Redis
11 4 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.62%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.62%) DTS
11 4 (0.62%) GIS
11 4 (0.62%) Metadata
11 4 (0.62%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (1.55%) JIRA
2 8 (1.24%) Git
3 4 (0.62%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.62%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.31%) JMeter
4 2 (0.31%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.31%) Postman
4 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.16%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.16%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) TestRail
5 1 (0.16%) Yeoman
General
1 294 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 199 (30.85%) Finance
3 74 (11.47%) Manufacturing
4 66 (10.23%) Marketing
5 62 (9.61%) Retail
6 56 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (5.43%) Legal
9 27 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.26%) Public Sector
11 18 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.64%) Telecoms
13 15 (2.33%) Law
14 12 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.55%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (1.24%) Electronics
16 8 (1.24%) Social Housing
17 7 (1.09%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 169 (26.20%) Analyst
2 77 (11.94%) Senior
3 49 (7.60%) Data Analyst
4 42 (6.51%) Lead
5 39 (6.05%) Accountant
6 35 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
7 34 (5.27%) Support Engineer
8 26 (4.03%) Business Analyst
9 25 (3.88%) Systems Accountant
10 24 (3.72%) Developer
11 23 (3.57%) Business Manager
11 23 (3.57%) Support Analyst
12 22 (3.41%) Security Analyst
13 21 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (3.10%) Consultant
15 19 (2.95%) IT Analyst
15 19 (2.95%) IT Support
15 19 (2.95%) Senior Data Analyst
15 19 (2.95%) Technical Support
16 18 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.02%) REST
2 11 (1.71%) CSS
2 11 (1.71%) HTML
3 10 (1.55%) .NET
3 10 (1.55%) RESTful
4 8 (1.24%) Pandas
4 8 (1.24%) PyTorch
4 8 (1.24%) scikit-learn
4 8 (1.24%) SOAP
5 7 (1.09%) EDI
5 7 (1.09%) JSON
6 5 (0.78%) FastAPI
6 5 (0.78%) LDAP
6 5 (0.78%) SQLAlchemy
6 5 (0.78%) XML
7 4 (0.62%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.62%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (0.62%) COM
7 4 (0.62%) DCOM
7 4 (0.62%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 42 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.81%) Driving Licence
5 27 (4.19%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 12 (1.86%) IoT
9 11 (1.71%) CMDB
9 11 (1.71%) CSOC
9 11 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.40%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.24%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.09%) SCADA
14 6 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.51%) Windows
2 26 (4.03%) Linux
3 16 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.09%) Android
5 5 (0.78%) OpenVMS
5 5 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.62%) VMS
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.31%) CentOS
7 2 (0.31%) Debian
7 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (29.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 155 (24.03%) Decision-Making
4 152 (23.57%) Analytics
5 130 (20.16%) Business Intelligence
6 95 (14.73%) Agile
7 83 (12.87%) Actionable Insight
7 83 (12.87%) AI
8 80 (12.40%) ERP
8 80 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 74 (11.47%) Cybersecurity
10 66 (10.23%) Roadmaps
11 60 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
12 57 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 56 (8.68%) Data Analysis
14 54 (8.37%) Coaching
15 52 (8.06%) Mentoring
16 50 (7.75%) Analytical Thinking
16 50 (7.75%) CRM
17 47 (7.29%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 142 (22.02%) SQL
2 79 (12.25%) Python
3 31 (4.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 19 (2.95%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.48%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.02%) Java
7 11 (1.71%) C#
8 7 (1.09%) Bash
8 7 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.93%) VBA
10 5 (0.78%) PHP
11 4 (0.62%) C++
12 3 (0.47%) C
12 3 (0.47%) COBOL
12 3 (0.47%) JCL
12 3 (0.47%) R
13 2 (0.31%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (18.91%) Degree
2 55 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.05%) ACCA
3 39 (6.05%) CIMA
4 36 (5.58%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 17 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (2.33%) CISSP
8 14 (2.17%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.86%) SSCP
10 8 (1.24%) CCNA
10 8 (1.24%) CISA
10 8 (1.24%) HNC
10 8 (1.24%) HND
10 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.09%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (1.09%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.09%) SANS
12 6 (0.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 47 (7.29%) GDPR
3 24 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.72%) QA
4 21 (3.26%) NIST
5 18 (2.79%) ISO 9001
6 15 (2.33%) GRC
7 14 (2.17%) SLA
8 9 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.09%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.93%) PMO
11 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.78%) ISO 14001
12 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 3 (0.47%) COSHH
13 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.55%) Firmware
3 7 (1.09%) Docker
4 5 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.40%) Terraform
2 6 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.62%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.62%) Nmap
4 3 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.31%) Puppet
6 1 (0.16%) Grafana
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (21.09%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.03%) SAP
3 23 (3.57%) Google
4 17 (2.64%) Databricks
4 17 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.17%) Cisco
6 12 (1.86%) Oracle
7 11 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.40%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.24%) SYSPRO
10 7 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
11 5 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.62%) Botify
12 4 (0.62%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.62%) Hotjar
12 4 (0.62%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.62%) Meraki
12 4 (0.62%) VMware