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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 583 506 827
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.05% 9.61% 8.53%
As % of the General category 11.52% 15.00% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 365 242 608
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,025 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £64,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,014 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.82%

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 5,059 3,374 5,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 52.47% 64.10% 59.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 1,776 4,432
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,803 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,900 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -12.56%

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 March 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 March 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 -16 354 £51,250 +2.50% 198
East Midlands +1 228 £40,000 -5.88% 137
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 (1.72%) CMS
1 10 (1.72%) Confluence
2 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.51%) WordPress
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (14.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (9.09%) Chatbot
3 36 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.51%) CATIA
7 2 (0.34%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 10 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.86%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.17%) HFM
7 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Primavera
7 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 69 (11.84%) Azure
2 67 (11.49%) Power Platform
3 49 (8.40%) SaaS
4 35 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (5.83%) AWS
6 12 (2.06%) Amazon S3
6 12 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (2.06%) Serverless
7 9 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.54%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.20%) OCI
10 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.86%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.69%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.80%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (2.23%) VPN
2 13 (2.23%) WAN
3 10 (1.72%) Wireless
4 9 (1.54%) Firewall
4 9 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.20%) VLAN
6 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.86%) BGP
7 5 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.86%) DHCP
7 5 (0.86%) DNS
7 5 (0.86%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.86%) OSPF
7 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.86%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.69%) LAN
9 3 (0.51%) Broadband
10 2 (0.34%) Internet
10 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.98%) Power BI
2 36 (6.17%) Tableau
3 24 (4.12%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.26%) Looker
5 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.89%) Metadata
9 10 (1.72%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.37%) Power Query
11 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.51%) MySQL
12 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.51%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.95%) JIRA
2 5 (0.86%) Subversion
3 3 (0.51%) Selenium
4 2 (0.34%) Git
4 2 (0.34%) Postman
4 2 (0.34%) TestRail
5 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) Maven
5 1 (0.17%) MLflow
5 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 256 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 146 (25.04%) Finance
3 70 (12.01%) Retail
4 50 (8.58%) Marketing
5 39 (6.69%) Law
6 34 (5.83%) Manufacturing
7 31 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.32%) Legal
8 28 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.72%) Electronics
12 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Banking
13 7 (1.20%) Games
14 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.51%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 176 (30.19%) Analyst
2 72 (12.35%) Senior
3 53 (9.09%) Trainer
4 50 (8.58%) Lead
5 41 (7.03%) Support Analyst
6 40 (6.86%) Developer
7 37 (6.35%) Data Analyst
8 34 (5.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 33 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (4.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 24 (4.12%) Business Analyst
11 24 (4.12%) IT Support
12 23 (3.95%) Junior
13 22 (3.77%) Architect
13 22 (3.77%) Trainee
14 19 (3.26%) ERP Support
14 19 (3.26%) Trainee Analyst
14 19 (3.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 18 (3.09%) ERP Analyst
15 18 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.43%) HTML
2 19 (3.26%) CSS
3 18 (3.09%) React
4 16 (2.74%) Node.js
5 10 (1.72%) Flash
6 9 (1.54%) REST
7 7 (1.20%) SOAP
8 6 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.03%) PySpark
9 5 (0.86%) .NET
10 4 (0.69%) BAPI
10 4 (0.69%) IBM Integration Bus
10 4 (0.69%) JMS
10 4 (0.69%) JSON
10 4 (0.69%) Middleware
10 4 (0.69%) OAuth
10 4 (0.69%) Playwright
10 4 (0.69%) SAML
11 3 (0.51%) FastAPI
11 3 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.63%) Onboarding
2 47 (8.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.43%) Driving Licence
5 19 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.57%) FMCG
6 15 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (1.54%) IoT
9 8 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.03%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.69%) Social Media
13 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.43%) Windows
2 13 (2.23%) Linux
3 3 (0.51%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Debian
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (47.51%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (29.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (24.19%) Analytics
4 92 (15.78%) Decision-Making
4 92 (15.78%) ERP
5 90 (15.44%) AI
6 82 (14.07%) CRM
7 77 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
8 76 (13.04%) Agile
9 74 (12.69%) Mentoring
10 70 (12.01%) Project Management
11 64 (10.98%) Analytical Thinking
12 56 (9.61%) Customer Service
13 54 (9.26%) Chemistry
13 54 (9.26%) E-Commerce
14 53 (9.09%) Conversational UI
15 52 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (8.23%) Data Analysis
16 48 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (7.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 150 (25.73%) SQL
2 70 (12.01%) Python
3 33 (5.66%) C#
4 21 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.23%) T-SQL
6 12 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.20%) R
7 7 (1.20%) VBA
8 5 (0.86%) Java
9 2 (0.34%) Bash
9 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.17%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) C++
10 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.17%) Scala
10 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 165 (28.30%) Degree
2 64 (10.98%) Master's Degree
3 53 (9.09%) PhD
4 39 (6.69%) Security Cleared
5 28 (4.80%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.09%) ACCA
8 16 (2.74%) CIMA
9 12 (2.06%) CISSP
10 11 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (1.72%) AAT
12 9 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.54%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.37%) PMP
14 7 (1.20%) CISA
15 6 (1.03%) CISM
15 6 (1.03%) SSCP
16 5 (0.86%) CCNP
17 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.40%) QA
2 39 (6.69%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.97%) GDPR
4 19 (3.26%) NIST
5 17 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.89%) SLA
7 8 (1.37%) PMO
8 6 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.86%) COSHH
9 5 (0.86%) GMP
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 21 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.03%) vSphere
3 5 (0.86%) Firmware
4 4 (0.69%) Docker
4 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (1.20%) Terraform
2 3 (0.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Puppet
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (20.58%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.09%) PayPal
3 36 (6.17%) SAP
4 28 (4.80%) Oracle
5 10 (1.72%) Cisco
6 8 (1.37%) Databricks
6 8 (1.37%) Zoho
7 7 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.03%) Google
8 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.86%) Epicor
9 5 (0.86%) IBM
9 5 (0.86%) Infor
9 5 (0.86%) JD Edwards
9 5 (0.86%) Meraki
10 4 (0.69%) Sage
11 3 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.51%) QAD
11 3 (0.51%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.51%) VMware