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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -26 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 573 504 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.66% 10.30% 9.25%
As % of the General category 9.26% 16.67% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 408 280 642
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,450 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% +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 6,186 3,024 6,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 50.29% 61.79% 57.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,988 1,803 4,680
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,683 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +5.96% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.86%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -25 347 £51,275 +5.18% 200
East Midlands -11 224 £45,000 - 130
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 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.40%) CMS
4 5 (0.87%) Confluence
4 5 (0.87%) IIS
5 2 (0.35%) WordPress
6 1 (0.17%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 86 (15.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.17%) Sketch
7 1 (0.17%) SmartSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.87%) Q-Pulse
3 4 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.52%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Primavera
6 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 92 (16.06%) Power Platform
2 85 (14.83%) Azure
3 48 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (7.33%) AWS
5 28 (4.89%) SaaS
6 13 (2.27%) GCP
7 12 (2.09%) Amazon S3
7 12 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (2.09%) Serverless
8 11 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.40%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.70%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.79%) VPN
2 14 (2.44%) WAN
3 11 (1.92%) Wireless
4 10 (1.75%) Firewall
5 9 (1.57%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.40%) DNS
7 7 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.05%) BGP
8 6 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.05%) EIGRP
8 6 (1.05%) OSPF
8 6 (1.05%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.87%) DHCP
9 5 (0.87%) LAN
9 5 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.70%) VLAN
11 3 (0.52%) Broadband
12 2 (0.35%) Internet
12 2 (0.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (15.53%) Power BI
2 39 (6.81%) Tableau
3 20 (3.49%) Data Mining
4 19 (3.32%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.62%) Power Query
6 13 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.57%) Looker
8 9 (1.57%) Metadata
8 9 (1.57%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.05%) MySQL
12 3 (0.52%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (3.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.87%) Subversion
3 4 (0.70%) Postman
3 4 (0.70%) Selenium
4 3 (0.52%) Git
5 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.35%) JMeter
5 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.35%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.35%) TestRail
5 2 (0.35%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) Maven
6 1 (0.17%) MLflow
6 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 253 (44.15%) Social Skills
2 166 (28.97%) Finance
3 49 (8.55%) Retail
4 47 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (6.46%) Manufacturing
5 37 (6.46%) Marketing
6 31 (5.41%) Law
6 31 (5.41%) Legal
7 28 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.19%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.57%) Electronics
13 7 (1.22%) Banking
13 7 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.22%) Games
14 4 (0.70%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 202 (35.25%) Analyst
2 78 (13.61%) Senior
3 44 (7.68%) Data Analyst
4 39 (6.81%) Lead
5 38 (6.63%) Support Analyst
6 35 (6.11%) Developer
7 33 (5.76%) Senior Analyst
8 29 (5.06%) Business Analyst
9 25 (4.36%) IT Support
10 23 (4.01%) Architect
11 22 (3.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 22 (3.84%) IT Analyst
11 22 (3.84%) Junior
12 21 (3.66%) Security Analyst
12 21 (3.66%) Support Engineer
13 20 (3.49%) Accountant
13 20 (3.49%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.49%) Junior Analyst
13 20 (3.49%) Trainee
14 18 (3.14%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.19%) CSS
1 24 (4.19%) HTML
2 19 (3.32%) React
3 17 (2.97%) Node.js
4 9 (1.57%) PyTorch
5 7 (1.22%) Flash
5 7 (1.22%) Pandas
5 7 (1.22%) scikit-learn
6 6 (1.05%) .NET
6 6 (1.05%) PySpark
7 5 (0.87%) JSON
7 5 (0.87%) Playwright
7 5 (0.87%) REST
7 5 (0.87%) SOAP
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.70%) RESTful
9 3 (0.52%) IBM Integration Bus
9 3 (0.52%) JMS
9 3 (0.52%) OAuth
9 3 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 32 (5.58%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.66%) Driving Licence
4 19 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.32%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.75%) CSOC
6 10 (1.75%) FMCG
7 9 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.40%) IoT
9 6 (1.05%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.87%) Social Media
10 5 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.97%) Windows
2 10 (1.75%) Linux
3 8 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.35%) CentOS
4 2 (0.35%) Debian
4 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.35%) VMS
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (48.87%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (28.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 134 (23.39%) Analytics
4 97 (16.93%) Business Intelligence
5 94 (16.40%) Agile
6 91 (15.88%) Decision-Making
7 75 (13.09%) ERP
8 63 (10.99%) AI
9 59 (10.30%) Actionable Insight
9 59 (10.30%) Mentoring
9 59 (10.30%) Project Management
10 53 (9.25%) Analytical Thinking
11 51 (8.90%) CRM
12 48 (8.38%) Data Analysis
13 47 (8.20%) Coaching
14 46 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
14 46 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (7.85%) Process Improvement
16 44 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 43 (7.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 149 (26.00%) SQL
2 81 (14.14%) Python
3 26 (4.54%) JavaScript
4 24 (4.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (2.44%) C#
6 11 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.92%) T-SQL
6 11 (1.92%) VBA
7 9 (1.57%) Java
8 6 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.05%) R
9 5 (0.87%) Bash
9 5 (0.87%) PHP
10 2 (0.35%) Bicep
10 2 (0.35%) C++
10 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.35%) Swift
11 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (17.10%) Degree
2 47 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.46%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.76%) ACCA
5 32 (5.58%) CIMA
6 18 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 16 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.44%) CISSP
9 13 (2.27%) PMI Certification
10 12 (2.09%) PMP
11 11 (1.92%) SSCP
12 10 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.75%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.57%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.40%) CISA
15 7 (1.22%) AAT
16 6 (1.05%) CCNP
16 6 (1.05%) CompTIA CySA+
16 6 (1.05%) IRCA
16 6 (1.05%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.20%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.98%) GDPR
3 37 (6.46%) QA
4 25 (4.36%) NIST
5 22 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.62%) SLA
7 10 (1.75%) PMO
8 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (1.22%) GRC
9 6 (1.05%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.87%) COSHH
10 5 (0.87%) GMP
11 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.70%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.87%) Docker
3 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.52%) vSphere
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.92%) Terraform
2 5 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.70%) Ansible
4 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.35%) Grafana
5 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.35%) Puppet
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.36%) SAP
3 24 (4.19%) Oracle
4 20 (3.49%) Databricks
5 12 (2.09%) Google
6 8 (1.40%) Cisco
6 8 (1.40%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.40%) Zoho
7 6 (1.05%) Meraki
8 5 (0.87%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.87%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.70%) Sage
10 3 (0.52%) Adobe
10 3 (0.52%) IBM
10 3 (0.52%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.52%) PayPal
10 3 (0.52%) QAD
10 3 (0.52%) VMware
10 3 (0.52%) Workday
10 3 (0.52%) Zscaler