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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 612 701 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.84% 10.52% 8.94%
As % of the General category 13.12% 16.99% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 348 262 347
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £26,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.85% +1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,625 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +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 4,663 4,125 3,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 59.77% 61.91% 60.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,307 1,819 2,496
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,498 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -13 362 £52,500 +5.00% 213
East Midlands +4 248 £37,500 -11.76% 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 8 (1.31%) Confluence
2 7 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.65%) CMS
5 3 (0.49%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (12.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (10.62%) Chatbot
3 33 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.65%) CATIA
8 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.16%) Sketch
9 1 (0.16%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 16 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.31%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.49%) Shopify
5 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.33%) Primavera
5 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.16%) HFM
6 1 (0.16%) Magento
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.16%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 67 (10.95%) Azure
2 57 (9.31%) SaaS
3 55 (8.99%) Power Platform
4 30 (4.90%) AWS
5 21 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.47%) OCI
8 8 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (0.98%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.98%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.98%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.82%) PaaS
11 5 (0.82%) Serverless
12 4 (0.65%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.37%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (1.80%) Firewall
2 11 (1.80%) VPN
3 8 (1.31%) VLAN
3 8 (1.31%) WAN
4 5 (0.82%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.65%) SMS
5 4 (0.65%) Wireless
6 3 (0.49%) BGP
6 3 (0.49%) LAN
6 3 (0.49%) OSPF
7 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.33%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.33%) Network Security
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.33%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.16%) NAS
8 1 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.17%) Power BI
2 31 (5.07%) Tableau
3 25 (4.08%) Data Mining
4 20 (3.27%) Looker
5 16 (2.61%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.63%) Metadata
10 9 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.31%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.65%) MySQL
14 3 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (3.27%) JIRA
2 6 (0.98%) Selenium
3 5 (0.82%) Subversion
4 2 (0.33%) Git
4 2 (0.33%) Postman
4 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.33%) TestRail
5 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) ERwin
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) JMeter
5 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) MLflow
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.16%) XCUITest
General
1 267 (43.63%) Social Skills
2 134 (21.90%) Finance
3 97 (15.85%) Retail
4 91 (14.87%) Marketing
5 38 (6.21%) Law
6 37 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.08%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.27%) Legal
10 19 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.80%) Electronics
13 9 (1.47%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.47%) Banking
14 4 (0.65%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.49%) Advertising
15 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.49%) Local Government
15 3 (0.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 145 (23.69%) Analyst
2 68 (11.11%) Lead
3 65 (10.62%) Trainer
4 59 (9.64%) Senior
5 47 (7.68%) 2nd Line Support
6 41 (6.70%) Developer
7 38 (6.21%) Support Analyst
8 35 (5.72%) Architect
9 32 (5.23%) Data Analyst
10 27 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 25 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.76%) Support Technician
13 20 (3.27%) Software Analyst
13 20 (3.27%) Support Engineer
13 20 (3.27%) Technical Support
14 19 (3.10%) ERP Support
15 18 (2.94%) ERP Analyst
15 18 (2.94%) Junior
15 18 (2.94%) Trainee
16 17 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.10%) REST
2 17 (2.78%) SOAP
3 16 (2.61%) Middleware
4 15 (2.45%) HTML
5 13 (2.12%) BAPI
5 13 (2.12%) CSS
5 13 (2.12%) IBM Integration Bus
5 13 (2.12%) JMS
5 13 (2.12%) OAuth
5 13 (2.12%) SAML
6 12 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.80%) Flash
8 9 (1.47%) React
9 7 (1.14%) EDI
9 7 (1.14%) Node.js
10 6 (0.98%) .NET
11 5 (0.82%) Playwright
12 4 (0.65%) JSON
13 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (18.46%) Onboarding
2 58 (9.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 38 (6.21%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.25%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.92%) FMCG
6 15 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.63%) e-Learning
8 9 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.31%) IoT
10 7 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (0.98%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.82%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.65%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.65%) Social Media
13 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.43%) Windows
2 17 (2.78%) Linux
3 5 (0.82%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (45.26%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (23.04%) CRM
4 131 (21.41%) Analytics
5 114 (18.63%) ERP
6 98 (16.01%) Decision-Making
7 96 (15.69%) E-Commerce
8 94 (15.36%) AI
9 81 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 77 (12.58%) Customer Service
11 75 (12.25%) Project Management
12 72 (11.76%) Mentoring
13 71 (11.60%) Analytical Thinking
14 68 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
15 66 (10.78%) Chemistry
16 65 (10.62%) Conversational UI
17 63 (10.29%) Agile
17 63 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
18 62 (10.13%) Coaching
19 59 (9.64%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 150 (24.51%) SQL
2 50 (8.17%) Python
3 45 (7.35%) C#
4 15 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.12%) T-SQL
6 10 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.82%) ABAP
8 5 (0.82%) Java
8 5 (0.82%) R
9 3 (0.49%) Bash
10 2 (0.33%) C++
10 2 (0.33%) VBA
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 220 (35.95%) Degree
2 75 (12.25%) Master's Degree
3 66 (10.78%) PhD
4 37 (6.05%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.45%) ACCA
7 14 (2.29%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.12%) AAT
8 13 (2.12%) CIMA
9 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.47%) CISSP
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.31%) CISM
12 6 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.98%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.82%) MCP
13 5 (0.82%) MCSA
13 5 (0.82%) MCSE
13 5 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.01%) QA
2 32 (5.23%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.08%) GDPR
4 19 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.80%) NIST
6 10 (1.63%) SLA
7 8 (1.31%) PMO
8 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) COBIT
9 2 (0.33%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.33%) IFRS
9 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.80%) Firmware
3 7 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.98%) vSphere
5 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) Docker
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.82%) Terraform
3 2 (0.33%) Ansible
3 2 (0.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 118 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 68 (11.11%) SAP
3 65 (10.62%) PayPal
4 37 (6.05%) Oracle
5 24 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.29%) Cisco
6 14 (2.29%) IBM
7 10 (1.63%) Databricks
7 10 (1.63%) Zoho
8 8 (1.31%) Google
9 7 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.14%) VMware
10 6 (0.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.82%) Epicor
11 5 (0.82%) Infor
11 5 (0.82%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.65%) Sage
12 4 (0.65%) SonicWALL
13 3 (0.49%) Meraki
13 3 (0.49%) QAD