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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 561 513 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.54% 10.21% 9.28%
As % of the General category 10.46% 15.34% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 391 274 650
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5,364 3,345 7,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.37% 66.57% 54.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,289 1,758 4,881
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,862 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% +1.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 -15 315 £51,250 +7.89% 156
East Midlands +4 245 £45,000 -5.26% 105
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 13 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.43%) IIS
4 6 (1.07%) CMS
5 3 (0.53%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Appian
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 60 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.60%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.89%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.53%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.53%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.53%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (16.76%) Power Platform
2 86 (15.33%) Azure
3 53 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.13%) AWS
5 28 (4.99%) SaaS
6 14 (2.50%) GCP
7 13 (2.32%) Amazon S3
8 12 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (2.14%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.14%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.14%) Serverless
9 10 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.78%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.89%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (0.71%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.71%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.39%) VPN
2 15 (2.67%) Firewall
3 14 (2.50%) WAN
4 11 (1.96%) DNS
4 11 (1.96%) Wireless
5 10 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.60%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.07%) BGP
8 6 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.07%) DHCP
8 6 (1.07%) EIGRP
8 6 (1.07%) LAN
8 6 (1.07%) OSPF
8 6 (1.07%) Wireshark
9 5 (0.89%) VLAN
10 4 (0.71%) MQTT
11 3 (0.53%) Network Security
12 2 (0.36%) Broadband
12 2 (0.36%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (16.22%) Power BI
2 23 (4.10%) Tableau
3 22 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 21 (3.74%) Power Query
5 14 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.25%) Data Mining
9 7 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.07%) MySQL
11 5 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.89%) Redis
12 4 (0.71%) Metadata
12 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.36%) Looker
14 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.32%) JIRA
2 4 (0.71%) Git
3 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.53%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.36%) JMeter
4 2 (0.36%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
4 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.36%) TestRail
4 2 (0.36%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.18%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) Subversion
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 233 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 163 (29.06%) Finance
3 60 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 46 (8.20%) Retail
5 37 (6.60%) Manufacturing
6 32 (5.70%) Marketing
7 27 (4.81%) Legal
8 26 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.28%) Law
10 16 (2.85%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.25%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.25%) Games
16 6 (1.07%) Japanese Language
17 5 (0.89%) Banking
17 5 (0.89%) German Language
Job Titles
1 174 (31.02%) Analyst
2 76 (13.55%) Senior
3 50 (8.91%) Data Analyst
4 36 (6.42%) Lead
5 34 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
6 31 (5.53%) Support Engineer
7 30 (5.35%) Accountant
7 30 (5.35%) Business Analyst
7 30 (5.35%) Developer
8 23 (4.10%) IT Support
8 23 (4.10%) Systems Accountant
9 22 (3.92%) Delivery Manager
9 22 (3.92%) IT Analyst
10 21 (3.74%) Security Analyst
11 20 (3.57%) IT Manager
12 18 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 18 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 18 (3.21%) Senior Data Analyst
12 18 (3.21%) Support Analyst
13 16 (2.85%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.21%) CSS
1 18 (3.21%) HTML
2 14 (2.50%) Node.js
2 14 (2.50%) React
3 8 (1.43%) Pandas
3 8 (1.43%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.43%) RESTful
4 7 (1.25%) scikit-learn
5 5 (0.89%) FastAPI
5 5 (0.89%) JSON
5 5 (0.89%) Middleware
5 5 (0.89%) SQLAlchemy
6 4 (0.71%) .NET
6 4 (0.71%) EDI
6 4 (0.71%) PySpark
6 4 (0.71%) REST
7 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (0.53%) COM
7 3 (0.53%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 23 (4.10%) Driving Licence
2 23 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.96%) CSOC
6 11 (1.96%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (1.60%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.43%) IoT
9 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.89%) FMCG
11 5 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.71%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.71%) CMDB
12 4 (0.71%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.46%) Windows
2 15 (2.67%) Linux
3 11 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.71%) VMS
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) Android
6 2 (0.36%) CentOS
6 2 (0.36%) Debian
6 2 (0.36%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (52.76%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (26.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 125 (22.28%) Analytics
4 111 (19.79%) Decision-Making
5 102 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 89 (15.86%) Agile
7 78 (13.90%) Actionable Insight
8 68 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 67 (11.94%) AI
10 62 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
10 62 (11.05%) ERP
11 61 (10.87%) Roadmaps
12 55 (9.80%) Coaching
13 54 (9.63%) Data Analysis
14 52 (9.27%) Analytical Thinking
15 49 (8.73%) Collaborative Working
15 49 (8.73%) Mentoring
16 42 (7.49%) Data Modelling
17 40 (7.13%) Business Strategy
17 40 (7.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 141 (25.13%) SQL
2 93 (16.58%) Python
3 27 (4.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.50%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.96%) VBA
7 7 (1.25%) Java
7 7 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.25%) R
7 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.07%) C#
9 5 (0.89%) Bash
9 5 (0.89%) PHP
10 3 (0.53%) C++
11 2 (0.36%) RPG
11 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
12 1 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 86 (15.33%) Degree
2 50 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.06%) ACCA
3 34 (6.06%) CIMA
4 33 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 21 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.32%) CISSP
9 12 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 12 (2.14%) SSCP
10 11 (1.96%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.78%) PMP
12 8 (1.43%) CISA
13 7 (1.25%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.25%) SANS
14 6 (1.07%) CCNP
14 6 (1.07%) IRCA
14 6 (1.07%) MOS
15 5 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.66%) GDPR
2 32 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.46%) QA
4 24 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (4.10%) NIST
6 15 (2.67%) GRC
7 12 (2.14%) ISO 9001
8 11 (1.96%) SLA
9 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.89%) COSHH
12 5 (0.89%) GMP
12 5 (0.89%) ISO 14001
12 5 (0.89%) PMO
13 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.07%) Docker
3 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.53%) vSphere
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (1.43%) Terraform
2 5 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.71%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.53%) Ansible
4 3 (0.53%) Nmap
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.74%) SAP
3 18 (3.21%) Databricks
4 15 (2.67%) Google
5 11 (1.96%) Cisco
5 11 (1.96%) Oracle
6 10 (1.78%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.25%) Meraki
7 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.89%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.89%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.71%) VMware
10 3 (0.53%) Adobe
10 3 (0.53%) Botify
10 3 (0.53%) QAD
11 2 (0.36%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.36%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.36%) Workday
11 2 (0.36%) Zscaler