Analytics Job Trends in the Midlands

Analytics
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 33 43
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 -13
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 559 323 609
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.54% 6.49% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 7.30% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 316 189 432
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £89,375 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £66,000 £65,000 £59,750
% change year-on-year +1.54% +8.79% -10.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,556 4,427 10,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.43% 88.95% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,979 2,507 7,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Analytics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the Midlands

Analytics
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 Analytics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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 -3 318 £57,500 +4.55% 114
East Midlands +32 238 £56,250 +15.98% 58
Analytics
England

Analytics
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 11 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.79%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.89%) WordPress
4 4 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) Confluence
6 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 40 (7.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.18%) InDesign
4 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.18%) Sketch
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.15%) iTrent
3 9 (1.61%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 6 (1.07%) Shopify
5 3 (0.54%) Magento
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 129 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 101 (18.07%) Azure
3 57 (10.20%) AWS
4 27 (4.83%) SaaS
5 23 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (3.22%) GCP
7 17 (3.04%) Snowflake
8 16 (2.86%) GitHub
8 16 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.86%) Serverless
9 15 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.50%) Firebase
10 14 (2.50%) Stripe
10 14 (2.50%) TestFlight
11 11 (1.97%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.61%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (1.43%) Google Analytics
14 6 (1.07%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.54%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) VLAN
3 1 (0.18%) BGP
3 1 (0.18%) DHCP
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) FTP
3 1 (0.18%) IPFIX
3 1 (0.18%) OSPF
3 1 (0.18%) SNMP
3 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (22.90%) Power BI
2 25 (4.47%) Power Query
3 24 (4.29%) Tableau
4 18 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.50%) Star Schema
6 10 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (1.43%) Data Mining
8 8 (1.43%) GIS
8 8 (1.43%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.25%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.07%) MySQL
10 6 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.89%) Metadata
11 5 (0.89%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.72%) Looker
13 3 (0.54%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 14 (2.50%) Crashlytics
1 14 (2.50%) XCTest
2 8 (1.43%) Git
3 6 (1.07%) JIRA
4 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.18%) Gatling
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) JMeter
5 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 151 (27.01%) Finance
2 124 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
3 113 (20.21%) Social Skills
4 77 (13.77%) Marketing
5 55 (9.84%) Automotive
6 37 (6.62%) Public Sector
7 31 (5.55%) Retail
8 30 (5.37%) Banking
9 29 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.33%) Legal
12 12 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.61%) Law
13 9 (1.61%) Local Government
14 8 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.89%) Agriculture
16 5 (0.89%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (16.99%) Analyst
2 90 (16.10%) Senior
3 54 (9.66%) Developer
4 49 (8.77%) Data Analyst
5 43 (7.69%) Data Engineer
6 29 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 28 (5.01%) Senior Analyst
7 28 (5.01%) Senior Manager
8 27 (4.83%) Architect
8 27 (4.83%) Lead
9 23 (4.11%) Data Architect
9 23 (4.11%) Junior
10 22 (3.94%) Senior Data Analyst
11 20 (3.58%) Product Manager
12 19 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 17 (3.04%) Data Manager
13 17 (3.04%) Data Scientist
14 16 (2.86%) Digital Product Manager
14 16 (2.86%) Senior Digital Product Manager
14 16 (2.86%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.50%) PySpark
1 14 (2.50%) SwiftUI
1 14 (2.50%) UIKit
2 10 (1.79%) REST
3 8 (1.43%) Pandas
4 7 (1.25%) .NET
4 7 (1.25%) React
4 7 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (1.25%) scikit-learn
5 6 (1.07%) .NET Core
5 6 (1.07%) Node.js
5 6 (1.07%) PyTorch
5 6 (1.07%) SOAP
6 5 (0.89%) SAPUI5
7 4 (0.72%) CSS
7 4 (0.72%) HTML
7 4 (0.72%) JDBC
7 4 (0.72%) JSON
7 4 (0.72%) OAuth
7 4 (0.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 28 (5.01%) Mobile App
3 22 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
4 20 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.97%) NHS
7 8 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.72%) Social Media
9 3 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (0.54%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.36%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.36%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.36%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.36%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.68%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.07%) Linux
3 4 (0.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (26.83%) Business Intelligence
2 121 (21.65%) Decision-Making
3 109 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (15.92%) AI
5 87 (15.56%) Data Analytics
6 81 (14.49%) Data Modelling
7 78 (13.95%) Roadmaps
8 74 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (11.09%) Agile
10 60 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
11 59 (10.55%) Data Analysis
12 53 (9.48%) Data Governance
13 50 (8.94%) Data Engineering
14 46 (8.23%) CI/CD
15 44 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 41 (7.33%) Data Transformation
17 38 (6.80%) Customer Experience
17 38 (6.80%) Mentoring
18 37 (6.62%) Data Management
19 35 (6.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 156 (27.91%) SQL
2 98 (17.53%) Python
3 38 (6.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (2.50%) Kotlin
4 14 (2.50%) Swift
5 9 (1.61%) Java
6 8 (1.43%) R
7 7 (1.25%) C#
7 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.89%) ABAP
9 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.72%) VBA
10 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.36%) Bicep
11 2 (0.36%) Scala
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.18%) JCL
Qualifications
1 52 (9.30%) Degree
2 22 (3.94%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 12 (2.15%) CIPD
6 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.25%) ISEB
8 7 (1.25%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.07%) IRCA
10 5 (0.89%) ACCA
10 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.89%) CIMA
11 3 (0.54%) CITP
12 2 (0.36%) CISA
12 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.18%) CISM
13 1 (0.18%) CISSP
13 1 (0.18%) PMP
13 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.16%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.26%) GDPR
3 14 (2.50%) QA
4 9 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.25%) ITGC
6 6 (1.07%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.72%) SLA
8 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) NIST
10 1 (0.18%) COBIT
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (2.33%) Terraform
2 3 (0.54%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
4 1 (0.18%) Argo
4 1 (0.18%) Control-M
4 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.18%) Nagios
4 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (12.88%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.12%) Databricks
3 37 (6.62%) SAP
4 24 (4.29%) Google
5 14 (2.50%) Amplitude
5 14 (2.50%) Braze
6 12 (2.15%) Cognos
7 11 (1.97%) ESRI
8 10 (1.79%) IBM
9 9 (1.61%) Adobe
9 9 (1.61%) Workday
10 5 (0.89%) Nexthink
11 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.72%) iManage
12 2 (0.36%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.36%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.36%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.36%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.36%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.36%) Zoho