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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 46 46
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -19
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 325 324 254
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.15% 5.08% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 5.61% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 189 183 206
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,850 £28,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,001 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £74,000 £71,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%

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 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 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 -9 189 £58,000 +1.75% 118
East Midlands +15 137 £46,445 -7.11% 187
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 5 (1.54%) WordPress
2 3 (0.92%) CMS
3 2 (0.62%) SAS
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 57 (17.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.62%) Trello
6 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.15%) iTrent
2 4 (1.23%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.92%) Shopify
4 2 (0.62%) OpenCart
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.31%) Magento
5 1 (0.31%) Maximo
5 1 (0.31%) Odoo
5 1 (0.31%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.08%) Power Platform
2 61 (18.77%) Azure
3 23 (7.08%) SaaS
4 14 (4.31%) Google Analytics
5 13 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 11 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (3.08%) AWS
8 8 (2.46%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.15%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.85%) GCP
11 5 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.23%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.23%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.92%) PaaS
14 2 (0.62%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.62%) GitHub
14 2 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.23%) SMS
2 2 (0.62%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) FTP
3 1 (0.31%) NAS
3 1 (0.31%) SAN
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (18.15%) Power BI
2 37 (11.38%) Tableau
3 21 (6.46%) Looker
4 20 (6.15%) Data Mining
5 15 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (4.31%) Metadata
6 14 (4.31%) SQL Server
7 13 (4.00%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.15%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.54%) Power Query
11 3 (0.92%) MySQL
11 3 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.62%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (1.54%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 133 (40.92%) Analytical Skills
2 93 (28.62%) Marketing
3 88 (27.08%) Finance
4 82 (25.23%) Social Skills
5 34 (10.46%) Automotive
6 27 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 27 (8.31%) Retail
7 16 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.08%) Law
10 6 (1.85%) Legal
11 5 (1.54%) Banking
11 5 (1.54%) Games
11 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Advertising
13 3 (0.92%) Local Government
13 3 (0.92%) Publishing
13 3 (0.92%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (23.69%) Analyst
2 50 (15.38%) Senior
3 41 (12.62%) Data Analyst
4 38 (11.69%) Lead
5 25 (7.69%) Developer
6 22 (6.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 20 (6.15%) Architect
8 17 (5.23%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.62%) Trainee
9 15 (4.62%) Trainee Analyst
9 15 (4.62%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 14 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.00%) Senior Manager
12 12 (3.69%) Administrator
12 12 (3.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 11 (3.38%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.08%) Data Governance Analyst
14 10 (3.08%) Data Governance Manager
14 10 (3.08%) Data Manager
14 10 (3.08%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.77%) .NET
1 9 (2.77%) PySpark
2 6 (1.85%) .NET Core
2 6 (1.85%) React
3 5 (1.54%) REST
4 4 (1.23%) EDI
4 4 (1.23%) JSON
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.92%) XML
6 2 (0.62%) CSS
6 2 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.62%) RESTful
6 2 (0.62%) SOAP
7 1 (0.31%) EDIFACT
7 1 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.31%) Middleware
7 1 (0.31%) OAuth
7 1 (0.31%) ODBC
7 1 (0.31%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 23 (7.08%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 18 (5.54%) FMCG
5 11 (3.38%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.46%) Social Media
7 7 (2.15%) Credit Risk
7 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.23%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.23%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.92%) Blog
10 3 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.62%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.31%) Linux
1 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.54%) Business Intelligence
1 96 (29.54%) Decision-Making
2 82 (25.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 71 (21.85%) CRM
4 70 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (20.31%) Data Analytics
6 52 (16.00%) Project Management
7 46 (14.15%) Agile
8 45 (13.85%) Data Analysis
9 40 (12.31%) ERP
10 36 (11.08%) AI
10 36 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 36 (11.08%) Visualisation
11 34 (10.46%) Data Management
12 32 (9.85%) Customer Experience
12 32 (9.85%) Digital Marketing
12 32 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (9.54%) Data Governance
13 31 (9.54%) Data Science
14 30 (9.23%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 110 (33.85%) SQL
2 78 (24.00%) Python
3 13 (4.00%) T-SQL
4 12 (3.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (3.08%) R
6 8 (2.46%) C#
7 7 (2.15%) VBA
8 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.23%) Bicep
9 4 (1.23%) Scala
10 3 (0.92%) PHP
11 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.31%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.31%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.31%) Bash
12 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 75 (23.08%) Degree
2 10 (3.08%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.46%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.46%) Numerate Degree
4 8 (2.46%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.15%) CIPD
6 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.92%) PMP
9 2 (0.62%) CCNA
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.31%) CBAP
10 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.31%) PhD
10 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.23%) Data Quality
2 26 (8.00%) GDPR
3 6 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.85%) PMO
3 6 (1.85%) QA
4 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.62%) SLA
5 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (2.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.46%) Terraform
2 7 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.62%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Control-M
4 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.15%) Salesforce
3 23 (7.08%) Databricks
4 21 (6.46%) SAP
5 15 (4.62%) Google
6 7 (2.15%) Zoho
7 5 (1.54%) Oracle
8 4 (1.23%) Nexthink
8 4 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.92%) Adobe
9 3 (0.92%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.62%) Apple
10 2 (0.62%) Facebook
10 2 (0.62%) Instagram
10 2 (0.62%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.62%) Talend
10 2 (0.62%) TikTok
10 2 (0.62%) YouTube
11 1 (0.31%) Denodo
11 1 (0.31%) WooCommerce