Data Analysis Expressions Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 169 274
Rank change year-on-year -42 +105 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 45 37 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 0.77% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.89% 3.03% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 34 36 22
10th Percentile £35,000 - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +17.28% -14.74%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,875 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,051 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -

All Programming Languages
Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,558 1,221 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.52% 25.36% 27.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 970 2,601
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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 -18 26 £41,250 -17.50% 12
East Midlands -45 17 £45,000 +4.65% 12
Data Analysis Expressions
England

Data Analysis Expressions
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 1 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 18 (40.00%) Azure
3 9 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (17.78%) Power Automate
5 6 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (11.11%) PowerApps
7 4 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (8.89%) Smartsheet
8 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (2.22%) Dataform
9 1 (2.22%) dbt
9 1 (2.22%) Fivetran
9 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (100.00%) Power BI
2 25 (55.56%) Power Query
3 8 (17.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (15.56%) Data Lake
4 7 (15.56%) Star Schema
5 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
6 4 (8.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (4.44%) Tableau
9 1 (2.22%) Big Data
9 1 (2.22%) Hadoop
9 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 22 (48.89%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Law
4 5 (11.11%) Retail
5 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Billing
7 1 (2.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Analyst
1 14 (31.11%) Developer
2 12 (26.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 10 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Power BI Developer
4 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Junior
5 4 (8.89%) Business Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Data Scientist
6 3 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Junior Data Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Junior Data Scientist
6 3 (6.67%) Power BI Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (4.44%) Power BI Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Power BI Specialist
7 2 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) .NET
1 1 (2.22%) EDI
1 1 (2.22%) Pandas
1 1 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (68.89%) Data Modelling
3 25 (55.56%) Analytics
4 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (40.00%) Decision-Making
6 16 (35.56%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (28.89%) Data Engineering
8 11 (24.44%) ETL
8 11 (24.44%) Visualisation
9 10 (22.22%) Data Analysis
10 9 (20.00%) DevOps
11 8 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (17.78%) Data Visualisation
11 8 (17.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 7 (15.56%) Business Strategy
12 7 (15.56%) Translating Business Requirements
12 7 (15.56%) Validation
13 6 (13.33%) Agile
13 6 (13.33%) Data Security
13 6 (13.33%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 35 (77.78%) SQL
2 11 (24.44%) T-SQL
3 10 (22.22%) Python
4 5 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.89%) QA
3 2 (4.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 21 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle