Data Analysis Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Analysis
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Analysis 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 117 37 94
Rank change year-on-year -80 +57 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 115 362 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.47% 5.67% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 6.27% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 99 73 115
10th Percentile £32,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,110
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,850 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Analysis 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%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the Midlands

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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 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 -62 88 £47,500 -5.00% 43
East Midlands -61 27 £41,250 +13.79% 29
Data Analysis
England

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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 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.87%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (34.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.96%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.87%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.87%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.87%) Power Platform
2 12 (10.43%) Azure
3 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.48%) Snowflake
5 3 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.74%) AWS
6 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.74%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.87%) GCP
7 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.87%) SaaS
7 1 (0.87%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (20.87%) Power BI
2 23 (20.00%) Tableau
3 21 (18.26%) Data Mining
4 7 (6.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.48%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.61%) Looker
9 1 (0.87%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.87%) GIS
9 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) JIRA
General
1 50 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (35.65%) Finance
3 33 (28.70%) Social Skills
4 21 (18.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (10.43%) Marketing
6 11 (9.57%) Law
6 11 (9.57%) Retail
7 8 (6.96%) Public Sector
8 6 (5.22%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.61%) Local Government
9 3 (2.61%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.74%) Games
10 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Automotive
11 1 (0.87%) Billing
11 1 (0.87%) Legal
11 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (43.48%) Analyst
2 27 (23.48%) Data Analyst
3 22 (19.13%) Senior
4 18 (15.65%) Trainee
5 15 (13.04%) Trainee Analyst
5 15 (13.04%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 9 (7.83%) Administrator
6 9 (7.83%) Business Analyst
6 9 (7.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Developer
7 5 (4.35%) Graduate
8 4 (3.48%) Coordinator
8 4 (3.48%) DBA
8 4 (3.48%) IT Administrator
8 4 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.48%) Senior Data Analyst
9 3 (2.61%) Report Analyst
9 3 (2.61%) Risk Analyst
9 3 (2.61%) SQL DBA
9 3 (2.61%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.87%) ODBC
1 1 (0.87%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.22%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.74%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.74%) Credit Risk
4 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.87%) Life Science
5 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.87%) NHS
5 1 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.13%) Analytics
2 37 (32.17%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (26.09%) Project Management
4 27 (23.48%) Decision-Making
5 25 (21.74%) Data Analytics
6 22 (19.13%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (18.26%) Business Analysis
8 20 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
9 19 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (12.17%) Data Modelling
10 14 (12.17%) ETL
11 13 (11.30%) ERP
11 13 (11.30%) Process Improvement
12 10 (8.70%) Service Delivery
13 9 (7.83%) Data Cleansing
13 9 (7.83%) ITIL
13 9 (7.83%) Visualisation
14 8 (6.96%) CRM
14 8 (6.96%) Mathematics
14 8 (6.96%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 53 (46.09%) SQL
2 36 (31.30%) Python
3 7 (6.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (6.09%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.48%) R
5 2 (1.74%) Java
5 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.74%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (26.96%) Degree
2 3 (2.61%) ACCA
2 3 (2.61%) CIMA
3 2 (1.74%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.74%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.74%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.74%) PMP
4 1 (0.87%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.87%) PhD
4 1 (0.87%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.30%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.74%) GDPR
2 2 (1.74%) PMO
2 2 (1.74%) QA
2 2 (1.74%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.22%) Databricks
3 4 (3.48%) Oracle
4 3 (2.61%) SAP
5 2 (1.74%) Google
6 1 (0.87%) ESRI
6 1 (0.87%) Foundry
6 1 (0.87%) Palantir
6 1 (0.87%) Pegasus
6 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.87%) Zoho