Data Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Data Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Data Analyst salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 187 162
Rank change year-on-year -19 -25 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 54 140 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.78% 1.09% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.15% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 37 104 106
10th Percentile £25,625 £24,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £41,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £49,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,368 12,163 7,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 94.57% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 8,888 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,313 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 +14 28 £45,000 +16.88% 29
East Midlands +1 26 £27,000 -12.90% 11
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 47 (87.04%) SQL
2 28 (51.85%) Analytics
3 24 (44.44%) Power BI
3 24 (44.44%) Power Platform
4 23 (42.59%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (42.59%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (40.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 22 (40.74%) Data Analysis
6 21 (38.89%) Degree
6 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
7 19 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (33.33%) Mathematics
8 18 (33.33%) Visualisation
8 18 (33.33%) Tableau
8 18 (33.33%) Finance
8 18 (33.33%) Python
9 15 (27.78%) Data Analytics
10 13 (24.07%) Statistics
10 13 (24.07%) Databricks
11 12 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
12 11 (20.37%) Decision-Making
13 10 (18.52%) Storytelling
13 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
13 10 (18.52%) Data Extraction
14 9 (16.67%) Git
14 9 (16.67%) Machine Learning
14 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (16.67%) Data Quality
14 9 (16.67%) Mentoring

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (40.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.70%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 6 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) AWS
3 3 (5.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (1.85%) Matillion
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (44.44%) Power BI
2 18 (33.33%) Tableau
3 5 (9.26%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (5.56%) Big Data
5 3 (5.56%) Metadata
5 3 (5.56%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (5.56%) Power Query
6 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.70%) PowerPivot
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (1.85%) Looker
7 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) RStudio
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 23 (42.59%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 18 (33.33%) Finance
4 12 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (16.67%) Retail
6 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
7 6 (11.11%) Marketing
8 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (3.70%) Legal
10 2 (3.70%) Military
11 1 (1.85%) Billing
11 1 (1.85%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.26%) Pricing Data
3 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Analytics
2 23 (42.59%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (40.74%) Data Analysis
4 19 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 18 (33.33%) Visualisation
6 15 (27.78%) Data Analytics
7 13 (24.07%) Statistics
8 12 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
9 11 (20.37%) Decision-Making
10 10 (18.52%) Data Extraction
10 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
10 10 (18.52%) Storytelling
11 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (16.67%) Economics
11 9 (16.67%) Machine Learning
11 9 (16.67%) Mentoring
12 8 (14.81%) Agile
12 8 (14.81%) Data Management
12 8 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 47 (87.04%) SQL
2 18 (33.33%) Python
3 6 (11.11%) C#
4 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.70%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Degree
2 9 (16.67%) DBS Check
2 9 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) QA
3 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.85%) P3O
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Databricks
2 6 (11.11%) Google
2 6 (11.11%) Oracle
2 6 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 6 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (1.85%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Tagetik