Focus Group Job Trends in the Midlands

Focus Groups
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Focus Group skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 - 220
Rank change year-on-year - - +117
Permanent jobs citing Focus Group 3 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.039% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - £31,549
25th Percentile £44,196 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.20%
75th Percentile £46,585 - £46,250
90th Percentile - - £46,500
England median annual salary £45,497 £62,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -27.20% +35.87% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Focus Group 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 6,328 5,757 4,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.41% 86.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 2,513 4,092
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%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Focus Group job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Focus Group
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Focus Group.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Focus Group

Focus Group
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 Focus Group within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
East Midlands - 2 £45,390 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £45,497 - 1
Focus Group
England

Focus Group
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) NEC Housing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Social Housing
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mashup
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Housing Management
1 2 (66.67%) Predictive Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Civica
1 2 (66.67%) Northgate
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft