Senior Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Analyst salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 186 169
Rank change year-on-year +63 -17 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 163 43 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.17% 0.75% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.83% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 97 35 50
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £33,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,613
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -10.19% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 13,213 5,203 10,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 90.88% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 3,331 7,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,028
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in the Midlands

Senior 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 Senior Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 July 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 +56 103 £50,000 -1.96% 13
East Midlands +16 60 £55,000 +22.22% 10
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (24.54%) Azure
2 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (22.70%) SQL
4 33 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (18.40%) AWS
6 29 (17.79%) Agile
7 28 (17.18%) Analytics
8 26 (15.95%) Mentoring
9 24 (14.72%) Actionable Insight
9 24 (14.72%) Decision-Making
9 24 (14.72%) Microsoft
9 24 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (14.11%) Roadmaps
11 20 (12.27%) AI
11 20 (12.27%) Data Analytics
12 19 (11.66%) Data Extraction
13 18 (11.04%) Data Transformation
13 18 (11.04%) GCP
13 18 (11.04%) Python
13 18 (11.04%) Trend Analysis
14 17 (10.43%) Data Analysis
14 17 (10.43%) Data Management
14 17 (10.43%) Degree
15 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
15 16 (9.82%) Security Cleared
15 16 (9.82%) Strategic Thinking
16 15 (9.20%) ServiceNow
17 14 (8.59%) JIRA
18 13 (7.98%) Adobe
18 13 (7.98%) AWS Certification

Senior Analyst Skill Set
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 8 (4.91%) Confluence
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (7.36%) Cloudability
2 5 (3.07%) SAP Business One
3 4 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.54%) Azure
2 30 (18.40%) AWS
3 18 (11.04%) GCP
4 10 (6.13%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.68%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.84%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.23%) Siteimprove
10 2 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.61%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.61%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.61%) SaaS
11 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.13%) Firewall
2 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 3 (1.84%) DHCP
3 3 (1.84%) DNS
4 2 (1.23%) Broadband
4 2 (1.23%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.23%) PBX
4 2 (1.23%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.23%) VoIP
5 1 (0.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.61%) SMS
5 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.52%) Power BI
2 7 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.07%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (1.84%) DTS
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.23%) Looker
5 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.23%) Tableau
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.61%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (8.59%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) Selenium
2 4 (2.45%) Zephyr
3 3 (1.84%) Git
3 3 (1.84%) Postman
3 3 (1.84%) SoapUI
4 2 (1.23%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.23%) GitLab
4 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.23%) JMeter
4 2 (1.23%) TestRail
4 2 (1.23%) Toad
General
1 53 (32.52%) Finance
2 37 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (9.20%) Social Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.52%) Automotive
7 7 (4.29%) Retail
8 6 (3.68%) Marketing
9 4 (2.45%) Legal
10 3 (1.84%) Law
10 3 (1.84%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.84%) Retail Finance
11 2 (1.23%) Advertising
11 2 (1.23%) Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) JSON
2 2 (1.23%) ADO
2 2 (1.23%) Gherkin
2 2 (1.23%) Playwright
2 2 (1.23%) SOAP
2 2 (1.23%) XML
3 1 (0.61%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.52%) Operational Technology
2 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.91%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.91%) Smartphone
3 7 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (3.07%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.84%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.23%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.23%) PMI
7 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) iSeries
7 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.61%) PKI
7 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.45%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (17.79%) Agile
4 28 (17.18%) Analytics
5 26 (15.95%) Mentoring
6 24 (14.72%) Actionable Insight
6 24 (14.72%) Decision-Making
6 24 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (14.11%) Roadmaps
8 20 (12.27%) AI
8 20 (12.27%) Data Analytics
9 19 (11.66%) Data Extraction
10 18 (11.04%) Data Transformation
10 18 (11.04%) Trend Analysis
11 17 (10.43%) Data Analysis
11 17 (10.43%) Data Management
12 16 (9.82%) Strategic Thinking
13 13 (7.98%) Business Analysis
14 12 (7.36%) Process Improvement
14 12 (7.36%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (22.70%) SQL
2 18 (11.04%) Python
3 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.23%) Java
3 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (10.43%) Degree
2 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
2 16 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.98%) AWS Certification
4 12 (7.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 9 (5.52%) CISSP
6 7 (4.29%) CISA
6 7 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (4.29%) SSCP
7 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.45%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.84%) CBAP
10 2 (1.23%) CISM
10 2 (1.23%) HNC
10 2 (1.23%) HND
10 2 (1.23%) IIBA
10 2 (1.23%) ISEB
10 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.23%) PMP
10 2 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) NIST
1 8 (4.91%) QA
2 6 (3.68%) PMO
3 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.84%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.61%) COBIT
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.23%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.20%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.98%) Adobe
4 12 (7.36%) Apple
5 10 (6.13%) HP
6 8 (4.91%) Aruba
6 8 (4.91%) Google
6 8 (4.91%) SAP
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) Kaseya
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 2 (1.23%) Pega
8 1 (0.61%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.61%) Citrix
8 1 (0.61%) IBM
8 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.61%) VMware