Senior Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Analyst salary in the Midlands is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 157 155
Rank change year-on-year -39 -2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 38 119 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.69% 1.32% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.39% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 30 61 71
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £38,828
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,200 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,750 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,896
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.27% +0.69%

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 5,142 8,551 5,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 94.73% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,141 4,385 3,922
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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 0 22 £52,500 +5.00% 12
East Midlands -19 15 £45,000 -10.00% 21
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, 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 11 (28.95%) SQL
2 10 (26.32%) Decision-Making
2 10 (26.32%) ITIL
2 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (21.05%) Agile
4 8 (21.05%) Firewall
5 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
6 6 (15.79%) Azure
6 6 (15.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 5 (13.16%) ACCA
7 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.16%) CIMA
7 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (13.16%) Power BI
7 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
8 4 (10.53%) AAT
8 4 (10.53%) AWS
8 4 (10.53%) B2B
8 4 (10.53%) Change Control
8 4 (10.53%) Data Analysis
8 4 (10.53%) Degree
8 4 (10.53%) Flash
8 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
8 4 (10.53%) ITSM
8 4 (10.53%) Network Security
8 4 (10.53%) Project Management
8 4 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared

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 1 (2.63%) Appian
1 1 (2.63%) CMS
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
3 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 3 (7.89%) SaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) Firewall
2 4 (10.53%) Network Security
3 1 (2.63%) DHCP
3 1 (2.63%) DNS
3 1 (2.63%) SAN
3 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.63%) VoIP
3 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) Data Mining
2 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 10 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Banking
4 3 (7.89%) Local Government
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.89%) Retail
5 2 (5.26%) Advertising
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Social Housing
6 1 (2.63%) Digital Health
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Flash
2 2 (5.26%) REST
2 2 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.89%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.26%) Mashup
3 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.26%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Decision-Making
1 10 (26.32%) ITIL
1 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.68%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (21.05%) Agile
4 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (10.53%) B2B
7 4 (10.53%) Change Control
7 4 (10.53%) Data Analysis
7 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
7 4 (10.53%) ITSM
7 4 (10.53%) Project Management
7 4 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.53%) Service Management
7 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) ACCA
1 5 (13.16%) CIMA
2 4 (10.53%) AAT
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.26%) CISSP
3 2 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.63%) CISM
4 1 (2.63%) CSPO
4 1 (2.63%) MCSA
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.63%) SANS
4 1 (2.63%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) GDPR
1 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Civica
2 2 (5.26%) Databricks
2 2 (5.26%) HP
2 2 (5.26%) Northgate
2 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Aruba
3 1 (2.63%) Avaya
3 1 (2.63%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.63%) Google
3 1 (2.63%) Mitel
3 1 (2.63%) Pega
3 1 (2.63%) Sophos
3 1 (2.63%) VMware