Senior Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Analyst salary in the Midlands is £56,400 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 166 157
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 131 60 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 1.18% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.30% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 85 40 99
10th Percentile - £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.74% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,966 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,639 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.46% +3.60%

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 12,031 4,626 11,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 91.13% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,691 2,780 8,334
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,231 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +35 92 £56,400 +12.80% 6
East Midlands -25 38 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 30 (22.90%) Azure
2 29 (22.14%) Agile
3 25 (19.08%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (18.32%) SQL
5 22 (16.79%) AWS
5 22 (16.79%) Mentoring
6 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
6 21 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.27%) Analytics
7 20 (15.27%) Decision-Making
8 17 (12.98%) Security Cleared
9 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
10 15 (11.45%) Actionable Insight
10 15 (11.45%) AI
10 15 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (11.45%) GCP
11 14 (10.69%) Degree
11 14 (10.69%) Power Platform
11 14 (10.69%) Process Improvement
11 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (9.92%) Power BI
13 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
13 12 (9.16%) JIRA
14 11 (8.40%) Adobe
14 11 (8.40%) Migration
14 11 (8.40%) Project Delivery
14 11 (8.40%) Roadmaps
14 11 (8.40%) ServiceNow
15 10 (7.63%) Apple
15 10 (7.63%) 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 (6.11%) Confluence
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Cloudability
2 5 (3.82%) SAP Business One
3 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.53%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.90%) Azure
2 22 (16.79%) AWS
3 15 (11.45%) GCP
4 14 (10.69%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.29%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.53%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.53%) Siteimprove
9 2 (1.53%) Slack
9 2 (1.53%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.76%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.76%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.76%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.58%) Firewall
2 3 (2.29%) DHCP
2 3 (2.29%) DNS
2 3 (2.29%) VPN
3 2 (1.53%) Broadband
3 2 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.53%) PBX
3 2 (1.53%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.53%) VoIP
4 1 (0.76%) LAN
4 1 (0.76%) SMS
4 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) Power BI
2 5 (3.82%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (3.05%) Tableau
4 3 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.53%) Looker
5 2 (1.53%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.76%) DTS
6 1 (0.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (9.16%) JIRA
2 2 (1.53%) Selenium
2 2 (1.53%) TestRail
2 2 (1.53%) Toad
2 2 (1.53%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.76%) Postman
3 1 (0.76%) SoapUI
General
1 40 (30.53%) Finance
2 31 (23.66%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (16.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (16.79%) Social Skills
4 10 (7.63%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.34%) Retail
6 6 (4.58%) Marketing
7 3 (2.29%) Retail Finance
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Legal
8 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.76%) Automotive
9 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) Flash
2 2 (1.53%) JSON
2 2 (1.53%) PySpark
3 1 (0.76%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.34%) Cyber Defence
1 7 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.82%) Credit Risk
2 5 (3.82%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.82%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.82%) Smartphone
3 2 (1.53%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.76%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.76%) iSeries
4 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.76%) PKI
4 1 (0.76%) PMI
4 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.05%) Windows
2 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.14%) Agile
2 25 (19.08%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (16.79%) Mentoring
4 21 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (15.27%) Analytics
5 20 (15.27%) Decision-Making
6 15 (11.45%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (11.45%) AI
6 15 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (10.69%) Process Improvement
7 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
9 11 (8.40%) Migration
9 11 (8.40%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.40%) Roadmaps
10 10 (7.63%) Coaching
10 10 (7.63%) Cost Management
10 10 (7.63%) Cost Optimisation
10 10 (7.63%) FinOps
10 10 (7.63%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.32%) SQL
2 9 (6.87%) Python
3 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.69%) Degree
4 10 (7.63%) AWS Certification
4 10 (7.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (5.34%) CISA
5 7 (5.34%) CISSP
5 7 (5.34%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (5.34%) SSCP
6 5 (3.82%) AAT
6 5 (3.82%) ACCA
6 5 (3.82%) CIMA
6 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.53%) CBAP
8 2 (1.53%) CITP
8 2 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.53%) PMP
8 2 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) QA
2 7 (5.34%) NIST
2 7 (5.34%) PMO
3 5 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.53%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.76%) GDPR
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.76%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.53%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.53%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.40%) Adobe
2 11 (8.40%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.63%) Apple
4 8 (6.11%) SAP
5 7 (5.34%) Google
5 7 (5.34%) HP
6 5 (3.82%) Aruba
7 4 (3.05%) Databricks
8 2 (1.53%) Kaseya
8 2 (1.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.76%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.76%) Citrix
9 1 (0.76%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.76%) VMware