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 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 192 161
Rank change year-on-year +59 -31 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 149 39 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.00% 0.67% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.74% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 87 32 51
10th Percentile £44,399 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.29% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

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 13,922 5,283 9,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 91.23% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,740 3,343 6,054
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,450 £76,250
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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +34 88 £56,400 +8.99% 27
East Midlands +23 61 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 September 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 37 (24.83%) Azure
1 37 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (24.16%) SQL
3 28 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (18.12%) AWS
5 25 (16.78%) Analytics
6 24 (16.11%) Agile
7 22 (14.77%) Decision-Making
7 22 (14.77%) Mentoring
7 22 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (14.09%) Actionable Insight
9 20 (13.42%) AI
9 20 (13.42%) Data Analysis
9 20 (13.42%) Roadmaps
10 19 (12.75%) Data Extraction
10 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
11 18 (12.08%) Data Analytics
11 18 (12.08%) Trend Analysis
12 17 (11.41%) GCP
12 17 (11.41%) Python
13 16 (10.74%) Data Management
13 16 (10.74%) Data Transformation
13 16 (10.74%) JIRA
13 16 (10.74%) Strategic Thinking
14 15 (10.07%) Degree
15 14 (9.40%) ServiceNow
16 13 (8.72%) Adobe
16 13 (8.72%) AWS Certification
16 13 (8.72%) Business Analysis
17 12 (8.05%) Apple

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 9 (6.04%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Cloudability
2 5 (3.36%) SAP Business One
3 4 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.83%) Azure
2 27 (18.12%) AWS
3 17 (11.41%) GCP
4 8 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.34%) Siteimprove
8 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.67%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.67%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.67%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.67%) SaaS
9 1 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.71%) Firewall
2 2 (1.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.67%) LAN
3 1 (0.67%) SMS
3 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.36%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (3.36%) Power BI
3 3 (2.01%) DTS
4 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.34%) GIS
4 2 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 16 (10.74%) JIRA
2 5 (3.36%) Git
3 4 (2.68%) Selenium
3 4 (2.68%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.01%) Postman
4 3 (2.01%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.34%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.34%) GitLab
5 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.34%) JMeter
5 2 (1.34%) TestRail
5 2 (1.34%) Toad
General
1 50 (33.56%) Finance
2 29 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (8.05%) Social Skills
5 9 (6.04%) Automotive
6 8 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.03%) Retail
8 5 (3.36%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.68%) Marketing
10 3 (2.01%) Law
10 3 (2.01%) Legal
10 3 (2.01%) Retail Finance
11 2 (1.34%) Advertising
11 2 (1.34%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) JSON
2 2 (1.34%) ADO
2 2 (1.34%) Gherkin
2 2 (1.34%) Playwright
2 2 (1.34%) SOAP
2 2 (1.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.04%) Operational Technology
3 8 (5.37%) Smartphone
4 7 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.68%) PMI
6 3 (2.01%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.67%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) iSeries
7 1 (0.67%) PKI
7 1 (0.67%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) Windows
1 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (16.78%) Analytics
4 24 (16.11%) Agile
5 22 (14.77%) Decision-Making
5 22 (14.77%) Mentoring
5 22 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (14.09%) Actionable Insight
7 20 (13.42%) AI
7 20 (13.42%) Data Analysis
7 20 (13.42%) Roadmaps
8 19 (12.75%) Data Extraction
9 18 (12.08%) Data Analytics
9 18 (12.08%) Trend Analysis
10 16 (10.74%) Data Management
10 16 (10.74%) Data Transformation
10 16 (10.74%) Strategic Thinking
11 13 (8.72%) Business Analysis
12 12 (8.05%) Project Delivery
12 12 (8.05%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 36 (24.16%) SQL
2 17 (11.41%) Python
3 2 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (10.07%) Degree
2 13 (8.72%) AWS Certification
3 12 (8.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 10 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.71%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.03%) CISSP
6 5 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.68%) CBAP
7 4 (2.68%) CISA
7 4 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.68%) SSCP
8 3 (2.01%) IIBA
8 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.34%) CISM
9 2 (1.34%) HNC
9 2 (1.34%) HND
9 2 (1.34%) ISEB
9 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.67%) PMP
10 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) QA
2 5 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.36%) NIST
3 4 (2.68%) PMO
4 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.34%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.67%) COBIT
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.67%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 19 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.40%) ServiceNow
3 13 (8.72%) Adobe
4 12 (8.05%) Apple
5 10 (6.71%) HP
6 8 (5.37%) Aruba
6 8 (5.37%) SAP
7 7 (4.70%) Google
8 2 (1.34%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle
8 2 (1.34%) Pega
9 1 (0.67%) Citrix
9 1 (0.67%) Duck Creek
9 1 (0.67%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.67%) IBM