Senior Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Analyst salary in the Midlands is £55,700 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 201 169
Rank change year-on-year +82 -32 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 161 39 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.11% 0.67% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.74% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 94 31 48
10th Percentile £43,497 £35,000 £33,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,700 £48,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.85% -5.37% -2.38%
75th Percentile £60,780 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £70,000
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 13,662 5,277 10,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 91.14% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 9,538 3,345 6,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +44 100 £55,700 +7.63% 19
East Midlands +19 61 £56,250 +25.00% 12
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (24.22%) Azure
3 38 (23.60%) SQL
4 31 (19.25%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (18.63%) Agile
6 27 (16.77%) Analytics
6 27 (16.77%) AWS
7 26 (16.15%) Mentoring
8 23 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 22 (13.66%) Actionable Insight
9 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
11 20 (12.42%) AI
11 20 (12.42%) Data Analysis
11 20 (12.42%) Roadmaps
12 19 (11.80%) Data Analytics
12 19 (11.80%) Data Extraction
13 18 (11.18%) Python
13 18 (11.18%) Trend Analysis
14 17 (10.56%) Data Management
14 17 (10.56%) Data Transformation
14 17 (10.56%) Degree
14 17 (10.56%) GCP
14 17 (10.56%) JIRA
15 16 (9.94%) Strategic Thinking
16 14 (8.70%) ServiceNow
17 13 (8.07%) Adobe
17 13 (8.07%) AWS Certification
17 13 (8.07%) Business Analysis
17 13 (8.07%) Project Delivery

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 (5.59%) Confluence
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (7.45%) Cloudability
2 5 (3.11%) SAP Business One
3 4 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.22%) Azure
2 27 (16.77%) AWS
3 17 (10.56%) GCP
4 8 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.86%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.24%) Siteimprove
9 2 (1.24%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.62%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.62%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.21%) Firewall
2 3 (1.86%) VPN
3 1 (0.62%) Broadband
3 1 (0.62%) DHCP
3 1 (0.62%) DNS
3 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.62%) LAN
3 1 (0.62%) PBX
3 1 (0.62%) SMS
3 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.62%) VoIP
3 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (4.35%) Power BI
2 5 (3.11%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.86%) DTS
4 2 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.24%) GIS
4 2 (1.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (10.56%) JIRA
2 5 (3.11%) Git
3 4 (2.48%) Selenium
3 4 (2.48%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.86%) Postman
4 3 (1.86%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.24%) GitLab
5 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.24%) JMeter
5 2 (1.24%) TestRail
5 2 (1.24%) Toad
General
1 54 (33.54%) Finance
2 34 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (8.07%) Social Skills
5 9 (5.59%) Automotive
5 9 (5.59%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.73%) Retail
7 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.48%) Marketing
9 3 (1.86%) Law
9 3 (1.86%) Legal
9 3 (1.86%) Retail Finance
10 2 (1.24%) Advertising
10 2 (1.24%) Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) JSON
2 2 (1.24%) ADO
2 2 (1.24%) Gherkin
2 2 (1.24%) Playwright
2 2 (1.24%) SOAP
2 2 (1.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.59%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.97%) Smartphone
4 7 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.48%) PMI
6 3 (1.86%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.62%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.62%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.62%) iSeries
7 1 (0.62%) PKI
7 1 (0.62%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.62%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (19.25%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (18.63%) Agile
4 27 (16.77%) Analytics
5 26 (16.15%) Mentoring
6 23 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 22 (13.66%) Actionable Insight
7 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (12.42%) AI
8 20 (12.42%) Data Analysis
8 20 (12.42%) Roadmaps
9 19 (11.80%) Data Analytics
9 19 (11.80%) Data Extraction
10 18 (11.18%) Trend Analysis
11 17 (10.56%) Data Management
11 17 (10.56%) Data Transformation
12 16 (9.94%) Strategic Thinking
13 13 (8.07%) Business Analysis
13 13 (8.07%) Project Delivery
14 12 (7.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.60%) SQL
2 18 (11.18%) Python
3 2 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.24%) Java
4 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (10.56%) Degree
2 13 (8.07%) AWS Certification
3 12 (7.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 12 (7.45%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.45%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.59%) CISSP
5 7 (4.35%) CISA
5 7 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (4.35%) SSCP
6 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.11%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.48%) CBAP
8 3 (1.86%) IIBA
9 2 (1.24%) CISM
9 2 (1.24%) HNC
9 2 (1.24%) HND
9 2 (1.24%) ISEB
9 2 (1.24%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.62%) PMP
10 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) NIST
1 8 (4.97%) QA
2 5 (3.11%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.11%) PMO
3 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.24%) GDPR
4 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.24%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.62%) COBIT
5 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.62%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.24%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 13 (8.07%) Adobe
4 12 (7.45%) Apple
5 10 (6.21%) HP
6 8 (4.97%) Aruba
6 8 (4.97%) SAP
7 7 (4.35%) Google
8 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.24%) Oracle
8 2 (1.24%) Pega
9 1 (0.62%) Citrix
9 1 (0.62%) Duck Creek
9 1 (0.62%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.62%) IBM
9 1 (0.62%) Kaseya