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 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 169 149
Rank change year-on-year -22 -20 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 32 121 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.57% 1.21% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.27% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 26 52 75
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,600 £38,245
25th Percentile £42,924 £37,375 £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 £57,425 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,175 £62,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.30% +2.19%

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 5,149 9,505 5,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.80% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 5,373 4,059
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,119 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +2 18 £52,500 +5.00% 18
East Midlands -14 13 £45,000 -10.00% 12
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
2 10 (31.25%) ITIL
2 10 (31.25%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (28.13%) Project Management
3 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (25.00%) Firewall
4 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (25.00%) SQL
5 6 (18.75%) Azure
6 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (15.63%) JIRA
6 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (15.63%) Power BI
6 5 (15.63%) DevOps
6 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
7 4 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
7 4 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Change Control
7 4 (12.50%) Service Management
7 4 (12.50%) ITSM
7 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Appian
1 1 (3.13%) CMS
1 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (9.38%) AWS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) GCP
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) DHCP
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) SAN
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) VoIP
3 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Power BI
2 2 (6.25%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.25%) Tableau
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.13%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Selenium
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.38%) Local Government
4 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Advertising
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Playwright
1 2 (6.25%) REST
1 2 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (3.13%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Mashup
3 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) AIX
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Unix
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
1 10 (31.25%) Agile
1 10 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (31.25%) ITIL
2 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Project Management
3 8 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.63%) DevOps
4 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) Change Control
5 4 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) ITSM
5 4 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Service Management
5 4 (12.50%) System Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
1 4 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 4 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.13%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.13%) AAT
4 1 (3.13%) ACCA
4 1 (3.13%) CEH
4 1 (3.13%) CIMA
4 1 (3.13%) CISSP
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.13%) CSPO
4 1 (3.13%) GIAC
4 1 (3.13%) MCSA
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.13%) SANS
4 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) PMO
3 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Civica
2 2 (6.25%) Databricks
2 2 (6.25%) HP
2 2 (6.25%) Northgate
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.13%) Aruba
3 1 (3.13%) Avaya
3 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Mitel
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Sophos
3 1 (3.13%) VMware