Senior Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Senior Analyst salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 195 174
Rank change year-on-year +87 -21 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 163 40 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.13% 0.70% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.76% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 96 32 49
10th Percentile £43,497 £35,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -10.19% +2.86%
75th Percentile £61,405 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £73,000
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 13,538 5,240 10,161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 91.18% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,453 3,370 6,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,011
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 12 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 12 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 +54 102 £52,500 +1.45% 25
East Midlands +24 61 £56,250 +25.00% 9
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 (24.54%) Azure
1 40 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (23.31%) SQL
3 32 (19.63%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (19.02%) Agile
5 28 (17.18%) AWS
6 27 (16.56%) Analytics
7 26 (15.95%) Mentoring
8 23 (14.11%) Decision-Making
9 22 (13.50%) Actionable Insight
9 22 (13.50%) Microsoft
9 22 (13.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (12.88%) Roadmaps
11 20 (12.27%) AI
11 20 (12.27%) Data Analysis
12 19 (11.66%) Data Analytics
12 19 (11.66%) Data Extraction
13 18 (11.04%) Data Transformation
13 18 (11.04%) Python
13 18 (11.04%) Trend Analysis
14 17 (10.43%) Data Management
14 17 (10.43%) Degree
14 17 (10.43%) GCP
14 17 (10.43%) JIRA
15 16 (9.82%) Strategic Thinking
16 14 (8.59%) Project Delivery
16 14 (8.59%) SC Cleared
16 14 (8.59%) Security Cleared
16 14 (8.59%) ServiceNow
17 13 (7.98%) Adobe

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 (5.52%) Confluence
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (7.36%) Cloudability
2 5 (3.07%) SAP Business One
3 4 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.54%) Azure
2 28 (17.18%) AWS
3 17 (10.43%) GCP
4 8 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.23%) Siteimprove
9 2 (1.23%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.61%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.61%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.13%) Firewall
2 3 (1.84%) VPN
3 2 (1.23%) DHCP
3 2 (1.23%) DNS
4 1 (0.61%) Broadband
4 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.61%) LAN
4 1 (0.61%) PBX
4 1 (0.61%) SMS
4 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.61%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.61%) VoIP
4 1 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (4.29%) Power BI
2 5 (3.07%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.84%) DTS
4 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.23%) GIS
4 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (10.43%) JIRA
2 5 (3.07%) Git
3 4 (2.45%) Selenium
3 4 (2.45%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.84%) Postman
4 3 (1.84%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.23%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.23%) GitLab
5 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.23%) JMeter
5 2 (1.23%) TestRail
5 2 (1.23%) Toad
General
1 54 (33.13%) Finance
2 35 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (7.98%) Social Skills
5 9 (5.52%) Automotive
5 9 (5.52%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.68%) Retail
7 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.45%) Marketing
9 3 (1.84%) Law
9 3 (1.84%) Legal
9 3 (1.84%) Retail Finance
10 2 (1.23%) Advertising
10 2 (1.23%) Banking
11 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) JSON
2 2 (1.23%) ADO
2 2 (1.23%) Gherkin
2 2 (1.23%) Playwright
2 2 (1.23%) SOAP
2 2 (1.23%) XML
3 1 (0.61%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.13%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.52%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.91%) Smartphone
4 7 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (3.07%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.45%) PMI
7 3 (1.84%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.61%) iSeries
8 1 (0.61%) PKI
8 1 (0.61%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.84%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (19.63%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (19.02%) Agile
4 27 (16.56%) Analytics
5 26 (15.95%) Mentoring
6 23 (14.11%) Decision-Making
7 22 (13.50%) Actionable Insight
7 22 (13.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (12.88%) Roadmaps
9 20 (12.27%) AI
9 20 (12.27%) Data Analysis
10 19 (11.66%) Data Analytics
10 19 (11.66%) Data Extraction
11 18 (11.04%) Data Transformation
11 18 (11.04%) Trend Analysis
12 17 (10.43%) Data Management
13 16 (9.82%) Strategic Thinking
14 14 (8.59%) Project Delivery
15 13 (7.98%) Business Analysis
16 12 (7.36%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.31%) SQL
2 18 (11.04%) Python
3 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.23%) Java
4 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (10.43%) Degree
2 14 (8.59%) SC Cleared
2 14 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.98%) AWS Certification
4 12 (7.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 9 (5.52%) CISSP
6 7 (4.29%) CISA
6 7 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (4.29%) SSCP
7 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.45%) CBAP
9 3 (1.84%) IIBA
10 2 (1.23%) CISM
10 2 (1.23%) HNC
10 2 (1.23%) HND
10 2 (1.23%) ISEB
10 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.61%) PMP
11 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) NIST
1 8 (4.91%) QA
2 6 (3.68%) PMO
3 5 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.23%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.61%) COBIT
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.23%) HP ALM
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.59%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.98%) Adobe
4 12 (7.36%) Apple
5 10 (6.13%) HP
6 9 (5.52%) SAP
7 8 (4.91%) Aruba
8 7 (4.29%) Google
9 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle
9 2 (1.23%) Pega
10 1 (0.61%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.61%) Citrix
10 1 (0.61%) Duck Creek
10 1 (0.61%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.61%) IBM
10 1 (0.61%) Kaseya
10 1 (0.61%) VMware