Analyst Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 753 290 819
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 8.95% 9.03% 11.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.72% 10.07% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 388 224 540
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,746 2,879 6,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 89.60% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,012 1,807 5,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +7 275 £45,000 -5.26% 46
Staffordshire +8 96 £37,000 +18.40% 15
Warwickshire +6 66 £42,500 +32.81% 32
Coventry +14 63 £43,750 +62.04% 5
Shropshire -3 62 £50,000 +33.33% 3
Wolverhampton +9 48 £69,000 +51.65% 3
Herefordshire +5 43 £28,000 -54.10% 3
Worcestershire -3 32 £35,000 -21.89% 5
Solihull -3 9 £45,000 -18.18% 9
Walsall +5 7 £37,500 -21.05% 2
West Bromwich - 2 £40,000 - 1
Dudley -5 1 £40,000 +33.33% 3
Halesowen - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2026, 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 West Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 334 (44.36%) Microsoft
2 278 (36.92%) Azure
3 212 (28.15%) Azure Certification
4 177 (23.51%) SQL
5 170 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
6 163 (21.65%) Microsoft Excel
7 153 (20.32%) Business Intelligence
8 151 (20.05%) Power Platform
9 150 (19.92%) Power BI
10 147 (19.52%) Mentoring
11 140 (18.59%) AI
12 132 (17.53%) Python
13 129 (17.13%) Tableau
14 121 (16.07%) CompTIA Security+
15 107 (14.21%) CompTIA CySA+
16 105 (13.94%) Azure AI
16 105 (13.94%) ForeScout
17 87 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
18 73 (9.69%) Agile
19 57 (7.57%) Business Analysis
20 55 (7.30%) Degree
20 55 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
21 54 (7.17%) Analytics
22 53 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
22 53 (7.04%) Windows
23 51 (6.77%) ITIL
24 42 (5.58%) Active Directory
24 42 (5.58%) ERP
25 38 (5.05%) AWS
25 38 (5.05%) Data Analysis

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 18 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.20%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 163 (21.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.40%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Cloudability
2 10 (1.33%) SAP CO
2 10 (1.33%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (1.06%) SAP Payroll
4 6 (0.80%) SAP HR
5 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.53%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.53%) Visualfiles
7 3 (0.40%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 278 (36.92%) Azure
2 151 (20.05%) Power Platform
3 105 (13.94%) Azure AI
4 55 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (5.05%) AWS
6 20 (2.66%) Entra ID
6 20 (2.66%) GCP
7 12 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.06%) SaaS
9 7 (0.93%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.93%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.66%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.53%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.40%) Siteimprove
13 3 (0.40%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.27%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.26%) DHCP
1 17 (2.26%) DNS
2 9 (1.20%) VPN
3 8 (1.06%) Firewall
4 5 (0.66%) Skype
4 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.66%) VoIP
5 4 (0.53%) RFID
6 3 (0.40%) FTP
6 3 (0.40%) LAN
6 3 (0.40%) WAN
7 2 (0.27%) Broadband
7 2 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.27%) PBX
7 2 (0.27%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.27%) Wireless
8 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (19.92%) Power BI
2 129 (17.13%) Tableau
3 12 (1.59%) Data Mining
4 10 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.20%) Power Query
6 7 (0.93%) Looker
7 6 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.40%) MySQL
9 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (3.05%) JIRA
2 4 (0.53%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.40%) Postman
3 3 (0.40%) Selenium
3 3 (0.40%) TestRail
3 3 (0.40%) Toad
3 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 334 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 101 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (12.88%) Finance
4 44 (5.84%) Retail
5 41 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.18%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.32%) Legal
8 19 (2.52%) Law
9 17 (2.26%) Marketing
10 9 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.93%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.40%) Retail Finance
12 3 (0.40%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.27%) Banking
13 2 (0.27%) Games
13 2 (0.27%) Swedish Language
14 1 (0.13%) Advertising
14 1 (0.13%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.40%) CSS
1 3 (0.40%) HTML
1 3 (0.40%) JSON
1 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.13%) ADO
2 1 (0.13%) Middleware
2 1 (0.13%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (3.32%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.66%) Management Information System
3 14 (1.86%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.33%) Operational Technology
5 9 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 7 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 6 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (0.66%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.66%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.53%) Social Media
11 3 (0.40%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.40%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.40%) FMCG
11 3 (0.40%) iSeries
12 2 (0.27%) CMDB
12 2 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.04%) Windows
2 23 (3.05%) Windows 10
3 21 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.93%) Linux
5 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
2 153 (20.32%) Business Intelligence
3 147 (19.52%) Mentoring
4 140 (18.59%) AI
5 87 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (9.69%) Agile
7 57 (7.57%) Business Analysis
8 54 (7.17%) Analytics
9 53 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (6.77%) ITIL
11 42 (5.58%) ERP
12 38 (5.05%) Data Analysis
13 37 (4.91%) Decision-Making
14 31 (4.12%) Information Security
15 28 (3.72%) Project Management
16 27 (3.59%) Actionable Insight
16 27 (3.59%) Logistics
17 25 (3.32%) Process Improvement
18 24 (3.19%) Coaching
18 24 (3.19%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 177 (23.51%) SQL
2 132 (17.53%) Python
3 11 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 7 (0.93%) VBA
5 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.40%) PHP
6 3 (0.40%) R
7 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 212 (28.15%) Azure Certification
2 121 (16.07%) CompTIA Security+
3 107 (14.21%) CompTIA CySA+
4 55 (7.30%) Degree
5 36 (4.78%) Security Cleared
6 32 (4.25%) SC Cleared
7 22 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.33%) CISSP
11 7 (0.93%) CISA
11 7 (0.93%) MCSA
11 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 7 (0.93%) SSCP
12 4 (0.53%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.53%) HNC
12 4 (0.53%) IIBA
12 4 (0.53%) MCSE
13 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.39%) QA
2 16 (2.12%) GDPR
2 16 (2.12%) NIST
3 15 (1.99%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.99%) PMO
4 12 (1.59%) SLA
5 10 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.66%) GRC
9 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.40%) vSphere
4 2 (0.27%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.06%) SCCM
3 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 334 (44.36%) Microsoft
2 105 (13.94%) ForeScout
3 30 (3.98%) SAP
4 25 (3.32%) Apple
5 24 (3.19%) Adobe
5 24 (3.19%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.52%) Oracle
7 15 (1.99%) VMware
8 11 (1.46%) Google
9 9 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.06%) HP
11 6 (0.80%) Citrix
11 6 (0.80%) Veeam
12 5 (0.66%) Aruba
12 5 (0.66%) Dell
12 5 (0.66%) IBM
12 5 (0.66%) McAfee
12 5 (0.66%) Meraki
12 5 (0.66%) Sophos
13 4 (0.53%) Epicor