Analytical Mindset Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analytical Mindset
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Mindset in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Mindset over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 183 142
Rank change year-on-year +27 -41 +119
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Mindset 22 16 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.42% 0.39% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 1.05% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 20 6 31
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,625 £34,063 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% +45.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,313 £55,625
90th Percentile £84,875 £56,875 £60,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +1.01%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Analytical Mindset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,950 1,525 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.89% 36.82% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 678 612 1,098
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £27,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,004 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Analytical Mindset
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Mindset relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Analytical Mindset job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Analytical Mindset
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Analytical Mindset.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Analytical Mindset

Analytical Mindset
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Mindset in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Mindset in the West Midlands

Analytical Mindset
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 Analytical Mindset within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +27 9 £55,000 +48.65% 3
Warwickshire +33 6 £31,000 - 5
Coventry - 2 £46,250 - 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £90,000 -
Wolverhampton -8 1 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Analytical Mindset
England

Analytical Mindset
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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.55%) Figma
5 1 (4.55%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Bluetooth
1 1 (4.55%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Power BI
2 4 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (9.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.55%) Looker
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle Database
5 1 (4.55%) Power Query
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Balsamiq
1 1 (4.55%) JMeter
1 1 (4.55%) Selenium
1 1 (4.55%) WebDriver
General
1 22 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Manufacturing
4 8 (36.36%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Billing
5 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Support Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Technical Support
1 5 (22.73%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Credit Risk Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Insight Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Monitoring Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Risk Manager
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) EDI
2 1 (4.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.55%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (40.91%) Decision-Making
3 8 (36.36%) Analytics
4 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
6 5 (22.73%) Mathematics
7 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (18.18%) Budgeting
7 4 (18.18%) Data Analytics
7 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
8 3 (13.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 3 (13.64%) DevOps
8 3 (13.64%) ERP
8 3 (13.64%) Logistics
8 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) User Experience
9 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 2 (9.09%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) R
4 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) ACCA
2 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.55%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) IFS
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow