Data Analysis Expressions Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 157 239
Rank change year-on-year +1 +82 -40
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 39 11 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.49% 0.33% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.99% 1.36% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 37 11 12
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,375 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £48,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.68% -18.95%
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,375 £41,625
90th Percentile £66,500 £65,000 £51,450
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 977 808 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.20% 23.95% 23.51%
Number of salaries quoted 731 638 1,519
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the West Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Staffordshire +15 16 £40,000 -5.88%
Birmingham -9 9 £57,500 +2.22% 3
Walsall +7 8 £37,500 -12.79%
Shropshire - 3 £51,356 - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 £60,000 -
Herefordshire - 1 £72,500 -
Data Analysis Expressions
England

Data Analysis Expressions
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 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 5 (12.82%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (10.26%) Power Automate
4 4 (10.26%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.26%) Smartsheet
5 3 (7.69%) Google Ads
5 3 (7.69%) Meta Ads
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (5.13%) SaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.56%) Fivetran
7 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (100.00%) Power BI
2 22 (56.41%) Power Query
3 12 (30.77%) Star Schema
4 7 (17.95%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (12.82%) Tableau
6 3 (7.69%) Delta Lake
6 3 (7.69%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (5.13%) QlikView
8 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
8 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 7 (17.95%) Finance
5 4 (10.26%) Law
5 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.69%) Fire and Rescue
6 3 (7.69%) Marketing
6 3 (7.69%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Publishing
7 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Data Analyst
5 6 (15.38%) Power BI Developer
6 5 (12.82%) Junior
7 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 4 (10.26%) Data Scientist
8 3 (7.69%) Business Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 3 (7.69%) Data Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (7.69%) Junior Data Analyst
8 3 (7.69%) Junior Data Scientist
8 3 (7.69%) Lead
8 3 (7.69%) Team Leader
9 2 (5.13%) Junior Business Intelligence Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Junior Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) PySpark
1 3 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.13%) FMCG
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (71.79%) Analytics
3 19 (48.72%) Data Modelling
4 18 (46.15%) Decision-Making
5 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (28.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (23.08%) Data Engineering
8 9 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (23.08%) Visualisation
9 8 (20.51%) Dashboard Development
9 8 (20.51%) Data Analysis
9 8 (20.51%) Demand Forecasting
10 7 (17.95%) AI
10 7 (17.95%) Analytical Modelling
10 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (17.95%) Data Governance
10 7 (17.95%) Logistics
11 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 29 (74.36%) SQL
2 13 (33.33%) Python
3 7 (17.95%) T-SQL
4 4 (10.26%) R
5 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) CITP
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (2.56%) Databricks
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle