Data Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Data Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 186 130
Rank change year-on-year +20 -56 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 27 71 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.66% 0.91% 2.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.97% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 23 64 89
10th Percentile - £26,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,471 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,250 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% +3.29% +1.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £41,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £50,500
England median annual salary £45,750 £45,346 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.89% -4.53% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,723 7,339 5,520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.44% 90.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 5,465 3,256
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the West Midlands

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the West Midlands

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the West Midlands

Data 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 Data Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Warwickshire +16 14 £30,000 - 23
Birmingham +28 5 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Solihull +5 3 £50,000 +29.87% 1
Staffordshire +21 1 - - 33
Walsall +5 1 £47,500 +27.33%
Worcestershire +3 1 £47,500 +7.49% 15
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 - 1
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Data 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 West Midlands region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Power BI
3 11 (40.74%) Analytics
3 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
3 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 11 (40.74%) Data Analysis
4 9 (33.33%) Degree
4 9 (33.33%) Data Extraction
4 9 (33.33%) Data Analytics
5 8 (29.63%) Machine Learning
5 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
7 6 (22.22%) Physics
7 6 (22.22%) Chemistry
7 6 (22.22%) Biology
7 6 (22.22%) Psychology
7 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 6 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (22.22%) Google
7 6 (22.22%) Economics
7 6 (22.22%) Finance
7 6 (22.22%) C#
7 6 (22.22%) Culture Change
7 6 (22.22%) Data Quality
8 5 (18.52%) Tableau
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (14.81%) Migration
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Snowflake
3 2 (7.41%) Azure
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.70%) Matillion
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) Power BI
2 5 (18.52%) Tableau
3 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (11.11%) Metadata
4 3 (11.11%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (7.41%) Big Data
6 1 (3.70%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (3.70%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (3.70%) Looker
6 1 (3.70%) Power Query
6 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) RStudio
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Billing
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (40.74%) Analytics
2 11 (40.74%) Data Analysis
3 9 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 9 (33.33%) Data Extraction
4 8 (29.63%) Machine Learning
4 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
6 6 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (22.22%) Biology
6 6 (22.22%) Chemistry
6 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (22.22%) Culture Change
6 6 (22.22%) Economics
6 6 (22.22%) Physics
6 6 (22.22%) Psychology
7 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
7 4 (14.81%) Fintech
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 4 (14.81%) QA
3 3 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Google
2 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.70%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Tagetik