Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 831 868 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.69% 14.16% 13.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.32% 15.72% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 545 629 785
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -3.61% -2.35%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £57,500 £62,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +4.40% +1.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 7,338 5,520 7,135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 90.06% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,464 3,256 4,810
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Analyst 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 27 May 2024.

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 27 May 2024. 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 -19 185 £45,000 +5.88% 44
Staffordshire +7 157 £35,000 -6.67% 18
Warwickshire -3 91 £32,310 -19.22% 14
Worcestershire +1 80 £48,500 +21.25% 5
Solihull +1 46 £38,500 +10.00% 5
Coventry -6 36 £33,000 -13.16% 5
Shropshire +6 34 £32,500 -18.75% 3
Wolverhampton -1 18 £34,500 -25.81% 2
Walsall +20 17 £38,750 -20.51% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 13 £35,000 - 1
Dudley - 12 £25,000 - 2
Tipton -1 11 £25,000 -23.08% 1
Wednesbury - 7 £26,500 -
West Bromwich +3 6 £32,000 -37.95% 3
Halesowen - 6 - -
Brierley Hill - 6 £29,250 -
Smethwick - 5 £42,500 -
Bilston - 4 - -
Rowley Regis - 4 - -
Willenhall - 4 - -
Herefordshire -15 1 £35,000 -22.22%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 345 (41.52%) Social Skills
2 281 (33.81%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (31.77%) Analytical Skills
4 252 (30.32%) Degree
5 224 (26.96%) Microsoft
6 217 (26.11%) Customer Service
7 203 (24.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (21.30%) Microsoft Office
9 162 (19.49%) Finance
10 149 (17.93%) Mathematics
11 146 (17.57%) SQL
12 140 (16.85%) Organisational Skills
13 118 (14.20%) Influencing Skills
14 116 (13.96%) Power Platform
14 116 (13.96%) Customer Requirements
15 112 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
16 110 (13.24%) Power BI
17 108 (13.00%) Microsoft Excel
18 98 (11.79%) Analytics
19 94 (11.31%) Windows
20 92 (11.07%) Azure
21 89 (10.71%) Retail
22 85 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
23 83 (9.99%) Decision-Making
24 82 (9.87%) Business Analysis
25 81 (9.75%) ITIL
26 78 (9.39%) Agile
27 77 (9.27%) Active Directory
28 68 (8.18%) ERP
28 68 (8.18%) Data Analysis

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 25 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 25 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.96%) Confluence
3 5 (0.60%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.48%) SAS
5 3 (0.36%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) Moodle
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 177 (21.30%) Microsoft Office
2 108 (13.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.36%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.24%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.12%) Odoo
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 116 (13.96%) Power Platform
2 92 (11.07%) Azure
3 85 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.81%) SaaS
5 27 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.93%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.44%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.08%) GCP
11 8 (0.96%) Google Analytics
11 8 (0.96%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.72%) AWS
12 6 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
14 3 (0.36%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 61 (7.34%) LAN
2 49 (5.90%) WAN
3 40 (4.81%) WLAN
4 39 (4.69%) SD-WAN
5 32 (3.85%) Firewall
6 30 (3.61%) DNS
7 29 (3.49%) BGP
7 29 (3.49%) MPLS
7 29 (3.49%) OSPF
8 28 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (2.41%) DHCP
9 20 (2.41%) VoIP
10 17 (2.05%) TCP/IP
10 17 (2.05%) VPN
11 11 (1.32%) Network Security
12 9 (1.08%) Wireless
13 8 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (0.84%) EIGRP
14 7 (0.84%) HSRP
14 7 (0.84%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (13.24%) Power BI
2 45 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 34 (4.09%) Tableau
4 17 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.68%) Power Query
6 12 (1.44%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.72%) Looker
10 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.36%) MySQL
11 2 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.24%) GIS
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.13%) JIRA
2 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.24%) Android Studio
3 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.12%) NUnit
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 345 (41.52%) Social Skills
2 264 (31.77%) Analytical Skills
3 162 (19.49%) Finance
4 140 (16.85%) Organisational Skills
5 118 (14.20%) Influencing Skills
6 89 (10.71%) Retail
7 44 (5.29%) Manufacturing
8 40 (4.81%) Legal
9 39 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.53%) Banking
11 18 (2.17%) Law
12 17 (2.05%) Games
12 17 (2.05%) Marketing
13 15 (1.81%) Local Government
14 13 (1.56%) Back Office
15 12 (1.44%) Police
16 11 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.20%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.93%) .NET
2 12 (1.44%) EDI
3 8 (0.96%) cXML
3 8 (0.96%) EDIFACT
4 6 (0.72%) HTML
5 4 (0.48%) REST
5 4 (0.48%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (0.24%) JSON
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.12%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.12%) ADO
7 1 (0.12%) CSS
7 1 (0.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.49%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (1.81%) Onboarding
3 15 (1.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 12 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (1.44%) FMCG
4 12 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (1.44%) Smartcard
5 10 (1.20%) Fat Client
5 10 (1.20%) Thin Client
6 9 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 8 (0.96%) TRADACOMS
8 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
9 6 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.60%) EPoS
11 4 (0.48%) Clustering
11 4 (0.48%) PMI
11 4 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (11.31%) Windows
2 46 (5.54%) Windows 10
3 43 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.89%) Linux
5 20 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.56%) Windows 8
9 12 (1.44%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.60%) SUSE
11 5 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.36%) Android
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (33.81%) Problem-Solving
2 217 (26.11%) Customer Service
3 203 (24.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 149 (17.93%) Mathematics
5 116 (13.96%) Customer Requirements
6 112 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
7 98 (11.79%) Analytics
8 83 (9.99%) Decision-Making
9 82 (9.87%) Business Analysis
10 81 (9.75%) ITIL
11 78 (9.39%) Agile
12 68 (8.18%) Data Analysis
12 68 (8.18%) ERP
13 60 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
14 58 (6.98%) Visualisation
15 56 (6.74%) Actionable Insight
16 50 (6.02%) CRM
17 44 (5.29%) Process Improvement
18 43 (5.17%) Asset Management
19 42 (5.05%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (17.57%) SQL
2 49 (5.90%) Python
3 21 (2.53%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.96%) ActionScript
5 8 (0.96%) ActionScript 2.0
6 7 (0.84%) C#
7 6 (0.72%) R
8 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.48%) PHP
10 3 (0.36%) Java
10 3 (0.36%) VBA
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) Perl
12 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 252 (30.32%) Degree
2 33 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (3.49%) CCDP
3 29 (3.49%) CCIE
3 29 (3.49%) CCNP
4 26 (3.13%) CCNA
5 22 (2.65%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.96%) MCP
10 7 (0.84%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 6 (0.72%) ACCA
11 6 (0.72%) CIMA
11 6 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.60%) CISM
12 5 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.48%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.21%) GDPR
2 33 (3.97%) SLA
3 28 (3.37%) QA
4 20 (2.41%) ISO 9001
5 19 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 18 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.32%) NIST
8 8 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.72%) GRC
10 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.36%) PMO
13 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (9.27%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.84%) Firmware
5 5 (0.60%) RACF
6 4 (0.48%) XenApp
6 4 (0.48%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (1.81%) EnCase
2 14 (1.68%) SCCM
3 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (0.36%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.36%) Terraform
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 224 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.41%) Databricks
3 19 (2.29%) Sage
4 17 (2.05%) Apple
4 17 (2.05%) VMware
5 16 (1.93%) Cisco
6 14 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.56%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.20%) Google
8 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.08%) Cellebrite
9 9 (1.08%) SAP
10 8 (0.96%) Citrix
11 7 (0.84%) Adobe
11 7 (0.84%) Ekahau
12 6 (0.72%) Oracle
13 5 (0.60%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.60%) IBM
14 4 (0.48%) Meraki
14 4 (0.48%) YouTube