Analyst Jobs in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 508 1,568 1,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.00% 9.40% 12.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.98% 10.01% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 320 961 1,029
10th Percentile £29,675 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £62,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 7,275 15,664 13,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.95% 93.87% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,427 11,342 8,523
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley -21 190 £47,500 +18.75% 110
Hampshire +1 122 £45,000 +15.38% 89
Buckinghamshire 0 116 £50,967 +19.92% 39
Surrey -11 81 £42,500 +6.25% 28
Kent -6 65 £37,500 +17.19% 36
Berkshire -41 46 £37,500 -1.32% 53
Oxfordshire -26 28 £47,500 +18.75% 34
Middlesex -14 24 - - 3
West Sussex +5 13 £41,057 -5.07% 14
East Sussex +14 8 £47,500 -9.52% 17
Sussex +15 4 - - 20
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 252 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 149 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
3 141 (27.76%) Finance
4 136 (26.77%) Microsoft
5 102 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (15.75%) SQL
7 79 (15.55%) Degree
8 76 (14.96%) ERP
9 74 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
10 72 (14.17%) Power Platform
11 70 (13.78%) Power BI
12 63 (12.40%) Microsoft Excel
13 61 (12.01%) Windows
14 57 (11.22%) Change Management
14 57 (11.22%) Customer Service
15 56 (11.02%) Agile
15 56 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
16 55 (10.83%) ITIL
17 54 (10.63%) Azure
17 54 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
18 53 (10.43%) Data Analysis
19 52 (10.24%) Python
19 52 (10.24%) Analytics
20 49 (9.65%) Business Analysis
21 48 (9.45%) Security Cleared
21 48 (9.45%) Information Security
22 47 (9.25%) Project Management
23 44 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 43 (8.46%) Strategic Thinking

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (5.91%) IBM Domino
2 15 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.18%) Apache
4 6 (1.18%) IIS
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.39%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (12.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Notion
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (3.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (3.15%) SAP FI
2 14 (2.76%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.18%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (1.18%) ResourceLink
5 5 (0.98%) Endur
6 4 (0.79%) Maximo
7 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.39%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.20%) assyst
9 1 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.17%) Power Platform
2 55 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (10.63%) Azure
4 29 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (5.31%) SaaS
6 8 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (1.57%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.18%) AWS
7 6 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (1.18%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.79%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.79%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.59%) PaaS
10 2 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.39%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.39%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.39%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.07%) Firewall
2 14 (2.76%) DNS
2 14 (2.76%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.77%) VoIP
3 9 (1.77%) VPN
4 6 (1.18%) Network Security
5 4 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (0.79%) DHCP
5 4 (0.79%) VLAN
5 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.59%) Internet
6 3 (0.59%) Intranet
7 2 (0.39%) SSL
8 1 (0.20%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.20%) IPsec
8 1 (0.20%) MPLS
8 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.20%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.20%) Wireless
8 1 (0.20%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (13.78%) Power BI
2 13 (2.56%) Big Data
3 11 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.97%) Tableau
5 9 (1.77%) Data Mining
5 9 (1.77%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.79%) MySQL
10 3 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle ODI
12 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.20%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (2.36%) JIRA
2 6 (1.18%) Selenium
3 4 (0.79%) Appium
3 4 (0.79%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.20%) JMeter
4 1 (0.20%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.20%) Redmine
4 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 252 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 141 (27.76%) Finance
3 102 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.68%) Law
5 35 (6.89%) Telecoms
6 33 (6.50%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.72%) Legal
9 23 (4.53%) Retail
10 17 (3.35%) Banking
10 17 (3.35%) Public Sector
11 16 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.56%) Marketing
13 12 (2.36%) General Ledger
14 10 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.77%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.77%) Billing
15 9 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.38%) Back Office
17 6 (1.18%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.97%) Pandas
2 6 (1.18%) Gherkin
3 5 (0.98%) .NET
4 4 (0.79%) PySpark
4 4 (0.79%) XML
5 3 (0.59%) JSON
6 2 (0.39%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.39%) EDI
6 2 (0.39%) OAuth
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.39%) RESTful
6 2 (0.39%) Swagger
6 2 (0.39%) Web Services
7 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.20%) EDIFACT
7 1 (0.20%) LAMP
7 1 (0.20%) Middleware
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.92%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.94%) Security Posture
3 15 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (1.97%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.57%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (0.98%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.79%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.79%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.79%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.59%) CCTV
9 3 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.59%) NHS
9 3 (0.59%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.01%) Windows
2 23 (4.53%) Windows 10
3 13 (2.56%) Linux
3 13 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.57%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.18%) Unix
6 4 (0.79%) Android
6 4 (0.79%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (14.96%) ERP
3 74 (14.57%) Business Intelligence
4 57 (11.22%) Change Management
4 57 (11.22%) Customer Service
5 56 (11.02%) Agile
5 56 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (10.83%) ITIL
7 54 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (10.43%) Data Analysis
9 52 (10.24%) Analytics
10 49 (9.65%) Business Analysis
11 48 (9.45%) Information Security
12 47 (9.25%) Project Management
13 44 (8.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 43 (8.46%) Strategic Thinking
15 41 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 39 (7.68%) Decision-Making
17 36 (7.09%) Use Case
18 35 (6.89%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 80 (15.75%) SQL
2 52 (10.24%) Python
3 21 (4.13%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.95%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.56%) R
6 12 (2.36%) C#
7 11 (2.17%) Bash
8 8 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.38%) Java
10 6 (1.18%) Perl
10 6 (1.18%) VBA
11 5 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.59%) PHP
14 2 (0.39%) Go
14 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.20%) Pascal
15 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (15.55%) Degree
2 48 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.51%) CBAP
5 27 (5.31%) ISTQB
6 22 (4.33%) DBS Check
7 18 (3.54%) ACCA
8 16 (3.15%) CIMA
9 14 (2.76%) CISSP
10 11 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
10 11 (2.17%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.97%) CISM
12 9 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.38%) CRISC
14 7 (1.38%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.98%) CEH
16 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.92%) QA
2 23 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.15%) SLA
4 13 (2.56%) GRC
5 12 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.36%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.77%) GDPR
8 7 (1.38%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.98%) NIST
10 4 (0.79%) PMO
11 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.39%) NCSC
13 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.20%) COBIT
System Software
1 40 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.98%) SCCM
1 5 (0.98%) ZABBIX
2 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.59%) Graylog
4 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.39%) Nessus
5 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.20%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.20%) QRadar
5 1 (0.20%) SCSM
Vendors
1 136 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.68%) SAP
3 20 (3.94%) Oracle
4 16 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.17%) VMware
6 9 (1.77%) Cisco
7 8 (1.57%) Splunk
8 7 (1.38%) Databricks
9 6 (1.18%) Anaplan
9 6 (1.18%) BT
10 5 (0.98%) Apple
10 5 (0.98%) Google
10 5 (0.98%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.79%) Aruba
11 4 (0.79%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.79%) MobileIron
11 4 (0.79%) Progress
11 4 (0.79%) Riverbed
11 4 (0.79%) Sage
11 4 (0.79%) Veeam