Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst salary in the South East is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 30 14
Rank change year-on-year +24 -16 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,342 511 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 9.34% 6.62% 9.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.83% 7.83% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 626 319 952
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.19%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,813
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 13,648 6,523 15,383
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 84.47% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,315 3,593 11,238
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 15 May 2026.

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 15 May 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
Thames Valley +41 518 £40,000 -15.79% 93
Hampshire +16 295 £35,500 -19.32% 57
Buckinghamshire +17 244 £40,000 -21.52% 30
Kent +6 212 £35,000 -6.67% 13
Berkshire +57 194 £45,000 +20.00% 46
Surrey +10 167 £42,500 +1.80% 37
Oxfordshire +35 80 £30,000 -36.84% 18
East Sussex +29 73 £47,500 - 2
West Sussex +19 72 £50,000 +31.49% 12
Sussex -13 3 - - 1
Home Counties - 2 £80,000 -
Middlesex +24 1 £45,000 - 16
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 613 (45.68%) Microsoft
2 498 (37.11%) Azure
3 420 (31.30%) Azure Certification
4 369 (27.50%) SQL
5 338 (25.19%) Microsoft Excel
6 329 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
7 319 (23.77%) Power Platform
8 304 (22.65%) Power BI
9 274 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
10 273 (20.34%) Python
11 246 (18.33%) Mentoring
12 240 (17.88%) Tableau
13 227 (16.92%) AI
14 219 (16.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 214 (15.95%) CompTIA CySA+
16 210 (15.65%) Azure AI
16 210 (15.65%) ForeScout
17 162 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
18 131 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 117 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
20 115 (8.57%) Windows
21 106 (7.90%) Degree
22 99 (7.38%) Customer Service
23 96 (7.15%) Decision-Making
24 85 (6.33%) ERP
25 78 (5.81%) Agile
26 75 (5.59%) Data Analysis
27 72 (5.37%) Active Directory
28 69 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
29 65 (4.84%) ACCA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.89%) IIS
4 8 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.22%) Confluence
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 338 (25.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.30%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (0.30%) JDE World
4 4 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.075%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.075%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 498 (37.11%) Azure
2 319 (23.77%) Power Platform
3 210 (15.65%) Azure AI
4 117 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (2.16%) AWS
6 29 (2.16%) SaaS
7 19 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.04%) PowerApps
9 12 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (0.89%) GCP
10 8 (0.60%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.45%) ClickUp
12 4 (0.30%) BigCommerce
12 4 (0.30%) Cloudflare
12 4 (0.30%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.30%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.30%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.31%) DNS
2 28 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.86%) Firewall
4 17 (1.27%) VPN
5 12 (0.89%) DHCP
5 12 (0.89%) LAN
5 12 (0.89%) WAN
6 10 (0.75%) HTTP
7 8 (0.60%) Network Security
8 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.45%) SSL
9 6 (0.45%) VoIP
9 6 (0.45%) Wireless
10 5 (0.37%) Intranet
11 4 (0.30%) Internet
11 4 (0.30%) VLAN
12 3 (0.22%) FTP
12 3 (0.22%) SMTP
13 2 (0.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 304 (22.65%) Power BI
2 240 (17.88%) Tableau
3 23 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 13 (0.97%) Power Query
6 11 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.67%) Data Mining
7 9 (0.67%) GIS
7 9 (0.67%) MySQL
7 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.37%) Big Data
9 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.15%) Impala
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.15%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 50 (3.73%) JIRA
2 13 (0.97%) Postman
2 13 (0.97%) SoapUI
2 13 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (0.89%) Selenium
4 11 (0.82%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.22%) Git
6 2 (0.15%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.075%) GitLab
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.075%) Zephyr
General
1 669 (49.85%) Social Skills
2 235 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
3 216 (16.10%) Finance
4 43 (3.20%) Legal
5 37 (2.76%) Manufacturing
6 30 (2.24%) Retail
7 27 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 22 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (1.56%) Law
11 14 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (0.89%) Banking
13 11 (0.82%) Public Sector
14 10 (0.75%) Marketing
15 9 (0.67%) French Language
16 8 (0.60%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.45%) Advertising
17 6 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.37%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.42%) .NET
1 19 (1.42%) HTML
2 14 (1.04%) SOAP
3 9 (0.67%) JSON
3 9 (0.67%) Middleware
3 9 (0.67%) XML
4 6 (0.45%) CSS
4 6 (0.45%) Gherkin
4 6 (0.45%) REST
5 4 (0.30%) Kafka
6 3 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.22%) LDAP
7 2 (0.15%) EDI
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.15%) Playwright
7 2 (0.15%) PySpark
8 1 (0.075%) OAuth
8 1 (0.075%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.075%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.075%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (1.49%) Onboarding
3 18 (1.34%) Management Information System
4 17 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.19%) EPoS
6 15 (1.12%) Driving Licence
7 14 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (1.04%) Data Structures
8 13 (0.97%) NHS
8 13 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (0.89%) Client/Server
10 10 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (0.67%) FMCG
12 7 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.45%) IoT
13 6 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.37%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.37%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.30%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 115 (8.57%) Windows
2 26 (1.94%) Android
3 20 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.19%) Linux
4 16 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.075%) Unix
5 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
2 274 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
3 246 (18.33%) Mentoring
4 227 (16.92%) AI
5 162 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
6 131 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 99 (7.38%) Customer Service
8 96 (7.15%) Decision-Making
9 85 (6.33%) ERP
10 78 (5.81%) Agile
11 75 (5.59%) Data Analysis
12 63 (4.69%) Process Improvement
13 59 (4.40%) ITSM
14 58 (4.32%) Analytics
15 52 (3.87%) Change Management
16 50 (3.73%) ITIL
17 47 (3.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
18 43 (3.20%) Project Management
19 42 (3.13%) Logistics
20 41 (3.06%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 369 (27.50%) SQL
2 273 (20.34%) Python
3 21 (1.56%) C#
3 21 (1.56%) PowerShell
3 21 (1.56%) VBA
4 16 (1.19%) Java
5 12 (0.89%) T-SQL
6 9 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.22%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.15%) Go
11 1 (0.075%) Bash
11 1 (0.075%) C++
11 1 (0.075%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.075%) Perl
11 1 (0.075%) R
Qualifications
1 420 (31.30%) Azure Certification
2 219 (16.32%) CompTIA Security+
3 214 (15.95%) CompTIA CySA+
4 106 (7.90%) Degree
5 65 (4.84%) ACCA
5 65 (4.84%) CIMA
6 44 (3.28%) Security Cleared
7 39 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.61%) SC Cleared
9 16 (1.19%) A+ Certification
10 14 (1.04%) AAT
11 13 (0.97%) MCSE
12 12 (0.89%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 10 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.60%) DBS Check
17 7 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (2.98%) Data Quality
2 39 (2.91%) SLA
3 33 (2.46%) QA
4 22 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.60%) GDPR
6 5 (0.37%) NIST
6 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.37%) PMO
7 4 (0.30%) GRC
8 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.075%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.075%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.075%) NCSC
10 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.37%) XenApp
5 4 (0.30%) Docker
5 4 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (0.82%) SCCM
2 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.67%) Kibana
4 8 (0.60%) QRadar
5 4 (0.30%) Graylog
6 1 (0.075%) Grafana
6 1 (0.075%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 613 (45.68%) Microsoft
2 210 (15.65%) ForeScout
3 51 (3.80%) SAP
4 32 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.09%) Oracle
6 22 (1.64%) Google
7 19 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.04%) Palo Alto
9 12 (0.89%) MuleSoft
9 12 (0.89%) Splunk
10 11 (0.82%) IFS
11 10 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.75%) VMware
12 9 (0.67%) Alteryx
12 9 (0.67%) Citrix
12 9 (0.67%) Hyperion
13 8 (0.60%) Qualys
14 7 (0.52%) CA Agile Central
15 6 (0.45%) TP-LINK
15 6 (0.45%) Ubiquiti