Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst salary in the South East is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 28 13
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,031 644 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 9.93% 7.17% 11.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.80% 7.87% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 523 297 632
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £25,050
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.65% +1.18%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,350 £64,875
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +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 9,545 8,181 8,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 91.12% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,970 4,303 6,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +23 476 £35,000 -26.32% 84
Berkshire +23 246 £33,500 -16.25% 38
Hampshire +17 209 £34,500 -25.81% 51
Buckinghamshire +8 173 £40,000 -12.57% 29
Kent +11 147 £37,500 -16.67% 29
Surrey +15 116 £42,500 +6.25% 30
Oxfordshire +41 57 £34,500 -32.68% 18
West Sussex +9 39 £57,500 +35.29% 11
East Sussex +24 28 £42,500 -17.07% 7
Middlesex +6 16 £37,500 - 4
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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.

1 365 (35.40%) Microsoft
2 289 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 205 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 205 (19.88%) Power Platform
4 204 (19.79%) SQL
5 200 (19.40%) Azure
6 187 (18.14%) Business Intelligence
7 186 (18.04%) Degree
8 178 (17.26%) Power BI
9 175 (16.97%) SAP
10 158 (15.32%) Microsoft Office
11 146 (14.16%) Customer Service
12 139 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
13 134 (13.00%) Windows
14 133 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 111 (10.77%) ERP
16 110 (10.67%) Mentoring
17 109 (10.57%) Logistics
18 104 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
19 103 (9.99%) SAP S/4HANA
20 100 (9.70%) Agile
20 100 (9.70%) Azure Certification
21 99 (9.60%) JIRA
22 97 (9.41%) Python
23 89 (8.63%) AI
23 89 (8.63%) Analytics
24 86 (8.34%) Decision-Making
24 86 (8.34%) Quality Management
25 80 (7.76%) User Acceptance Testing
26 79 (7.66%) ITIL

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 17 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.97%) Confluence
3 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.48%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.097%) IIS
6 1 (0.097%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 205 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (15.32%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.097%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 103 (9.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.39%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.29%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.19%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.097%) Maximo
7 1 (0.097%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.097%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.097%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 205 (19.88%) Power Platform
2 200 (19.40%) Azure
3 139 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (5.14%) AWS
6 50 (4.85%) Azure AI
7 45 (4.36%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (1.75%) PowerApps
9 16 (1.55%) SaaS
10 13 (1.26%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.26%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (0.97%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.68%) GCP
14 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.39%) Fivetran
15 4 (0.39%) Snowflake
16 3 (0.29%) BigCommerce
16 3 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
17 2 (0.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.04%) DNS
2 20 (1.94%) DHCP
3 19 (1.84%) Firewall
4 15 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
5 14 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.78%) Intranet
6 8 (0.78%) VPN
6 8 (0.78%) Wireless
7 3 (0.29%) Network Security
8 1 (0.097%) Internet
8 1 (0.097%) LAN
8 1 (0.097%) SAN
8 1 (0.097%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.097%) SSL
8 1 (0.097%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (17.26%) Power BI
2 70 (6.79%) Tableau
3 35 (3.39%) Data Lake
3 35 (3.39%) SAP BW
4 17 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.26%) GIS
5 13 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.97%) Power Query
7 9 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.68%) Metadata
8 7 (0.68%) PowerPivot
9 5 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.39%) Looker
11 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.19%) Big Data
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 99 (9.60%) JIRA
2 40 (3.88%) eCATT
3 24 (2.33%) Selenium
4 22 (2.13%) Postman
4 22 (2.13%) SoapUI
4 22 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (1.94%) WebDriver
6 12 (1.16%) NeoLoad
7 4 (0.39%) Git
7 4 (0.39%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 486 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 324 (31.43%) Finance
3 226 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (13.29%) Manufacturing
5 124 (12.03%) Marketing
6 50 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
7 42 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (3.78%) Retail
9 37 (3.59%) French Language
9 37 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (3.01%) Swedish Language
11 25 (2.42%) Law
11 25 (2.42%) Telecoms
12 24 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (2.13%) Legal
14 14 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.16%) Public Sector
16 9 (0.87%) Advertising
17 7 (0.68%) Automotive
17 7 (0.68%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.20%) .NET
2 26 (2.52%) HTML
3 22 (2.13%) SOAP
4 5 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.39%) CSS
5 4 (0.39%) Gherkin
5 4 (0.39%) React
6 3 (0.29%) Flash
6 3 (0.29%) JSON
6 3 (0.29%) XML
7 2 (0.19%) EDI
7 2 (0.19%) Hugging Face
7 2 (0.19%) NumPy
7 2 (0.19%) Pandas
7 2 (0.19%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.19%) Web Services
8 1 (0.097%) Middleware
8 1 (0.097%) SAML
8 1 (0.097%) SLSA
8 1 (0.097%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.59%) Onboarding
2 25 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (2.23%) Driving Licence
4 22 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 17 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.55%) FMCG
7 14 (1.36%) NHS
7 14 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 10 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 8 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (0.68%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.58%) IoT
11 6 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (0.48%) EPoS
13 4 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.39%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.39%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 134 (13.00%) Windows
2 21 (2.04%) Android
3 20 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 2 (0.19%) Linux
8 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (18.14%) Business Intelligence
3 146 (14.16%) Customer Service
4 133 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 111 (10.77%) ERP
6 110 (10.67%) Mentoring
7 109 (10.57%) Logistics
8 104 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
9 100 (9.70%) Agile
10 89 (8.63%) AI
10 89 (8.63%) Analytics
11 86 (8.34%) Decision-Making
11 86 (8.34%) Quality Management
12 80 (7.76%) User Acceptance Testing
13 79 (7.66%) ITIL
14 74 (7.18%) Data Management
15 69 (6.69%) Data Analysis
16 68 (6.60%) Source to Pay
17 67 (6.50%) Translating Business Requirements
17 67 (6.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 204 (19.79%) SQL
2 97 (9.41%) Python
3 37 (3.59%) C#
4 26 (2.52%) VBA
5 25 (2.42%) Java
6 14 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.48%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.29%) R
11 2 (0.19%) ABAP
11 2 (0.19%) Bash
12 1 (0.097%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.097%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.097%) VB
Qualifications
1 186 (18.04%) Degree
2 100 (9.70%) Azure Certification
3 57 (5.53%) ACCA
4 56 (5.43%) CIMA
5 54 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
6 52 (5.04%) CompTIA CySA+
7 44 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (3.88%) Security Cleared
9 37 (3.59%) MCSE
10 35 (3.39%) AWS Certification
11 33 (3.20%) SC Cleared
12 30 (2.91%) ISTQB
13 20 (1.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 13 (1.26%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.26%) CISSP
15 10 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.97%) ISEB
16 8 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.68%) CRISC
17 7 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.40%) QA
2 62 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.33%) SLA
4 20 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.75%) GDPR
6 14 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.07%) GRC
7 11 (1.07%) NIST
7 11 (1.07%) PMO
8 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.097%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.097%) COBIT
13 1 (0.097%) IFRS
13 1 (0.097%) P3O
13 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.097%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (3.88%) HP ALM
2 18 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.45%) SCCM
4 4 (0.39%) Nessus
5 3 (0.29%) QRadar
6 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.097%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 365 (35.40%) Microsoft
2 175 (16.97%) SAP
3 52 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 50 (4.85%) ForeScout
5 40 (3.88%) HP
6 16 (1.55%) VMware
7 15 (1.45%) Google
7 15 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.26%) Oracle
9 11 (1.07%) Blue Prism
9 11 (1.07%) Tenable
10 10 (0.97%) Sage
11 8 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.58%) Epicor
13 5 (0.48%) Adobe
13 5 (0.48%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.39%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.39%) IBM
14 4 (0.39%) Workday