Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 450 351 488
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.75% 9.76% 7.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.32% 10.39% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 267 143 374
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £29,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £54,327
90th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,409 3,379 6,368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 93.91% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,778 1,753 5,032
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 West.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South West

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Bristol -2 112 £40,000 +6.67% 25
Gloucestershire +1 89 £40,000 +15.94% 24
Somerset +5 80 £35,000 -20.00% 24
Devon +35 67 £40,000 -17.95% 28
Wiltshire -3 55 £40,000 +14.60% 16
Dorset +22 46 £43,500 +24.29% 7
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 February 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 West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 198 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 143 (31.78%) Azure
3 130 (28.89%) SQL
4 122 (27.11%) Azure Certification
5 106 (23.56%) Microsoft Excel
6 99 (22.00%) Business Intelligence
7 94 (20.89%) Power BI
7 94 (20.89%) Power Platform
8 91 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (18.89%) Python
10 77 (17.11%) Tableau
11 70 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
12 69 (15.33%) Mentoring
13 66 (14.67%) AI
13 66 (14.67%) Security Cleared
14 62 (13.78%) Azure AI
15 60 (13.33%) CompTIA CySA+
16 59 (13.11%) CompTIA Security+
17 58 (12.89%) ForeScout
18 57 (12.67%) Degree
19 54 (12.00%) Business Analysis
20 48 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
21 46 (10.22%) Project Management
22 44 (9.78%) Agile
23 42 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
24 40 (8.89%) Windows
25 38 (8.44%) Service Management
26 37 (8.22%) Change Management
26 37 (8.22%) SC Cleared
27 36 (8.00%) Data Analysis

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.11%) Confluence
2 14 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.67%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 106 (23.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (1.78%) Magento
2 8 (1.78%) Shopify
2 8 (1.78%) Visualfiles
3 3 (0.67%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.44%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 143 (31.78%) Azure
2 94 (20.89%) Power Platform
3 62 (13.78%) Azure AI
4 48 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.89%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.00%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.78%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.56%) SaaS
10 5 (1.11%) AWS
11 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.44%) Boomi
12 2 (0.44%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.44%) Workato
13 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.22%) Lucidchart
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.44%) Firewall
2 10 (2.22%) DNS
3 7 (1.56%) 4G
3 7 (1.56%) Broadband
4 6 (1.33%) DHCP
4 6 (1.33%) DKIM
4 6 (1.33%) DMARC
4 6 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.11%) LAN
6 4 (0.89%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.89%) VoIP
6 4 (0.89%) VPN
6 4 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.89%) Wireless
6 4 (0.89%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.44%) Internet
7 2 (0.44%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.44%) WAN
8 1 (0.22%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (20.89%) Power BI
2 77 (17.11%) Tableau
3 11 (2.44%) Power Query
3 11 (2.44%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.22%) Data Mining
5 8 (1.78%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.89%) GIS
7 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.44%) Looker
8 2 (0.44%) MySQL
8 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.22%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.22%) Metadata
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (5.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.22%) Gatling
2 1 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.22%) Locust
2 1 (0.22%) Selenium
2 1 (0.22%) TestRail
2 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 214 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 74 (16.44%) Finance
3 57 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.67%) Legal
5 14 (3.11%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.67%) Retail
7 11 (2.44%) Back Office
8 10 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.22%) Local Government
9 9 (2.00%) Advertising
10 8 (1.78%) Agriculture
11 7 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
12 6 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.89%) Automotive
14 4 (0.89%) Electronics
14 4 (0.89%) Law
14 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.00%) Middleware
2 8 (1.78%) REST
2 8 (1.78%) SOAP
3 4 (0.89%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.44%) .NET
4 2 (0.44%) EDI
4 2 (0.44%) EDIFACT
4 2 (0.44%) IDoc
4 2 (0.44%) LDAP
4 2 (0.44%) Web Services
5 1 (0.22%) JSON
5 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.33%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.56%) NHS
6 7 (1.56%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.11%) PKI
8 4 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Licensing
8 4 (0.89%) PMI
8 4 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.67%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.67%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.44%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.44%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (0.44%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.89%) Windows
2 21 (4.67%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.00%) Android
5 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.44%) Linux
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (22.00%) Business Intelligence
2 91 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
4 69 (15.33%) Mentoring
5 66 (14.67%) AI
6 54 (12.00%) Business Analysis
7 46 (10.22%) Project Management
8 44 (9.78%) Agile
9 42 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (8.44%) Service Management
11 37 (8.22%) Change Management
12 36 (8.00%) Data Analysis
13 35 (7.78%) ITSM
14 31 (6.89%) ITIL
15 29 (6.44%) Customer Service
16 28 (6.22%) Process Improvement
17 26 (5.78%) Analytics
18 22 (4.89%) Migration
19 17 (3.78%) ERP
20 16 (3.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 130 (28.89%) SQL
2 85 (18.89%) Python
3 11 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.78%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.89%) C
5 4 (0.89%) C++
5 4 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.67%) VB
7 2 (0.44%) R
7 2 (0.44%) VBA
8 1 (0.22%) Bash
8 1 (0.22%) Java
8 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 122 (27.11%) Azure Certification
2 66 (14.67%) Security Cleared
3 60 (13.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 59 (13.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 57 (12.67%) Degree
6 37 (8.22%) SC Cleared
7 33 (7.33%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.67%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.89%) IIBA
13 3 (0.67%) ACCA
13 3 (0.67%) CIMA
13 3 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.67%) PMP
14 2 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.33%) QA
2 5 (1.11%) GDPR
2 5 (1.11%) SLA
3 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.67%) PMO
4 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.22%) NCSC
5 1 (0.22%) NIST
5 1 (0.22%) P3O
5 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.00%) SCCM
3 4 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.67%) Autotask
5 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 198 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 58 (12.89%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.67%) ServiceNow
4 8 (1.78%) ConnectWise
4 8 (1.78%) WooCommerce
5 7 (1.56%) Starlink
6 6 (1.33%) SAP
7 4 (0.89%) Apple
7 4 (0.89%) Oracle
8 3 (0.67%) Meraki
9 2 (0.44%) Databricks
9 2 (0.44%) IBM
9 2 (0.44%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.44%) Workday
10 1 (0.22%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.22%) Cognos
10 1 (0.22%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.22%) Remedy
10 1 (0.22%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.22%) VMware