Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 16 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 691 296 582
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.58% 8.25% 8.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.10% 8.88% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 454 236 297
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -7.53% -2.11%

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 9,734 3,333 6,534
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 92.94% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,714 2,140 4,124
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,575 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -4 194 £50,000 +17.65% 42
Gloucestershire -8 149 £45,000 +26.65% 58
Somerset +4 128 £35,000 - 83
Devon +14 94 £32,500 +6.56% 25
Wiltshire -6 65 £45,000 +21.38% 44
Dorset -3 32 £33,000 -18.01% 16
Cornwall +10 8 £60,000 +95.12% 14
Avon - 3 £48,750 - 32
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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.

1 174 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 160 (23.15%) SQL
3 124 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
5 97 (14.04%) Power Platform
6 93 (13.46%) Azure
7 91 (13.17%) Power BI
8 75 (10.85%) Windows
9 74 (10.71%) AI
10 73 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
10 73 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
11 68 (9.84%) Azure Certification
11 68 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
12 62 (8.97%) Agile
13 58 (8.39%) ERP
14 56 (8.10%) Customer Service
14 56 (8.10%) Python
15 52 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 51 (7.38%) ITIL
17 50 (7.24%) Data Analysis
17 50 (7.24%) Degree
17 50 (7.24%) Security Cleared
18 47 (6.80%) Business Analysis
18 47 (6.80%) Decision-Making
19 43 (6.22%) Tableau
20 42 (6.08%) Mentoring
21 41 (5.93%) Analytics
21 41 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
21 41 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 39 (5.64%) Process Improvement

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 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 68 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.72%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.58%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (14.04%) Power Platform
2 93 (13.46%) Azure
3 73 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.34%) SaaS
5 28 (4.05%) Azure AI
6 20 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.60%) AWS
8 16 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.17%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.03%) IaaS
10 14 (2.03%) PaaS
11 13 (1.88%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.88%) Serverless
12 12 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (1.74%) Azure Functions
12 12 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (1.74%) GitHub
13 9 (1.30%) Intacct
13 9 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.89%) VPN
2 14 (2.03%) Broadband
3 12 (1.74%) 4G
4 11 (1.59%) WAN
5 6 (0.87%) Firewall
6 4 (0.58%) Internet
6 4 (0.58%) LAN
7 3 (0.43%) DHCP
7 3 (0.43%) DNS
7 3 (0.43%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.29%) DMZ
8 2 (0.29%) MPLS
8 2 (0.29%) NGFW
8 2 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.29%) VLAN
9 1 (0.14%) NAS
9 1 (0.14%) Network Security
9 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (13.17%) Power BI
2 43 (6.22%) Tableau
3 21 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.88%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.30%) Power Query
7 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.43%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.14%) Looker
11 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.75%) JIRA
2 14 (2.03%) Git
3 3 (0.43%) Postman
4 2 (0.29%) Selenium
4 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 217 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 107 (15.48%) Finance
3 99 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.78%) Manufacturing
5 29 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.33%) Aerospace
8 22 (3.18%) Retail
9 21 (3.04%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.75%) Law
10 19 (2.75%) Legal
11 16 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.74%) Marketing
13 10 (1.45%) Swedish Language
14 9 (1.30%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.58%) Advertising
15 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.43%) Banking
16 3 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.29%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.89%) XML
2 17 (2.46%) HTML
3 15 (2.17%) .NET
4 12 (1.74%) .NET Framework
4 12 (1.74%) CSS
4 12 (1.74%) Terraform
4 12 (1.74%) Web Services
5 4 (0.58%) JSON
6 3 (0.43%) EDI
6 3 (0.43%) Middleware
7 2 (0.29%) Playwright
7 2 (0.29%) SOAP
8 1 (0.14%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.14%) REST
8 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.05%) Onboarding
1 28 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (3.04%) Security Posture
3 18 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (1.88%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.74%) Podcast
6 12 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.45%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (0.87%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.58%) Blog
10 4 (0.58%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.43%) iPad
11 3 (0.43%) iPhone
11 3 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.43%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.29%) IoT
12 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 75 (10.85%) Windows
2 21 (3.04%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.03%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.88%) Android
5 12 (1.74%) VMS
6 4 (0.58%) Linux
7 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
3 74 (10.71%) AI
4 73 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (8.97%) Agile
6 58 (8.39%) ERP
7 56 (8.10%) Customer Service
8 52 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (7.38%) ITIL
10 50 (7.24%) Data Analysis
11 47 (6.80%) Business Analysis
11 47 (6.80%) Decision-Making
12 42 (6.08%) Mentoring
13 41 (5.93%) Analytics
13 41 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (5.64%) Process Improvement
15 30 (4.34%) Project Delivery
15 30 (4.34%) Scrum
16 28 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 160 (23.15%) SQL
2 56 (8.10%) Python
3 18 (2.60%) C#
3 18 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 14 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.74%) Bash
5 12 (1.74%) Bicep
6 11 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.58%) R
7 4 (0.58%) VB
7 4 (0.58%) VBA
8 3 (0.43%) Java
8 3 (0.43%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 68 (9.84%) Azure Certification
2 50 (7.24%) Degree
2 50 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 28 (4.05%) CompTIA CySA+
3 28 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
4 25 (3.62%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.47%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.74%) A+ Certification
7 12 (1.74%) ACCA
7 12 (1.74%) CIMA
8 10 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.45%) MCSE
9 7 (1.01%) AAT
10 6 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.58%) CISM
11 4 (0.58%) CISSP
11 4 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.62%) Data Quality
1 25 (3.62%) QA
2 16 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (1.16%) GDPR
4 8 (1.16%) PMO
5 7 (1.01%) SLA
6 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.72%) NIST
8 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 35 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.88%) vSphere
4 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.01%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.29%) SCCM
3 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 174 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.05%) ForeScout
3 19 (2.75%) VMware
4 16 (2.32%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.74%) ScienceLogic
5 12 (1.74%) Starlink
6 11 (1.59%) Sage
7 8 (1.16%) Oracle
7 8 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.72%) Google
8 5 (0.72%) IBM
9 4 (0.58%) Infor
10 3 (0.43%) Cognos
10 3 (0.43%) MicroStrategy
11 2 (0.29%) SAP
12 1 (0.14%) Avaya
12 1 (0.14%) BMC
12 1 (0.14%) HP
12 1 (0.14%) Remedy
12 1 (0.14%) Siemens