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 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 17 28
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 566 273 579
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.50% 10.03% 7.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.06% 10.79% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 290 149 432
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +12.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,784 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £43,500 £49,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.68% +9.44% -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 6,244 2,531 7,725
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 92.98% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,355 1,623 6,023
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,568 £64,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,150 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +3 130 £40,000 -5.88% 25
Gloucestershire +6 110 £42,500 +30.77% 21
Devon +35 102 £35,000 -20.00% 13
Somerset +10 100 £35,000 -12.50% 31
Dorset +20 62 £43,500 +2.35% 10
Wiltshire +9 59 £35,125 -5.07% 11
Cornwall -18 1 £18,000 -47.83% 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 288 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 236 (41.70%) Azure
3 214 (37.81%) Azure Certification
4 166 (29.33%) SQL
5 145 (25.62%) Microsoft Excel
6 143 (25.27%) Business Intelligence
7 137 (24.20%) Power BI
7 137 (24.20%) Power Platform
8 130 (22.97%) Python
9 126 (22.26%) Tableau
10 113 (19.96%) Cybersecurity
10 113 (19.96%) Mentoring
11 110 (19.43%) AI
12 109 (19.26%) Azure AI
13 106 (18.73%) CompTIA CySA+
14 105 (18.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 105 (18.55%) ForeScout
15 81 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
16 69 (12.19%) Security Cleared
17 58 (10.25%) Degree
18 56 (9.89%) Agile
19 54 (9.54%) Business Analysis
20 50 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
21 45 (7.95%) Service Management
22 39 (6.89%) Project Management
23 38 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
24 36 (6.36%) Windows
25 35 (6.18%) Change Management
26 34 (6.01%) Data Analysis
26 34 (6.01%) ITIL

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 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.24%) Confluence
3 6 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.35%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 145 (25.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.59%) Magento
2 9 (1.59%) Shopify
3 3 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.53%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 236 (41.70%) Azure
2 137 (24.20%) Power Platform
3 109 (19.26%) Azure AI
4 50 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.59%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.41%) SaaS
8 6 (1.06%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.71%) AWS
9 4 (0.71%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.53%) Boomi
10 3 (0.53%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.53%) Workato
11 2 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.18%) IaaS
12 1 (0.18%) PaaS
12 1 (0.18%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.12%) 4G
1 12 (2.12%) Broadband
2 8 (1.41%) Firewall
3 5 (0.88%) DNS
3 5 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.71%) VoIP
4 4 (0.71%) VPN
4 4 (0.71%) WAN
4 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.53%) DHCP
5 3 (0.53%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.53%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.35%) DKIM
6 2 (0.35%) DMARC
6 2 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) LAN
7 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Skype
7 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (24.20%) Power BI
2 126 (22.26%) Tableau
3 14 (2.47%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.77%) Power Query
5 9 (1.59%) Data Mining
6 8 (1.41%) PowerPivot
7 6 (1.06%) GIS
8 5 (0.88%) Looker
9 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.35%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.18%) Metadata
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 20 (3.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.18%) Gatling
3 1 (0.18%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.18%) Locust
3 1 (0.18%) TestRail
3 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 285 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 72 (12.72%) Finance
3 51 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.71%) Legal
5 13 (2.30%) Retail
6 10 (1.77%) Back Office
6 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (1.77%) Local Government
6 10 (1.77%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.41%) Agriculture
8 7 (1.24%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (0.88%) Advertising
9 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.71%) Automotive
10 4 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.53%) Electronics
11 3 (0.53%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.59%) Middleware
1 9 (1.59%) REST
1 9 (1.59%) SOAP
2 4 (0.71%) .NET
2 4 (0.71%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.53%) Playwright
3 3 (0.53%) Web Services
4 2 (0.35%) EDIFACT
4 2 (0.35%) IDoc
4 2 (0.35%) React
5 1 (0.18%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.18%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
5 1 (0.18%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.00%) Driving Licence
2 12 (2.12%) Product Ownership
3 10 (1.77%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.24%) NHS
7 5 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.71%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Licensing
8 4 (0.71%) PMI
8 4 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.35%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.35%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (0.35%) IoT
10 2 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.36%) Windows
2 24 (4.24%) Windows 10
3 14 (2.47%) Android
4 9 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.35%) Linux
6 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (25.27%) Business Intelligence
2 113 (19.96%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (19.96%) Mentoring
3 110 (19.43%) AI
4 81 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (9.89%) Agile
6 54 (9.54%) Business Analysis
7 45 (7.95%) Service Management
8 39 (6.89%) Project Management
9 38 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (6.18%) Change Management
11 34 (6.01%) Data Analysis
11 34 (6.01%) ITIL
12 31 (5.48%) ITSM
13 26 (4.59%) Analytics
13 26 (4.59%) Customer Service
14 22 (3.89%) ERP
14 22 (3.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (3.53%) Migration
15 20 (3.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 166 (29.33%) SQL
2 130 (22.97%) Python
3 9 (1.59%) T-SQL
4 6 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.06%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.53%) C
6 3 (0.53%) C++
7 2 (0.35%) C#
7 2 (0.35%) R
7 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.35%) VBA
8 1 (0.18%) Bash
8 1 (0.18%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 214 (37.81%) Azure Certification
2 106 (18.73%) CompTIA CySA+
3 105 (18.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 69 (12.19%) Security Cleared
5 58 (10.25%) Degree
6 33 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 32 (5.65%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.00%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.71%) IIBA
10 4 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.53%) PMP
12 2 (0.35%) ACCA
12 2 (0.35%) CBAP
12 2 (0.35%) CIMA
12 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.30%) QA
2 4 (0.71%) GDPR
3 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.53%) PMO
4 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.18%) P3O
5 1 (0.18%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.59%) SCCM
2 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 288 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 105 (18.55%) ForeScout
3 14 (2.47%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.12%) Starlink
5 9 (1.59%) ConnectWise
5 9 (1.59%) WooCommerce
6 4 (0.71%) Apple
6 4 (0.71%) SAP
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle
8 2 (0.35%) Cognos
8 2 (0.35%) IBM
8 2 (0.35%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.35%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (0.35%) NetApp
8 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.18%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.18%) Aruba
9 1 (0.18%) Databricks
9 1 (0.18%) Veeam
9 1 (0.18%) Workday