Analyst Jobs 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 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 283 729 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.19% 7.26% 9.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.76% 7.56% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 227 452 442
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,800 £60,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year - -4.26% -1.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,645 9,643 5,723
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 96.06% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,313 6,991 3,824
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,199 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South West.

Salary trend for Analyst 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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 2025. 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 +4 103 £48,894 +12.40% 43
Wiltshire +15 52 £36,825 +2.29% 21
Gloucestershire +25 40 £32,500 -27.78% 69
Somerset -5 34 £35,000 +1.45% 19
Devon +1 23 £29,500 -26.25% 16
Dorset -23 22 £40,000 -11.11% 13
Cornwall -12 6 £30,000 -40.00% 1
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 114 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 108 (38.16%) Microsoft
3 69 (24.38%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (23.32%) Finance
4 66 (23.32%) SQL
5 63 (22.26%) Windows
6 59 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (18.73%) Azure
8 50 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (16.61%) Cybersecurity
10 46 (16.25%) Active Directory
11 43 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (14.84%) Windows Server
13 41 (14.49%) Firewall
13 41 (14.49%) Degree
14 38 (13.43%) Customer Service
15 36 (12.72%) DHCP
15 36 (12.72%) DNS
16 35 (12.37%) Power BI
16 35 (12.37%) Power Platform
17 32 (11.31%) ITIL
17 32 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 30 (10.60%) Agile
19 29 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
20 27 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
21 26 (9.19%) PowerShell
22 25 (8.83%) Banking
23 24 (8.48%) Manufacturing
23 24 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
23 24 (8.48%) SLA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (6.71%) IIS
2 17 (6.01%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.77%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.71%) Magento
3 2 (0.71%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.71%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.71%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.71%) SAP WM
3 2 (0.71%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.35%) iTrent
4 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.38%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (18.73%) Azure
3 35 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 12 (4.24%) AWS
5 8 (2.83%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.83%) OneDrive
6 7 (2.47%) GCP
7 6 (2.12%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.77%) GitHub
9 3 (1.06%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.71%) Asana
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.71%) Miro
11 1 (0.35%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.49%) Firewall
2 36 (12.72%) DHCP
2 36 (12.72%) DNS
3 23 (8.13%) LAN
3 23 (8.13%) VPN
4 17 (6.01%) VoIP
5 15 (5.30%) VLAN
5 15 (5.30%) WAN
6 12 (4.24%) Internet
7 10 (3.53%) ADSL
8 9 (3.18%) Kerberos
9 8 (2.83%) Wireless
10 4 (1.41%) Network Security
11 3 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.06%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.71%) Broadband
12 2 (0.71%) Intranet
13 1 (0.35%) 2G
13 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
13 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.37%) Power BI
2 20 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.30%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.18%) Tableau
5 8 (2.83%) Power Query
6 4 (1.41%) Big Data
6 4 (1.41%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.41%) FileMaker
6 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.06%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.35%) GIS
9 1 (0.35%) Looker
9 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.77%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) Cypress.io
2 3 (1.06%) Git
2 3 (1.06%) Selenium
3 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.71%) Gatling
3 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.71%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.71%) Locust
3 2 (0.71%) TestRail
3 2 (0.71%) WebSpeed
3 2 (0.71%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.35%) RStudio
General
1 114 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.32%) Finance
3 50 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.83%) Banking
5 24 (8.48%) Manufacturing
6 19 (6.71%) Marketing
7 15 (5.30%) Games
8 14 (4.95%) Law
8 14 (4.95%) Retail
9 11 (3.89%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.53%) Local Government
11 8 (2.83%) Advertising
12 7 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.47%) Private Banking
12 7 (2.47%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.18%) LDAP
1 9 (3.18%) XML
2 6 (2.12%) .NET
2 6 (2.12%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.12%) WPF
3 3 (1.06%) HTML
3 3 (1.06%) RESTEasy
4 2 (0.71%) EDI
4 2 (0.71%) Node.js
5 1 (0.35%) ADO
5 1 (0.35%) CSS
5 1 (0.35%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.35%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.13%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.42%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.65%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.18%) PKI
5 8 (2.83%) Smartphone
6 7 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.71%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.71%) Over-the-Top Content
10 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 63 (22.26%) Windows
2 42 (14.84%) Windows Server
3 17 (6.01%) Linux
4 12 (4.24%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (16.61%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (13.43%) Customer Service
5 32 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (11.31%) ITIL
6 30 (10.60%) Agile
7 27 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (8.13%) Analytics
10 22 (7.77%) Decision-Making
11 21 (7.42%) ITSM
12 18 (6.36%) CRM
12 18 (6.36%) Visualisation
13 16 (5.65%) Mentoring
13 16 (5.65%) Software Engineering
14 15 (5.30%) Business Analysis
14 15 (5.30%) Data Analysis
15 14 (4.95%) ERP
15 14 (4.95%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.32%) SQL
2 26 (9.19%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.36%) Python
4 14 (4.95%) R
5 10 (3.53%) C#
5 10 (3.53%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.18%) VB
7 8 (2.83%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.06%) VBA
9 2 (0.71%) Java
9 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.71%) X++
10 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (14.49%) Degree
2 18 (6.36%) A+ Certification
3 12 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.89%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.18%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.83%) MCP
8 7 (2.47%) ACCA
8 7 (2.47%) CIMA
9 6 (2.12%) MCSE
10 4 (1.41%) CEH
10 4 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.41%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.06%) CISSP
11 3 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.71%) ISEB
12 2 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.48%) SLA
2 14 (4.95%) GDPR
3 13 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.89%) QA
5 6 (2.12%) NIST
6 4 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.71%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) ITGC
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (16.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (8.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.18%) WSUS
3 8 (2.83%) Autotask
4 4 (1.41%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 108 (38.16%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.24%) Google
3 8 (2.83%) Meraki
3 8 (2.83%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.47%) Avaloq
5 6 (2.12%) SAP
6 5 (1.77%) Apple
6 5 (1.77%) LexisNexis
6 5 (1.77%) Oracle
6 5 (1.77%) VMware
7 4 (1.41%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.71%) Cisco
9 2 (0.71%) Fiserv
9 2 (0.71%) Infor
9 2 (0.71%) QAD
9 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.71%) Splunk
9 2 (0.71%) TSYS
10 1 (0.35%) Adobe