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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 695 239 744
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.06% 8.51% 7.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.64% 9.21% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 392 191 475
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,000 £24,425
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 7,210 2,595 9,637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.41% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,024 1,658 7,214
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,860 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +1.72% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,875 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,400 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +9.52% -12.98%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +2 150 £40,000 -17.54% 27
Gloucestershire +18 140 £45,000 +42.86% 40
Somerset +11 136 £35,000 -12.50% 20
Devon +24 129 £32,500 +4.84% 6
Dorset +27 65 £43,500 +8.75% 8
Wiltshire +4 64 £33,000 -17.50% 33
Cornwall -11 3 £18,000 -40.00% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 324 (46.62%) Microsoft
2 259 (37.27%) Azure
3 233 (33.53%) Azure Certification
4 201 (28.92%) SQL
5 156 (22.45%) Business Intelligence
6 155 (22.30%) Power Platform
7 152 (21.87%) Power BI
8 141 (20.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 138 (19.86%) Python
10 136 (19.57%) Tableau
11 125 (17.99%) Mentoring
12 121 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
13 118 (16.98%) AI
14 116 (16.69%) Azure AI
15 115 (16.55%) CompTIA CySA+
15 115 (16.55%) CompTIA Security+
15 115 (16.55%) ForeScout
16 80 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
17 73 (10.50%) Security Cleared
18 72 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
19 60 (8.63%) Degree
19 60 (8.63%) Windows
20 45 (6.47%) ERP
20 45 (6.47%) ITIL
21 43 (6.19%) Service Management
22 41 (5.90%) Agile
23 40 (5.76%) Business Analysis
24 35 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
25 33 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
26 31 (4.46%) DV Cleared

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 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.58%) Confluence
3 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 141 (20.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (0.86%) Magento
1 6 (0.86%) Shopify
2 4 (0.58%) Infor LN
3 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.43%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 259 (37.27%) Azure
2 155 (22.30%) Power Platform
3 116 (16.69%) Azure AI
4 72 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.29%) AWS
7 8 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 6 (0.86%) IaaS
8 6 (0.86%) Intacct
8 6 (0.86%) PaaS
9 5 (0.72%) SaaS
10 4 (0.58%) Serverless
11 3 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.43%) Boomi
11 3 (0.43%) iPaaS
11 3 (0.43%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.43%) Workato
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.31%) Broadband
2 21 (3.02%) 4G
3 16 (2.30%) WAN
4 14 (2.01%) Firewall
4 14 (2.01%) VPN
5 7 (1.01%) DHCP
5 7 (1.01%) DNS
6 6 (0.86%) LAN
7 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.72%) VoIP
8 4 (0.58%) Internet
8 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.58%) VLAN
8 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.29%) DMZ
9 2 (0.29%) MPLS
9 2 (0.29%) Network Security
9 2 (0.29%) NGFW
9 2 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.14%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (21.87%) Power BI
2 136 (19.57%) Tableau
3 15 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.73%) Power Query
5 11 (1.58%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.86%) GIS
6 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.72%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.58%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.43%) Looker
9 3 (0.43%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.14%) Metadata
11 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.16%) JIRA
2 3 (0.43%) Postman
2 3 (0.43%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.29%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 304 (43.74%) Social Skills
2 77 (11.08%) Finance
3 55 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.03%) Manufacturing
5 19 (2.73%) Legal
6 18 (2.59%) Retail
7 14 (2.01%) Aerospace
8 10 (1.44%) Marketing
8 10 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.15%) Agriculture
10 8 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.86%) Back Office
11 6 (0.86%) General Ledger
12 5 (0.72%) Advertising
12 5 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.72%) Law
13 3 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.43%) Swedish Language
14 2 (0.29%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.73%) .NET
2 9 (1.29%) SOAP
3 8 (1.15%) HTML
3 8 (1.15%) Web Services
4 7 (1.01%) Middleware
4 7 (1.01%) REST
5 6 (0.86%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.86%) XML
6 5 (0.72%) CSS
7 3 (0.43%) Playwright
8 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.29%) EDI
8 2 (0.29%) EDIFACT
8 2 (0.29%) IDoc
8 2 (0.29%) React
9 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.14%) JSON
9 1 (0.14%) React Native
9 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (2.45%) Management Information System
2 13 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (1.87%) Driving Licence
2 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (1.44%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.29%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.29%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.15%) Client/Server
5 8 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (0.72%) Security Posture
7 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.43%) PMI
8 3 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.29%) BYOD
9 2 (0.29%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (0.29%) Podcast
9 2 (0.29%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.63%) Windows
2 29 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 24 (3.45%) Android
4 18 (2.59%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.43%) Linux
6 2 (0.29%) VMS
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (22.45%) Business Intelligence
2 125 (17.99%) Mentoring
3 121 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
4 118 (16.98%) AI
5 80 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (6.47%) ERP
6 45 (6.47%) ITIL
7 43 (6.19%) Service Management
8 41 (5.90%) Agile
9 40 (5.76%) Business Analysis
10 33 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (4.32%) Customer Service
12 26 (3.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (3.17%) Data Analysis
13 22 (3.17%) Process Improvement
14 21 (3.02%) ITSM
14 21 (3.02%) Project Management
14 21 (3.02%) Software License Management
15 20 (2.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 19 (2.73%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 201 (28.92%) SQL
2 138 (19.86%) Python
3 12 (1.73%) C#
4 10 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.86%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.72%) Java
6 5 (0.72%) R
7 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Bash
8 3 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.43%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) Bicep
9 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 233 (33.53%) Azure Certification
2 115 (16.55%) CompTIA CySA+
2 115 (16.55%) CompTIA Security+
3 73 (10.50%) Security Cleared
4 60 (8.63%) Degree
5 31 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 30 (4.32%) SC Cleared
7 25 (3.60%) A+ Certification
8 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.43%) AAT
10 3 (0.43%) ACCA
10 3 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.43%) CIMA
10 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.43%) IIBA
10 3 (0.43%) MCSE
10 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.45%) QA
2 10 (1.44%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.43%) GDPR
5 3 (0.43%) SLA
6 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.43%) vSphere
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.15%) SCCM
2 2 (0.29%) Terraform
3 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 324 (46.62%) Microsoft
2 115 (16.55%) ForeScout
3 21 (3.02%) Starlink
4 14 (2.01%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.15%) Sage
6 7 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.86%) ConnectWise
7 6 (0.86%) WooCommerce
8 5 (0.72%) Cognos
8 5 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
9 4 (0.58%) Infor
10 3 (0.43%) VMware
11 2 (0.29%) Aruba
11 2 (0.29%) HP
11 2 (0.29%) Liquidlogic
11 2 (0.29%) NetApp
11 2 (0.29%) SAP
11 2 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
11 2 (0.29%) Veeam
12 1 (0.14%) Cribl.io