Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 754 288 648
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.34% 8.28% 8.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.85% 9.07% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 447 236 385
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £65,500 £58,750 £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 8,517 3,176 7,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 91.32% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,800 2,140 5,468
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% -3.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,138 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -2 189 £45,000 -7.22% 49
Gloucestershire +9 165 £44,500 +36.92% 26
Somerset +7 153 £35,000 -2.92% 33
Devon +26 112 £35,000 +14.75% 19
Wiltshire -6 62 £45,000 +20.81% 13
Dorset +14 49 £33,000 -17.50% 5
Cornwall +5 7 £60,000 +100.00%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 278 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 205 (27.19%) SQL
3 200 (26.53%) Azure
4 176 (23.34%) Azure Certification
5 141 (18.70%) Business Intelligence
6 139 (18.44%) Power Platform
7 133 (17.64%) Power BI
8 117 (15.52%) Microsoft Excel
9 113 (14.99%) AI
10 106 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
10 106 (14.06%) Python
11 103 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
11 103 (13.66%) Tableau
12 100 (13.26%) Mentoring
13 82 (10.88%) Azure AI
13 82 (10.88%) CompTIA CySA+
13 82 (10.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 82 (10.88%) ForeScout
14 73 (9.68%) Windows
15 70 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
16 67 (8.89%) Agile
17 58 (7.69%) ERP
18 57 (7.56%) Degree
18 57 (7.56%) Security Cleared
19 50 (6.63%) ITIL
20 45 (5.97%) Business Analysis
21 44 (5.84%) Customer Service
21 44 (5.84%) Decision-Making
22 43 (5.70%) Data Analysis
23 41 (5.44%) Microsoft Office

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 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.80%) Confluence
2 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.13%) Apache
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) SAS
4 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 117 (15.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.53%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 200 (26.53%) Azure
2 139 (18.44%) Power Platform
3 82 (10.88%) Azure AI
4 70 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.65%) SaaS
6 18 (2.39%) AWS
7 16 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.12%) IaaS
7 16 (2.12%) PaaS
8 14 (1.86%) Serverless
9 12 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (1.59%) Azure Functions
9 12 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (1.59%) GitHub
10 11 (1.46%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.33%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.19%) Intacct
13 5 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.05%) VPN
2 20 (2.65%) Broadband
3 18 (2.39%) 4G
4 16 (2.12%) WAN
5 12 (1.59%) Firewall
6 6 (0.80%) DHCP
6 6 (0.80%) DNS
6 6 (0.80%) LAN
7 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.53%) Internet
8 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.53%) VLAN
8 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.27%) DMZ
9 2 (0.27%) MPLS
9 2 (0.27%) Network Security
9 2 (0.27%) NGFW
9 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.13%) DKIM
10 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (17.64%) Power BI
2 103 (13.66%) Tableau
3 21 (2.79%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.19%) Power Query
6 8 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.66%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.53%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.53%) Looker
9 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.27%) GIS
10 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.52%) JIRA
2 14 (1.86%) Git
3 4 (0.53%) Postman
4 3 (0.40%) Selenium
4 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 305 (40.45%) Social Skills
2 97 (12.86%) Finance
3 83 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.38%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.58%) Retail
6 24 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.79%) Aerospace
9 20 (2.65%) Law
10 17 (2.25%) Legal
11 15 (1.99%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.33%) Marketing
13 10 (1.33%) Swedish Language
14 9 (1.19%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.66%) Advertising
15 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.40%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.52%) .NET
2 18 (2.39%) HTML
3 17 (2.25%) XML
4 13 (1.72%) .NET Framework
4 13 (1.72%) Web Services
5 12 (1.59%) CSS
6 5 (0.66%) Playwright
7 3 (0.40%) EDI
7 3 (0.40%) JSON
7 3 (0.40%) Middleware
7 3 (0.40%) SOAP
8 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.27%) React
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.13%) React Native
9 1 (0.13%) REST
9 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (2.65%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.65%) Security Posture
3 19 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (1.59%) Podcast
7 12 (1.59%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.06%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.53%) Blog
10 2 (0.27%) BYOD
10 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (0.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (9.68%) Windows
2 24 (3.18%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.65%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.52%) Android
5 12 (1.59%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (18.70%) Business Intelligence
2 113 (14.99%) AI
3 106 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
4 103 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (13.26%) Mentoring
6 67 (8.89%) Agile
7 58 (7.69%) ERP
8 50 (6.63%) ITIL
9 45 (5.97%) Business Analysis
10 44 (5.84%) Customer Service
10 44 (5.84%) Decision-Making
11 43 (5.70%) Data Analysis
12 38 (5.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 38 (5.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (4.64%) Analytics
13 35 (4.64%) Process Improvement
14 34 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (3.98%) Service Management
16 27 (3.58%) Project Delivery
16 27 (3.58%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 205 (27.19%) SQL
2 106 (14.06%) Python
3 22 (2.92%) C#
4 15 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.59%) Bash
7 12 (1.59%) Bicep
8 5 (0.66%) Java
9 4 (0.53%) R
10 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.40%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) VBA
11 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 176 (23.34%) Azure Certification
2 82 (10.88%) CompTIA CySA+
2 82 (10.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 57 (7.56%) Degree
3 57 (7.56%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 25 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.39%) A+ Certification
8 10 (1.33%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.33%) MCSE
9 9 (1.19%) ACCA
9 9 (1.19%) CIMA
10 7 (0.93%) AAT
11 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.40%) CASP
14 3 (0.40%) CISM
14 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.11%) QA
2 20 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.66%) PMO
6 5 (0.66%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) NCSC
7 3 (0.40%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.72%) vSphere
4 12 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.59%) Terraform
2 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 278 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.88%) ForeScout
3 18 (2.39%) Starlink
4 16 (2.12%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.99%) VMware
6 12 (1.59%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.46%) Sage
8 8 (1.06%) Oracle
8 8 (1.06%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.53%) Cognos
9 4 (0.53%) Infor
9 4 (0.53%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.27%) Aruba
10 2 (0.27%) HP
10 2 (0.27%) IBM
10 2 (0.27%) NetApp
10 2 (0.27%) Veeam
11 1 (0.13%) Remedy
11 1 (0.13%) SAP
11 1 (0.13%) Siemens