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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 22 20
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 697 248 777
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.93% 8.72% 7.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.49% 9.44% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 401 198 493
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,000 £24,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,063 £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 7,341 2,626 9,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.37% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,134 1,705 7,421
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%

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 18 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 18 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 +1 154 £40,000 -17.54% 32
Gloucestershire +18 139 £44,500 +41.27% 38
Somerset +6 137 £35,000 -12.50% 19
Devon +24 123 £32,500 +9.24% 9
Wiltshire +7 65 £32,500 -13.33% 28
Dorset +24 64 £43,500 +8.75% 7
Cornwall -6 3 £18,000 -40.00%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 312 (44.76%) Microsoft
2 249 (35.72%) Azure
3 224 (32.14%) Azure Certification
4 202 (28.98%) SQL
5 152 (21.81%) Business Intelligence
5 152 (21.81%) Power Platform
6 148 (21.23%) Power BI
7 137 (19.66%) Microsoft Excel
8 131 (18.79%) Python
9 129 (18.51%) Tableau
10 122 (17.50%) Mentoring
11 118 (16.93%) AI
12 117 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
13 109 (15.64%) Azure AI
13 109 (15.64%) CompTIA CySA+
13 109 (15.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 109 (15.64%) ForeScout
14 83 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
15 72 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
16 68 (9.76%) Security Cleared
17 64 (9.18%) Windows
18 59 (8.46%) Degree
19 47 (6.74%) ERP
20 45 (6.46%) Agile
20 45 (6.46%) ITIL
21 42 (6.03%) Business Analysis
22 40 (5.74%) Service Management
23 36 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
24 34 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
25 31 (4.45%) Customer Service

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 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.43%) Confluence
2 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Apache
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 137 (19.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.72%) Magento
1 5 (0.72%) Shopify
2 4 (0.57%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
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%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 249 (35.72%) Azure
2 152 (21.81%) Power Platform
3 109 (15.64%) Azure AI
4 72 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (1.43%) AWS
6 10 (1.43%) IaaS
6 10 (1.43%) PaaS
7 9 (1.29%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.15%) Serverless
9 7 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.00%) Intacct
10 6 (0.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (0.86%) Azure Functions
10 6 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.86%) GitHub
10 6 (0.86%) SaaS
11 5 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.44%) Broadband
2 22 (3.16%) 4G
3 18 (2.58%) VPN
4 16 (2.30%) WAN
5 13 (1.87%) Firewall
6 7 (1.00%) DHCP
6 7 (1.00%) DNS
7 6 (0.86%) LAN
8 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.57%) Internet
9 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.57%) VLAN
9 4 (0.57%) VoIP
9 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.29%) DMZ
10 2 (0.29%) MPLS
10 2 (0.29%) Network Security
10 2 (0.29%) NGFW
10 2 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.14%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (21.23%) Power BI
2 129 (18.51%) Tableau
3 15 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.87%) Power Query
5 11 (1.58%) PowerPivot
6 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.72%) Data Vault
9 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.57%) GIS
9 4 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.43%) Looker
11 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.14%) Metadata
12 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.14%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (1.87%) JIRA
2 6 (0.86%) Git
3 3 (0.43%) Postman
3 3 (0.43%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 302 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 80 (11.48%) Finance
3 56 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.16%) Manufacturing
5 20 (2.87%) Legal
6 19 (2.73%) Retail
7 14 (2.01%) Aerospace
8 13 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.43%) Marketing
11 9 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.29%) Law
12 8 (1.15%) Agriculture
13 7 (1.00%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.72%) Advertising
15 5 (0.72%) Back Office
16 4 (0.57%) Swedish Language
17 3 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.58%) .NET
2 8 (1.15%) HTML
2 8 (1.15%) SOAP
2 8 (1.15%) Web Services
3 6 (0.86%) .NET Framework
3 6 (0.86%) Middleware
3 6 (0.86%) REST
3 6 (0.86%) XML
4 5 (0.72%) CSS
5 3 (0.43%) Playwright
6 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.29%) EDI
6 2 (0.29%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.29%) IDoc
6 2 (0.29%) React
7 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.14%) JSON
7 1 (0.14%) React Native
7 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (2.58%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.29%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.15%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (0.86%) Podcast
8 6 (0.86%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
9 3 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.29%) BYOD
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.29%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (0.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 64 (9.18%) Windows
2 29 (4.16%) Windows 10
3 25 (3.59%) Android
4 18 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.86%) VMS
6 3 (0.43%) Linux
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (21.81%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (17.50%) Mentoring
3 118 (16.93%) AI
4 117 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
5 83 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (6.74%) ERP
7 45 (6.46%) Agile
7 45 (6.46%) ITIL
8 42 (6.03%) Business Analysis
9 40 (5.74%) Service Management
10 34 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (4.45%) Customer Service
12 28 (4.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 27 (3.87%) Process Improvement
14 26 (3.73%) Data Analysis
15 23 (3.30%) Analytics
15 23 (3.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (3.16%) Software License Management
17 21 (3.01%) Decision-Making
17 21 (3.01%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 202 (28.98%) SQL
2 131 (18.79%) Python
3 12 (1.72%) C#
4 11 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.00%) Bash
6 7 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.86%) Bicep
7 6 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.72%) Java
8 5 (0.72%) R
8 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.43%) VBA
10 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 224 (32.14%) Azure Certification
2 109 (15.64%) CompTIA CySA+
2 109 (15.64%) CompTIA Security+
3 68 (9.76%) Security Cleared
4 59 (8.46%) Degree
5 26 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.73%) SC Cleared
6 25 (3.59%) A+ Certification
7 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.57%) AAT
9 4 (0.57%) ACCA
9 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.57%) CIMA
9 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.57%) MCSE
10 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.43%) IIBA
11 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.73%) QA
2 11 (1.58%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.43%) GDPR
5 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.43%) SLA
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 17 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.00%) vSphere
3 6 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.86%) SCCM
2 6 (0.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 312 (44.76%) Microsoft
2 109 (15.64%) ForeScout
3 22 (3.16%) Starlink
4 14 (2.01%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.29%) Sage
6 8 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.00%) VMware
8 6 (0.86%) ScienceLogic
9 5 (0.72%) Cognos
9 5 (0.72%) ConnectWise
9 5 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
9 5 (0.72%) WooCommerce
10 4 (0.57%) Infor
11 2 (0.29%) Aruba
11 2 (0.29%) HP
11 2 (0.29%) Liquidlogic
11 2 (0.29%) NetApp
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle
11 2 (0.29%) SAP
11 2 (0.29%) Veeam