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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 742 288 645
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.10% 8.30% 8.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.61% 9.07% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 443 235 381
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,100 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £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 £51,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 8,614 3,174 7,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 91.44% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,871 2,133 5,452
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £71,001 £64,100 £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 20 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 20 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 -3 183 £45,000 -7.22% 56
Gloucestershire +8 167 £44,000 +35.38% 22
Somerset +7 155 £35,000 -7.96% 33
Devon +24 107 £35,000 +14.75% 21
Wiltshire -4 59 £45,000 +20.81% 13
Dorset +10 47 £33,000 -17.50% 6
Cornwall +4 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 20 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.

1 266 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 197 (26.55%) SQL
3 187 (25.20%) Azure
4 164 (22.10%) Azure Certification
5 135 (18.19%) Business Intelligence
6 133 (17.92%) Power Platform
7 127 (17.12%) Power BI
8 111 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
9 109 (14.69%) AI
10 106 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
12 99 (13.34%) Python
13 95 (12.80%) Tableau
14 92 (12.40%) Mentoring
15 76 (10.24%) Azure AI
15 76 (10.24%) CompTIA CySA+
15 76 (10.24%) CompTIA Security+
15 76 (10.24%) ForeScout
16 71 (9.57%) Windows
17 69 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
18 63 (8.49%) Agile
19 58 (7.82%) ERP
20 54 (7.28%) Degree
21 53 (7.14%) Security Cleared
22 49 (6.60%) ITIL
23 46 (6.20%) Customer Service
24 44 (5.93%) Decision-Making
25 43 (5.80%) Data Analysis
26 42 (5.66%) Business Analysis
27 39 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management

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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.81%) Confluence
2 6 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.13%) Apache
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.13%) SAS
4 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 111 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) 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
Cloud Services
1 187 (25.20%) Azure
2 133 (17.92%) Power Platform
3 76 (10.24%) Azure AI
4 69 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (2.96%) SaaS
6 18 (2.43%) AWS
7 17 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.16%) IaaS
8 16 (2.16%) PaaS
9 15 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.89%) Serverless
11 12 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Functions
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (1.62%) GitHub
12 11 (1.48%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.48%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.21%) Intacct
14 6 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.96%) VPN
2 18 (2.43%) Broadband
3 16 (2.16%) 4G
3 16 (2.16%) WAN
4 11 (1.48%) Firewall
5 6 (0.81%) LAN
6 5 (0.67%) DHCP
6 5 (0.67%) DNS
6 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.54%) Internet
7 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.54%) VLAN
7 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.27%) DMZ
8 2 (0.27%) MPLS
8 2 (0.27%) Network Security
8 2 (0.27%) NGFW
8 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.13%) DKIM
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (17.12%) Power BI
2 95 (12.80%) Tableau
3 20 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.21%) Power Query
6 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.67%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.54%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.54%) Looker
9 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
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%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.43%) JIRA
2 14 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (0.54%) Postman
4 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 294 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 97 (13.07%) Finance
3 83 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (4.58%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.64%) Retail
6 24 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.83%) Aerospace
9 20 (2.70%) Law
10 17 (2.29%) Legal
11 15 (2.02%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.35%) Marketing
13 10 (1.35%) Swedish Language
14 9 (1.21%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.67%) Advertising
15 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.40%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.56%) XML
2 18 (2.43%) HTML
3 17 (2.29%) .NET
4 12 (1.62%) .NET Framework
4 12 (1.62%) CSS
4 12 (1.62%) Terraform
4 12 (1.62%) Web Services
5 3 (0.40%) EDI
5 3 (0.40%) JSON
5 3 (0.40%) Middleware
5 3 (0.40%) Playwright
5 3 (0.40%) SOAP
6 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.13%) React
7 1 (0.13%) REST
7 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (2.83%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.70%) Security Posture
4 19 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (1.62%) Podcast
8 12 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.08%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.08%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.54%) Blog
11 2 (0.27%) BYOD
11 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 2 (0.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.57%) Windows
2 23 (3.10%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.43%) Windows 10
4 17 (2.29%) Android
5 12 (1.62%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (18.19%) Business Intelligence
2 109 (14.69%) AI
3 106 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
5 92 (12.40%) Mentoring
6 63 (8.49%) Agile
7 58 (7.82%) ERP
8 49 (6.60%) ITIL
9 46 (6.20%) Customer Service
10 44 (5.93%) Decision-Making
11 43 (5.80%) Data Analysis
12 42 (5.66%) Business Analysis
13 39 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (4.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 35 (4.72%) Process Improvement
16 33 (4.45%) Analytics
16 33 (4.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (3.91%) Service Management
18 28 (3.77%) Project Delivery
19 26 (3.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 197 (26.55%) SQL
2 99 (13.34%) Python
3 21 (2.83%) C#
4 15 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.62%) Bash
7 12 (1.62%) Bicep
8 5 (0.67%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) R
10 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.40%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) VBA
11 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 164 (22.10%) Azure Certification
2 76 (10.24%) CompTIA CySA+
2 76 (10.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 54 (7.28%) Degree
4 53 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 25 (3.37%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.16%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.35%) MCSE
10 9 (1.21%) ACCA
10 9 (1.21%) CIMA
11 7 (0.94%) AAT
12 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.67%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.40%) CASP
15 3 (0.40%) CISM
15 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.04%) QA
2 20 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.67%) PMO
6 5 (0.67%) 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%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.75%) vSphere
4 12 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.13%) SCCM
2 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 266 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.24%) ForeScout
3 16 (2.16%) ServiceNow
3 16 (2.16%) Starlink
3 16 (2.16%) VMware
4 12 (1.62%) ScienceLogic
5 11 (1.48%) Sage
6 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 7 (0.94%) Oracle
8 4 (0.54%) Cognos
8 4 (0.54%) Infor
8 4 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.27%) Aruba
9 2 (0.27%) HP
9 2 (0.27%) IBM
9 2 (0.27%) NetApp
9 2 (0.27%) Veeam
10 1 (0.13%) Remedy
10 1 (0.13%) SAP
10 1 (0.13%) Siemens