Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 740 289 641
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.30% 8.24% 8.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.84% 8.88% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 476 237 325
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,450 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,905 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.21% -0.21% -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 9,436 3,254 7,147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 92.73% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,537 2,133 4,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,027 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.15% -11.71% -6.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 18 September 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 September 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 -2 204 £50,000 +17.65% 53
Gloucestershire +3 167 £45,000 +28.51% 30
Somerset +8 139 £35,000 - 40
Devon +17 106 £32,500 +6.56% 23
Wiltshire -6 62 £45,000 +20.81% 23
Dorset -2 34 £33,000 -17.50% 19
Cornwall +9 7 £60,000 +100.00% 2
Avon - 3 £48,750 - 26
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 225 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 183 (24.73%) SQL
3 139 (18.78%) Azure
4 124 (16.76%) Business Intelligence
4 124 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (16.08%) Power Platform
6 113 (15.27%) Power BI
7 110 (14.86%) Azure Certification
8 94 (12.70%) AI
9 89 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
9 89 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
10 79 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
11 78 (10.54%) Python
11 78 (10.54%) Windows
12 66 (8.92%) ERP
13 65 (8.78%) Mentoring
14 64 (8.65%) Tableau
15 60 (8.11%) Agile
16 56 (7.57%) Customer Service
17 53 (7.16%) Degree
17 53 (7.16%) ITIL
17 53 (7.16%) Stakeholder Management
18 51 (6.89%) Security Cleared
19 50 (6.76%) Data Analysis
20 49 (6.62%) Azure AI
20 49 (6.62%) CompTIA CySA+
20 49 (6.62%) CompTIA Security+
20 49 (6.62%) ForeScout
21 48 (6.49%) Decision-Making
22 46 (6.22%) Business Analysis

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 19 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.08%) Confluence
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 89 (12.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.68%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 139 (18.78%) Azure
2 119 (16.08%) Power Platform
3 79 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (6.62%) Azure AI
5 29 (3.92%) SaaS
6 23 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.43%) AWS
8 16 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.16%) IaaS
8 16 (2.16%) PaaS
9 14 (1.89%) Serverless
10 12 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Functions
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (1.62%) GitHub
11 11 (1.49%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.22%) Intacct
12 9 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.97%) VPN
2 16 (2.16%) WAN
3 15 (2.03%) Broadband
4 13 (1.76%) 4G
5 11 (1.49%) Firewall
6 6 (0.81%) LAN
7 5 (0.68%) DHCP
7 5 (0.68%) DNS
7 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.54%) Internet
8 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.54%) 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 (0.14%) DKIM
10 1 (0.14%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (15.27%) Power BI
2 64 (8.65%) Tableau
3 22 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.22%) Power Query
5 9 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.68%) Star Schema
7 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.41%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.41%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.14%) Looker
10 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (2.70%) JIRA
2 14 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (0.54%) Postman
4 3 (0.41%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 262 (35.41%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.46%) Finance
3 99 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (4.86%) Manufacturing
5 29 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.11%) Retail
8 22 (2.97%) Aerospace
9 19 (2.57%) Law
9 19 (2.57%) Legal
9 19 (2.57%) Public Sector
10 16 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.49%) Marketing
12 10 (1.35%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.22%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.68%) Advertising
14 5 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.41%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.70%) XML
2 18 (2.43%) HTML
3 16 (2.16%) .NET
4 12 (1.62%) .NET Framework
4 12 (1.62%) CSS
4 12 (1.62%) Terraform
4 12 (1.62%) Web Services
5 4 (0.54%) JSON
6 3 (0.41%) EDI
6 3 (0.41%) Middleware
6 3 (0.41%) SOAP
7 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.27%) Playwright
8 1 (0.14%) REST
8 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.78%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.84%) Security Posture
4 20 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.62%) Podcast
8 12 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.49%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.08%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.54%) Blog
12 4 (0.54%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.41%) iPad
13 3 (0.41%) iPhone
13 3 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.41%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.27%) BYOD
14 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.54%) Windows
2 24 (3.24%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.03%) Windows 10
4 14 (1.89%) Android
5 12 (1.62%) VMS
6 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (16.76%) Business Intelligence
1 124 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (12.70%) AI
3 89 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
4 66 (8.92%) ERP
5 65 (8.78%) Mentoring
6 60 (8.11%) Agile
7 56 (7.57%) Customer Service
8 53 (7.16%) ITIL
8 53 (7.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (6.76%) Data Analysis
10 48 (6.49%) Decision-Making
11 46 (6.22%) Business Analysis
12 42 (5.68%) Analytics
12 42 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (5.41%) Process Improvement
13 40 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 32 (4.32%) Project Delivery
15 30 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
16 28 (3.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (24.73%) SQL
2 78 (10.54%) Python
3 20 (2.70%) C#
4 17 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (2.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.62%) Bash
7 12 (1.62%) Bicep
8 5 (0.68%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) R
9 4 (0.54%) VB
9 4 (0.54%) VBA
10 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 110 (14.86%) Azure Certification
2 53 (7.16%) Degree
3 51 (6.89%) Security Cleared
4 49 (6.62%) CompTIA CySA+
4 49 (6.62%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.24%) SC Cleared
7 23 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.76%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.62%) ACCA
9 12 (1.62%) CIMA
10 10 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.35%) MCSE
11 7 (0.95%) AAT
12 6 (0.81%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.54%) CISM
14 4 (0.54%) CISSP
14 4 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.65%) QA
2 25 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.08%) GDPR
5 8 (1.08%) PMO
5 8 (1.08%) SLA
6 7 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.54%) NIST
9 3 (0.41%) NCSC
10 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 35 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.76%) vSphere
4 12 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.27%) SCCM
3 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 225 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.62%) ForeScout
3 19 (2.57%) VMware
4 16 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.76%) Starlink
6 12 (1.62%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.49%) Sage
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle
8 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.68%) IBM
10 4 (0.54%) Google
10 4 (0.54%) Infor
11 3 (0.41%) Cognos
11 3 (0.41%) MicroStrategy
12 2 (0.27%) Aruba
12 2 (0.27%) HP
12 2 (0.27%) SAP
12 2 (0.27%) Veeam
13 1 (0.14%) Splunk
13 1 (0.14%) Workday