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 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 20 24
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 673 226 647
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.05% 8.43% 7.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.60% 9.12% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 329 176 449
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £24,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,403 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -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 7,009 2,477 8,389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 92.36% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,787 1,654 6,409
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.49%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +2 152 £40,000 -11.11% 17
Devon +34 133 £35,000 -6.67% 14
Gloucestershire +19 125 £42,500 +34.92% 26
Somerset +10 124 £35,000 -12.50% 19
Dorset +19 74 £43,500 +8.75% 11
Wiltshire +6 60 £40,000 - 9
Cornwall -17 3 £18,000 -47.83% 9
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 358 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 310 (46.06%) Azure
3 284 (42.20%) Azure Certification
4 211 (31.35%) SQL
5 176 (26.15%) Business Intelligence
5 176 (26.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 170 (25.26%) Power BI
6 170 (25.26%) Power Platform
7 164 (24.37%) Python
8 158 (23.48%) Tableau
9 150 (22.29%) Mentoring
10 145 (21.55%) Cybersecurity
11 144 (21.40%) AI
11 144 (21.40%) Azure AI
12 140 (20.80%) CompTIA CySA+
12 140 (20.80%) CompTIA Security+
12 140 (20.80%) ForeScout
13 75 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
14 67 (9.96%) Security Cleared
15 55 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
16 54 (8.02%) Degree
17 50 (7.43%) Business Analysis
18 43 (6.39%) Agile
19 40 (5.94%) Service Management
19 40 (5.94%) Windows
20 38 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
21 35 (5.20%) ITIL
22 33 (4.90%) Project Management
23 31 (4.61%) Change Management
23 31 (4.61%) ERP

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 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.74%) Confluence
3 4 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 176 (26.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.34%) Magento
2 9 (1.34%) Shopify
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.30%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 310 (46.06%) Azure
2 170 (25.26%) Power Platform
3 144 (21.40%) Azure AI
4 55 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.19%) Power Automate
7 6 (0.89%) Entra ID
7 6 (0.89%) SaaS
8 4 (0.59%) IaaS
8 4 (0.59%) PaaS
9 3 (0.45%) AWS
9 3 (0.45%) Boomi
9 3 (0.45%) iPaaS
9 3 (0.45%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.45%) Workato
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.30%) Serverless
11 1 (0.15%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.08%) Broadband
2 13 (1.93%) 4G
3 12 (1.78%) Firewall
4 10 (1.49%) WAN
5 6 (0.89%) DHCP
5 6 (0.89%) DNS
5 6 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.89%) VPN
6 4 (0.59%) LAN
6 4 (0.59%) VLAN
6 4 (0.59%) VoIP
7 2 (0.30%) Network Security
7 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) DKIM
8 1 (0.15%) DMARC
8 1 (0.15%) SSH
8 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (25.26%) Power BI
2 158 (23.48%) Tableau
3 14 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.19%) Data Mining
4 8 (1.19%) Power Query
4 8 (1.19%) PowerPivot
5 6 (0.89%) GIS
6 5 (0.74%) Looker
7 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.30%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.15%) Metadata
9 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (2.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.45%) Postman
2 3 (0.45%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.15%) Gatling
4 1 (0.15%) Git
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.15%) Locust
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 347 (51.56%) Social Skills
2 79 (11.74%) Finance
3 46 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.12%) Retail
5 16 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 14 (2.08%) Legal
7 9 (1.34%) Back Office
8 8 (1.19%) Agriculture
9 7 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.89%) Marketing
11 5 (0.74%) Advertising
11 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.59%) Automotive
12 4 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.45%) Law
14 2 (0.30%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.78%) SOAP
2 10 (1.49%) REST
3 9 (1.34%) Middleware
4 7 (1.04%) .NET
5 3 (0.45%) HTML
5 3 (0.45%) Playwright
5 3 (0.45%) Web Services
6 2 (0.30%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.30%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.30%) IDoc
6 2 (0.30%) React
7 1 (0.15%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.15%) EDI
7 1 (0.15%) React Native
7 1 (0.15%) RESTful
7 1 (0.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.38%) Driving Licence
2 11 (1.63%) Product Ownership
2 11 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (1.49%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (0.59%) Client/Server
6 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (0.59%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.59%) PMI
7 3 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.45%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.30%) BYOD
8 2 (0.30%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.30%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (0.30%) IoT
8 2 (0.30%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.30%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.94%) Windows
2 23 (3.42%) Windows 10
3 16 (2.38%) Android
4 13 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Linux
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (26.15%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (22.29%) Mentoring
3 145 (21.55%) Cybersecurity
4 144 (21.40%) AI
5 75 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (7.43%) Business Analysis
7 43 (6.39%) Agile
8 40 (5.94%) Service Management
9 38 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (5.20%) ITIL
11 33 (4.90%) Project Management
12 31 (4.61%) Change Management
12 31 (4.61%) ERP
13 26 (3.86%) Data Analysis
14 24 (3.57%) ITSM
15 23 (3.42%) Analytics
16 21 (3.12%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (2.97%) Customer Service
17 20 (2.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 18 (2.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 211 (31.35%) SQL
2 164 (24.37%) Python
3 9 (1.34%) T-SQL
4 7 (1.04%) C#
4 7 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.89%) Java
6 4 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.30%) R
7 2 (0.30%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.30%) VBA
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 284 (42.20%) Azure Certification
2 140 (20.80%) CompTIA CySA+
2 140 (20.80%) CompTIA Security+
3 67 (9.96%) Security Cleared
4 54 (8.02%) Degree
5 30 (4.46%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.01%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.67%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.04%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.59%) IIBA
10 4 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.30%) ACCA
12 2 (0.30%) CBAP
12 2 (0.30%) CIMA
12 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.30%) PMP
13 1 (0.15%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.08%) QA
2 7 (1.04%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.45%) GDPR
4 3 (0.45%) PMO
5 2 (0.30%) SLA
6 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.15%) NCSC
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.34%) SCCM
2 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 358 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 140 (20.80%) ForeScout
3 15 (2.23%) ServiceNow
4 13 (1.93%) Starlink
5 9 (1.34%) ConnectWise
5 9 (1.34%) WooCommerce
6 4 (0.59%) SAP
7 2 (0.30%) Aruba
7 2 (0.30%) Cognos
7 2 (0.30%) HP
7 2 (0.30%) IBM
7 2 (0.30%) Infor
7 2 (0.30%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.30%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (0.30%) NetApp
7 2 (0.30%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.30%) Veeam
8 1 (0.15%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.15%) Splunk