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 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 749 278 700
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.91% 8.23% 7.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.48% 8.99% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 430 225 438
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,950 £60,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.17%

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 7,905 3,093 8,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 91.59% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,432 2,084 6,626
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,399
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.11% -9.34%

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 July 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 July 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 +2 176 £42,500 -13.08% 30
Gloucestershire +17 156 £44,000 +35.38% 39
Somerset +4 154 £35,000 - 32
Devon +26 119 £35,000 +18.64% 8
Wiltshire -6 64 £38,378 +3.72% 18
Dorset +24 58 £43,500 +8.75% 7
Cornwall +6 6 £46,232 +54.11% 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 314 (41.92%) Microsoft
2 239 (31.91%) Azure
3 220 (29.37%) SQL
4 216 (28.84%) Azure Certification
5 156 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 155 (20.69%) Power Platform
7 149 (19.89%) Power BI
8 137 (18.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 129 (17.22%) Python
10 124 (16.56%) AI
10 124 (16.56%) Tableau
11 118 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
12 117 (15.62%) Mentoring
13 102 (13.62%) Azure AI
13 102 (13.62%) CompTIA CySA+
13 102 (13.62%) CompTIA Security+
13 102 (13.62%) ForeScout
14 94 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
15 74 (9.88%) Windows
16 73 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
17 62 (8.28%) Degree
18 56 (7.48%) Agile
18 56 (7.48%) ERP
19 54 (7.21%) Security Cleared
20 48 (6.41%) ITIL
21 44 (5.87%) Business Analysis
22 41 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
23 40 (5.34%) Customer Service
24 35 (4.67%) Data Analysis
24 35 (4.67%) Decision-Making

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 17 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.53%) Confluence
3 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 137 (18.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.53%) Infor LN
3 4 (0.53%) Magento
3 4 (0.53%) Shopify
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 239 (31.91%) Azure
2 155 (20.69%) Power Platform
3 102 (13.62%) Azure AI
4 73 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.14%) AWS
6 16 (2.14%) IaaS
6 16 (2.14%) PaaS
7 14 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.87%) Serverless
8 12 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Functions
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (1.60%) GitHub
8 12 (1.60%) SaaS
9 10 (1.34%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.20%) Intacct
10 9 (1.20%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.07%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.34%) Broadband
2 24 (3.20%) VPN
3 23 (3.07%) 4G
4 16 (2.14%) WAN
5 13 (1.74%) Firewall
6 7 (0.93%) DHCP
6 7 (0.93%) DNS
7 6 (0.80%) LAN
8 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.53%) Internet
9 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.53%) VLAN
9 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) DMZ
10 2 (0.27%) MPLS
10 2 (0.27%) Network Security
10 2 (0.27%) NGFW
10 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.13%) SAN
11 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (19.89%) Power BI
2 124 (16.56%) Tableau
3 22 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.74%) Power Query
5 12 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.07%) PowerPivot
7 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.67%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.53%) Looker
9 4 (0.53%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.27%) GIS
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.13%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (2.27%) JIRA
2 13 (1.74%) 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
1 324 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 93 (12.42%) Finance
3 73 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.14%) Manufacturing
5 26 (3.47%) Retail
6 21 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (2.54%) Legal
9 17 (2.27%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.00%) Law
11 11 (1.47%) Marketing
12 10 (1.34%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.20%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.80%) Public Sector
15 5 (0.67%) Advertising
15 5 (0.67%) Agriculture
16 4 (0.53%) Back Office
16 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.14%) .NET
2 14 (1.87%) HTML
3 13 (1.74%) Web Services
3 13 (1.74%) XML
4 11 (1.47%) .NET Framework
5 10 (1.34%) CSS
6 7 (0.93%) SOAP
7 6 (0.80%) Middleware
8 5 (0.67%) Playwright
8 5 (0.67%) REST
9 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.27%) EDI
9 2 (0.27%) JSON
9 2 (0.27%) React
10 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.13%) EDIFACT
10 1 (0.13%) IDoc
10 1 (0.13%) React Native
10 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (2.54%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.54%) Security Posture
3 16 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (1.60%) Podcast
5 12 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.07%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.07%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.07%) Driving Licence
8 6 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.27%) BYOD
11 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 74 (9.88%) Windows
2 26 (3.47%) Windows 10
3 25 (3.34%) Android
4 23 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.60%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
2 124 (16.56%) AI
3 118 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
4 117 (15.62%) Mentoring
5 94 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (7.48%) Agile
6 56 (7.48%) ERP
7 48 (6.41%) ITIL
8 44 (5.87%) Business Analysis
9 40 (5.34%) Customer Service
10 35 (4.67%) Data Analysis
10 35 (4.67%) Decision-Making
10 35 (4.67%) Process Improvement
10 35 (4.67%) Service Management
10 35 (4.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (4.27%) Analytics
13 28 (3.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (3.34%) ITSM
15 24 (3.20%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 220 (29.37%) SQL
2 129 (17.22%) Python
3 19 (2.54%) C#
4 14 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (1.74%) Bash
5 13 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.74%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.60%) Bicep
6 12 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.67%) Java
7 5 (0.67%) R
8 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.40%) VBA
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 216 (28.84%) Azure Certification
2 102 (13.62%) CompTIA CySA+
2 102 (13.62%) CompTIA Security+
3 62 (8.28%) Degree
4 54 (7.21%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.07%) A+ Certification
5 23 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.54%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.34%) MCSE
9 7 (0.93%) AAT
9 7 (0.93%) ACCA
9 7 (0.93%) CIMA
10 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.67%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.27%) CCNA
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.87%) QA
2 17 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.53%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.74%) vSphere
3 12 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.60%) Terraform
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 314 (41.92%) Microsoft
2 102 (13.62%) ForeScout
3 23 (3.07%) Starlink
4 19 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.74%) VMware
6 12 (1.60%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.47%) Sage
8 9 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.67%) Cognos
9 5 (0.67%) MicroStrategy
9 5 (0.67%) Oracle
10 4 (0.53%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.53%) Infor
10 4 (0.53%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.27%) Aruba
11 2 (0.27%) HP
11 2 (0.27%) NetApp
11 2 (0.27%) SAP
11 2 (0.27%) Veeam
12 1 (0.13%) Siemens