Analyst Jobs 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 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 236 726 599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.65% 7.41% 9.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.11% 7.71% 10.16%
Number of salaries quoted 188 465 403
10th Percentile £25,219 £24,425 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £53,390
90th Percentile £61,625 £61,250 £59,800
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,318 9,419 5,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.16% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 6,904 3,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,808 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South West.

Salary trend for Analyst 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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 96 £48,507 +11.51% 56
Wiltshire +8 35 £40,000 +14.29% 17
Gloucestershire +21 34 £31,500 -25.88% 44
Somerset -14 26 £40,000 +14.29% 42
Devon +3 25 £31,000 -14.48% 14
Dorset -34 13 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Cornwall -1 6 £30,000 -40.03% 1
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 85 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 83 (35.17%) Microsoft
3 70 (29.66%) SQL
4 68 (28.81%) Finance
5 59 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (23.73%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (20.76%) Azure
8 43 (18.22%) Degree
8 43 (18.22%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (17.80%) Windows
10 40 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (13.98%) Customer Service
12 32 (13.56%) Firewall
13 31 (13.14%) Banking
14 30 (12.71%) ITIL
14 30 (12.71%) Analytics
15 29 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
16 27 (11.44%) Disaster Recovery
16 27 (11.44%) Active Directory
16 27 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (9.75%) Power BI
17 23 (9.75%) Power Platform
17 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Excel
18 22 (9.32%) Agile
18 22 (9.32%) Visualisation
18 22 (9.32%) Windows Server
19 20 (8.47%) Manufacturing
20 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
21 18 (7.63%) DHCP
21 18 (7.63%) DNS

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.24%) IIS
2 8 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.54%) Confluence
5 2 (0.85%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.85%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.85%) Magento
2 2 (0.85%) MFGPRO
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.85%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.42%) iTrent
3 1 (0.42%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 56 (23.73%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (20.76%) Azure
3 23 (9.75%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.93%) AWS
5 7 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.12%) GitHub
6 5 (2.12%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.69%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.27%) GCP
9 2 (0.85%) Asana
9 2 (0.85%) Miro
9 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.42%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.42%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.42%) Datadog
10 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.42%) SaaS
10 1 (0.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.56%) Firewall
2 18 (7.63%) DHCP
2 18 (7.63%) DNS
3 17 (7.20%) VPN
4 15 (6.36%) VLAN
5 12 (5.08%) VoIP
6 10 (4.24%) ADSL
7 5 (2.12%) LAN
8 3 (1.27%) Network Security
8 3 (1.27%) WAN
9 2 (0.85%) Broadband
9 2 (0.85%) Internet
9 2 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.85%) Wireless
10 1 (0.42%) 2G
10 1 (0.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.75%) Power BI
2 15 (6.36%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (5.08%) Big Data
3 12 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.69%) FileMaker
4 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.69%) Tableau
5 3 (1.27%) Data Hub
6 2 (0.85%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Looker
7 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
2 3 (1.27%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.85%) Gatling
3 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.85%) Locust
3 2 (0.85%) TestRail
3 2 (0.85%) WebSpeed
3 2 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 68 (28.81%) Finance
3 43 (18.22%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.14%) Banking
5 20 (8.47%) Manufacturing
6 18 (7.63%) Marketing
7 14 (5.93%) Games
8 13 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (4.24%) Local Government
10 8 (3.39%) Retail
11 7 (2.97%) Private Banking
11 7 (2.97%) Tech for Good
12 6 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.12%) Advertising
13 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.27%) Public Speaking
15 2 (0.85%) Automotive
15 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.81%) XML
2 6 (2.54%) .NET
2 6 (2.54%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.54%) WPF
3 3 (1.27%) HTML
4 2 (0.85%) EDI
4 2 (0.85%) Node.js
4 2 (0.85%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.42%) ADO
5 1 (0.42%) CSS
5 1 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.42%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.08%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.27%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.85%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (0.85%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.42%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.42%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.80%) Windows
2 22 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 17 (7.20%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (13.98%) Customer Service
4 30 (12.71%) Analytics
4 30 (12.71%) ITIL
5 29 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
6 27 (11.44%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (9.32%) Agile
7 22 (9.32%) Visualisation
8 18 (7.63%) Mathematics
9 17 (7.20%) Data Analytics
9 17 (7.20%) ERP
9 17 (7.20%) Statistics
10 16 (6.78%) Data Analysis
11 15 (6.36%) Business Analysis
11 15 (6.36%) ITSM
12 14 (5.93%) Project Delivery
13 13 (5.51%) Data Extraction
13 13 (5.51%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.66%) SQL
2 17 (7.20%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.51%) Python
4 10 (4.24%) C#
5 8 (3.39%) R
6 6 (2.54%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.12%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.27%) VBA
9 2 (0.85%) Java
9 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.85%) X++
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (18.22%) Degree
2 17 (7.20%) A+ Certification
3 11 (4.66%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (4.66%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.54%) MCP
6 6 (2.54%) MCSE
6 6 (2.54%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.12%) CISSP
7 5 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.69%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.27%) CCSK
9 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.36%) SLA
3 10 (4.24%) QA
4 9 (3.81%) NIST
5 4 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.69%) GDPR
6 3 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.85%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) ITGC
8 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (11.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.42%) Snort
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.85%) Autotask
4 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (35.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.97%) Avaloq
2 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.54%) Oracle
4 5 (2.12%) Google
5 4 (1.69%) SAP
5 4 (1.69%) VMware
6 3 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.27%) Splunk
7 2 (0.85%) Apple
7 2 (0.85%) Fiserv
7 2 (0.85%) Infor
7 2 (0.85%) LexisNexis
7 2 (0.85%) Meraki
7 2 (0.85%) QAD
7 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.85%) TSYS
8 1 (0.42%) Adobe
8 1 (0.42%) Citrix
8 1 (0.42%) LogRhythm