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 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 373 437 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.66% 9.36% 9.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.25% 10.00% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 240 205 302
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £23,275
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £56,199
90th Percentile £57,625 £60,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.16% -

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 4,522 4,372 4,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 93.66% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,097 2,532 3,160
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,392 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 14 December 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 14 December 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 -4 114 £40,000 +6.67% 27
Somerset +2 62 £35,000 +2.19% 24
Gloucestershire -4 62 £35,532 -5.25% 25
Wiltshire +3 52 £43,000 +7.50% 31
Devon +23 49 £40,000 -8.57% 21
Dorset +20 31 £40,500 +1.25% 25
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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.

1 167 (44.77%) Microsoft
2 99 (26.54%) SQL
3 92 (24.66%) Azure
4 83 (22.25%) Business Intelligence
5 79 (21.18%) Microsoft Excel
6 76 (20.38%) Power Platform
7 75 (20.11%) Power BI
8 70 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (18.23%) Azure Certification
10 61 (16.35%) Python
11 56 (15.01%) Windows
12 55 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (13.94%) Tableau
14 51 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
15 45 (12.06%) Mentoring
16 44 (11.80%) Agile
16 44 (11.80%) Windows Server
17 43 (11.53%) Active Directory
17 43 (11.53%) Degree
18 42 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
19 41 (10.99%) AI
20 40 (10.72%) Customer Service
21 39 (10.46%) Project Management
22 37 (9.92%) Security Cleared
23 36 (9.65%) Business Analysis
24 35 (9.38%) Azure AI
24 35 (9.38%) Data Analysis
25 34 (9.12%) CompTIA Security+
25 34 (9.12%) DNS
26 33 (8.85%) CompTIA CySA+

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 22 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (4.56%) IIS
4 11 (2.95%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 79 (21.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.41%) Visualfiles
2 6 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.80%) Magento
3 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.80%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.80%) Shopify
4 2 (0.54%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.54%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.54%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.27%) assyst
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 92 (24.66%) Azure
2 76 (20.38%) Power Platform
3 42 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (9.38%) Azure AI
5 18 (4.83%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.22%) OneDrive
6 12 (3.22%) SaaS
7 10 (2.68%) AWS
8 6 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.07%) GCP
10 2 (0.54%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.27%) dbt
11 1 (0.27%) Fivetran
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.27%) Google Data Studio
11 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.12%) DNS
2 30 (8.04%) DHCP
3 27 (7.24%) LAN
4 24 (6.43%) Firewall
5 19 (5.09%) WAN
6 18 (4.83%) Internet
7 17 (4.56%) Kerberos
8 11 (2.95%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.41%) Wireless
10 8 (2.14%) VPN
11 7 (1.88%) VoIP
12 6 (1.61%) DKIM
12 6 (1.61%) DMARC
12 6 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.07%) Ethernet
14 4 (1.07%) Intranet
14 4 (1.07%) Wireshark
15 2 (0.54%) Network Security
16 1 (0.27%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (20.11%) Power BI
2 52 (13.94%) Tableau
3 13 (3.49%) Power Query
3 13 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.88%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.61%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.34%) MySQL
6 5 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.07%) Looker
8 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.54%) GIS
8 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (4.83%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.54%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.54%) Gatling
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.54%) Locust
3 2 (0.54%) Selenium
3 2 (0.54%) TestRail
3 2 (0.54%) Zephyr
General
1 197 (52.82%) Social Skills
2 72 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (16.89%) Finance
4 22 (5.90%) Law
5 18 (4.83%) Retail
6 13 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.41%) Legal
7 9 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.41%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.14%) Back Office
8 8 (2.14%) Local Government
9 7 (1.88%) Advertising
9 7 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
9 7 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.07%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.07%) Electronics
11 2 (0.54%) Military
11 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.56%) LDAP
2 4 (1.07%) Middleware
2 4 (1.07%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.80%) .NET
3 3 (0.80%) REST
3 3 (0.80%) SOAP
4 1 (0.27%) EDI
4 1 (0.27%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.27%) NumPy
4 1 (0.27%) Pandas
4 1 (0.27%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.90%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.36%) PKI
3 16 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.41%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.88%) NHS
6 6 (1.61%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.34%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.80%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.80%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.54%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.54%) IoT
10 2 (0.54%) SCADA
10 2 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.01%) Windows
2 44 (11.80%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.43%) Windows 10
4 17 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (4.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.34%) Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (22.25%) Business Intelligence
2 70 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (12.06%) Mentoring
6 44 (11.80%) Agile
7 41 (10.99%) AI
8 40 (10.72%) Customer Service
9 39 (10.46%) Project Management
10 36 (9.65%) Business Analysis
11 35 (9.38%) Data Analysis
12 32 (8.58%) Change Management
12 32 (8.58%) ITSM
13 29 (7.77%) Analytics
14 27 (7.24%) Decision-Making
15 25 (6.70%) Process Improvement
16 24 (6.43%) ITIL
16 24 (6.43%) Service Management
17 17 (4.56%) Data Loss Prevention
18 16 (4.29%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 99 (26.54%) SQL
2 61 (16.35%) Python
3 25 (6.70%) PowerShell
4 18 (4.83%) VB
5 7 (1.88%) R
6 5 (1.34%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.34%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.07%) C
7 4 (1.07%) C++
7 4 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.54%) Java
8 2 (0.54%) VBA
9 1 (0.27%) Julia
Qualifications
1 68 (18.23%) Azure Certification
2 43 (11.53%) Degree
3 37 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 34 (9.12%) CompTIA Security+
5 33 (8.85%) CompTIA CySA+
6 28 (7.51%) SC Cleared
7 25 (6.70%) DV Cleared
8 13 (3.49%) ACCA
8 13 (3.49%) CIMA
9 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.61%) MCP
12 4 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.07%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.80%) CEH
13 3 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.80%) PMP
14 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.17%) SLA
2 11 (2.95%) GDPR
3 6 (1.61%) QA
4 5 (1.34%) PMO
5 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) NIST
7 1 (0.27%) P3O
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (11.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.56%) WSUS
2 16 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.14%) Autotask
4 4 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.07%) SCCM
5 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 167 (44.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.31%) ForeScout
3 8 (2.14%) Meraki
3 8 (2.14%) ServiceNow
4 7 (1.88%) Apple
4 7 (1.88%) Oracle
4 7 (1.88%) SAP
5 6 (1.61%) Google
6 4 (1.07%) Alteryx
7 3 (0.80%) ConnectWise
7 3 (0.80%) VMware
7 3 (0.80%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.54%) Cisco
8 2 (0.54%) Databricks
8 2 (0.54%) IBM
8 2 (0.54%) LexisNexis
8 2 (0.54%) Remedy
8 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.54%) Workday
9 1 (0.27%) HubSpot