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 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 322 509 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.06% 8.96% 9.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.63% 9.53% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 229 243 310
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £67,113
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

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 4,222 5,343 4,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.08% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,871 3,189 3,228
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 -8 106 £40,000 +6.67% 41
Somerset -5 57 £35,000 +4.48% 28
Wiltshire -9 47 £42,500 +6.25% 34
Gloucestershire -9 43 £35,266 -7.80% 44
Devon +21 38 £40,000 -11.11% 14
Dorset +16 27 £45,250 +12.24% 22
Cornwall -17 1 £30,750 -10.87% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 November 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.

1 131 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 78 (24.22%) SQL
3 73 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
5 64 (19.88%) Windows
6 61 (18.94%) Microsoft Excel
6 61 (18.94%) Power Platform
7 60 (18.63%) Power BI
8 58 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (17.70%) Azure
10 51 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
11 50 (15.53%) Active Directory
11 50 (15.53%) Windows Server
12 45 (13.98%) Agile
13 44 (13.66%) Degree
14 43 (13.35%) Python
15 40 (12.42%) Customer Service
16 38 (11.80%) Data Analysis
17 37 (11.49%) DNS
18 36 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
18 36 (11.18%) Project Management
19 34 (10.56%) Business Analysis
20 33 (10.25%) DHCP
21 32 (9.94%) Analytics
21 32 (9.94%) LAN
21 32 (9.94%) Tableau
22 31 (9.63%) ITSM
23 30 (9.32%) Mentoring
23 30 (9.32%) Process Improvement
24 29 (9.01%) Azure Certification

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 27 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 26 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (5.28%) IIS
4 10 (3.11%) Confluence
5 2 (0.62%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 61 (18.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Visualfiles
2 5 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.62%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.62%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.62%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.31%) assyst
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.94%) Power Platform
2 57 (17.70%) Azure
3 51 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (6.52%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.66%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.35%) Azure AI
7 13 (4.04%) AWS
8 12 (3.73%) SaaS
9 5 (1.55%) GCP
10 4 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.62%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.31%) Amazon SageMaker
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.31%) dbt
13 1 (0.31%) Fivetran
13 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.31%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.49%) DNS
2 33 (10.25%) DHCP
3 32 (9.94%) LAN
4 28 (8.70%) Firewall
5 21 (6.52%) WAN
6 20 (6.21%) Internet
7 17 (5.28%) Kerberos
8 12 (3.73%) Wireless
9 11 (3.42%) VPN
10 10 (3.11%) TCP/IP
11 8 (2.48%) VoIP
12 6 (1.86%) DKIM
12 6 (1.86%) DMARC
12 6 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.24%) Ethernet
14 4 (1.24%) Intranet
14 4 (1.24%) Wireshark
15 2 (0.62%) Network Security
16 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (18.63%) Power BI
2 32 (9.94%) Tableau
3 15 (4.66%) Power Query
3 15 (4.66%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.17%) Data Mining
5 5 (1.55%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.55%) MySQL
5 5 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.62%) Looker
6 2 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.31%) GIS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (4.35%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.62%) Gatling
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.62%) Locust
3 2 (0.62%) Selenium
3 2 (0.62%) TestRail
3 2 (0.62%) WebSpeed
3 2 (0.62%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.31%) RStudio
General
1 171 (53.11%) Social Skills
2 76 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (20.81%) Finance
4 21 (6.52%) Law
5 19 (5.90%) Manufacturing
5 19 (5.90%) Retail
6 11 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.11%) Advertising
7 10 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.48%) Legal
9 8 (2.48%) Local Government
10 7 (2.17%) Fire and Rescue
10 7 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.86%) Back Office
11 6 (1.86%) Marketing
12 5 (1.55%) Electronics
13 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.93%) Automotive
13 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.28%) LDAP
2 4 (1.24%) Software Packaging
3 3 (0.93%) EDI
4 2 (0.62%) .NET
4 2 (0.62%) HTML
4 2 (0.62%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.31%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.31%) JSON
5 1 (0.31%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) NumPy
5 1 (0.31%) Pandas
5 1 (0.31%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.07%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.21%) PKI
3 19 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.48%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.17%) NHS
8 5 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.93%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.62%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.62%) IoT
11 2 (0.62%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 64 (19.88%) Windows
2 50 (15.53%) Windows Server
3 24 (7.45%) Windows 10
4 17 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (5.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (2.17%) Linux
6 6 (1.86%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (13.98%) Agile
5 40 (12.42%) Customer Service
6 38 (11.80%) Data Analysis
7 36 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (11.18%) Project Management
8 34 (10.56%) Business Analysis
9 32 (9.94%) Analytics
10 31 (9.63%) ITSM
11 30 (9.32%) Mentoring
11 30 (9.32%) Process Improvement
12 29 (9.01%) Decision-Making
13 26 (8.07%) Change Management
14 21 (6.52%) ITIL
15 20 (6.21%) AI
16 17 (5.28%) Data Loss Prevention
16 17 (5.28%) Service Management
17 16 (4.97%) Case Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.22%) SQL
2 43 (13.35%) Python
3 25 (7.76%) PowerShell
4 18 (5.59%) VB
5 9 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.80%) R
6 4 (1.24%) C
6 4 (1.24%) C++
6 4 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.62%) Java
7 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.62%) VBA
8 1 (0.31%) Julia
Qualifications
1 44 (13.66%) Degree
2 29 (9.01%) Azure Certification
3 21 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.97%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (4.97%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.66%) CompTIA CySA+
7 14 (4.35%) ACCA
7 14 (4.35%) CIMA
8 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.17%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.86%) MCP
12 4 (1.24%) CEH
12 4 (1.24%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.45%) SLA
2 12 (3.73%) GDPR
3 7 (2.17%) QA
4 5 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.93%) PMO
7 2 (0.62%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) P3O
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 50 (15.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.28%) WSUS
3 11 (3.42%) Autotask
4 4 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.62%) SCCM
5 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 131 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.04%) ForeScout
3 11 (3.42%) Meraki
4 9 (2.80%) Apple
4 9 (2.80%) Google
5 7 (2.17%) Oracle
5 7 (2.17%) SAP
6 5 (1.55%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.55%) VMware
7 4 (1.24%) LexisNexis
7 4 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco
9 2 (0.62%) Databricks
9 2 (0.62%) IBM
9 2 (0.62%) QAD
9 2 (0.62%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.62%) Remedy
9 2 (0.62%) Workday
10 1 (0.31%) DocuSign