Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 15 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 673 294 574
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.41% 8.21% 8.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.92% 8.83% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 450 234 291
10th Percentile £28,113 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,750 £49,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -7.53% -2.11%

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 9,724 3,328 6,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 92.96% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,731 2,139 4,057
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,248 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -3 190 £50,000 +17.65% 41
Gloucestershire -8 145 £45,000 +26.65% 51
Somerset +6 123 £35,000 - 70
Devon +13 91 £32,250 +5.74% 24
Wiltshire -6 65 £45,000 +20.00% 40
Dorset -2 31 £33,000 -18.52% 13
Cornwall +10 7 £60,000 +95.12% 4
Avon - 3 £48,750 - 24
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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.

1 158 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 150 (22.29%) SQL
3 123 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
5 90 (13.37%) Power Platform
6 84 (12.48%) Power BI
7 78 (11.59%) Azure
8 73 (10.85%) Windows
9 71 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
10 67 (9.96%) AI
11 66 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
12 63 (9.36%) Agile
13 61 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
14 56 (8.32%) ERP
15 55 (8.17%) Customer Service
16 54 (8.02%) Azure Certification
17 52 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 50 (7.43%) Data Analysis
18 50 (7.43%) Degree
18 50 (7.43%) ITIL
18 50 (7.43%) Security Cleared
19 49 (7.28%) Python
20 47 (6.98%) Business Analysis
20 47 (6.98%) Decision-Making
21 41 (6.09%) Analytics
21 41 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
21 41 (6.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 39 (5.79%) Process Improvement
23 37 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
24 36 (5.35%) Tableau

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 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.19%) Confluence
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.30%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Site Server
Applications
1 61 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.74%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 5 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.59%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 90 (13.37%) Power Platform
2 78 (11.59%) Azure
3 71 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.46%) SaaS
5 21 (3.12%) Azure AI
6 20 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.67%) AWS
8 16 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.08%) Entra ID
10 13 (1.93%) IaaS
10 13 (1.93%) PaaS
10 13 (1.93%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.78%) Azure Functions
11 12 (1.78%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (1.78%) GitHub
11 12 (1.78%) Serverless
12 9 (1.34%) Intacct
12 9 (1.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.82%) VPN
2 14 (2.08%) Broadband
3 12 (1.78%) 4G
4 9 (1.34%) WAN
5 5 (0.74%) Firewall
6 4 (0.59%) Internet
6 4 (0.59%) LAN
7 2 (0.30%) DHCP
7 2 (0.30%) DMZ
7 2 (0.30%) DNS
7 2 (0.30%) MPLS
7 2 (0.30%) NGFW
7 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.15%) NAS
8 1 (0.15%) Network Security
8 1 (0.15%) SSH
8 1 (0.15%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.48%) Power BI
2 36 (5.35%) Tableau
3 20 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.93%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.34%) Power Query
7 5 (0.74%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.45%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.45%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.15%) Looker
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.82%) JIRA
2 14 (2.08%) Git
3 3 (0.45%) Postman
4 2 (0.30%) Selenium
4 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
General
1 202 (30.01%) Social Skills
2 106 (15.75%) Finance
3 99 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.61%) Manufacturing
5 29 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.42%) Aerospace
8 21 (3.12%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.12%) Retail
9 19 (2.82%) Law
9 19 (2.82%) Legal
10 15 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.78%) Marketing
12 10 (1.49%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.34%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.59%) Advertising
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.45%) Banking
15 3 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.97%) XML
2 17 (2.53%) HTML
3 15 (2.23%) .NET
4 12 (1.78%) .NET Framework
4 12 (1.78%) CSS
4 12 (1.78%) Terraform
4 12 (1.78%) Web Services
5 4 (0.59%) JSON
6 3 (0.45%) EDI
6 3 (0.45%) Middleware
7 2 (0.30%) Playwright
7 2 (0.30%) SOAP
8 1 (0.15%) REST
8 1 (0.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.16%) Onboarding
1 28 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (3.12%) Security Posture
3 18 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.78%) Podcast
7 12 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.49%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.74%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.59%) Blog
11 4 (0.59%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.45%) iPad
12 3 (0.45%) iPhone
12 3 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.45%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.30%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 73 (10.85%) Windows
2 20 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.93%) Android
5 12 (1.78%) VMS
6 4 (0.59%) Linux
7 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (9.96%) AI
4 66 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (9.36%) Agile
6 56 (8.32%) ERP
7 55 (8.17%) Customer Service
8 52 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (7.43%) Data Analysis
9 50 (7.43%) ITIL
10 47 (6.98%) Business Analysis
10 47 (6.98%) Decision-Making
11 41 (6.09%) Analytics
11 41 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (6.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (5.79%) Process Improvement
13 35 (5.20%) Mentoring
14 30 (4.46%) Project Delivery
14 30 (4.46%) Scrum
15 28 (4.16%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 150 (22.29%) SQL
2 49 (7.28%) Python
3 18 (2.67%) C#
3 18 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 14 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.78%) Bash
5 12 (1.78%) Bicep
6 10 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.59%) R
7 4 (0.59%) VB
7 4 (0.59%) VBA
8 3 (0.45%) Java
8 3 (0.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 54 (8.02%) Azure Certification
2 50 (7.43%) Degree
2 50 (7.43%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.71%) DV Cleared
4 24 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.12%) CompTIA CySA+
6 21 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (1.78%) A+ Certification
7 12 (1.78%) ACCA
7 12 (1.78%) CIMA
8 10 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.49%) MCSE
9 7 (1.04%) AAT
10 6 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.59%) CISM
11 4 (0.59%) CISSP
11 4 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.71%) Data Quality
1 25 (3.71%) QA
2 15 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (1.19%) GDPR
3 8 (1.19%) PMO
4 7 (1.04%) SLA
5 6 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.74%) NIST
7 3 (0.45%) NCSC
8 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 34 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.93%) vSphere
4 12 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.30%) SCCM
3 1 (0.15%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 158 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.12%) ForeScout
3 19 (2.82%) VMware
4 15 (2.23%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.78%) ScienceLogic
5 12 (1.78%) Starlink
6 11 (1.63%) Sage
7 8 (1.19%) Oracle
7 8 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.74%) Google
8 5 (0.74%) IBM
9 4 (0.59%) Infor
10 3 (0.45%) Cognos
10 3 (0.45%) MicroStrategy
11 2 (0.30%) SAP
12 1 (0.15%) Avaya
12 1 (0.15%) BMC
12 1 (0.15%) Qualys
12 1 (0.15%) Remedy
12 1 (0.15%) Siemens