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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 743 297 635
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.89% 8.52% 8.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.41% 9.26% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 452 244 359
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,500 £52,000
90th Percentile £66,125 £59,625 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

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 8,836 3,206 7,516
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 91.97% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,053 2,142 5,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.94% -7.98%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -5 192 £50,000 +8.11% 79
Gloucestershire +5 167 £44,000 +35.38% 60
Somerset +10 151 £35,000 -7.96% 29
Devon +25 106 £35,000 +14.75% 25
Wiltshire -9 58 £45,000 +16.13% 13
Dorset +10 44 £33,000 -17.50% 12
Cornwall +6 7 £60,000 +100.00% 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 257 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 193 (25.98%) SQL
3 175 (23.55%) Azure
4 152 (20.46%) Azure Certification
5 133 (17.90%) Business Intelligence
6 132 (17.77%) Power Platform
7 126 (16.96%) Power BI
8 109 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (14.40%) AI
10 105 (14.13%) Microsoft Excel
11 98 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
12 94 (12.65%) Python
13 88 (11.84%) Tableau
14 86 (11.57%) Mentoring
15 73 (9.83%) Windows
16 72 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
17 70 (9.42%) Azure AI
17 70 (9.42%) CompTIA CySA+
17 70 (9.42%) CompTIA Security+
17 70 (9.42%) ForeScout
18 63 (8.48%) Agile
19 59 (7.94%) ERP
20 54 (7.27%) Degree
21 52 (7.00%) Security Cleared
22 49 (6.59%) Customer Service
22 49 (6.59%) ITIL
23 44 (5.92%) Data Analysis
23 44 (5.92%) Decision-Making
24 42 (5.65%) Business Analysis
25 41 (5.52%) Stakeholder Management

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 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.94%) Confluence
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 105 (14.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 175 (23.55%) Azure
2 132 (17.77%) Power Platform
3 72 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (9.42%) Azure AI
5 27 (3.63%) SaaS
6 18 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.29%) AWS
8 16 (2.15%) IaaS
8 16 (2.15%) PaaS
9 15 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.88%) Serverless
11 12 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Functions
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (1.62%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.62%) GitHub
12 11 (1.48%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.21%) Intacct
14 8 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.96%) VPN
2 17 (2.29%) Broadband
3 16 (2.15%) WAN
4 15 (2.02%) 4G
5 11 (1.48%) Firewall
6 6 (0.81%) LAN
7 5 (0.67%) DHCP
7 5 (0.67%) DNS
7 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.54%) Internet
8 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.27%) DMZ
9 2 (0.27%) MPLS
9 2 (0.27%) Network Security
9 2 (0.27%) NGFW
9 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.13%) DKIM
10 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (16.96%) Power BI
2 88 (11.84%) Tableau
3 21 (2.83%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.21%) Power Query
6 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.67%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.54%) Looker
8 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.40%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.56%) JIRA
2 14 (1.88%) Git
3 4 (0.54%) Postman
4 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 287 (38.63%) Social Skills
2 98 (13.19%) Finance
3 83 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (4.58%) Manufacturing
5 26 (3.50%) Retail
6 25 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.83%) Aerospace
9 19 (2.56%) Law
9 19 (2.56%) Public Sector
10 18 (2.42%) Legal
11 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.35%) Marketing
12 10 (1.35%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.21%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.67%) Advertising
15 4 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.40%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.56%) XML
2 18 (2.42%) HTML
3 17 (2.29%) .NET
4 12 (1.62%) .NET Framework
4 12 (1.62%) CSS
4 12 (1.62%) Terraform
4 12 (1.62%) Web Services
5 3 (0.40%) EDI
5 3 (0.40%) JSON
5 3 (0.40%) Middleware
5 3 (0.40%) Playwright
5 3 (0.40%) SOAP
6 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.13%) React
7 1 (0.13%) REST
7 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (3.10%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.69%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.69%) Security Posture
4 18 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.62%) Podcast
7 12 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.21%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.08%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.54%) Blog
12 3 (0.40%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.40%) iPad
12 3 (0.40%) iPhone
13 2 (0.27%) BYOD
13 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (9.83%) Windows
2 23 (3.10%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.29%) Windows 10
4 16 (2.15%) Android
5 12 (1.62%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (17.90%) Business Intelligence
2 109 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (14.40%) AI
4 98 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
5 86 (11.57%) Mentoring
6 63 (8.48%) Agile
7 59 (7.94%) ERP
8 49 (6.59%) Customer Service
8 49 (6.59%) ITIL
9 44 (5.92%) Data Analysis
9 44 (5.92%) Decision-Making
10 42 (5.65%) Business Analysis
11 41 (5.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (5.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (4.98%) Process Improvement
14 35 (4.71%) Analytics
15 33 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (3.77%) Project Delivery
16 28 (3.77%) Service Management
17 26 (3.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 193 (25.98%) SQL
2 94 (12.65%) Python
3 21 (2.83%) C#
4 15 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.75%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.62%) Bash
6 12 (1.62%) Bicep
7 5 (0.67%) Java
8 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.40%) R
8 3 (0.40%) VB
8 3 (0.40%) VBA
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 152 (20.46%) Azure Certification
2 70 (9.42%) CompTIA CySA+
2 70 (9.42%) CompTIA Security+
3 54 (7.27%) Degree
4 52 (7.00%) Security Cleared
5 25 (3.36%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.02%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.35%) ACCA
9 10 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.35%) CIMA
9 10 (1.35%) MCSE
10 7 (0.94%) AAT
11 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.67%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.40%) CASP
14 3 (0.40%) CISM
14 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.04%) QA
2 22 (2.96%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.81%) GDPR
5 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.81%) PMO
5 6 (0.81%) SLA
6 3 (0.40%) NCSC
6 3 (0.40%) NIST
7 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.75%) vSphere
4 12 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.13%) SCCM
2 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 257 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.42%) ForeScout
3 17 (2.29%) VMware
4 16 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.02%) Starlink
6 12 (1.62%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.48%) Sage
8 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.94%) Oracle
10 4 (0.54%) Infor
11 3 (0.40%) Cognos
11 3 (0.40%) IBM
11 3 (0.40%) MicroStrategy
12 2 (0.27%) Aruba
12 2 (0.27%) HP
12 2 (0.27%) NetApp
12 2 (0.27%) SAP
12 2 (0.27%) Veeam
13 1 (0.13%) Databricks
13 1 (0.13%) Workday