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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 21 17
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 762 273 680
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.95% 8.02% 7.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.47% 8.78% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 437 224 422
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,611 £51,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,625 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 8,049 3,110 8,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 91.34% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,483 2,106 6,059
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,511 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +3 182 £42,500 -12.38% 40
Gloucestershire +17 161 £44,000 +35.38% 29
Somerset +6 154 £35,000 - 39
Devon +25 119 £35,000 +14.75% 10
Wiltshire -3 66 £40,000 +7.38% 16
Dorset +19 57 £43,500 +8.75% 11
Cornwall +5 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 26 July 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.

1 317 (41.60%) Microsoft
2 239 (31.36%) Azure
3 225 (29.53%) SQL
4 216 (28.35%) Azure Certification
5 159 (20.87%) Business Intelligence
6 157 (20.60%) Power Platform
7 151 (19.82%) Power BI
8 138 (18.11%) Microsoft Excel
9 130 (17.06%) Python
10 126 (16.54%) AI
11 125 (16.40%) Tableau
12 120 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
13 119 (15.62%) Mentoring
14 102 (13.39%) Azure AI
14 102 (13.39%) CompTIA CySA+
14 102 (13.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 102 (13.39%) ForeScout
15 98 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
16 75 (9.84%) Windows
17 72 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (8.01%) Degree
19 56 (7.35%) Agile
19 56 (7.35%) ERP
20 54 (7.09%) Security Cleared
21 49 (6.43%) ITIL
22 45 (5.91%) Business Analysis
23 42 (5.51%) Customer Service
23 42 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
24 39 (5.12%) Data Analysis
25 38 (4.99%) Decision-Making

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 16 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.66%) Confluence
3 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 138 (18.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.66%) Visualfiles
2 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) Infor LN
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.39%) Magento
3 3 (0.39%) Shopify
3 3 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 239 (31.36%) Azure
2 157 (20.60%) Power Platform
3 102 (13.39%) Azure AI
4 72 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.23%) AWS
5 17 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.10%) IaaS
6 16 (2.10%) PaaS
7 14 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.84%) SaaS
7 14 (1.84%) Serverless
8 12 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (1.57%) Azure Functions
8 12 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (1.57%) GitHub
9 11 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.18%) Intacct
10 9 (1.18%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.15%) Broadband
1 24 (3.15%) VPN
2 22 (2.89%) 4G
3 16 (2.10%) WAN
4 13 (1.71%) Firewall
5 7 (0.92%) DHCP
5 7 (0.92%) DNS
6 6 (0.79%) LAN
7 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.52%) Internet
8 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.52%) VLAN
8 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.26%) DMZ
9 2 (0.26%) MPLS
9 2 (0.26%) Network Security
9 2 (0.26%) NGFW
9 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.13%) DKIM
10 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (19.82%) Power BI
2 125 (16.40%) Tableau
3 24 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.71%) Power Query
5 12 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.92%) PowerPivot
7 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.66%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.66%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.52%) Looker
10 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.26%) GIS
11 2 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (2.36%) JIRA
2 14 (1.84%) Git
3 4 (0.52%) Postman
4 3 (0.39%) Selenium
4 3 (0.39%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
General
1 329 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 94 (12.34%) Finance
3 78 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.20%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.54%) Retail
6 21 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.36%) Legal
8 17 (2.23%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.10%) Law
10 11 (1.44%) Marketing
11 10 (1.31%) Swedish Language
12 9 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.18%) General Ledger
13 7 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.52%) Advertising
14 4 (0.52%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.39%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.49%) .NET
2 17 (2.23%) HTML
3 16 (2.10%) XML
4 15 (1.97%) Web Services
5 13 (1.71%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.57%) CSS
7 6 (0.79%) Middleware
7 6 (0.79%) SOAP
8 5 (0.66%) Playwright
9 4 (0.52%) REST
10 3 (0.39%) EDI
10 3 (0.39%) JSON
11 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.26%) React
12 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
12 1 (0.13%) React Native
12 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (2.62%) Security Posture
3 19 (2.49%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.23%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.57%) Podcast
6 12 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.05%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.05%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 7 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.26%) BYOD
11 2 (0.26%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.26%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 75 (9.84%) Windows
2 25 (3.28%) Windows 10
2 25 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 24 (3.15%) Android
4 12 (1.57%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (20.87%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (16.54%) AI
3 120 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
4 119 (15.62%) Mentoring
5 98 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (7.35%) Agile
6 56 (7.35%) ERP
7 49 (6.43%) ITIL
8 45 (5.91%) Business Analysis
9 42 (5.51%) Customer Service
10 39 (5.12%) Data Analysis
11 38 (4.99%) Decision-Making
11 38 (4.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (4.59%) Process Improvement
13 34 (4.46%) Analytics
14 33 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (4.33%) Service Management
15 32 (4.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (3.28%) ITSM
17 24 (3.15%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 225 (29.53%) SQL
2 130 (17.06%) Python
3 22 (2.89%) C#
4 15 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.71%) Bash
6 13 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (1.71%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.57%) Bicep
8 5 (0.66%) Java
8 5 (0.66%) R
9 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.39%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.26%) VB
11 1 (0.13%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 216 (28.35%) Azure Certification
2 102 (13.39%) CompTIA CySA+
2 102 (13.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 61 (8.01%) Degree
4 54 (7.09%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (2.89%) A+ Certification
6 22 (2.89%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.62%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.31%) MCSE
9 7 (0.92%) AAT
9 7 (0.92%) ACCA
9 7 (0.92%) CIMA
10 6 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) CCNA
13 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.81%) QA
2 19 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.52%) GDPR
7 3 (0.39%) NIST
7 3 (0.39%) SLA
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.71%) vSphere
3 12 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.57%) Terraform
2 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 317 (41.60%) Microsoft
2 102 (13.39%) ForeScout
3 22 (2.89%) Starlink
4 18 (2.36%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.71%) VMware
6 12 (1.57%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.44%) Sage
8 9 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.92%) Oracle
10 5 (0.66%) Cognos
10 5 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.52%) Infor
12 3 (0.39%) ConnectWise
12 3 (0.39%) WooCommerce
13 2 (0.26%) Aruba
13 2 (0.26%) HP
13 2 (0.26%) NetApp
13 2 (0.26%) SAP
13 2 (0.26%) Veeam
14 1 (0.13%) Siemens