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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 767 279 651
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.79% 8.04% 8.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.33% 8.81% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 445 228 396
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £26,250
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% +7.73%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,611 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £59,125 £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 8,222 3,167 7,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 91.22% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,589 2,139 5,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
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 2 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 2 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 +3 183 £44,500 -8.25% 58
Gloucestershire +13 167 £44,000 +35.38% 33
Somerset +6 157 £35,000 - 29
Devon +25 117 £35,000 +14.75% 11
Wiltshire -7 66 £40,000 +7.38% 10
Dorset +19 54 £38,250 -4.38% 7
Cornwall +4 7 £60,000 +100.00% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 302 (39.37%) Microsoft
2 226 (29.47%) Azure
3 222 (28.94%) SQL
4 202 (26.34%) Azure Certification
5 153 (19.95%) Business Intelligence
6 151 (19.69%) Power Platform
7 145 (18.90%) Power BI
8 131 (17.08%) Microsoft Excel
9 122 (15.91%) Python
10 121 (15.78%) AI
11 118 (15.38%) Tableau
12 114 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
13 112 (14.60%) Mentoring
14 101 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
15 95 (12.39%) Azure AI
15 95 (12.39%) CompTIA CySA+
15 95 (12.39%) CompTIA Security+
15 95 (12.39%) ForeScout
16 74 (9.65%) Windows
17 71 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
18 61 (7.95%) Degree
19 60 (7.82%) Agile
20 58 (7.56%) ERP
21 54 (7.04%) Security Cleared
22 48 (6.26%) ITIL
23 46 (6.00%) Business Analysis
24 42 (5.48%) Customer Service
24 42 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
25 40 (5.22%) Data Analysis
25 40 (5.22%) 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 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.65%) Confluence
3 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.26%) 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
1 131 (17.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.78%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.52%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.26%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 226 (29.47%) Azure
2 151 (19.69%) Power Platform
3 95 (12.39%) Azure AI
4 71 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.22%) AWS
5 17 (2.22%) SaaS
6 16 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.09%) IaaS
6 16 (2.09%) PaaS
7 15 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.83%) Serverless
9 12 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (1.56%) Azure Functions
9 12 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (1.56%) GitHub
10 11 (1.43%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.17%) Intacct
12 8 (1.04%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.13%) VPN
2 23 (3.00%) Broadband
3 21 (2.74%) 4G
4 16 (2.09%) WAN
5 13 (1.69%) Firewall
6 7 (0.91%) DHCP
6 7 (0.91%) DNS
7 6 (0.78%) LAN
8 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.52%) Internet
9 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.52%) VLAN
9 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) DMZ
10 2 (0.26%) MPLS
10 2 (0.26%) Network Security
10 2 (0.26%) NGFW
10 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.13%) DKIM
11 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (18.90%) Power BI
2 118 (15.38%) Tableau
3 23 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.43%) Power Query
6 7 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.65%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.65%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.65%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.52%) Looker
10 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.26%) Data Mining
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 (2.35%) JIRA
2 14 (1.83%) 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
1 320 (41.72%) Social Skills
2 95 (12.39%) Finance
3 79 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.30%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.52%) Retail
6 22 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (2.48%) Aerospace
9 18 (2.35%) Law
10 16 (2.09%) Legal
11 11 (1.43%) Marketing
12 10 (1.30%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.17%) General Ledger
14 7 (0.91%) Public Sector
15 5 (0.65%) Advertising
16 4 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.26%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.48%) .NET
2 18 (2.35%) HTML
3 17 (2.22%) XML
4 15 (1.96%) Web Services
5 13 (1.69%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.56%) CSS
7 5 (0.65%) Middleware
7 5 (0.65%) Playwright
7 5 (0.65%) SOAP
8 3 (0.39%) EDI
8 3 (0.39%) JSON
8 3 (0.39%) REST
9 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.26%) React
10 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.13%) React Native
10 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (2.61%) Security Posture
3 19 (2.48%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.35%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.56%) Podcast
7 12 (1.56%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.04%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.04%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.26%) BYOD
9 2 (0.26%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.26%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 74 (9.65%) Windows
2 25 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 24 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 23 (3.00%) Android
5 12 (1.56%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Linux
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (19.95%) Business Intelligence
2 121 (15.78%) AI
3 114 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
4 112 (14.60%) Mentoring
5 101 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (7.82%) Agile
7 58 (7.56%) ERP
8 48 (6.26%) ITIL
9 46 (6.00%) Business Analysis
10 42 (5.48%) Customer Service
11 40 (5.22%) Data Analysis
11 40 (5.22%) Decision-Making
11 40 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (4.43%) Analytics
12 34 (4.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (4.43%) Process Improvement
12 34 (4.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (4.04%) Service Management
14 26 (3.39%) Scrum
15 24 (3.13%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 222 (28.94%) SQL
2 122 (15.91%) Python
3 22 (2.87%) C#
4 15 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.69%) Bash
6 13 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (1.69%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.56%) Bicep
8 5 (0.65%) Java
8 5 (0.65%) R
9 3 (0.39%) VB
9 3 (0.39%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 202 (26.34%) Azure Certification
2 95 (12.39%) CompTIA CySA+
2 95 (12.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 61 (7.95%) Degree
4 54 (7.04%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.00%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.74%) A+ Certification
7 20 (2.61%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.30%) MCSE
9 7 (0.91%) AAT
9 7 (0.91%) ACCA
9 7 (0.91%) CIMA
10 6 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.65%) 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 30 (3.91%) QA
2 19 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.78%) 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 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.69%) vSphere
3 12 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.56%) Terraform
2 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 302 (39.37%) Microsoft
2 95 (12.39%) ForeScout
3 21 (2.74%) Starlink
4 17 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.69%) VMware
6 12 (1.56%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.43%) Sage
8 9 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.04%) Oracle
10 5 (0.65%) Cognos
10 5 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.52%) Infor
12 2 (0.26%) Aruba
12 2 (0.26%) ConnectWise
12 2 (0.26%) HP
12 2 (0.26%) NetApp
12 2 (0.26%) SAP
12 2 (0.26%) Veeam
12 2 (0.26%) WooCommerce
13 1 (0.13%) Workday