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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 674 293 637
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.41% 8.19% 9.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.92% 8.79% 9.90%
Number of salaries quoted 446 232 282
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,250 £49,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% -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 9,740 3,332 6,433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 93.12% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,699 2,153 3,972
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 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%

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 10 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 10 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 -4 191 £50,000 +17.65% 36
Gloucestershire -8 145 £45,000 +26.65% 35
Somerset +7 123 £35,000 - 54
Devon +8 89 £30,000 -1.64% 21
Wiltshire -5 66 £45,000 +21.38% 40
Dorset +2 32 £33,000 -18.52% 13
Cornwall +14 7 £60,000 +19.11% 3
Avon - 3 £48,750 - 12
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 160 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 151 (22.40%) SQL
3 131 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
5 90 (13.35%) Power Platform
6 84 (12.46%) Power BI
7 79 (11.72%) Azure
8 72 (10.68%) Windows
9 71 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
10 69 (10.24%) AI
11 67 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
12 63 (9.35%) Agile
12 63 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
13 58 (8.61%) Customer Service
14 56 (8.31%) ERP
14 56 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
15 54 (8.01%) Azure Certification
16 53 (7.86%) Security Cleared
17 51 (7.57%) Data Analysis
17 51 (7.57%) Degree
17 51 (7.57%) ITIL
18 50 (7.42%) Business Analysis
18 50 (7.42%) Python
19 46 (6.82%) Decision-Making
20 43 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 42 (6.23%) Analytics
21 42 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
22 39 (5.79%) Process Improvement
23 38 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
24 36 (5.34%) 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 63 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.64%) 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 3 (0.45%) 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 (13.35%) Power Platform
2 79 (11.72%) Azure
3 71 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (4.90%) SaaS
5 21 (3.12%) Azure AI
6 20 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (2.82%) AWS
8 16 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.08%) Entra ID
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%) IaaS
11 12 (1.78%) PaaS
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%) DMZ
7 2 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
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%) DHCP
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
8 1 (0.15%) NAS
8 1 (0.15%) SSH
8 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.46%) Power BI
2 36 (5.34%) Tableau
3 21 (3.12%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.34%) Power Query
7 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.74%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.45%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.45%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.15%) Looker
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.67%) JIRA
2 14 (2.08%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Postman
3 2 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 208 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 105 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
2 105 (15.58%) Finance
3 31 (4.60%) Manufacturing
4 28 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (3.41%) Aerospace
7 22 (3.26%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.26%) Retail
8 19 (2.82%) Law
8 19 (2.82%) Legal
9 15 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.48%) Marketing
10 10 (1.48%) Swedish Language
11 9 (1.34%) General Ledger
12 5 (0.74%) Advertising
13 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.45%) Banking
14 3 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.97%) XML
2 16 (2.37%) 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%) REST
8 1 (0.15%) RESTful
8 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.30%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.12%) Security Posture
4 18 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (1.93%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.78%) Podcast
8 12 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.34%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.74%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.74%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.59%) Blog
12 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.45%) iPad
13 3 (0.45%) iPhone
13 3 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.45%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 72 (10.68%) Windows
2 18 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.93%) Android
5 12 (1.78%) VMS
6 5 (0.74%) Linux
7 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (10.24%) AI
4 67 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (9.35%) Agile
6 58 (8.61%) Customer Service
7 56 (8.31%) ERP
7 56 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (7.57%) Data Analysis
8 51 (7.57%) ITIL
9 50 (7.42%) Business Analysis
10 46 (6.82%) Decision-Making
11 43 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 42 (6.23%) Analytics
12 42 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (5.79%) Process Improvement
14 35 (5.19%) Mentoring
15 30 (4.45%) Project Delivery
15 30 (4.45%) Requirements Gathering
15 30 (4.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 151 (22.40%) SQL
2 50 (7.42%) Python
3 18 (2.67%) C#
3 18 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 16 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (1.78%) Bash
6 12 (1.78%) Bicep
7 10 (1.48%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.59%) R
8 4 (0.59%) VB
8 4 (0.59%) VBA
9 3 (0.45%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 54 (8.01%) Azure Certification
2 53 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 51 (7.57%) Degree
4 26 (3.86%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.71%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (3.12%) CompTIA CySA+
7 21 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 12 (1.78%) ACCA
8 12 (1.78%) CIMA
9 10 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.48%) MCSE
10 7 (1.04%) AAT
11 6 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.89%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.59%) CISM
12 4 (0.59%) CISSP
12 4 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.71%) QA
2 24 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 15 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.34%) PMO
5 8 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.19%) GDPR
5 8 (1.19%) SLA
6 6 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.74%) NIST
8 3 (0.45%) NCSC
9 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.15%) GRC
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 35 (5.19%) 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
1 160 (23.74%) 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 9 (1.34%) Oracle
8 8 (1.19%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.89%) Google
10 5 (0.74%) IBM
11 3 (0.45%) Cognos
11 3 (0.45%) Infor
11 3 (0.45%) MicroStrategy
12 2 (0.30%) SAP
12 2 (0.30%) Splunk
13 1 (0.15%) Avaya
13 1 (0.15%) BMC
13 1 (0.15%) Epicor
13 1 (0.15%) Siemens