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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 19 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 752 274 727
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.15% 8.40% 7.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.73% 9.12% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 426 221 460
10th Percentile £28,438 £27,000 £24,488
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,848 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +9.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £60,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

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 7,727 3,004 9,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.15% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,328 2,016 7,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,625 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,043 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.46% +3.85% -11.67%

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 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 10 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 +2 173 £42,500 -12.73% 35
Somerset +6 154 £35,000 - 21
Gloucestershire +18 152 £43,250 +33.08% 39
Devon +22 125 £35,000 +14.75% 11
Wiltshire -2 67 £32,500 -11.74% 21
Dorset +20 61 £43,500 +8.75% 6
Cornwall -4 4 £25,232 -15.89% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 331 (44.02%) Microsoft
2 254 (33.78%) Azure
3 230 (30.59%) Azure Certification
4 221 (29.39%) SQL
5 158 (21.01%) Business Intelligence
5 158 (21.01%) Power Platform
6 152 (20.21%) Power BI
7 141 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
8 133 (17.69%) Python
9 130 (17.29%) Tableau
10 129 (17.15%) AI
11 124 (16.49%) Mentoring
12 121 (16.09%) Cybersecurity
13 109 (14.49%) Azure AI
13 109 (14.49%) CompTIA CySA+
13 109 (14.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 109 (14.49%) ForeScout
14 94 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
15 78 (10.37%) Windows
16 77 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
17 65 (8.64%) Degree
18 59 (7.85%) Agile
18 59 (7.85%) Security Cleared
19 56 (7.45%) ERP
20 49 (6.52%) ITIL
21 44 (5.85%) Business Analysis
22 43 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
23 38 (5.05%) Service Management
24 37 (4.92%) Customer Service
25 35 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 19 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.66%) Confluence
3 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 141 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.53%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.53%) Magento
2 4 (0.53%) Shopify
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.40%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 254 (33.78%) Azure
2 158 (21.01%) Power Platform
3 109 (14.49%) Azure AI
4 77 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.13%) IaaS
6 16 (2.13%) PaaS
7 14 (1.86%) AWS
7 14 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.86%) Serverless
8 12 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Functions
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (1.60%) GitHub
9 10 (1.33%) SaaS
10 9 (1.20%) Intacct
10 9 (1.20%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.20%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.06%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.59%) Broadband
2 25 (3.32%) 4G
3 24 (3.19%) VPN
4 16 (2.13%) WAN
5 13 (1.73%) Firewall
6 7 (0.93%) DHCP
6 7 (0.93%) DNS
7 6 (0.80%) LAN
8 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.53%) Internet
9 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.53%) VLAN
9 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.27%) DMZ
10 2 (0.27%) MPLS
10 2 (0.27%) Network Security
10 2 (0.27%) NGFW
10 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.27%) VoIP
11 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (20.21%) Power BI
2 130 (17.29%) Tableau
3 21 (2.79%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.73%) Power Query
5 9 (1.20%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.66%) Data Vault
7 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.40%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.40%) Looker
8 3 (0.40%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.27%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.13%) Metadata
10 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (2.26%) JIRA
2 12 (1.60%) Git
3 4 (0.53%) Postman
4 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 333 (44.28%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.97%) Finance
3 70 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (3.99%) Manufacturing
5 25 (3.32%) Retail
6 20 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.66%) Legal
7 18 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 15 (1.99%) Law
10 10 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.33%) Marketing
11 9 (1.20%) General Ledger
12 8 (1.06%) Swedish Language
13 6 (0.80%) Agriculture
13 6 (0.80%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.66%) Advertising
15 4 (0.53%) Back Office
15 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.13%) .NET
2 13 (1.73%) HTML
2 13 (1.73%) Web Services
2 13 (1.73%) XML
3 11 (1.46%) .NET Framework
4 10 (1.33%) CSS
5 7 (0.93%) SOAP
6 6 (0.80%) Middleware
7 5 (0.66%) REST
8 4 (0.53%) Playwright
9 3 (0.40%) EDI
10 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.27%) EDIFACT
10 2 (0.27%) IDoc
10 2 (0.27%) JSON
10 2 (0.27%) React
11 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.13%) React Native
11 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (2.53%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.53%) Security Posture
3 15 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (1.86%) Onboarding
5 12 (1.60%) Podcast
5 12 (1.60%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.33%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.06%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 6 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.27%) BYOD
10 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.13%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.37%) Windows
2 30 (3.99%) Windows 10
3 28 (3.72%) Android
4 23 (3.06%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.60%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (21.01%) Business Intelligence
2 129 (17.15%) AI
3 124 (16.49%) Mentoring
4 121 (16.09%) Cybersecurity
5 94 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (7.85%) Agile
7 56 (7.45%) ERP
8 49 (6.52%) ITIL
9 44 (5.85%) Business Analysis
10 38 (5.05%) Service Management
11 37 (4.92%) Customer Service
12 35 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (4.39%) Data Analysis
13 33 (4.39%) Process Improvement
14 29 (3.86%) Decision-Making
15 28 (3.72%) Analytics
16 27 (3.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 26 (3.46%) Requirements Gathering
18 25 (3.32%) Software License Management
Programming Languages
1 221 (29.39%) SQL
2 133 (17.69%) Python
3 18 (2.39%) C#
4 13 (1.73%) Bash
4 13 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (1.73%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.60%) Bicep
5 12 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (0.66%) Java
6 5 (0.66%) R
7 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.40%) VBA
9 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 230 (30.59%) Azure Certification
2 109 (14.49%) CompTIA CySA+
2 109 (14.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 65 (8.64%) Degree
4 59 (7.85%) Security Cleared
5 26 (3.46%) A+ Certification
6 24 (3.19%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (2.66%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.06%) MCSE
10 6 (0.80%) AAT
10 6 (0.80%) ACCA
10 6 (0.80%) CIMA
10 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.27%) CCNA
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.46%) QA
2 16 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.66%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.73%) vSphere
3 12 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.60%) Terraform
2 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 331 (44.02%) Microsoft
2 109 (14.49%) ForeScout
3 25 (3.32%) Starlink
4 17 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.73%) VMware
6 12 (1.60%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.46%) Sage
8 9 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.66%) Cognos
9 5 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
10 4 (0.53%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.53%) Infor
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle
10 4 (0.53%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.27%) Aruba
11 2 (0.27%) HP
11 2 (0.27%) NetApp
11 2 (0.27%) SAP
11 2 (0.27%) Veeam
12 1 (0.13%) Siemens