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 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 708 225 708
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.16% 8.53% 7.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.74% 9.24% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 377 183 462
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,063 £24,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £30,257
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year - -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,777
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -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 7,269 2,436 8,961
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.38% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,035 1,547 6,829
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,906
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +2 155 £40,000 -17.54% 28
Gloucestershire +18 145 £45,000 +47.54% 29
Devon +26 134 £32,500 +4.84% 15
Somerset +13 133 £35,000 -12.50% 14
Dorset +21 71 £43,500 +8.75% 7
Wiltshire +4 62 £34,250 -7.43% 33
Cornwall -13 3 £18,000 -40.00%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 340 (48.02%) Microsoft
2 283 (39.97%) Azure
3 257 (36.30%) Azure Certification
4 211 (29.80%) SQL
5 168 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
6 164 (23.16%) Power BI
6 164 (23.16%) Power Platform
7 153 (21.61%) Microsoft Excel
8 151 (21.33%) Python
9 149 (21.05%) Tableau
10 137 (19.35%) Mentoring
11 133 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
12 130 (18.36%) AI
12 130 (18.36%) Azure AI
13 127 (17.94%) CompTIA CySA+
13 127 (17.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 127 (17.94%) ForeScout
14 79 (11.16%) Security Cleared
15 76 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
16 66 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
17 56 (7.91%) Degree
18 51 (7.20%) Windows
19 45 (6.36%) ERP
20 44 (6.21%) Service Management
21 40 (5.65%) ITIL
22 38 (5.37%) DV Cleared
23 37 (5.23%) Agile
23 37 (5.23%) Business Analysis
24 32 (4.52%) SC Cleared
25 30 (4.24%) Microsoft Office

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 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.71%) Confluence
3 3 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 153 (21.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.27%) Magento
2 9 (1.27%) Shopify
3 4 (0.56%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.42%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 283 (39.97%) Azure
2 164 (23.16%) Power Platform
3 130 (18.36%) Azure AI
4 66 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.13%) Power Automate
7 7 (0.99%) AWS
8 6 (0.85%) Entra ID
9 5 (0.71%) SaaS
10 4 (0.56%) IaaS
10 4 (0.56%) Intacct
10 4 (0.56%) PaaS
11 3 (0.42%) Boomi
11 3 (0.42%) iPaaS
11 3 (0.42%) Workato
12 2 (0.28%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.28%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.28%) Serverless
12 2 (0.28%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.68%) Broadband
2 17 (2.40%) 4G
3 14 (1.98%) WAN
4 13 (1.84%) Firewall
5 10 (1.41%) VPN
6 6 (0.85%) DHCP
6 6 (0.85%) DNS
6 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.71%) LAN
7 5 (0.71%) VoIP
8 4 (0.56%) Internet
8 4 (0.56%) VLAN
9 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.28%) Network Security
11 1 (0.14%) DMZ
11 1 (0.14%) MPLS
11 1 (0.14%) NGFW
11 1 (0.14%) SSH
11 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (23.16%) Power BI
2 149 (21.05%) Tableau
3 16 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.55%) Power Query
5 10 (1.41%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.85%) GIS
6 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.71%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.56%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.56%) Looker
9 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) Metadata
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.68%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) Postman
2 3 (0.42%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 316 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.73%) Finance
3 50 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.81%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.54%) Legal
6 17 (2.40%) Retail
7 15 (2.12%) Aerospace
8 10 (1.41%) Marketing
9 9 (1.27%) Back Office
10 8 (1.13%) Agriculture
10 8 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.71%) Advertising
13 4 (0.56%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.56%) Law
14 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Local Government
15 2 (0.28%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.69%) SOAP
2 10 (1.41%) .NET
2 10 (1.41%) Middleware
2 10 (1.41%) REST
3 6 (0.85%) HTML
3 6 (0.85%) Web Services
4 4 (0.56%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.56%) XML
5 3 (0.42%) CSS
5 3 (0.42%) Playwright
6 2 (0.28%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.28%) EDI
6 2 (0.28%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.28%) IDoc
6 2 (0.28%) React
7 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.14%) JSON
7 1 (0.14%) React Native
7 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.12%) Management Information System
2 13 (1.84%) Driving Licence
3 11 (1.55%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (0.99%) Client/Server
6 7 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (0.56%) PMI
7 4 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.42%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.28%) BYOD
9 2 (0.28%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.14%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.20%) Windows
2 26 (3.67%) Windows 10
3 20 (2.82%) Android
4 15 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Linux
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
2 137 (19.35%) Mentoring
3 133 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
4 130 (18.36%) AI
5 76 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (6.36%) ERP
7 44 (6.21%) Service Management
8 40 (5.65%) ITIL
9 37 (5.23%) Agile
9 37 (5.23%) Business Analysis
10 29 (4.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (3.81%) Customer Service
12 24 (3.39%) ITSM
13 23 (3.25%) Project Management
14 22 (3.11%) Data Analysis
15 21 (2.97%) Change Management
15 21 (2.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (2.54%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (2.54%) User Experience
17 17 (2.40%) Software License Management
Programming Languages
1 211 (29.80%) SQL
2 151 (21.33%) Python
3 10 (1.41%) C#
4 9 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (1.27%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.27%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.71%) Java
5 5 (0.71%) R
6 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.28%) VBA
7 1 (0.14%) Bash
7 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 257 (36.30%) Azure Certification
2 127 (17.94%) CompTIA CySA+
2 127 (17.94%) CompTIA Security+
3 79 (11.16%) Security Cleared
4 56 (7.91%) Degree
5 38 (5.37%) DV Cleared
6 32 (4.52%) SC Cleared
7 21 (2.97%) A+ Certification
8 6 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.56%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.42%) IIBA
10 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.28%) CBAP
11 2 (0.28%) MCSE
12 1 (0.14%) ACCA
12 1 (0.14%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.12%) QA
2 10 (1.41%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.56%) PMO
5 3 (0.42%) GDPR
5 3 (0.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.14%) NCSC
6 1 (0.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 340 (48.02%) Microsoft
2 127 (17.94%) ForeScout
3 17 (2.40%) ServiceNow
3 17 (2.40%) Starlink
4 9 (1.27%) ConnectWise
4 9 (1.27%) WooCommerce
5 6 (0.85%) Sage
5 6 (0.85%) Salesforce
6 5 (0.71%) Cognos
6 5 (0.71%) MicroStrategy
7 4 (0.56%) Infor
8 2 (0.28%) Aruba
8 2 (0.28%) HP
8 2 (0.28%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.28%) NetApp
8 2 (0.28%) SAP
8 2 (0.28%) Veeam
9 1 (0.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.14%) Splunk
9 1 (0.14%) Thales