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 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 20 25
Rank change year-on-year +14 +5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 680 227 660
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.10% 8.43% 7.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.67% 9.14% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 335 176 451
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,611 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £67,500
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 7,035 2,483 8,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 92.24% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,810 1,658 6,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,350 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -3.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +3 154 £40,000 -11.11% 15
Devon +32 133 £35,000 -6.67% 10
Gloucestershire +21 128 £42,500 +34.92% 25
Somerset +10 126 £35,000 -12.50% 13
Dorset +18 74 £43,500 +8.75% 11
Wiltshire +4 60 £40,000 - 8
Cornwall -17 3 £18,000 -47.83% 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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.

1 357 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 310 (45.59%) Azure
3 284 (41.76%) Azure Certification
4 212 (31.18%) SQL
5 176 (25.88%) Business Intelligence
6 175 (25.74%) Microsoft Excel
7 170 (25.00%) Power BI
7 170 (25.00%) Power Platform
8 163 (23.97%) Python
9 158 (23.24%) Tableau
10 150 (22.06%) Mentoring
11 145 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
12 144 (21.18%) AI
12 144 (21.18%) Azure AI
13 140 (20.59%) CompTIA CySA+
13 140 (20.59%) CompTIA Security+
13 140 (20.59%) ForeScout
14 75 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
15 67 (9.85%) Security Cleared
16 55 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
17 54 (7.94%) Degree
18 50 (7.35%) Business Analysis
19 42 (6.18%) Agile
20 41 (6.03%) Service Management
21 39 (5.74%) Windows
22 37 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
23 35 (5.15%) ITIL
24 34 (5.00%) ERP
25 33 (4.85%) Project Management
26 29 (4.26%) Change Management

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 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.74%) Confluence
3 4 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 175 (25.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.32%) Magento
2 9 (1.32%) Shopify
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.44%) Infor LN
3 3 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.44%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 310 (45.59%) Azure
2 170 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 144 (21.18%) Azure AI
4 55 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.18%) Power Automate
7 6 (0.88%) Entra ID
7 6 (0.88%) SaaS
8 4 (0.59%) IaaS
8 4 (0.59%) PaaS
9 3 (0.44%) AWS
9 3 (0.44%) Boomi
9 3 (0.44%) iPaaS
9 3 (0.44%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.44%) Workato
10 2 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.29%) Serverless
11 1 (0.15%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.21%) Broadband
2 13 (1.91%) 4G
3 12 (1.76%) Firewall
4 10 (1.47%) WAN
5 6 (0.88%) DHCP
5 6 (0.88%) DNS
5 6 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.88%) VPN
6 5 (0.74%) VoIP
7 4 (0.59%) LAN
7 4 (0.59%) VLAN
8 2 (0.29%) Network Security
8 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.15%) DKIM
9 1 (0.15%) DMARC
9 1 (0.15%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) SSH
9 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (25.00%) Power BI
2 158 (23.24%) Tableau
3 14 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.18%) Data Mining
4 8 (1.18%) Power Query
4 8 (1.18%) PowerPivot
5 6 (0.88%) GIS
6 5 (0.74%) Looker
7 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.29%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.15%) Metadata
9 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (2.94%) JIRA
2 3 (0.44%) Postman
2 3 (0.44%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.15%) Gatling
4 1 (0.15%) Git
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.15%) Locust
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 346 (50.88%) Social Skills
2 81 (11.91%) Finance
3 46 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (2.94%) Retail
5 17 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 14 (2.06%) Legal
7 9 (1.32%) Back Office
8 8 (1.18%) Agriculture
9 7 (1.03%) Marketing
10 6 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.74%) Advertising
11 5 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.59%) Automotive
12 4 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.44%) Law
14 2 (0.29%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.76%) SOAP
2 10 (1.47%) REST
3 9 (1.32%) Middleware
4 7 (1.03%) .NET
5 3 (0.44%) HTML
5 3 (0.44%) Playwright
5 3 (0.44%) Web Services
6 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.29%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.29%) IDoc
6 2 (0.29%) React
7 1 (0.15%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.15%) EDI
7 1 (0.15%) React Native
7 1 (0.15%) RESTful
7 1 (0.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.21%) Driving Licence
2 11 (1.62%) Management Information System
2 11 (1.62%) Product Ownership
3 10 (1.47%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (0.59%) Client/Server
6 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (0.59%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.59%) PMI
7 3 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.44%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.29%) BYOD
8 2 (0.29%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.15%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.74%) Windows
2 23 (3.38%) Windows 10
3 16 (2.35%) Android
4 12 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Linux
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (25.88%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (22.06%) Mentoring
3 145 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
4 144 (21.18%) AI
5 75 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (7.35%) Business Analysis
7 42 (6.18%) Agile
8 41 (6.03%) Service Management
9 37 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (5.15%) ITIL
11 34 (5.00%) ERP
12 33 (4.85%) Project Management
13 29 (4.26%) Change Management
14 25 (3.68%) Data Analysis
14 25 (3.68%) ITSM
15 23 (3.38%) Analytics
16 20 (2.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (2.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (2.79%) Customer Service
18 18 (2.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 212 (31.18%) SQL
2 163 (23.97%) Python
3 9 (1.32%) T-SQL
4 7 (1.03%) C#
4 7 (1.03%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.88%) Java
6 4 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.29%) R
8 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.15%) Bash
9 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.15%) VB
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 284 (41.76%) Azure Certification
2 140 (20.59%) CompTIA CySA+
2 140 (20.59%) CompTIA Security+
3 67 (9.85%) Security Cleared
4 54 (7.94%) Degree
5 29 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 28 (4.12%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.65%) A+ Certification
8 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.59%) IIBA
10 4 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.29%) ACCA
12 2 (0.29%) CBAP
12 2 (0.29%) CIMA
12 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.15%) CIPD
13 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.06%) QA
2 8 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.44%) GDPR
4 3 (0.44%) PMO
5 2 (0.29%) SLA
6 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.15%) NCSC
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.18%) SCCM
2 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 357 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 140 (20.59%) ForeScout
3 16 (2.35%) ServiceNow
4 13 (1.91%) Starlink
5 9 (1.32%) ConnectWise
5 9 (1.32%) WooCommerce
6 4 (0.59%) SAP
7 3 (0.44%) Infor
8 2 (0.29%) Aruba
8 2 (0.29%) Cognos
8 2 (0.29%) HP
8 2 (0.29%) IBM
8 2 (0.29%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.29%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (0.29%) NetApp
8 2 (0.29%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.29%) Veeam
9 1 (0.15%) Cribl.io
9 1 (0.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.15%) Workday