Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst salary in the South West is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 746 289 646
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.17% 8.31% 8.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.68% 9.10% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 449 237 383
10th Percentile £28,625 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £51,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8,592 3,176 7,642
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 91.34% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,866 2,138 5,461
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,175 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.61% -4.63% -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £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 18 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 18 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 -1 188 £45,000 -7.22% 81
Gloucestershire +6 166 £44,000 +35.38% 55
Somerset +7 153 £35,000 -2.92% 40
Devon +22 107 £35,000 +14.75% 24
Wiltshire -5 61 £45,000 +20.81% 11
Dorset +13 47 £33,000 -17.50% 11
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 18 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.

1 267 (35.79%) Microsoft
2 200 (26.81%) SQL
3 189 (25.34%) Azure
4 164 (21.98%) Azure Certification
5 135 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
6 133 (17.83%) Power Platform
7 127 (17.02%) Power BI
8 112 (15.01%) Microsoft Excel
9 109 (14.61%) AI
10 104 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
12 100 (13.40%) Python
13 96 (12.87%) Tableau
14 94 (12.60%) Mentoring
15 76 (10.19%) Azure AI
15 76 (10.19%) CompTIA CySA+
15 76 (10.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 76 (10.19%) ForeScout
16 72 (9.65%) Windows
17 70 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
18 67 (8.98%) Agile
19 60 (8.04%) ERP
20 56 (7.51%) Degree
21 55 (7.37%) Security Cleared
22 50 (6.70%) ITIL
23 45 (6.03%) Business Analysis
24 44 (5.90%) Customer Service
24 44 (5.90%) Data Analysis
24 44 (5.90%) Decision-Making
25 39 (5.23%) 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 16 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.80%) Confluence
2 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.13%) Apache
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.13%) SAS
4 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 112 (15.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 189 (25.34%) Azure
2 133 (17.83%) Power Platform
3 76 (10.19%) Azure AI
4 70 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.82%) SaaS
6 18 (2.41%) AWS
7 17 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.14%) IaaS
8 16 (2.14%) PaaS
9 14 (1.88%) Serverless
10 12 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (1.61%) Azure Functions
10 12 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (1.61%) GitHub
11 11 (1.47%) Entra ID
11 11 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.21%) Intacct
13 6 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.95%) VPN
2 19 (2.55%) Broadband
3 17 (2.28%) 4G
4 16 (2.14%) WAN
5 11 (1.47%) Firewall
6 6 (0.80%) LAN
7 5 (0.67%) DHCP
7 5 (0.67%) DNS
7 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.54%) Internet
8 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.54%) VLAN
8 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.27%) DMZ
9 2 (0.27%) MPLS
9 2 (0.27%) Network Security
9 2 (0.27%) NGFW
9 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.13%) DKIM
10 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (17.02%) Power BI
2 96 (12.87%) Tableau
3 21 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.21%) Power Query
6 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.67%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.54%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.54%) Looker
9 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.27%) GIS
10 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.55%) JIRA
2 14 (1.88%) Git
3 4 (0.54%) Postman
4 3 (0.40%) Selenium
4 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 294 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 98 (13.14%) Finance
3 83 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (4.56%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.62%) Retail
6 24 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (2.82%) Aerospace
8 20 (2.68%) Law
9 17 (2.28%) Legal
10 15 (2.01%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.34%) Marketing
12 10 (1.34%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.21%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.67%) Advertising
14 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.40%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.55%) .NET
1 19 (2.55%) XML
2 18 (2.41%) HTML
3 13 (1.74%) .NET Framework
3 13 (1.74%) Web Services
4 12 (1.61%) CSS
5 5 (0.67%) Playwright
6 3 (0.40%) EDI
6 3 (0.40%) JSON
6 3 (0.40%) Middleware
6 3 (0.40%) SOAP
7 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.27%) React
8 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.13%) React Native
8 1 (0.13%) REST
8 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.68%) Security Posture
4 19 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (1.61%) Podcast
8 12 (1.61%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.07%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.07%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.07%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.54%) Blog
11 2 (0.27%) BYOD
11 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.27%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 2 (0.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 72 (9.65%) Windows
2 23 (3.08%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.55%) Windows 10
4 18 (2.41%) Android
5 12 (1.61%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
2 109 (14.61%) AI
3 104 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
5 94 (12.60%) Mentoring
6 67 (8.98%) Agile
7 60 (8.04%) ERP
8 50 (6.70%) ITIL
9 45 (6.03%) Business Analysis
10 44 (5.90%) Customer Service
10 44 (5.90%) Data Analysis
10 44 (5.90%) Decision-Making
11 39 (5.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (5.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (4.69%) Process Improvement
14 34 (4.56%) Analytics
14 34 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (4.02%) Service Management
16 28 (3.75%) Project Delivery
17 27 (3.62%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 200 (26.81%) SQL
2 100 (13.40%) Python
3 22 (2.95%) C#
4 15 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.88%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.74%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.61%) Bash
7 12 (1.61%) Bicep
8 5 (0.67%) Java
9 4 (0.54%) R
10 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.40%) VB
10 3 (0.40%) VBA
11 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 164 (21.98%) Azure Certification
2 76 (10.19%) CompTIA CySA+
2 76 (10.19%) CompTIA Security+
3 56 (7.51%) Degree
4 55 (7.37%) Security Cleared
5 26 (3.49%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.22%) DV Cleared
7 23 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (2.28%) A+ Certification
9 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.34%) MCSE
10 9 (1.21%) ACCA
10 9 (1.21%) CIMA
11 7 (0.94%) AAT
12 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.67%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.40%) CASP
15 3 (0.40%) CISM
15 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.29%) QA
2 20 (2.68%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.67%) PMO
6 5 (0.67%) SLA
7 3 (0.40%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) NCSC
7 3 (0.40%) NIST
8 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.74%) vSphere
4 12 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.61%) Terraform
2 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 267 (35.79%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.19%) ForeScout
3 17 (2.28%) Starlink
4 16 (2.14%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.14%) VMware
5 12 (1.61%) ScienceLogic
6 11 (1.47%) Sage
7 8 (1.07%) Salesforce
8 7 (0.94%) Oracle
9 4 (0.54%) Cognos
9 4 (0.54%) Infor
9 4 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.27%) Aruba
10 2 (0.27%) HP
10 2 (0.27%) IBM
10 2 (0.27%) NetApp
10 2 (0.27%) Veeam
11 1 (0.13%) Remedy
11 1 (0.13%) SAP
11 1 (0.13%) Siemens