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 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 408 366 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.50% 9.50% 7.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.04% 10.12% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 255 148 355
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,219 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £54,327
90th Percentile £61,500 £53,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.65%

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 5,075 3,617 6,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 93.85% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,514 1,867 4,747
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -6 106 £40,000 +15.11% 28
Gloucestershire -1 78 £37,500 +2.74% 31
Somerset +8 74 £35,000 -12.50% 26
Devon +37 58 £40,000 -17.95% 19
Wiltshire -4 50 £42,500 +21.76% 11
Dorset +22 41 £43,500 +8.75% 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 February 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.

1 175 (42.89%) Microsoft
2 114 (27.94%) Azure
3 113 (27.70%) SQL
4 96 (23.53%) Azure Certification
5 92 (22.55%) Microsoft Excel
6 90 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (21.08%) Business Intelligence
8 81 (19.85%) Power BI
8 81 (19.85%) Power Platform
9 70 (17.16%) Python
10 62 (15.20%) Security Cleared
10 62 (15.20%) Tableau
11 57 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
12 56 (13.73%) Mentoring
13 53 (12.99%) AI
13 53 (12.99%) Degree
14 50 (12.25%) Business Analysis
15 49 (12.01%) Azure AI
16 47 (11.52%) CompTIA CySA+
17 46 (11.27%) CompTIA Security+
17 46 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (11.27%) Project Management
18 45 (11.03%) Agile
18 45 (11.03%) ForeScout
19 43 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
20 41 (10.05%) Windows
21 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
22 37 (9.07%) Change Management
22 37 (9.07%) Data Analysis
23 35 (8.58%) ITSM

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 15 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.19%) Confluence
4 6 (1.47%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 92 (22.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.96%) Visualfiles
3 7 (1.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (1.72%) Magento
3 7 (1.72%) Shopify
4 3 (0.74%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.49%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.25%) assyst
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 114 (27.94%) Azure
2 81 (19.85%) Power Platform
3 49 (12.01%) Azure AI
4 43 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.21%) SaaS
7 8 (1.96%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.72%) AWS
9 6 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.25%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.43%) DNS
1 14 (3.43%) Firewall
2 10 (2.45%) DHCP
2 10 (2.45%) LAN
3 6 (1.47%) DKIM
3 6 (1.47%) DMARC
3 6 (1.47%) Internet
3 6 (1.47%) Kerberos
3 6 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.47%) WAN
4 5 (1.23%) Wireless
5 4 (0.98%) 4G
5 4 (0.98%) Broadband
5 4 (0.98%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.98%) VoIP
5 4 (0.98%) VPN
5 4 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.98%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.25%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (19.85%) Power BI
2 62 (15.20%) Tableau
3 11 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.21%) Data Mining
4 9 (2.21%) Power Query
5 5 (1.23%) PowerPivot
6 4 (0.98%) GIS
6 4 (0.98%) MySQL
6 4 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.74%) Looker
8 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) Metadata
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.25%) Gatling
2 1 (0.25%) Git
2 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.25%) Locust
2 1 (0.25%) Selenium
2 1 (0.25%) TestRail
2 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 196 (48.04%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.93%) Finance
3 59 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (4.41%) Legal
5 13 (3.19%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.94%) Retail
7 10 (2.45%) Back Office
7 10 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (2.45%) Local Government
8 8 (1.96%) Advertising
8 8 (1.96%) Law
9 7 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
10 6 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.23%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.98%) Automotive
12 4 (0.98%) Electronics
12 4 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.96%) Middleware
2 7 (1.72%) REST
2 7 (1.72%) SOAP
3 6 (1.47%) LDAP
4 4 (0.98%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.74%) .NET
6 2 (0.49%) EDI
6 2 (0.49%) EDIFACT
6 2 (0.49%) IDoc
7 1 (0.25%) JSON
7 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 15 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.21%) PKI
6 7 (1.72%) NHS
7 6 (1.47%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.98%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (0.98%) PMI
9 4 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.74%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.49%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.49%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.49%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.49%) IoT
11 2 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.05%) Windows
2 22 (5.39%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.15%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.23%) Android
6 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (21.08%) Business Intelligence
3 57 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (13.73%) Mentoring
5 53 (12.99%) AI
6 50 (12.25%) Business Analysis
7 46 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (11.27%) Project Management
8 45 (11.03%) Agile
9 37 (9.07%) Change Management
9 37 (9.07%) Data Analysis
10 35 (8.58%) ITSM
10 35 (8.58%) Service Management
11 29 (7.11%) Customer Service
12 28 (6.86%) ITIL
13 26 (6.37%) Analytics
14 25 (6.13%) Process Improvement
15 19 (4.66%) Migration
16 15 (3.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 14 (3.43%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (27.70%) SQL
2 70 (17.16%) Python
3 15 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.72%) T-SQL
4 7 (1.72%) VB
5 4 (0.98%) C
5 4 (0.98%) C++
6 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.49%) VBA
8 1 (0.25%) Java
8 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (23.53%) Azure Certification
2 62 (15.20%) Security Cleared
3 53 (12.99%) Degree
4 47 (11.52%) CompTIA CySA+
5 46 (11.27%) CompTIA Security+
6 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
7 33 (8.09%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.21%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.72%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.98%) ACCA
12 4 (0.98%) CIMA
12 4 (0.98%) IIBA
13 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.74%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.74%) PMP
14 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.70%) SLA
2 6 (1.47%) QA
3 4 (0.98%) GDPR
3 4 (0.98%) PMO
4 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) P3O
6 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.21%) SCCM
3 6 (1.47%) WSUS
4 4 (0.98%) Autotask
4 4 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 175 (42.89%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.03%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 7 (1.72%) ConnectWise
4 7 (1.72%) WooCommerce
5 6 (1.47%) Oracle
6 5 (1.23%) SAP
7 4 (0.98%) Apple
7 4 (0.98%) Meraki
7 4 (0.98%) Starlink
8 2 (0.49%) Databricks
8 2 (0.49%) IBM
8 2 (0.49%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.49%) Remedy
8 2 (0.49%) Workday
9 1 (0.25%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.25%) BMC
9 1 (0.25%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.25%) VMware