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 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 16 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 580 277 607
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.44% 10.19% 7.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.99% 10.95% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 297 153 435
10th Percentile £29,150 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.61% +10.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,784 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £48,507 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.23% +7.79% -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 6,453 2,530 8,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 93.05% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,499 1,632 6,178
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,760 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,525 £63,938
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% -9.19%

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 5 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 5 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 +3 133 £40,000 -5.88% 25
Gloucestershire +5 110 £42,500 +32.81% 21
Devon +38 109 £35,000 -20.00% 13
Somerset +12 103 £35,000 -12.50% 31
Dorset +22 64 £43,500 +8.75% 10
Wiltshire +7 57 £35,000 -2.78% 11
Cornwall -20 2 £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 5 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.

1 301 (51.90%) Microsoft
2 249 (42.93%) Azure
3 228 (39.31%) Azure Certification
4 173 (29.83%) SQL
5 150 (25.86%) Business Intelligence
5 150 (25.86%) Microsoft Excel
6 144 (24.83%) Power BI
6 144 (24.83%) Power Platform
7 135 (23.28%) Python
8 131 (22.59%) Tableau
9 121 (20.86%) Mentoring
10 119 (20.52%) Cybersecurity
11 117 (20.17%) AI
12 116 (20.00%) Azure AI
13 113 (19.48%) CompTIA CySA+
14 112 (19.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 112 (19.31%) ForeScout
15 76 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
16 68 (11.72%) Security Cleared
17 59 (10.17%) Degree
18 54 (9.31%) Business Analysis
19 50 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
20 48 (8.28%) Agile
21 37 (6.38%) Service Management
22 36 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
23 35 (6.03%) Project Management
24 34 (5.86%) Windows
25 33 (5.69%) Change Management
26 32 (5.52%) ITIL
26 32 (5.52%) SC Cleared

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 (1.21%) Confluence
1 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.34%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 150 (25.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.55%) Magento
2 9 (1.55%) Shopify
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.52%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 249 (42.93%) Azure
2 144 (24.83%) Power Platform
3 116 (20.00%) Azure AI
4 50 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.55%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.21%) SaaS
8 4 (0.69%) AWS
8 4 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.52%) Boomi
9 3 (0.52%) iPaaS
9 3 (0.52%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.52%) Workato
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.34%) IaaS
10 2 (0.34%) PaaS
11 1 (0.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.17%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.24%) 4G
1 13 (2.24%) Broadband
2 8 (1.38%) Firewall
3 5 (0.86%) WAN
4 4 (0.69%) DHCP
4 4 (0.69%) DNS
4 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.69%) VoIP
4 4 (0.69%) VPN
5 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.34%) LAN
6 2 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.34%) VLAN
6 2 (0.34%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.17%) DKIM
7 1 (0.17%) DMARC
7 1 (0.17%) Network Security
7 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (24.83%) Power BI
2 131 (22.59%) Tableau
3 13 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.72%) Power Query
5 8 (1.38%) Data Mining
5 8 (1.38%) PowerPivot
6 6 (1.03%) GIS
7 5 (0.86%) Looker
8 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.34%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.17%) Metadata
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.34%) Selenium
3 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.17%) Gatling
3 1 (0.17%) Git
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.17%) Locust
3 1 (0.17%) Postman
3 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.17%) TestRail
3 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 293 (50.52%) Social Skills
2 70 (12.07%) Finance
3 49 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (2.93%) Retail
5 14 (2.41%) Legal
6 10 (1.72%) Back Office
6 10 (1.72%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.38%) Agriculture
8 5 (0.86%) Advertising
8 5 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.69%) Automotive
9 4 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.52%) Law
11 2 (0.34%) Electronics
11 2 (0.34%) Local Government
12 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.72%) SOAP
2 9 (1.55%) Middleware
2 9 (1.55%) REST
3 5 (0.86%) .NET
4 3 (0.52%) Playwright
4 3 (0.52%) Software Packaging
4 3 (0.52%) Web Services
5 2 (0.34%) EDIFACT
5 2 (0.34%) IDoc
5 2 (0.34%) React
6 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.17%) EDI
6 1 (0.17%) HTML
6 1 (0.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.76%) Driving Licence
2 12 (2.07%) Product Ownership
3 10 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.86%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (0.69%) PMI
7 4 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.34%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.34%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.34%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.34%) IoT
9 2 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.34%) SCADA
9 2 (0.34%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.86%) Windows
2 24 (4.14%) Windows 10
3 15 (2.59%) Android
4 7 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (25.86%) Business Intelligence
2 121 (20.86%) Mentoring
3 119 (20.52%) Cybersecurity
4 117 (20.17%) AI
5 76 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (9.31%) Business Analysis
7 48 (8.28%) Agile
8 37 (6.38%) Service Management
9 36 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (6.03%) Project Management
11 33 (5.69%) Change Management
12 32 (5.52%) ITIL
13 30 (5.17%) Data Analysis
14 26 (4.48%) Analytics
15 24 (4.14%) ERP
16 22 (3.79%) Customer Service
16 22 (3.79%) ITSM
16 22 (3.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 20 (3.45%) Process Improvement
18 18 (3.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 173 (29.83%) SQL
2 135 (23.28%) Python
3 9 (1.55%) T-SQL
4 6 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.69%) C#
6 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.52%) Java
8 2 (0.34%) C
8 2 (0.34%) C++
8 2 (0.34%) R
8 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.34%) VBA
9 1 (0.17%) Bash
9 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 228 (39.31%) Azure Certification
2 113 (19.48%) CompTIA CySA+
3 112 (19.31%) CompTIA Security+
4 68 (11.72%) Security Cleared
5 59 (10.17%) Degree
6 32 (5.52%) SC Cleared
7 30 (5.17%) DV Cleared
8 18 (3.10%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.21%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.69%) IIBA
11 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.52%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.52%) PMP
12 2 (0.34%) ACCA
12 2 (0.34%) CBAP
12 2 (0.34%) CIMA
12 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.17%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.24%) QA
2 4 (0.69%) GDPR
3 3 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.52%) PMO
4 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.17%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) P3O
5 1 (0.17%) SLA
5 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.55%) SCCM
2 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 301 (51.90%) Microsoft
2 112 (19.31%) ForeScout
3 13 (2.24%) ServiceNow
3 13 (2.24%) Starlink
4 9 (1.55%) ConnectWise
4 9 (1.55%) WooCommerce
5 4 (0.69%) SAP
6 3 (0.52%) Apple
7 2 (0.34%) Cognos
7 2 (0.34%) IBM
7 2 (0.34%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.34%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (0.34%) NetApp
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle
7 2 (0.34%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.17%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.17%) Aruba
8 1 (0.17%) Databricks
8 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.17%) Workday