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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 19 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 698 233 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.12% 8.57% 7.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.70% 9.28% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 383 188 470
10th Percentile £28,550 £25,219 £24,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £30,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.61% +3.75%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,625 £60,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.74% +3.89% -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 7,197 2,511 9,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.38% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,995 1,592 7,029
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +4 152 £40,000 -17.54% 34
Gloucestershire +16 143 £45,000 +42.86% 40
Somerset +12 134 £35,000 -12.50% 25
Devon +25 132 £32,500 +4.84% 11
Dorset +20 67 £43,500 +8.75% 9
Wiltshire +1 62 £33,500 -16.25% 41
Cornwall -12 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 3 June 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.

1 335 (47.99%) Microsoft
2 272 (38.97%) Azure
3 246 (35.24%) Azure Certification
4 208 (29.80%) SQL
5 162 (23.21%) Business Intelligence
6 160 (22.92%) Power Platform
7 158 (22.64%) Power BI
8 146 (20.92%) Microsoft Excel
9 144 (20.63%) Python
10 142 (20.34%) Tableau
11 131 (18.77%) Mentoring
12 127 (18.19%) Cybersecurity
13 125 (17.91%) AI
14 123 (17.62%) Azure AI
15 121 (17.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 121 (17.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 121 (17.34%) ForeScout
16 75 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
16 75 (10.74%) Security Cleared
17 68 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
18 55 (7.88%) Windows
19 54 (7.74%) Degree
20 44 (6.30%) ERP
21 42 (6.02%) ITIL
21 42 (6.02%) Service Management
22 39 (5.59%) Agile
23 37 (5.30%) Business Analysis
24 35 (5.01%) DV Cleared
25 31 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
26 30 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement

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 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.57%) Confluence
3 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 146 (20.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.00%) Magento
2 7 (1.00%) Shopify
3 4 (0.57%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.43%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.29%) 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
1 272 (38.97%) Azure
2 160 (22.92%) Power Platform
3 123 (17.62%) Azure AI
4 68 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.15%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.00%) AWS
8 6 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 6 (0.86%) IaaS
8 6 (0.86%) PaaS
9 5 (0.72%) SaaS
10 4 (0.57%) Intacct
10 4 (0.57%) Serverless
11 3 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.43%) Boomi
11 3 (0.43%) iPaaS
11 3 (0.43%) Workato
12 2 (0.29%) GitHub
12 2 (0.29%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.87%) Broadband
2 18 (2.58%) 4G
3 16 (2.29%) WAN
4 14 (2.01%) Firewall
4 14 (2.01%) VPN
5 6 (0.86%) DHCP
5 6 (0.86%) DNS
5 6 (0.86%) LAN
6 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.72%) VoIP
7 4 (0.57%) Internet
7 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.57%) VLAN
7 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.29%) DMZ
8 2 (0.29%) MPLS
8 2 (0.29%) Network Security
8 2 (0.29%) NGFW
8 2 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (22.64%) Power BI
2 142 (20.34%) Tableau
3 15 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.72%) Power Query
5 11 (1.58%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.86%) GIS
6 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.72%) Data Vault
8 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.57%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.43%) Looker
10 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.14%) Metadata
11 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (2.29%) JIRA
2 3 (0.43%) Postman
2 3 (0.43%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.29%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 308 (44.13%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.60%) Finance
3 51 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.01%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.58%) Retail
6 17 (2.44%) Legal
7 14 (2.01%) Aerospace
8 10 (1.43%) Marketing
9 9 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.15%) Agriculture
10 8 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.00%) Back Office
12 5 (0.72%) Advertising
12 5 (0.72%) Law
13 4 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.29%) Local Government
15 2 (0.29%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.58%) .NET
2 10 (1.43%) SOAP
3 8 (1.15%) Middleware
3 8 (1.15%) REST
4 7 (1.00%) HTML
4 7 (1.00%) Web Services
5 5 (0.72%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.72%) XML
6 4 (0.57%) CSS
7 3 (0.43%) Playwright
8 2 (0.29%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.29%) EDI
8 2 (0.29%) EDIFACT
8 2 (0.29%) IDoc
8 2 (0.29%) React
9 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.14%) JSON
9 1 (0.14%) React Native
9 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.29%) Management Information System
2 13 (1.86%) Driving Licence
3 12 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.29%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.15%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.00%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.72%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Licensing
11 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.43%) PMI
11 3 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.29%) BYOD
12 2 (0.29%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 2 (0.29%) Podcast
12 2 (0.29%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (7.88%) Windows
2 26 (3.72%) Windows 10
3 21 (3.01%) Android
4 16 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Linux
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (23.21%) Business Intelligence
2 131 (18.77%) Mentoring
3 127 (18.19%) Cybersecurity
4 125 (17.91%) AI
5 75 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (6.30%) ERP
7 42 (6.02%) ITIL
7 42 (6.02%) Service Management
8 39 (5.59%) Agile
9 37 (5.30%) Business Analysis
10 30 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (4.15%) Customer Service
12 23 (3.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (3.15%) Data Analysis
14 21 (3.01%) ITSM
14 21 (3.01%) Project Management
15 19 (2.72%) Analytics
16 18 (2.58%) Change Management
16 18 (2.58%) Decision-Making
16 18 (2.58%) Software License Management
Programming Languages
1 208 (29.80%) SQL
2 144 (20.63%) Python
3 11 (1.58%) C#
4 10 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (1.43%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.72%) Java
6 5 (0.72%) R
7 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Bash
8 3 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.43%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) Bicep
9 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 246 (35.24%) Azure Certification
2 121 (17.34%) CompTIA CySA+
2 121 (17.34%) CompTIA Security+
3 75 (10.74%) Security Cleared
4 54 (7.74%) Degree
5 35 (5.01%) DV Cleared
6 30 (4.30%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.15%) A+ Certification
8 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.43%) IIBA
11 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CCNA
12 2 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.29%) MCSE
13 1 (0.14%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.15%) QA
2 10 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.43%) GDPR
5 3 (0.43%) PMO
5 3 (0.43%) SLA
6 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.15%) SCCM
2 2 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 335 (47.99%) Microsoft
2 121 (17.34%) ForeScout
3 18 (2.58%) Starlink
4 14 (2.01%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.00%) ConnectWise
5 7 (1.00%) WooCommerce
6 6 (0.86%) Sage
6 6 (0.86%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.72%) Cognos
7 5 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
8 4 (0.57%) Infor
9 2 (0.29%) Aruba
9 2 (0.29%) HP
9 2 (0.29%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.29%) NetApp
9 2 (0.29%) SAP
9 2 (0.29%) ScienceLogic
9 2 (0.29%) Veeam
9 2 (0.29%) VMware
10 1 (0.14%) Cribl.io