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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 697 232 700
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 9.14% 8.70% 7.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.73% 9.41% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 346 184 457
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £24,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +10.39%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,145 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £66,750
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 7,162 2,465 8,582
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.43% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,903 1,621 6,495
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £63,875
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% -11.18%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +5 157 £40,000 -16.67% 29
Gloucestershire +22 137 £45,000 +47.54% 19
Devon +27 134 £35,000 -6.67% 17
Somerset +10 129 £35,000 -12.50% 19
Dorset +23 75 £43,500 +8.75% 11
Wiltshire +6 60 £40,000 +14.29% 19
Cornwall -12 3 £18,000 -47.83% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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.

1 352 (50.50%) Microsoft
2 310 (44.48%) Azure
3 284 (40.75%) Azure Certification
4 212 (30.42%) SQL
5 174 (24.96%) Business Intelligence
6 172 (24.68%) Power BI
6 172 (24.68%) Power Platform
7 167 (23.96%) Microsoft Excel
8 161 (23.10%) Python
9 158 (22.67%) Tableau
10 150 (21.52%) Mentoring
11 145 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
12 144 (20.66%) AI
12 144 (20.66%) Azure AI
13 140 (20.09%) CompTIA CySA+
13 140 (20.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 140 (20.09%) ForeScout
14 75 (10.76%) Security Cleared
15 68 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
16 56 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
17 52 (7.46%) Degree
18 43 (6.17%) Business Analysis
19 41 (5.88%) Service Management
20 40 (5.74%) Agile
20 40 (5.74%) ERP
20 40 (5.74%) Windows
21 35 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
21 35 (5.02%) DV Cleared
21 35 (5.02%) ITIL
22 32 (4.59%) 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 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.72%) Confluence
3 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
Applications
1 167 (23.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.29%) Magento
2 9 (1.29%) 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%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 310 (44.48%) Azure
2 172 (24.68%) Power Platform
3 144 (20.66%) Azure AI
4 56 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.15%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.00%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.72%) SaaS
9 4 (0.57%) AWS
9 4 (0.57%) IaaS
9 4 (0.57%) PaaS
10 3 (0.43%) Boomi
10 3 (0.43%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.43%) Workato
11 2 (0.29%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.29%) Serverless
12 1 (0.14%) GCP
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.44%) Broadband
2 15 (2.15%) 4G
3 12 (1.72%) Firewall
4 11 (1.58%) WAN
5 7 (1.00%) VPN
6 6 (0.86%) DHCP
6 6 (0.86%) DNS
6 6 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.72%) VoIP
8 4 (0.57%) LAN
8 4 (0.57%) VLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Network Security
9 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.14%) DKIM
10 1 (0.14%) DMARC
10 1 (0.14%) SSH
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (24.68%) Power BI
2 158 (22.67%) Tableau
3 13 (1.87%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.15%) Power Query
4 8 (1.15%) PowerPivot
5 6 (0.86%) GIS
6 5 (0.72%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.72%) Looker
7 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.43%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) Metadata
10 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.43%) Postman
2 3 (0.43%) SoapUI
2 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.14%) Gatling
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.14%) Locust
4 1 (0.14%) TestRail
4 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 338 (48.49%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.47%) Finance
3 43 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.01%) Manufacturing
5 17 (2.44%) Retail
6 15 (2.15%) Legal
7 10 (1.43%) Aerospace
8 9 (1.29%) Back Office
8 9 (1.29%) Marketing
9 8 (1.15%) Agriculture
10 6 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.72%) Advertising
11 5 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.43%) Automotive
13 3 (0.43%) Law
14 2 (0.29%) Local Government
15 1 (0.14%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.72%) SOAP
2 10 (1.43%) REST
3 9 (1.29%) Middleware
4 7 (1.00%) .NET
5 3 (0.43%) HTML
5 3 (0.43%) Playwright
5 3 (0.43%) 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 (0.14%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.14%) EDI
7 1 (0.14%) React Native
7 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (1.87%) Driving Licence
2 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
2 12 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 10 (1.43%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (0.72%) Client/Server
5 5 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (0.57%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.57%) PMI
7 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.43%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.29%) BYOD
8 2 (0.29%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.14%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.74%) Windows
2 23 (3.30%) Windows 10
3 18 (2.58%) Android
4 12 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Linux
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (24.96%) Business Intelligence
2 150 (21.52%) Mentoring
3 145 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
4 144 (20.66%) AI
5 68 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (6.17%) Business Analysis
7 41 (5.88%) Service Management
8 40 (5.74%) Agile
8 40 (5.74%) ERP
9 35 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (5.02%) ITIL
10 24 (3.44%) Project Management
11 23 (3.30%) Change Management
11 23 (3.30%) ITSM
12 20 (2.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (2.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (2.58%) Data Analysis
14 18 (2.58%) User Experience
15 16 (2.30%) Customer Service
15 16 (2.30%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 212 (30.42%) SQL
2 161 (23.10%) Python
3 9 (1.29%) T-SQL
4 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.00%) C#
6 6 (0.86%) Java
7 4 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.43%) R
9 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.14%) Bash
10 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 284 (40.75%) Azure Certification
2 140 (20.09%) CompTIA CySA+
2 140 (20.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 75 (10.76%) Security Cleared
4 52 (7.46%) Degree
5 35 (5.02%) DV Cleared
6 32 (4.59%) SC Cleared
7 19 (2.73%) A+ Certification
8 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.57%) IIBA
9 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.29%) ACCA
11 2 (0.29%) CBAP
11 2 (0.29%) CIMA
12 1 (0.14%) CIPD
12 1 (0.14%) ISEB
12 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.01%) QA
2 8 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.57%) PMO
5 3 (0.43%) GDPR
6 2 (0.29%) SLA
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 11 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (1.15%) SCCM
2 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 352 (50.50%) Microsoft
2 140 (20.09%) ForeScout
3 15 (2.15%) ServiceNow
3 15 (2.15%) Starlink
4 9 (1.29%) ConnectWise
4 9 (1.29%) WooCommerce
5 5 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.57%) Infor
6 4 (0.57%) SAP
7 3 (0.43%) Cognos
7 3 (0.43%) MicroStrategy
7 3 (0.43%) Sage
8 2 (0.29%) Aruba
8 2 (0.29%) HP
8 2 (0.29%) IBM
8 2 (0.29%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.29%) NetApp
8 2 (0.29%) Veeam
9 1 (0.14%) Cribl.io
9 1 (0.14%) Qualys