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 20 January 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 24
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 395 386 416
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.62% 9.51% 7.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.14% 10.15% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 251 169 312
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -8.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +8.70% -3.16%

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 4,854 3,802 5,047
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 93.62% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,350 2,009 3,910
10th Percentile £28,225 £30,000 £29,367
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -4 108 £40,000 +25.00% 17
Gloucestershire -1 76 £37,500 +2.74% 16
Somerset +4 67 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Devon +31 56 £40,000 -3.03% 14
Wiltshire 0 50 £43,750 +25.17% 10
Dorset +24 37 £43,500 +8.75% 13
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 January 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.

1 166 (42.03%) Microsoft
2 105 (26.58%) Azure
2 105 (26.58%) SQL
3 87 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (21.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 82 (20.76%) Azure Certification
6 80 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
7 76 (19.24%) Power Platform
8 75 (18.99%) Power BI
9 65 (16.46%) Python
10 60 (15.19%) Security Cleared
11 55 (13.92%) Tableau
12 51 (12.91%) Degree
12 51 (12.91%) Mentoring
13 50 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
14 48 (12.15%) AI
14 48 (12.15%) Business Analysis
15 47 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (11.65%) Agile
17 45 (11.39%) Project Management
18 44 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
18 44 (11.14%) Windows
19 42 (10.63%) Azure AI
20 40 (10.13%) CompTIA CySA+
21 39 (9.87%) CompTIA Security+
22 38 (9.62%) ForeScout
22 38 (9.62%) SC Cleared
23 36 (9.11%) Data Analysis
24 35 (8.86%) Change Management
25 34 (8.61%) 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 17 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.29%) Confluence
3 8 (2.03%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) CMS
4 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 84 (21.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.77%) Visualfiles
3 5 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.27%) Magento
3 5 (1.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.76%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.51%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.51%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.25%) assyst
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 105 (26.58%) Azure
2 76 (19.24%) Power Platform
3 44 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (10.63%) Azure AI
5 15 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.04%) SaaS
7 10 (2.53%) AWS
8 9 (2.28%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.51%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon SageMaker
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Machine Learning
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.25%) dbt
12 1 (0.25%) Fivetran
12 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.25%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.81%) DNS
2 16 (4.05%) Firewall
3 15 (3.80%) DHCP
4 13 (3.29%) LAN
5 9 (2.28%) Internet
6 8 (2.03%) Kerberos
6 8 (2.03%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.03%) WAN
7 6 (1.52%) DKIM
7 6 (1.52%) DMARC
7 6 (1.52%) VoIP
7 6 (1.52%) Wireless
8 5 (1.27%) VPN
9 4 (1.01%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.01%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.51%) 4G
10 2 (0.51%) Broadband
10 2 (0.51%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (18.99%) Power BI
2 55 (13.92%) Tableau
3 10 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.28%) Power Query
5 8 (2.03%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.27%) MySQL
6 5 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.01%) GIS
7 4 (1.01%) Looker
8 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.76%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.25%) Metadata
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (5.57%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.51%) Gatling
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.51%) Locust
3 2 (0.51%) Selenium
3 2 (0.51%) TestRail
3 2 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 189 (47.85%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
2 65 (16.46%) Finance
3 14 (3.54%) Legal
4 13 (3.29%) Retail
5 12 (3.04%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (2.78%) Law
7 10 (2.53%) Local Government
8 8 (2.03%) Back Office
9 7 (1.77%) Advertising
9 7 (1.77%) Fire and Rescue
10 6 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.01%) Automotive
12 4 (1.01%) Electronics
13 3 (0.76%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.03%) LDAP
2 6 (1.52%) Middleware
3 5 (1.27%) REST
3 5 (1.27%) SOAP
4 4 (1.01%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.76%) .NET
6 2 (0.51%) EDI
7 1 (0.25%) EDIFACT
7 1 (0.25%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.25%) IDoc
7 1 (0.25%) JSON
7 1 (0.25%) NumPy
7 1 (0.25%) Pandas
7 1 (0.25%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.08%) Driving Licence
2 15 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.78%) PKI
4 10 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.77%) NHS
7 6 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.01%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (1.01%) PMI
9 4 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.76%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.51%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.51%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.51%) Industry 4.0
11 2 (0.51%) IoT
11 2 (0.51%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.14%) Windows
2 27 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.32%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.27%) Linux
6 3 (0.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (12.91%) Mentoring
4 50 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (12.15%) AI
5 48 (12.15%) Business Analysis
6 47 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (11.65%) Agile
8 45 (11.39%) Project Management
9 36 (9.11%) Data Analysis
10 35 (8.86%) Change Management
11 34 (8.61%) ITSM
12 33 (8.35%) Customer Service
13 31 (7.85%) Service Management
14 28 (7.09%) ITIL
15 26 (6.58%) Analytics
16 24 (6.08%) Process Improvement
17 18 (4.56%) Migration
18 16 (4.05%) Decision-Making
19 15 (3.80%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (26.58%) SQL
2 65 (16.46%) Python
3 17 (4.30%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.28%) VB
5 5 (1.27%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.01%) C
6 4 (1.01%) C++
6 4 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.51%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.51%) R
7 2 (0.51%) VBA
8 1 (0.25%) Julia
8 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 82 (20.76%) Azure Certification
2 60 (15.19%) Security Cleared
3 51 (12.91%) Degree
4 40 (10.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 39 (9.87%) CompTIA Security+
6 38 (9.62%) SC Cleared
7 33 (8.35%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.77%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.77%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.52%) ACCA
10 6 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.52%) CIMA
11 4 (1.01%) IIBA
11 4 (1.01%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.01%) MCP
12 3 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.54%) SLA
2 7 (1.77%) QA
3 4 (1.01%) PMO
4 3 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.76%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
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 29 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.28%) SCCM
3 8 (2.03%) WSUS
4 5 (1.27%) Autotask
5 4 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 166 (42.03%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.62%) ForeScout
3 10 (2.53%) ServiceNow
4 7 (1.77%) Oracle
5 5 (1.27%) Apple
5 5 (1.27%) ConnectWise
5 5 (1.27%) Meraki
5 5 (1.27%) SAP
5 5 (1.27%) WooCommerce
6 2 (0.51%) Databricks
6 2 (0.51%) IBM
6 2 (0.51%) Liquidlogic
6 2 (0.51%) Remedy
6 2 (0.51%) Starlink
6 2 (0.51%) Workday
7 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.25%) BMC
7 1 (0.25%) Google
7 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.25%) VMware