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 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 763 283 654
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 8.61% 8.14% 8.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.16% 8.92% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 451 232 395
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,625 £50,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

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 8,333 3,171 7,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 91.20% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,681 2,138 5,556
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -2 187 £45,000 -7.22% 45
Gloucestershire +15 163 £44,000 +35.38% 27
Somerset +6 155 £35,000 - 32
Devon +24 115 £35,000 +14.75% 15
Wiltshire -3 66 £42,500 +14.09% 15
Dorset +18 53 £38,250 -4.38% 5
Cornwall +9 8 £60,000 +100.00%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 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.

1 287 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 212 (27.79%) Azure
2 212 (27.79%) SQL
3 188 (24.64%) Azure Certification
4 149 (19.53%) Business Intelligence
5 147 (19.27%) Power Platform
6 141 (18.48%) Power BI
7 125 (16.38%) Microsoft Excel
8 117 (15.33%) AI
9 114 (14.94%) Python
10 110 (14.42%) Tableau
11 109 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
12 106 (13.89%) Mentoring
13 102 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
14 88 (11.53%) Azure AI
14 88 (11.53%) CompTIA CySA+
14 88 (11.53%) CompTIA Security+
14 88 (11.53%) ForeScout
15 74 (9.70%) Windows
16 70 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
17 64 (8.39%) Agile
18 60 (7.86%) Degree
19 57 (7.47%) ERP
20 56 (7.34%) Security Cleared
21 49 (6.42%) ITIL
22 44 (5.77%) Business Analysis
23 42 (5.50%) Customer Service
23 42 (5.50%) Decision-Making
23 42 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
24 41 (5.37%) Data Analysis

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 16 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.79%) Confluence
3 5 (0.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 125 (16.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Visualfiles
2 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.52%) Infor LN
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 212 (27.79%) Azure
2 147 (19.27%) Power Platform
3 88 (11.53%) Azure AI
4 70 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.62%) SaaS
6 18 (2.36%) AWS
7 16 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.10%) IaaS
7 16 (2.10%) PaaS
8 15 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.83%) Serverless
10 12 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 12 (1.57%) Azure Functions
10 12 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (1.57%) GitHub
11 11 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.18%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.18%) Intacct
13 7 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.15%) VPN
2 22 (2.88%) Broadband
3 20 (2.62%) 4G
4 16 (2.10%) WAN
5 13 (1.70%) Firewall
6 7 (0.92%) DHCP
6 7 (0.92%) DNS
7 6 (0.79%) LAN
8 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.52%) Internet
9 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.52%) VLAN
9 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.26%) DMZ
10 2 (0.26%) MPLS
10 2 (0.26%) Network Security
10 2 (0.26%) NGFW
10 2 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.13%) DKIM
11 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (18.48%) Power BI
2 110 (14.42%) Tableau
3 22 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.44%) Power Query
6 8 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.66%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.66%) PowerPivot
8 5 (0.66%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.52%) Looker
10 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.26%) GIS
11 2 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.36%) JIRA
2 14 (1.83%) Git
3 4 (0.52%) Postman
4 3 (0.39%) Selenium
4 3 (0.39%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
General
1 313 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 97 (12.71%) Finance
3 79 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.33%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.54%) Retail
6 23 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (2.62%) Aerospace
8 20 (2.62%) Law
9 18 (2.36%) Legal
10 12 (1.57%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.44%) Marketing
12 10 (1.31%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.18%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.66%) Advertising
15 4 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.39%) Banking
16 3 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.49%) .NET
2 18 (2.36%) HTML
3 17 (2.23%) XML
4 14 (1.83%) Web Services
5 13 (1.70%) .NET Framework
6 12 (1.57%) CSS
7 5 (0.66%) Playwright
8 4 (0.52%) Middleware
8 4 (0.52%) SOAP
9 3 (0.39%) EDI
9 3 (0.39%) JSON
10 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.26%) React
10 2 (0.26%) REST
11 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.13%) React Native
11 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (2.62%) Security Posture
3 19 (2.49%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.49%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.57%) Podcast
6 12 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.05%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.05%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (0.92%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.39%) Blog
11 2 (0.26%) BYOD
11 2 (0.26%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.26%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.26%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 74 (9.70%) Windows
2 25 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 23 (3.01%) Windows 10
4 22 (2.88%) Android
5 12 (1.57%) VMS
6 3 (0.39%) Linux
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (19.53%) Business Intelligence
2 117 (15.33%) AI
3 109 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 106 (13.89%) Mentoring
5 102 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (8.39%) Agile
7 57 (7.47%) ERP
8 49 (6.42%) ITIL
9 44 (5.77%) Business Analysis
10 42 (5.50%) Customer Service
10 42 (5.50%) Decision-Making
11 41 (5.37%) Data Analysis
12 40 (5.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (4.59%) Analytics
13 35 (4.59%) Process Improvement
13 35 (4.59%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (4.19%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (4.06%) Service Management
16 27 (3.54%) Scrum
17 26 (3.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 212 (27.79%) SQL
2 114 (14.94%) Python
3 22 (2.88%) C#
4 15 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (1.70%) Bash
6 13 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.57%) Bicep
8 5 (0.66%) Java
8 5 (0.66%) R
9 3 (0.39%) VB
9 3 (0.39%) VBA
10 2 (0.26%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 188 (24.64%) Azure Certification
2 88 (11.53%) CompTIA CySA+
2 88 (11.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (7.86%) Degree
4 56 (7.34%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.15%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.01%) SC Cleared
7 20 (2.62%) A+ Certification
8 10 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.31%) MCSE
9 8 (1.05%) ACCA
9 8 (1.05%) CIMA
10 7 (0.92%) AAT
11 6 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.26%) CASP
14 2 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.93%) QA
2 19 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.52%) GDPR
6 4 (0.52%) PMO
6 4 (0.52%) SLA
7 3 (0.39%) NIST
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 24 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.70%) vSphere
4 12 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.57%) Terraform
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 287 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 88 (11.53%) ForeScout
3 20 (2.62%) Starlink
4 16 (2.10%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.83%) VMware
6 12 (1.57%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (1.44%) Sage
8 9 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.05%) Oracle
10 5 (0.66%) Cognos
10 5 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.52%) Infor
12 2 (0.26%) Aruba
12 2 (0.26%) HP
12 2 (0.26%) NetApp
12 2 (0.26%) SAP
12 2 (0.26%) Veeam
13 1 (0.13%) IBM
13 1 (0.13%) Remedy
13 1 (0.13%) Siemens