Analyst Jobs 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 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 228 711 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.38% 7.66% 8.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.80% 7.96% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 181 456 402
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +10.39% -
75th Percentile £51,611 £52,500 £52,718
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,353 8,934 6,044
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 96.22% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 6,537 3,788
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South West.

Salary trend for Analyst 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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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 92 £48,507 +10.24% 67
Wiltshire +11 36 £35,000 - 11
Gloucestershire +17 34 £30,500 -32.22% 43
Somerset -12 26 £40,000 +14.29% 23
Devon +6 23 £37,500 +3.45% 17
Dorset -34 9 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Cornwall +3 7 £34,500 -31.04% 2
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 81 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 80 (35.09%) Microsoft
3 71 (31.14%) SQL
4 68 (29.82%) Finance
5 59 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (22.81%) Azure
8 47 (20.61%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (20.18%) Degree
10 43 (18.86%) Windows
11 41 (17.98%) Cybersecurity
12 38 (16.67%) ITIL
13 36 (15.79%) Customer Service
14 35 (15.35%) Analytics
15 34 (14.91%) Banking
16 33 (14.47%) Firewall
17 32 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
18 29 (12.72%) Active Directory
19 28 (12.28%) Power Platform
20 27 (11.84%) Visualisation
20 27 (11.84%) Power BI
20 27 (11.84%) Disaster Recovery
21 25 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
22 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
23 21 (9.21%) Windows Server
23 21 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
24 20 (8.77%) DNS
25 19 (8.33%) Mathematics
26 18 (7.89%) PowerShell
26 18 (7.89%) Agile

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.39%) IIS
2 7 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.19%) Confluence
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.88%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.88%) Magento
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (22.81%) Azure
3 28 (12.28%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.70%) AWS
5 8 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.19%) GitHub
6 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.19%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.32%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.32%) GCP
7 3 (1.32%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.44%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.44%) Datadog
8 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.47%) Firewall
2 20 (8.77%) DNS
3 18 (7.89%) DHCP
4 17 (7.46%) VPN
5 16 (7.02%) VLAN
6 11 (4.82%) VoIP
7 10 (4.39%) ADSL
8 5 (2.19%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.75%) Network Security
10 3 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.32%) WAN
11 2 (0.88%) LAN
11 2 (0.88%) SAN
12 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.84%) Power BI
2 15 (6.58%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (5.26%) Big Data
4 9 (3.95%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.63%) Tableau
6 4 (1.75%) FileMaker
6 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.32%) Data Hub
7 3 (1.32%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.44%) Looker
8 1 (0.44%) Metadata
8 1 (0.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (3.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.75%) Selenium
3 3 (1.32%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.88%) Gatling
4 2 (0.88%) Git
4 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.88%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.88%) Locust
4 2 (0.88%) TestRail
4 2 (0.88%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.44%) Appium
5 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.44%) JMeter
5 1 (0.44%) Maven
5 1 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) RStudio
General
1 81 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 68 (29.82%) Finance
3 47 (20.61%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (14.91%) Banking
5 18 (7.89%) Marketing
6 13 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Games
8 10 (4.39%) Local Government
9 9 (3.95%) Retail
10 8 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.07%) Private Banking
11 7 (3.07%) Tech for Good
12 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.32%) Electronics
14 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.32%) Public Speaking
15 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.95%) XML
2 6 (2.63%) .NET
2 6 (2.63%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.63%) WPF
3 2 (0.88%) Node.js
3 2 (0.88%) Web Services
4 1 (0.44%) ADO
4 1 (0.44%) CSS
4 1 (0.44%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.44%) HTML
4 1 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.44%) REST
4 1 (0.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (4.39%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.39%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.88%) Insider Threat
7 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.88%) Replication
7 2 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.44%) CMDB
8 1 (0.44%) EPoS
8 1 (0.44%) Handset
8 1 (0.44%) NHS
8 1 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 43 (18.86%) Windows
2 21 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.58%) Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (17.98%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (16.67%) ITIL
4 36 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 35 (15.35%) Analytics
6 32 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (11.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (11.84%) Visualisation
8 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (8.33%) Mathematics
10 18 (7.89%) Agile
10 18 (7.89%) Data Analytics
11 17 (7.46%) Decision-Making
11 17 (7.46%) ITSM
11 17 (7.46%) Statistics
12 16 (7.02%) Service Management
13 15 (6.58%) Data Analysis
13 15 (6.58%) ERP
14 14 (6.14%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (6.14%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.14%) SQL
2 18 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 17 (7.46%) Python
4 11 (4.82%) C#
5 9 (3.95%) R
6 5 (2.19%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.32%) Java
8 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.32%) VBA
9 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 46 (20.18%) Degree
2 15 (6.58%) A+ Certification
3 11 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
4 10 (4.39%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.51%) MCP
6 7 (3.07%) MCSE
6 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.19%) CISSP
8 5 (2.19%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.19%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.32%) CCSK
10 3 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.89%) SLA
2 15 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.95%) NIST
3 9 (3.95%) QA
4 5 (2.19%) GDPR
5 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.44%) GRC
8 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.44%) ITGC
8 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (12.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.88%) XenApp
5 1 (0.44%) Snort
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.88%) SCCM
4 1 (0.44%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.44%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.44%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 80 (35.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.95%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.07%) Avaloq
4 6 (2.63%) Oracle
5 4 (1.75%) Citrix
5 4 (1.75%) VMware
6 3 (1.32%) Google
6 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.88%) Fiserv
7 2 (0.88%) Infor
7 2 (0.88%) Splunk
7 2 (0.88%) TSYS
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) Dell
8 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.44%) Intel
8 1 (0.44%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.44%) N-able
8 1 (0.44%) Veeam
8 1 (0.44%) Veritas