Analytics Job Trends in the South West

Analytics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 50 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 198 203 304
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.16% 3.95% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 4.90% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 120 124 233
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,993 £44,688 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.94% +8.28%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,250 £92,387
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,535 4,140 4,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 74.36% 80.48% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,374 2,257 3,112
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,775
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,350 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the South West

Analytics
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the South West over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the South West

Analytics
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 Analytics within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 +5 105 £64,000 -1.54% 73
Wiltshire +14 23 £45,000 -43.75% 50
Somerset -8 20 £47,500 +18.75% 59
Gloucestershire +36 18 £70,000 +33.33% 80
Devon +3 16 £35,000 -50.00% 89
Dorset -5 9 £35,000 -35.71% 39
Cornwall - 4 £55,000 - 6
Analytics
England

Analytics
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 6 (3.03%) CMS
2 3 (1.52%) Apache
2 3 (1.52%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.01%) SAS
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) SAP APO
1 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.01%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (1.01%) Shopify
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.51%) Magento
3 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.23%) Power Platform
2 33 (16.67%) Azure
3 19 (9.60%) AWS
4 15 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.05%) Google Analytics
6 8 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.04%) Snowflake
7 6 (3.03%) SaaS
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.02%) GCP
8 4 (2.02%) Google Ads
8 4 (2.02%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.52%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.52%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.52%) Matillion
9 3 (1.52%) Serverless
10 2 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.54%) Unified Communications
2 6 (3.03%) VPN
3 3 (1.52%) Firewall
4 2 (1.01%) SMS
5 1 (0.51%) Internet
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (23.23%) Power BI
2 24 (12.12%) Tableau
3 16 (8.08%) SQL Server
4 12 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.04%) Data Mining
5 8 (4.04%) Looker
6 7 (3.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.53%) MS Access
7 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.02%) Big Data
8 4 (2.02%) ClickHouse
8 4 (2.02%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.02%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.02%) OLAP
8 4 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.52%) Metadata
9 3 (1.52%) MySQL
10 2 (1.01%) Ataccama
10 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.01%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Git
1 4 (2.02%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.51%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) RStudio
General
1 72 (36.36%) Finance
1 72 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (20.20%) Marketing
4 24 (12.12%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.07%) Back Office
5 14 (7.07%) Retail
6 11 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.05%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.03%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.03%) Avionics
9 6 (3.03%) Banking
9 6 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.53%) Brand Awareness
10 5 (2.53%) Electronics
10 5 (2.53%) Publishing
11 4 (2.02%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.02%) Law
11 4 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (15.15%) Analyst
2 22 (11.11%) Senior
3 16 (8.08%) Lead
4 15 (7.58%) Data Engineer
5 14 (7.07%) Analytics Manager
5 14 (7.07%) Data Analyst
5 14 (7.07%) Desktop Support
6 12 (6.06%) Architect
7 11 (5.56%) Developer
8 8 (4.04%) Consultant
8 8 (4.04%) Data Manager
8 8 (4.04%) Sales Executive
8 8 (4.04%) Sales Manager
9 7 (3.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (3.54%) Desktop Support Technician
9 7 (3.54%) Site Engineer
9 7 (3.54%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.54%) Support Technician
9 7 (3.54%) Trainee
9 7 (3.54%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) REST
2 3 (1.52%) Kafka
2 3 (1.52%) PySpark
2 3 (1.52%) PyTorch
2 3 (1.52%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.01%) NumPy
3 2 (1.01%) Pandas
3 2 (1.01%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.01%) SOAP
3 2 (1.01%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.51%) Blazor
4 1 (0.51%) D3.js
4 1 (0.51%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.51%) PrimeNG
4 1 (0.51%) RxJS
4 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.51%) Svelte
4 1 (0.51%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (8.08%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.55%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.04%) IoT
5 6 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.53%) e-Learning
6 5 (2.53%) Podcast
7 3 (1.52%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.52%) FMCG
7 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.52%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.01%) Blog
8 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.08%) Windows
2 14 (7.07%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.01%) Linux
3 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Debian
4 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (24.75%) Decision-Making
3 48 (24.24%) Data Analytics
4 43 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (18.18%) AI
6 34 (17.17%) Customer Experience
6 34 (17.17%) Data Analysis
6 34 (17.17%) Project Management
7 33 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (14.65%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (14.14%) Customer Service
9 28 (14.14%) Machine Learning
10 26 (13.13%) Agile
11 22 (11.11%) Data Science
11 22 (11.11%) Visualisation
12 20 (10.10%) Mentoring
13 19 (9.60%) Data Modelling
14 18 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (8.59%) B2B
16 16 (8.08%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.75%) SQL
2 43 (21.72%) Python
3 8 (4.04%) Java
4 7 (3.54%) C++
4 7 (3.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.54%) R
5 5 (2.53%) C#
5 5 (2.53%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.53%) VBA
6 4 (2.02%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.52%) C
7 3 (1.52%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (1.52%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.52%) Tcl
7 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.51%) Bicep
9 1 (0.51%) Go
9 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (25.76%) Degree
2 37 (18.69%) Security Cleared
3 32 (16.16%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.07%) CTC Cleared
5 12 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.01%) ACCA
8 2 (1.01%) CIMA
8 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) CCNA
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.07%) SLA
2 13 (6.57%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.54%) GDPR
3 7 (3.54%) QA
4 3 (1.52%) NIST
5 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.52%) Terraform
3 2 (1.01%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Kibana
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.51%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 44 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.61%) Google
3 16 (8.08%) Cisco
4 9 (4.55%) Databricks
5 8 (4.04%) Autodesk
5 8 (4.04%) SAP
6 6 (3.03%) HubSpot
6 6 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.53%) Oracle
8 2 (1.01%) Adobe
8 2 (1.01%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.01%) IBM
8 2 (1.01%) VMware
9 1 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.51%) EMC
9 1 (0.51%) Juniper
9 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Teradata