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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 24 57
Rank change year-on-year -22 +33 -22
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 315 233 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.97% 6.50% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 7.94% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 219 129 134
10th Percentile £38,014 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £47,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.94%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £97,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £68,490
% change year-on-year +11.57% -11.67% +5.37%

All Process & 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 7,603 2,934 5,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.58% 81.89% 76.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,147 1,845 2,843
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 14 October 2026.

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 14 October 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 -25 117 £60,000 -7.69% 39
Gloucestershire -17 74 £85,000 +51.11% 49
Wiltshire -3 48 £70,000 +38.61% 13
Dorset -9 22 £70,000 +100.00% 25
Devon -25 21 £48,750 +33.11% 5
Somerset -38 18 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Cornwall +17 11 £38,995 -29.10% 1
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 18 (5.71%) Apache Spark
2 17 (5.40%) Apache
3 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.86%) Confluence
5 7 (2.22%) WordPress
6 4 (1.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.63%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.63%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (4.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 6 (1.90%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.59%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.63%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.63%) Shopify
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.95%) Azure
2 51 (16.19%) AWS
3 42 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 24 (7.62%) Serverless
5 20 (6.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (6.35%) GitHub
6 16 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.76%) SaaS
8 14 (4.44%) Azure Functions
9 13 (4.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 13 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (4.13%) GCP
9 13 (4.13%) PaaS
10 12 (3.81%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (3.81%) IaaS
11 10 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (3.17%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.86%) Google Analytics
13 7 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.81%) VPN
2 4 (1.27%) Broadband
2 4 (1.27%) Network Security
2 4 (1.27%) NGN
2 4 (1.27%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (1.27%) VXLAN
3 2 (0.63%) SMS
4 1 (0.32%) 5G
4 1 (0.32%) BGP
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Firewall
4 1 (0.32%) Internet
4 1 (0.32%) MQTT
4 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.75%) Power BI
2 19 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (5.71%) Data Lake
3 18 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.44%) Big Data
5 13 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (4.13%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.81%) Tableau
7 9 (2.86%) Metadata
7 9 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.54%) Hadoop
8 8 (2.54%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.59%) Looker
10 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.59%) Power Query
11 4 (1.27%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 24 (7.62%) Git
2 8 (2.54%) JIRA
3 6 (1.90%) GitLab
4 5 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.63%) MLflow
5 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.32%) ERwin
General
1 88 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.95%) Finance
3 65 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.21%) Marketing
5 24 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.03%) Law
8 10 (3.17%) Advertising
8 10 (3.17%) Legal
9 9 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.90%) Retail
12 5 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.59%) Military
13 4 (1.27%) Games
13 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.95%) Brand Awareness
15 2 (0.63%) Back Office
15 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 74 (23.49%) Data Engineer
2 63 (20.00%) Senior
3 42 (13.33%) Analyst
4 32 (10.16%) Lead
5 22 (6.98%) Developer
5 22 (6.98%) Senior Data Engineer
6 19 (6.03%) Analytics Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Performance Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Senior Analytics Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Senior Manager
8 17 (5.40%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Data Analyst
10 15 (4.76%) Data Scientist
10 15 (4.76%) Python Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Architect
11 14 (4.44%) Azure Data Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Python Data Engineer
12 13 (4.13%) Elasticsearch Engineer
12 13 (4.13%) Kafka Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.70%) Terraform
2 21 (6.67%) Kafka
3 16 (5.08%) Keycloak
4 14 (4.44%) React
5 10 (3.17%) PySpark
6 9 (2.86%) Apache NiFi
7 8 (2.54%) REST
8 7 (2.22%) Node.js
8 7 (2.22%) Vue
9 6 (1.90%) Next.js
10 5 (1.59%) .NET
10 5 (1.59%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.27%) AWS CDK
11 4 (1.27%) LangChain
11 4 (1.27%) Laravel
11 4 (1.27%) Symfony
12 3 (0.95%) JSON
13 2 (0.63%) HTML
13 2 (0.63%) Spring
13 2 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (5.40%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.76%) Podcast
4 14 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.17%) Social Media
8 9 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.86%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.54%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.90%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.59%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.59%) IoT
12 5 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
13 4 (1.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.98%) Windows
2 12 (3.81%) VMS
3 9 (2.86%) Linux
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (36.83%) AI
2 78 (24.76%) Decision-Making
3 71 (22.54%) Data Pipeline
4 70 (22.22%) Agile
5 57 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
7 52 (16.51%) DevOps
8 50 (15.87%) CI/CD
9 44 (13.97%) Software Engineering
10 42 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (13.02%) Data Engineering
12 40 (12.70%) Data Science
13 39 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (12.06%) ETL
15 36 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
16 34 (10.79%) Workflow
17 33 (10.48%) Data Modelling
18 28 (8.89%) Generative AI
19 27 (8.57%) DevSecOps
19 27 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 83 (26.35%) SQL
2 71 (22.54%) Python
3 16 (5.08%) Bicep
3 16 (5.08%) Go
3 16 (5.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 15 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.44%) Bash
5 14 (4.44%) Java
6 10 (3.17%) C#
6 10 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.54%) Scala
7 8 (2.54%) VBA
8 7 (2.22%) R
9 5 (1.59%) C++
10 4 (1.27%) PHP
11 3 (0.95%) Groovy
12 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (21.59%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.70%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.84%) DV Cleared
4 28 (8.89%) Azure Certification
5 19 (6.03%) Degree
6 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.90%) ACCA
7 6 (1.90%) CIMA
8 5 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.27%) CCIE
9 4 (1.27%) CCNP
9 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.27%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.95%) CISM
10 3 (0.95%) CISSP
11 1 (0.32%) CIPD
11 1 (0.32%) OCP
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.35%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.76%) GDPR
4 6 (1.90%) SLA
5 5 (1.59%) QA
6 3 (0.95%) GRC
6 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.63%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.63%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (6.98%) Docker
2 16 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.13%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.81%) vSphere
5 4 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.95%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.81%) Ansible
3 5 (1.59%) Packer
4 3 (0.95%) VxRail
5 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.30%) Databricks
3 19 (6.03%) VMware
4 15 (4.76%) Google
5 13 (4.13%) IBM
6 12 (3.81%) Oracle
6 12 (3.81%) ScienceLogic
7 11 (3.49%) Workday
8 10 (3.17%) HubSpot
9 7 (2.22%) Marketo
10 5 (1.59%) Adobe
10 5 (1.59%) Cisco
11 4 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.27%) SAP
11 4 (1.27%) YouTube
12 3 (0.95%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.95%) Cognos
12 3 (0.95%) Informatica
12 3 (0.95%) MicroStrategy
12 3 (0.95%) Salesforce