Data Analysis Jobs in the South West

Data Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 132 144
Rank change year-on-year +35 +12 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 86 188 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.48% 1.95% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.38% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 25 114 80
10th Percentile £29,848 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,500 £41,829
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% +30.29% -7.05%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £61,396
90th Percentile £57,500 £77,500 £80,627
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Data Analysis 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 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Analysis in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the South West

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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 Data Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Gloucestershire +100 43 £55,000 +22.22% 92
Bristol -13 15 £41,000 -35.69% 77
Wiltshire +41 11 £49,500 -17.50% 43
Somerset +10 8 - - 58
Dorset +5 5 £50,000 +11.11% 33
Cornwall +10 2 £42,500 -9.38% 1
Devon +5 2 £38,750 -13.89% 76
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
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 20 (23.26%) Jupyter
2 2 (2.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (17.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Power Platform
2 17 (19.77%) Azure
3 6 (6.98%) GCP
4 2 (2.33%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.16%) AWS
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Internet
2 1 (1.16%) DHCP
2 1 (1.16%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (47.67%) Big Data
2 27 (31.40%) Power BI
3 17 (19.77%) Data Mining
4 15 (17.44%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (6.98%) Data Hub
6 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
6 4 (4.65%) Tableau
7 2 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.33%) GIS
7 2 (2.33%) QGIS
General
1 53 (61.63%) Finance
2 43 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 32 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (18.60%) Social Skills
5 15 (17.44%) Retail
6 6 (6.98%) Banking
7 4 (4.65%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.33%) Advertising
9 2 (2.33%) Environmental Health
9 2 (2.33%) Games
9 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (48.84%) Data Scientist
2 20 (23.26%) Senior
2 20 (23.26%) Senior Data Scientist
3 17 (19.77%) Developer
3 17 (19.77%) Junior
4 16 (18.60%) Analyst
5 15 (17.44%) Junior Developer
6 7 (8.14%) Data Analyst
7 5 (5.81%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.49%) Data Manager
9 2 (2.33%) Business Data Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Business Developer
9 2 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Junior Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Marketing Executive
9 2 (2.33%) Monitoring Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Remote Sensing Specialist
9 2 (2.33%) Systems Developer
10 1 (1.16%) Applications Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) .NET
1 2 (2.33%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.33%) RESTEasy
1 2 (2.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.16%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 44 (51.16%) Algorithms
2 40 (46.51%) Cyberattack
3 15 (17.44%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.65%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.33%) Lidar
5 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) PKI
6 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (65.12%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (61.63%) Visualisation
3 46 (53.49%) Machine Learning
4 44 (51.16%) Data Science
5 43 (50.00%) Computer Science
6 42 (48.84%) Mathematics
7 41 (47.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 41 (47.67%) Exploratory Data Analysis
8 40 (46.51%) OpenUP
8 40 (46.51%) Statistics
9 34 (39.53%) Analytics
10 32 (37.21%) Decision-Making
11 27 (31.40%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 22 (25.58%) LLM
12 22 (25.58%) Mentoring
12 22 (25.58%) Software Engineering
13 21 (24.42%) WFM
14 20 (23.26%) Data Management
14 20 (23.26%) MLOps
14 20 (23.26%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.40%) SQL
2 24 (27.91%) Python
3 20 (23.26%) Java
3 20 (23.26%) JavaScript
4 17 (19.77%) VBA
5 2 (2.33%) C#
6 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (62.79%) Degree
2 42 (48.84%) DV Cleared
2 42 (48.84%) Security Cleared
3 20 (23.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (23.26%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (3.49%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.33%) MOS
5 2 (2.33%) PhD
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (23.26%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (23.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.44%) Facebook
3 6 (6.98%) Google
4 2 (2.33%) Oracle
5 1 (1.16%) Salesforce