Exploratory Analysis Job Trends in the South West

Exploratory Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Exploratory Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.015% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £77,500 - £38,750
% change year-on-year - - -32.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Exploratory 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 4,630 2,566 6,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.67% 90.51% 85.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,117 1,508 5,253
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,970 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Exploratory Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Exploratory Analysis job vacancy trend in the South West

Exploratory Analysis
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Exploratory Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Exploratory Analysis

Exploratory Analysis
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 Exploratory Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 March 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
Gloucestershire - 1 £77,500 -
Exploratory Analysis
England

Exploratory Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle