Technical Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Technical Analyst
England > South West

The median Technical Analyst salary in the South West is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 154 209
Rank change year-on-year +1 +55 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 24 35 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.47% 0.84% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.90% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 16 25 6
10th Percentile £28,875 - -
25th Percentile £32,000 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £30,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -42.86% +43.84%
75th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £60,938
90th Percentile £55,000 £41,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £41,222 £45,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.40% -17.12% -1.28%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 4,745 3,881 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.59% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,292 2,088 3,513
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,886
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +2.19% +1.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Technical Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Technical Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Technical Analyst job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Analyst job vacancies in the South West

Technical Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Analyst in the South West

Technical 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 Technical Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Somerset -4 16 £32,500 +8.33% 1
Bristol -8 5 £45,000 +50.00%
Wiltshire +9 3 £60,000 +50.00%
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Technical Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
1 12 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (33.33%) Azure
3 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
3 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
3 7 (29.17%) Mathematics
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
4 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
5 5 (20.83%) AWS
5 5 (20.83%) DKIM
5 5 (20.83%) DMARC
5 5 (20.83%) Fintech
5 5 (20.83%) Firewall
5 5 (20.83%) ITIL
5 5 (20.83%) Linux
5 5 (20.83%) MySQL
5 5 (20.83%) Oracle
5 5 (20.83%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
5 5 (20.83%) SaaS
5 5 (20.83%) SLA
6 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery

Technical Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (33.33%) Azure
3 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 5 (20.83%) AWS
4 5 (20.83%) SaaS
5 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.17%) Lucidchart
6 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DKIM
1 5 (20.83%) DMARC
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) MySQL
1 5 (20.83%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) EDI
1 1 (4.17%) JSON
1 1 (4.17%) Middleware
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
1 12 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Mathematics
3 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
4 5 (20.83%) Fintech
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
5 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.50%) Migration
6 3 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (12.50%) User Stories
7 2 (8.33%) Agile
7 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.33%) Ticket Management
7 2 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle