Data Analyst
UK

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK is £45,596 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 277 323
Rank change year-on-year -12 +46 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 1,026 1,256 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 1.29% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.41% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 708 742 1,167
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,070 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £35,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,596 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,625 £62,500 £61,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.30% +2.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England +17 958 £45,834 -3.51% 269
UK excluding London -58 536 £40,000 +2.56% 151
London +74 462 £65,000 +9.70% 122
Work from Home +28 447 £45,000 -5.26% 89
Midlands -16 140 £37,500 -1.32% 34
South East +21 121 £37,500 -14.77% 33
North of England -44 113 £35,000 -6.67% 37
South West -33 78 £45,000 +11.51% 20
West Midlands -56 71 £39,250 +3.29% 21
East Midlands +35 69 £31,000 -9.49% 13
North West -2 64 £35,000 -6.67% 19
East of England -19 40 £36,664 -34.82% 17
Yorkshire +5 32 £35,000 -6.67% 15
Scotland -78 27 £55,000 +27.91% 11
North East -33 17 £35,000 -15.15% 3
Wales -16 12 £42,500 +46.69% 4
Northern Ireland +22 4 £50,000 +33.33%
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 650 (63.35%) SQL
2 441 (42.98%) Data Analysis
3 439 (42.79%) Analytical Skills
4 426 (41.52%) Analytics
5 404 (39.38%) Power Platform
6 403 (39.28%) Power BI
7 398 (38.79%) Social Skills
8 382 (37.23%) Business Intelligence
9 375 (36.55%) Python
10 348 (33.92%) Visualisation
11 318 (30.99%) Microsoft Excel
11 318 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
12 313 (30.51%) Tableau
13 312 (30.41%) Degree
14 252 (24.56%) Finance
15 246 (23.98%) Statistics
16 236 (23.00%) Actionable Insight
17 232 (22.61%) Mathematics
18 206 (20.08%) Retail
19 199 (19.40%) Decision-Making
20 189 (18.42%) Business Strategy
21 180 (17.54%) Presentation Skills
21 180 (17.54%) Data Quality
22 162 (15.79%) Data Management
23 161 (15.69%) AWS
24 153 (14.91%) Data Pipeline
24 153 (14.91%) Databricks
25 147 (14.33%) DBS Check
26 141 (13.74%) Microsoft
27 139 (13.55%) Git

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 25 (2.44%) SAS
2 9 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.78%) Confluence
4 6 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 6 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.097%) Luigi
Applications
1 318 (30.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.97%) SPSS
5 9 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.29%) Stata
Business Applications
1 11 (1.07%) ResourceLink
2 6 (0.58%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.58%) Sage 50
2 6 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.39%) Finacle
4 4 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
4 4 (0.39%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.097%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.097%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.097%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 404 (39.38%) Power Platform
2 161 (15.69%) AWS
3 93 (9.06%) Azure
4 25 (2.44%) Snowflake
5 22 (2.14%) GCP
6 17 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 17 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
8 13 (1.27%) Google Analytics
9 12 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (1.17%) PowerApps
10 9 (0.88%) GitHub
10 9 (0.88%) SaaS
11 8 (0.78%) Adobe Analytics
11 8 (0.78%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.68%) dbt
13 5 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (0.39%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.39%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.68%) Internet
2 5 (0.49%) Intranet
3 1 (0.097%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 403 (39.28%) Power BI
2 313 (30.51%) Tableau
3 71 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (4.87%) SQL Server
5 42 (4.09%) Power Query
6 35 (3.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 28 (2.73%) Metadata
8 27 (2.63%) Data Mining
9 26 (2.53%) QlikView
10 17 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.36%) Big Data
11 14 (1.36%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.27%) Amazon QuickSight
12 13 (1.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.27%) Data Lake
13 12 (1.17%) GIS
14 11 (1.07%) Qlik Sense
15 10 (0.97%) Looker
15 10 (0.97%) MS Access
15 10 (0.97%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 139 (13.55%) Git
2 14 (1.36%) JIRA
2 14 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (0.58%) GitLab
3 6 (0.58%) Toad
4 2 (0.19%) RStudio
4 2 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 439 (42.79%) Analytical Skills
2 398 (38.79%) Social Skills
3 252 (24.56%) Finance
4 206 (20.08%) Retail
5 180 (17.54%) Presentation Skills
6 83 (8.09%) Marketing
7 78 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 74 (7.21%) Banking
9 58 (5.65%) Legal
10 51 (4.97%) Law
11 47 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (3.51%) Manufacturing
13 23 (2.24%) Local Government
13 23 (2.24%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.27%) Games
15 12 (1.17%) Automotive
15 12 (1.17%) Retail Banking
16 10 (0.97%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.88%) Electronics
18 8 (0.78%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.88%) Pandas
2 8 (0.78%) XML
3 4 (0.39%) JSON
4 2 (0.19%) D3.js
4 2 (0.19%) HTML
5 1 (0.097%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.097%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.097%) Kafka
5 1 (0.097%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.097%) MDX
5 1 (0.097%) NumPy
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.097%) PySpark
5 1 (0.097%) REST
5 1 (0.097%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.097%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.097%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 47 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (2.05%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.36%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.27%) Reinsurance
7 12 (1.17%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.17%) FMCG
8 11 (1.07%) Algorithms
9 10 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 10 (0.97%) Reference Data
10 9 (0.88%) Housing Association
11 6 (0.58%) Blog
11 6 (0.58%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.58%) IoT
11 6 (0.58%) Pricing Data
12 5 (0.49%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.49%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.58%) Windows
2 2 (0.19%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.097%) Android
3 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.097%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (42.98%) Data Analysis
2 426 (41.52%) Analytics
3 382 (37.23%) Business Intelligence
4 348 (33.92%) Visualisation
5 318 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
6 246 (23.98%) Statistics
7 236 (23.00%) Actionable Insight
8 232 (22.61%) Mathematics
9 199 (19.40%) Decision-Making
10 189 (18.42%) Business Strategy
11 162 (15.79%) Data Management
12 153 (14.91%) Data Pipeline
13 137 (13.35%) Storytelling
14 134 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 132 (12.87%) Root Cause Analysis
16 128 (12.48%) Customer Intelligence
17 119 (11.60%) Data Visualisation
18 118 (11.50%) Data Analytics
19 115 (11.21%) Data Governance
20 114 (11.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 650 (63.35%) SQL
2 375 (36.55%) Python
3 70 (6.82%) R
4 45 (4.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 38 (3.70%) T-SQL
6 27 (2.63%) VBA
7 8 (0.78%) Java
8 6 (0.58%) Bash
9 4 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.39%) VB
10 3 (0.29%) C#
11 2 (0.19%) Julia
12 1 (0.097%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 312 (30.41%) Degree
2 147 (14.33%) DBS Check
3 24 (2.34%) Master's Degree
4 23 (2.24%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.95%) Numerate Degree
6 13 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.07%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.58%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.49%) MBA
10 5 (0.49%) PhD
11 4 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.19%) ACCA
12 2 (0.19%) CFA
12 2 (0.19%) CIMA
13 1 (0.097%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.097%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.097%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (17.54%) Data Quality
2 33 (3.22%) GDPR
3 13 (1.27%) QA
4 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.68%) COBIT
5 6 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.097%) NIST
7 1 (0.097%) PMO
7 1 (0.097%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.097%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.097%) Apache ZooKeeper
1 1 (0.097%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.097%) Oozie
Vendors
1 153 (14.91%) Databricks
2 141 (13.74%) Microsoft
3 46 (4.48%) Alteryx
4 38 (3.70%) Google
5 36 (3.51%) SAP
6 33 (3.22%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.24%) Oracle
8 11 (1.07%) Informatica
8 11 (1.07%) Kronos
9 8 (0.78%) Adobe
10 7 (0.68%) IBM
10 7 (0.68%) Talend
11 6 (0.58%) Civica
11 6 (0.58%) Jitterbit
11 6 (0.58%) NEC
11 6 (0.58%) Sage
12 5 (0.49%) ESRI
13 4 (0.39%) Anaplan
13 4 (0.39%) IFS
14 3 (0.29%) HubSpot