Data Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 277 308
Rank change year-on-year -65 +31 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 516 717 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 1.19% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.33% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 393 383 502
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,850
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% - +2.67%
75th Percentile £51,750 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,000 £57,500 £61,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 66,781 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,253 30,499 42,724
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Midlands -30 130 £37,500 -1.32% 31
South East +31 120 £40,000 -5.88% 20
North of England -61 107 £35,000 -6.67% 32
South West -25 73 £45,000 +9.76% 13
West Midlands -48 66 £39,250 +3.29% 18
East Midlands +30 64 £30,500 -7.58% 13
North West -1 59 £35,000 -3.46% 14
East of England +3 43 £36,664 -33.34% 15
Yorkshire +2 30 £35,000 -6.67% 15
Scotland -88 26 £55,000 +28.65% 8
North East -31 18 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Wales -6 12 £42,500 +52.08% 2
Northern Ireland +32 4 £50,000 +33.33%
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 288 (55.81%) SQL
2 247 (47.87%) Business Intelligence
3 246 (47.67%) Power Platform
4 245 (47.48%) Power BI
5 219 (42.44%) Analytical Skills
6 210 (40.70%) Analytics
7 185 (35.85%) Microsoft Excel
8 162 (31.40%) Data Analysis
9 151 (29.26%) Visualisation
10 150 (29.07%) Python
11 144 (27.91%) Social Skills
12 142 (27.52%) Finance
13 135 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (24.22%) Tableau
15 123 (23.84%) Degree
16 112 (21.71%) Decision-Making
17 79 (15.31%) Data Quality
18 78 (15.12%) Microsoft
19 74 (14.34%) Actionable Insight
20 73 (14.15%) Statistics
21 69 (13.37%) Mathematics
21 69 (13.37%) Retail
22 68 (13.18%) Data Analytics
23 66 (12.79%) Data Visualisation
24 62 (12.02%) Data Management
25 58 (11.24%) Marketing
26 57 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
27 56 (10.85%) Data Science
28 54 (10.47%) Data Modelling
29 53 (10.27%) Agile

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (4.07%) SAS
2 7 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.16%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.16%) Confluence
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) Luigi
Applications
1 185 (35.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.36%) SPSS
5 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.16%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.78%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 246 (47.67%) Power Platform
2 35 (6.78%) Azure
3 29 (5.62%) AWS
4 15 (2.91%) GCP
5 13 (2.52%) Snowflake
6 10 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (1.94%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (1.36%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.36%) SaaS
8 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.78%) ChatGPT
8 4 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.39%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.39%) dbt
9 2 (0.39%) GitHub
9 2 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.36%) Internet
2 5 (0.97%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (47.48%) Power BI
2 125 (24.22%) Tableau
3 39 (7.56%) Power Query
4 37 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (5.23%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.49%) QlikView
6 18 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (3.29%) Data Mining
8 13 (2.52%) Metadata
9 12 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 11 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.94%) GIS
11 10 (1.94%) MS Access
11 10 (1.94%) MySQL
12 8 (1.55%) Amazon QuickSight
12 8 (1.55%) Big Data
12 8 (1.55%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (1.16%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
14 5 (0.97%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 19 (3.68%) Git
2 11 (2.13%) JIRA
3 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.78%) Toad
5 2 (0.39%) RStudio
General
1 219 (42.44%) Analytical Skills
2 144 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 142 (27.52%) Finance
4 69 (13.37%) Retail
5 58 (11.24%) Marketing
6 46 (8.91%) Law
7 40 (7.75%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (6.98%) Manufacturing
9 35 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (5.62%) Legal
11 28 (5.43%) Banking
12 23 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (3.29%) Public Sector
14 15 (2.91%) Local Government
15 12 (2.33%) Games
16 11 (2.13%) Automotive
17 9 (1.74%) Electronics
18 8 (1.55%) French Language
18 8 (1.55%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.55%) Pandas
2 7 (1.36%) XML
3 2 (0.39%) HTML
3 2 (0.39%) JSON
4 1 (0.19%) D3.js
4 1 (0.19%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.19%) MDX
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.19%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.33%) FMCG
5 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.16%) IoT
5 6 (1.16%) Pricing Data
6 4 (0.78%) Algorithms
6 4 (0.78%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (0.78%) NHS
6 4 (0.78%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.78%) Robotics
7 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.58%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.39%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.39%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.39%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (47.87%) Business Intelligence
2 210 (40.70%) Analytics
3 162 (31.40%) Data Analysis
4 151 (29.26%) Visualisation
5 135 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (21.71%) Decision-Making
7 74 (14.34%) Actionable Insight
8 73 (14.15%) Statistics
9 69 (13.37%) Mathematics
10 68 (13.18%) Data Analytics
11 66 (12.79%) Data Visualisation
12 62 (12.02%) Data Management
13 57 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (10.85%) Data Science
15 54 (10.47%) Data Modelling
16 53 (10.27%) Agile
17 45 (8.72%) CRM
18 43 (8.33%) Machine Learning
19 42 (8.14%) Dashboard Development
20 41 (7.95%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 288 (55.81%) SQL
2 150 (29.07%) Python
3 35 (6.78%) R
4 30 (5.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (4.46%) T-SQL
6 20 (3.88%) VBA
7 6 (1.16%) Java
8 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.78%) Bash
9 4 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (23.84%) Degree
2 30 (5.81%) DBS Check
3 12 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 10 (1.94%) Master's Degree
5 9 (1.74%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.74%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.78%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.39%) CFA
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) CCA
10 1 (0.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (15.31%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.29%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.78%) QA
5 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 78 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.20%) Salesforce
3 28 (5.43%) Databricks
4 26 (5.04%) Alteryx
5 25 (4.84%) SAP
6 21 (4.07%) Google
7 17 (3.29%) Oracle
8 12 (2.33%) Informatica
9 8 (1.55%) Talend
10 7 (1.36%) IBM
11 6 (1.16%) Jitterbit
12 5 (0.97%) ESRI
13 4 (0.78%) Civica
13 4 (0.78%) IFS
13 4 (0.78%) NEC
14 3 (0.58%) Meraki
15 2 (0.39%) Adobe
15 2 (0.39%) HubSpot
15 2 (0.39%) Workday
16 1 (0.19%) HP