Analyst Jobs in Central London

Analyst
London > Central London

The median Analyst salary in Central London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 408 537 716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.11% 14.21% 13.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.70% 14.94% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 323 388 627
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,920 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £97,500 £87,500
London median annual salary £64,500 £58,800 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.69% +5.00% +1.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,305 3,595 5,095
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.16% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,829 4,254
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +2 342 £60,000 - 65
West End of London +4 15 £39,000 -4.88% 4
City of Westminster -14 15 - -
Southwark -4 3 £50,116 -
Analyst
London

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 148 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 146 (35.78%) Microsoft
3 142 (34.80%) Finance
4 131 (32.11%) SQL
5 116 (28.43%) Degree
6 110 (26.96%) Windows
7 90 (22.06%) Azure
8 89 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
9 76 (18.63%) ITIL
10 75 (18.38%) Python
11 72 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (17.40%) Microsoft Excel
12 71 (17.40%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (16.67%) Law
14 67 (16.42%) Analytics
15 58 (14.22%) Agile
16 54 (13.24%) Active Directory
17 49 (12.01%) Microsoft Office
18 47 (11.52%) Legal
18 47 (11.52%) Power Platform
19 45 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
20 44 (10.78%) Visualisation
21 43 (10.54%) Computer Science
21 43 (10.54%) Windows 10
21 43 (10.54%) C#
22 42 (10.29%) SQL Server
22 42 (10.29%) Power BI
23 38 (9.31%) Business Analysis
23 38 (9.31%) Statistics
24 37 (9.07%) Data Analysis

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 33 (8.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.23%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.49%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (17.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (12.01%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (7.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.49%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.74%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.49%) thinkFolio
3 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.25%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.25%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.25%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.06%) Azure
2 71 (17.40%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (11.52%) Power Platform
4 15 (3.68%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.94%) OneDrive
6 10 (2.45%) Google Analytics
7 8 (1.96%) Google Sheets
8 7 (1.72%) Google Ads
9 6 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.23%) AWS
10 5 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.23%) PaaS
11 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.98%) Nutanix
11 4 (0.98%) Typeform
11 4 (0.98%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.19%) Firewall
2 8 (1.96%) LAN
2 8 (1.96%) TCP/IP
2 8 (1.96%) WAN
3 7 (1.72%) DNS
4 6 (1.47%) DHCP
4 6 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.47%) Network Security
4 6 (1.47%) SSL
4 6 (1.47%) VoIP
5 5 (1.23%) IPsec
5 5 (1.23%) WebEx
6 4 (0.98%) Internet
6 4 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.98%) VLAN
7 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.49%) Telnet
7 2 (0.49%) VPN
7 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.25%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.29%) Power BI
1 42 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 34 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 31 (7.60%) Tableau
4 30 (7.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (5.39%) DB2
6 16 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.74%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.49%) OLAP
10 2 (0.49%) OLTP
11 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.25%) DTS
11 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.25%) Power Query
11 1 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 22 (5.39%) Git
2 18 (4.41%) JIRA
3 5 (1.23%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.49%) Selenium
4 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 148 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 142 (34.80%) Finance
3 89 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (16.67%) Law
5 47 (11.52%) Legal
6 25 (6.13%) Retail
7 21 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.41%) Banking
8 18 (4.41%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.92%) Advertising
10 15 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (3.43%) Billing
12 13 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.45%) Marketing
14 9 (2.21%) Games
15 8 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.72%) Front Office
16 7 (1.72%) General Ledger
17 6 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.84%) .NET
2 7 (1.72%) RESTful
3 5 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (0.74%) HTML
4 3 (0.74%) JSON
5 2 (0.49%) CSS
5 2 (0.49%) NumPy
5 2 (0.49%) Pandas
6 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.25%) FreeMarker
6 1 (0.25%) Middleware
6 1 (0.25%) REST
6 1 (0.25%) Web Services
6 1 (0.25%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.35%) Video Conferencing
2 22 (5.39%) Legacy Applications
3 21 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.66%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.94%) Reinsurance
7 11 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.45%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.21%) iPhone
9 9 (2.21%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.96%) CSOC
10 8 (1.96%) Life Science
11 7 (1.72%) Social Media
12 6 (1.47%) Derivative
12 6 (1.47%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.23%) Equities
13 5 (1.23%) Fixed Income
13 5 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 110 (26.96%) Windows
2 43 (10.54%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.19%) Linux
4 12 (2.94%) Unix
4 12 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.21%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.74%) Android
7 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.49%) Rocky
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Solaris
9 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.63%) ITIL
2 72 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (16.42%) Analytics
4 58 (14.22%) Agile
5 45 (11.03%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (10.78%) Visualisation
7 43 (10.54%) Computer Science
8 38 (9.31%) Business Analysis
8 38 (9.31%) Statistics
9 37 (9.07%) Customer Service
9 37 (9.07%) Data Analysis
10 33 (8.09%) Mathematics
10 33 (8.09%) Mentoring
11 31 (7.60%) ITSM
12 28 (6.86%) Data Science
12 28 (6.86%) Process Improvement
12 28 (6.86%) Requirements Gathering
13 27 (6.62%) DevOps
14 26 (6.37%) Data Analytics
14 26 (6.37%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 131 (32.11%) SQL
2 75 (18.38%) Python
3 43 (10.54%) C#
4 23 (5.64%) PL/SQL
5 22 (5.39%) C++
5 22 (5.39%) VB.NET
6 17 (4.17%) T-SQL
7 15 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.96%) Java
9 5 (1.23%) Bash
9 5 (1.23%) R
10 3 (0.74%) F#
10 3 (0.74%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.49%) VB
11 2 (0.49%) VBA
12 1 (0.25%) COBOL
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 116 (28.43%) Degree
2 37 (9.07%) Master's Degree
3 26 (6.37%) PhD
4 24 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 16 (3.92%) A+ Certification
6 12 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.21%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.96%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.23%) GIAC
10 5 (1.23%) MCSA
11 2 (0.49%) ACCA
11 2 (0.49%) CIMA
11 2 (0.49%) CISA
11 2 (0.49%) SSCP
12 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.66%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.43%) QA
3 11 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.45%) SLA
5 8 (1.96%) PMO
6 6 (1.47%) GDPR
7 5 (1.23%) NCSC
8 4 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.98%) NIST
8 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.25%) MiFID
10 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (3.19%) SCCM
2 12 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.96%) QRadar
4 6 (1.47%) Terraform
5 3 (0.74%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) DameWare
6 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.25%) Nessus
6 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 146 (35.78%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.09%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.41%) Databricks
4 14 (3.43%) Aderant
5 13 (3.19%) VMware
6 12 (2.94%) Guidewire
7 11 (2.70%) Google
8 9 (2.21%) Apple
8 9 (2.21%) Citrix
8 9 (2.21%) iManage
9 6 (1.47%) HP
9 6 (1.47%) Intapp
10 5 (1.23%) Oracle
11 3 (0.74%) Adobe
11 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.74%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.74%) Cognos
11 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.74%) SAP
11 3 (0.74%) Sophos