Data Analysis Job Trends in Central London

Data Analysis
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 75 78
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +30
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 63 116 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.67% 3.56% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 3.73% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 43 49 94
10th Percentile £32,838 £41,950 £37,000
25th Percentile £38,016 £57,125 £52,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £72,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -3.78% +11.92%
75th Percentile £94,250 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £97,500 £113,500
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Data 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,088 3,113 2,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.62% 95.64% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,564 1,930 2,611
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Central London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Central London

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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 Data Analysis within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 +10 59 £67,500 -3.57% 66
City of Westminster +8 5 - - 1
West End of London +3 2 £32,838 -45.50% 2
Southwark - 1 - -
Data Analysis
London

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.76%) Apache
2 3 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (3.17%) Confluence
4 1 (1.59%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.59%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.59%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.10%) Power Platform
2 11 (17.46%) Azure
3 6 (9.52%) Power Automate
4 5 (7.94%) dbt
5 4 (6.35%) GCP
5 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.35%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.76%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.17%) AWS
7 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (3.17%) Vertex AI
8 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) DHCP
1 4 (6.35%) DNS
1 4 (6.35%) LAN
1 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (38.10%) Power BI
2 12 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
4 5 (7.94%) Power Query
4 5 (7.94%) Tableau
5 4 (6.35%) Metabase
6 3 (4.76%) BigQuery
6 3 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.76%) Star Schema
7 2 (3.17%) KDB
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.59%) SAS EBI
8 1 (1.59%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) ERwin
2 4 (6.35%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.17%) JIRA
4 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 33 (52.38%) Finance
2 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
3 23 (36.51%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Banking
5 7 (11.11%) Front Office
6 6 (9.52%) Financial Institution
7 5 (7.94%) Law
8 4 (6.35%) Advertising
8 4 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (6.35%) Legal
8 4 (6.35%) Wholesale Banking
9 3 (4.76%) Back Office
9 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.17%) General Ledger
10 2 (3.17%) Marketing
10 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.17%) Retail
11 1 (1.59%) Games
11 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (30.16%) Analyst
2 14 (22.22%) Lead
3 12 (19.05%) Developer
4 9 (14.29%) Data Analyst
5 7 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Data Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Lead Architect
7 5 (7.94%) Lead Data Architect
8 4 (6.35%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.35%) IT Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) IT Support
8 4 (6.35%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Support Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Systems Support
8 4 (6.35%) Systems Support Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) Data Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) Kafka
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.17%) PySpark
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) Django
3 1 (1.59%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 7 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 7 (11.11%) Equities
3 6 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (7.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (7.94%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (6.35%) CCTV
5 4 (6.35%) Derivative
5 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
7 2 (3.17%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Analytics
1 28 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (36.51%) Decision-Making
3 20 (31.75%) Data Modelling
4 17 (26.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (23.81%) Data Governance
7 14 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (22.22%) Visualisation
8 13 (20.63%) Data Analytics
9 12 (19.05%) Agile
9 12 (19.05%) Data Protection
10 11 (17.46%) AI
10 11 (17.46%) Computer Science
10 11 (17.46%) Data Science
10 11 (17.46%) ETL
11 10 (15.87%) Data Pipeline
11 10 (15.87%) Data Strategy
11 10 (15.87%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 24 (38.10%) Python
2 23 (36.51%) SQL
3 9 (14.29%) Java
4 6 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (4.76%) R
6 2 (3.17%) C++
7 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 6 (9.52%) PhD
4 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.17%) ACCA
6 2 (3.17%) CBAP
6 2 (3.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.94%) GDPR
3 2 (3.17%) PMO
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
1 4 (6.35%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (6.35%) Nagios
1 4 (6.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) Google
3 4 (6.35%) Cisco
3 4 (6.35%) Fortinet
3 4 (6.35%) Symantec
4 2 (3.17%) Databricks
4 2 (3.17%) Informatica
4 2 (3.17%) Oracle
4 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.59%) Apple
5 1 (1.59%) Spotify