Data Analyst Job Trends in Central London

Data Analyst
London > Central London

The median Data Analyst salary in Central London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 136 124
Rank change year-on-year +31 -12 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 38 47 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.62% 1.44% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.56% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 35 33 40
10th Percentile £32,010 £42,400 £31,950
25th Percentile £36,419 £52,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £88,750 £91,375
London median annual salary £60,000 £60,319 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.53% +0.53% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,200 3,010 2,979
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 92.44% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 1,919 2,653
10th Percentile £38,313 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £94,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Central London

Data 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 Data Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +39 34 £62,500 +4.17% 53
West End of London +4 3 £32,010 - 2
Data Analyst
London

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, Data 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 Central London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (57.89%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (57.89%) Power BI
1 22 (57.89%) Power Platform
2 20 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (42.11%) Data Quality
3 16 (42.11%) Decision-Making
4 15 (39.47%) Actionable Insight
5 14 (36.84%) SQL
6 13 (34.21%) Analytics
6 13 (34.21%) Business Analysis
7 12 (31.58%) Data Management
8 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
8 11 (28.95%) Migration
9 10 (26.32%) Data Governance
9 10 (26.32%) Data Modelling
9 10 (26.32%) Validation
10 9 (23.68%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis
10 9 (23.68%) Data Protection
10 9 (23.68%) DataOps
10 9 (23.68%) Process Improvement
10 9 (23.68%) Python
10 9 (23.68%) Visualisation
11 7 (18.42%) Azure
11 7 (18.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (18.42%) Data Cleansing
11 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
12 6 (15.79%) Data Analytics
12 6 (15.79%) Data Collection
12 6 (15.79%) Data Pipeline

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (2.63%) SAS
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.63%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Power Platform
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.26%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.63%) Collibra
5 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (57.89%) Power BI
2 5 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (13.16%) Power Query
3 3 (7.89%) Tableau
4 1 (2.63%) Metadata
4 1 (2.63%) SAS EBI
4 1 (2.63%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 23 (60.53%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (44.74%) Finance
5 9 (23.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (23.68%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (15.79%) Legal
7 2 (5.26%) Banking
7 2 (5.26%) Marketing
8 1 (2.63%) Back Office
8 1 (2.63%) Front Office
8 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) JSON
1 1 (2.63%) PySpark
1 1 (2.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (42.11%) Decision-Making
4 15 (39.47%) Actionable Insight
5 13 (34.21%) Analytics
5 13 (34.21%) Business Analysis
6 12 (31.58%) Data Management
7 11 (28.95%) Migration
8 10 (26.32%) Data Governance
8 10 (26.32%) Data Modelling
8 10 (26.32%) Validation
9 9 (23.68%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis
9 9 (23.68%) Data Protection
9 9 (23.68%) DataOps
9 9 (23.68%) Process Improvement
9 9 (23.68%) Visualisation
10 7 (18.42%) Data Cleansing
11 6 (15.79%) ETL
11 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) SQL
2 9 (23.68%) Python
3 7 (18.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (42.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (15.79%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.63%) Databricks
2 1 (2.63%) Informatica
2 1 (2.63%) Talend