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 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 137 131
Rank change year-on-year +36 -6 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 45 44 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.40% 1.37% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 1.47% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 39 29 48
10th Percentile £32,010 £40,250 £31,925
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +11.63% -10.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,250 £91,250
London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%

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 1,775 3,001 3,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 93.66% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,423 1,955 2,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.01%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £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 6 November 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 6 November 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 +49 42 £63,750 +6.25% 100
West End of London +8 2 £32,010 - 9
Data Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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 25 (55.56%) Power BI
1 25 (55.56%) Power Platform
2 24 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (40.00%) Analytics
3 18 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 18 (40.00%) SQL
4 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (33.33%) Data Management
6 14 (31.11%) Data Governance
6 14 (31.11%) Data Quality
7 13 (28.89%) Business Analysis
7 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Excel
8 12 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (26.67%) Data Analysis
9 11 (24.44%) Data Analytics
9 11 (24.44%) Migration
9 11 (24.44%) Visualisation
10 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (22.22%) Validation
11 9 (20.00%) DataOps
11 9 (20.00%) Process Improvement
12 8 (17.78%) Data Modelling
13 7 (15.56%) Agile
13 7 (15.56%) Azure
13 7 (15.56%) Data Cleansing
13 7 (15.56%) Degree
13 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
13 7 (15.56%) Python
13 7 (15.56%) Tableau
14 6 (13.33%) CRM

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 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (55.56%) Power Platform
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
3 4 (8.89%) PowerApps
4 3 (6.67%) Collibra
4 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.44%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (55.56%) Power BI
2 7 (15.56%) Tableau
3 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (11.11%) Power Query
4 2 (4.44%) Metadata
5 1 (2.22%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.22%) SAS EBI
5 1 (2.22%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 27 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (53.33%) Finance
3 23 (51.11%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (35.56%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (17.78%) Legal
7 4 (8.89%) Banking
8 3 (6.67%) Marketing
9 2 (4.44%) Investment Banking
9 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.22%) Advertising
10 1 (2.22%) Back Office
10 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.22%) Front Office
10 1 (2.22%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.22%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.22%) Pandas
1 1 (2.22%) PySpark
1 1 (2.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.44%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.22%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (40.00%) Analytics
2 18 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (33.33%) Data Management
5 14 (31.11%) Data Governance
6 13 (28.89%) Business Analysis
7 12 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
7 12 (26.67%) Data Analysis
8 11 (24.44%) Data Analytics
8 11 (24.44%) Migration
8 11 (24.44%) Visualisation
9 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (22.22%) Validation
10 9 (20.00%) DataOps
10 9 (20.00%) Process Improvement
11 8 (17.78%) Data Modelling
12 7 (15.56%) Agile
12 7 (15.56%) Data Cleansing
13 6 (13.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) SQL
2 7 (15.56%) Python
3 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.22%) ACCA
3 1 (2.22%) CIMA
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) Alteryx
2 4 (8.89%) Google
3 1 (2.22%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) Salesforce