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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 149 126
Rank change year-on-year +53 -23 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 47 38 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.35% 1.16% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.25% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 42 31 46
10th Percentile £32,010 £41,250 £31,875
25th Percentile £38,120 £49,375 £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 £81,125 £86,250 £91,250
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +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 1,887 3,042 3,101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 93.23% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 1,966 2,792
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £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 20 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 20 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 +47 43 £62,500 +4.17% 66
West End of London +9 3 £32,010 - 10
Data Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 29 (61.70%) Power BI
1 29 (61.70%) Power Platform
2 28 (59.57%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (44.68%) Analytics
4 19 (40.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (40.43%) Decision-Making
4 19 (40.43%) SQL
5 15 (31.91%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (31.91%) Data Analysis
5 15 (31.91%) Data Management
5 15 (31.91%) Data Quality
5 15 (31.91%) Microsoft Excel
6 14 (29.79%) Data Governance
7 13 (27.66%) Business Analysis
8 11 (23.40%) Migration
8 11 (23.40%) Visualisation
9 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (21.28%) Data Analytics
9 10 (21.28%) Data Modelling
9 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
9 10 (21.28%) Python
9 10 (21.28%) Validation
10 9 (19.15%) Data Protection
10 9 (19.15%) DataOps
10 9 (19.15%) Process Improvement
11 8 (17.02%) Power Query
11 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (17.02%) Tableau
12 7 (14.89%) Azure
12 7 (14.89%) Data Analysis Expressions

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 (2.13%) Confluence
1 1 (2.13%) SAS
1 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.13%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (61.70%) Power Platform
2 7 (14.89%) Azure
3 4 (8.51%) Collibra
3 4 (8.51%) Power Automate
3 4 (8.51%) PowerApps
4 3 (6.38%) GCP
4 3 (6.38%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.26%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.13%) AWS
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (61.70%) Power BI
2 8 (17.02%) Power Query
2 8 (17.02%) Tableau
3 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.26%) Metadata
5 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.13%) SAS EBI
5 1 (2.13%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 28 (59.57%) Social Skills
2 24 (51.06%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (48.94%) Finance
4 19 (40.43%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (23.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (19.15%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (17.02%) Legal
8 4 (8.51%) Banking
9 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
9 3 (6.38%) Marketing
10 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
11 1 (2.13%) Advertising
11 1 (2.13%) Back Office
11 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
11 1 (2.13%) Front Office
11 1 (2.13%) General Ledger
11 1 (2.13%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.13%) PySpark
1 1 (2.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.26%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (44.68%) Analytics
3 19 (40.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (40.43%) Decision-Making
4 15 (31.91%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (31.91%) Data Analysis
4 15 (31.91%) Data Management
5 14 (29.79%) Data Governance
6 13 (27.66%) Business Analysis
7 11 (23.40%) Migration
7 11 (23.40%) Visualisation
8 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (21.28%) Data Analytics
8 10 (21.28%) Data Modelling
8 10 (21.28%) Validation
9 9 (19.15%) Data Protection
9 9 (19.15%) DataOps
9 9 (19.15%) Process Improvement
10 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (14.89%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) SQL
2 10 (21.28%) Python
3 7 (14.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.13%) ACCA
3 1 (2.13%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) Data Quality
2 6 (12.77%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Alteryx
2 4 (8.51%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) Databricks
3 1 (2.13%) Informatica
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce