Data Analyst Job Trends in Central London

Data Analyst
London > Central London

The median Data Analyst salary in Central London is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 108 140
Rank change year-on-year +10 +32 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 46 75 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.31% 2.27% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 2.39% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 38 30 53
10th Percentile £32,010 £44,625 £31,300
25th Percentile £37,079 £48,625 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,125 £79,500
London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 1,878 3,134 3,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.97% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 2,129 3,193
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,315 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,734 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +29 43 £62,500 +4.17% 66
West End of London +10 2 £32,010 - 2
Data Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 24 (52.17%) Power Platform
2 24 (52.17%) Power BI
2 24 (52.17%) Finance
3 22 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (47.83%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (45.65%) SQL
5 18 (39.13%) Microsoft Excel
6 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
6 17 (36.96%) Analytics
7 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (34.78%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (32.61%) Data Management
9 14 (30.43%) Decision-Making
10 12 (26.09%) Business Analysis
11 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
11 11 (23.91%) Visualisation
12 10 (21.74%) Data Analytics
12 10 (21.74%) Validation
12 10 (21.74%) Python
12 10 (21.74%) DataOps
12 10 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (19.57%) Legal
13 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
13 9 (19.57%) Migration
13 9 (19.57%) Data Governance
13 9 (19.57%) Process Improvement

Data 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 1 (2.17%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (39.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.17%) NEC Housing
1 1 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (52.17%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.70%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Google Analytics
2 4 (8.70%) Power Automate
3 3 (6.52%) Collibra
3 3 (6.52%) PowerApps
3 3 (6.52%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.35%) GCP
5 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (52.17%) Power BI
2 7 (15.22%) Tableau
3 5 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (8.70%) Power Query
5 1 (2.17%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.17%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.17%) Metadata
5 1 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 24 (52.17%) Finance
3 22 (47.83%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (34.78%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (19.57%) Legal
7 4 (8.70%) Banking
8 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
9 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 2 (4.35%) Investment Banking
9 2 (4.35%) Marketing
10 1 (2.17%) Advertising
10 1 (2.17%) Back Office
10 1 (2.17%) Front Office
10 1 (2.17%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.17%) Law
10 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.17%) Pandas
1 1 (2.17%) RESTful
1 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Linux
1 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (36.96%) Analytics
3 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (32.61%) Data Management
5 14 (30.43%) Decision-Making
6 12 (26.09%) Business Analysis
7 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
7 11 (23.91%) Visualisation
8 10 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (21.74%) Data Analytics
8 10 (21.74%) DataOps
8 10 (21.74%) Validation
9 9 (19.57%) Data Governance
9 9 (19.57%) Migration
9 9 (19.57%) Process Improvement
10 8 (17.39%) Agile
11 7 (15.22%) Data Collection
12 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) ACCA
2 1 (2.17%) CIMA
2 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
2 7 (15.22%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) GDPR
4 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Google
3 4 (8.70%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.17%) FactSet
4 1 (2.17%) NEC
4 1 (2.17%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce