Data Analytics Job Trends in Central London

Data Analytics
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 83 108
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 +30
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 47 106 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.84% 3.30% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 3.44% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 34 30 52
10th Percentile £65,375 £52,950 £48,000
25th Percentile £80,625 £71,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £86,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +4.55% +24.53%
75th Percentile £113,750 £95,000 £96,750
90th Percentile £135,000 £97,500 £114,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -3.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Data Analytics 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 2,233 3,083 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.26% 95.89% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,839 2,542
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in Central London

Data Analytics
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 Analytics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 -2 44 £93,750 +7.14% 25
City of Westminster +1 1 - - 9
Southwark - 1 - -
Data Analytics
London

Data Analytics
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 (8.51%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.13%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (40.43%) Power Platform
2 9 (19.15%) Azure
3 7 (14.89%) AWS
4 6 (12.77%) dbt
4 6 (12.77%) Snowflake
5 4 (8.51%) GCP
5 4 (8.51%) SaaS
6 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (6.38%) Google Analytics
6 3 (6.38%) Serverless
7 2 (4.26%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (4.26%) Amazon S3
7 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.26%) Fivetran
8 1 (2.13%) Collibra
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.13%) PaaS
8 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.13%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) Power BI
2 9 (19.15%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.51%) Data Mining
3 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
4 3 (6.38%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (6.38%) Data Lake
4 3 (6.38%) Metadata
4 3 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (6.38%) Star Schema
5 2 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (4.26%) Tableau
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
6 1 (2.13%) Looker
6 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.13%) Power Query
6 1 (2.13%) SAS EBI
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.13%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (44.68%) Finance
2 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (21.28%) Financial Institution
5 8 (17.02%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (14.89%) Front Office
6 7 (14.89%) Legal
7 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (8.51%) Banking
8 4 (8.51%) Marketing
9 3 (6.38%) International Banking
10 2 (4.26%) Law
11 1 (2.13%) Advertising
11 1 (2.13%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (2.13%) Music Industry
11 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.13%) Publishing
11 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Lead
2 8 (17.02%) Developer
3 7 (14.89%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Data Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Data Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Risk Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Risk Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Technology Risk Manager
6 3 (6.38%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Analytics Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Application Development Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Applications Development Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Applications Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Audit Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Development Manager
7 2 (4.26%) IT Development Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) Kafka
2 2 (4.26%) CSS
2 2 (4.26%) HTML
2 2 (4.26%) PySpark
3 1 (2.13%) Akka
3 1 (2.13%) PyXLL
3 1 (2.13%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Algorithms
2 6 (12.77%) Equities
3 5 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
5 3 (6.38%) Credit Risk
5 3 (6.38%) Market Risk
6 2 (4.26%) Fixed Income
7 1 (2.13%) ASIC
7 1 (2.13%) Derivative
7 1 (2.13%) DTCC
7 1 (2.13%) FMCG
7 1 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.13%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (2.13%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.13%) Reinsurance
7 1 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Android
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Analytics
2 20 (42.55%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (40.43%) Data Governance
4 17 (36.17%) Data Modelling
4 17 (36.17%) Decision-Making
5 15 (31.91%) AI
6 14 (29.79%) Agile
7 13 (27.66%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (27.66%) Data Engineering
7 13 (27.66%) ETL
8 12 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (25.53%) Data Analysis
8 12 (25.53%) Machine Learning
9 9 (19.15%) Creative Thinking
9 9 (19.15%) DevOps
9 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
10 8 (17.02%) Data Management
10 8 (17.02%) Data Strategy
10 8 (17.02%) Regulatory Compliance
11 7 (14.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) Python
2 19 (40.43%) SQL
3 7 (14.89%) Java
4 3 (6.38%) C#
4 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.26%) Scala
6 1 (2.13%) C++
6 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) Master's Degree
3 5 (10.64%) PhD
4 4 (8.51%) CISA
4 4 (8.51%) CISM
4 4 (8.51%) CISSP
4 4 (8.51%) CRISC
5 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.26%) SnowPro
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.13%) CFA
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.66%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.13%) EMIR
4 1 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (2.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Google
3 2 (4.26%) Databricks
3 2 (4.26%) iManage
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe
4 1 (2.13%) Apple
4 1 (2.13%) Ariba
4 1 (2.13%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.13%) Informatica
4 1 (2.13%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Spotify
4 1 (2.13%) Workday