Analytics Job Trends in the City of London

Analytics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 227 291 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.44% 11.52% 6.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% 12.03% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 163 150 161
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,672 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +10.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £126,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £83,672 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.56% +13.33% +3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,297 2,419 2,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.45% 95.80% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,551 2,570
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £113,875
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Analytics

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the City of London

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Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the City of London region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
London Bridge - 2 £95,000 -
Analytics
Central London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 12 (5.29%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.64%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.76%) Confluence
4 3 (1.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.88%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.44%) SAS
6 1 (0.44%) Site Server
6 1 (0.44%) Strapi
Applications
1 16 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Actimize
1 2 (0.88%) Adaptiv
1 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (33.04%) Azure
2 53 (23.35%) Power Platform
3 36 (15.86%) AWS
4 25 (11.01%) GCP
5 18 (7.93%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (6.17%) Serverless
7 13 (5.73%) Snowflake
8 10 (4.41%) Azure Storage
9 9 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.96%) GitHub
10 8 (3.52%) dbt
11 7 (3.08%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (3.08%) Azure Functions
11 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.64%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.64%) SaaS
13 5 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.76%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
1 2 (0.88%) Firewall
1 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.44%) Intranet
2 1 (0.44%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.44%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.44%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (22.47%) Power BI
2 32 (14.10%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (7.05%) Data Lake
4 11 (4.85%) Metadata
4 11 (4.85%) Tableau
5 8 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.52%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.08%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.08%) Power Query
6 7 (3.08%) Star Schema
7 6 (2.64%) BigQuery
7 6 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.32%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.32%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.32%) Looker
Development Applications
1 6 (2.64%) ERwin
2 5 (2.20%) Git
3 4 (1.76%) JIRA
4 2 (0.88%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.44%) Deequ
5 1 (0.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.44%) MLflow
5 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (34.80%) Finance
2 59 (25.99%) Social Skills
3 32 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.57%) Banking
5 19 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (7.93%) Legal
7 17 (7.49%) Law
8 15 (6.61%) Front Office
9 11 (4.85%) Financial Institution
9 11 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.52%) Investment Banking
11 7 (3.08%) Retail
12 6 (2.64%) Advertising
12 6 (2.64%) Marketing
13 4 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.32%) International Banking
14 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (16.30%) Lead
2 31 (13.66%) Data Engineer
3 28 (12.33%) Senior
4 26 (11.45%) Analyst
5 25 (11.01%) Architect
5 25 (11.01%) Developer
6 14 (6.17%) Data Analyst
6 14 (6.17%) Data Architect
7 11 (4.85%) Data Scientist
7 11 (4.85%) Lead Architect
7 11 (4.85%) Senior Data Engineer
8 9 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.08%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.08%) Applications Support Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.08%) User Researcher
10 6 (2.64%) AWS Architect
10 6 (2.64%) Lead Data Architect
11 5 (2.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.73%) .NET
2 9 (3.96%) Kafka
3 8 (3.52%) PyTorch
4 7 (3.08%) TensorFlow
4 7 (3.08%) WPF
5 6 (2.64%) LangChain
5 6 (2.64%) PySpark
6 5 (2.20%) Node.js
6 5 (2.20%) React
7 4 (1.76%) Hugging Face
8 3 (1.32%) Java Concurrency
8 3 (1.32%) OAuth
8 3 (1.32%) Pandas
9 2 (0.88%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.88%) CSS
9 2 (0.88%) HTML
9 2 (0.88%) Keras
9 2 (0.88%) Next.js
9 2 (0.88%) NumPy
9 2 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.17%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.85%) Algorithms
3 10 (4.41%) Derivative
3 10 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.96%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.08%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.20%) Equities
7 5 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.76%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.32%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.32%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.88%) Grid Computing
10 2 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.96%) Windows
2 5 (2.20%) Linux
3 4 (1.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.44%) Android
4 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (35.68%) AI
2 66 (29.07%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (25.55%) Decision-Making
4 55 (24.23%) Data Governance
4 55 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (23.79%) Data Modelling
6 49 (21.59%) Agile
7 48 (21.15%) Data Science
8 47 (20.70%) Data Pipeline
9 44 (19.38%) CI/CD
10 42 (18.50%) Data Analytics
11 41 (18.06%) Machine Learning
12 39 (17.18%) Data Architecture
12 39 (17.18%) Mentoring
13 38 (16.74%) Data Engineering
13 38 (16.74%) ETL
14 37 (16.30%) Actionable Insight
15 31 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (12.33%) Data Management
17 27 (11.89%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 93 (40.97%) Python
2 89 (39.21%) SQL
3 17 (7.49%) C#
4 12 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (5.29%) Java
5 7 (3.08%) C++
6 5 (2.20%) Scala
6 5 (2.20%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.32%) VBA
8 2 (0.88%) Bicep
8 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.88%) R
9 1 (0.44%) Bash
9 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (13.66%) Degree
2 12 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (5.29%) Master's Degree
3 9 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.76%) CISA
5 4 (1.76%) CISM
5 4 (1.76%) CISSP
5 4 (1.76%) CRISC
5 4 (1.76%) PhD
5 4 (1.76%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.76%) PMP
5 4 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.32%) CFA
6 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.88%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.62%) Data Quality
2 21 (9.25%) GDPR
3 11 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.32%) NIST
5 3 (1.32%) QA
6 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.88%) EMIR
6 2 (0.88%) ITGC
6 2 (0.88%) MiFID
6 2 (0.88%) PMO
6 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.44%) COBIT
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (5.29%) Terraform
2 11 (4.85%) Grafana
2 11 (4.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.08%) Kibana
4 4 (1.76%) Ansible
5 2 (0.88%) ArcSight ESM
5 2 (0.88%) Argo
5 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (18.50%) Microsoft
2 36 (15.86%) Databricks
3 12 (5.29%) Google
4 7 (3.08%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.20%) Informatica
5 5 (2.20%) Splunk
6 4 (1.76%) Dell
6 4 (1.76%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.76%) SAP
7 2 (0.88%) Adobe
7 2 (0.88%) Anaplan
7 2 (0.88%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.88%) IBM
7 2 (0.88%) LogLogic
7 2 (0.88%) McAfee
7 2 (0.88%) Murex
7 2 (0.88%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.88%) Workday