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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 15 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 -1
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 239 268 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 7.64% 12.37% 6.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.08% 12.92% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 162 135 158
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £68,125 £57,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,125 £123,750 £116,125
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.13% +10.34% -3.33%

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 2,631 2,075 2,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 84.11% 95.80% 92.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,855 1,506 2,484
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,625 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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

Analytics
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

Analytics
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the City of London

Analytics
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 18 March 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 13 (5.44%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.09%) Confluence
4 4 (1.67%) Apache
5 3 (1.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.42%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.42%) Site Server
6 1 (0.42%) Strapi
Applications
1 15 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Actimize
1 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (32.64%) Azure
2 53 (22.18%) Power Platform
3 41 (17.15%) AWS
4 25 (10.46%) GCP
5 20 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.11%) Snowflake
7 13 (5.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (5.44%) Serverless
8 10 (4.18%) Azure Storage
8 10 (4.18%) dbt
9 9 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.77%) GitHub
10 8 (3.35%) SaaS
11 7 (2.93%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (2.93%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.51%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.67%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.09%) Broadband
2 3 (1.26%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.42%) DHCP
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) Intranet
4 1 (0.42%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.42%) NAS
4 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.34%) Power BI
2 31 (12.97%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (8.37%) Data Lake
4 12 (5.02%) Tableau
5 10 (4.18%) Metadata
6 9 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.77%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.35%) BigQuery
7 8 (3.35%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.35%) Star Schema
8 7 (2.93%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (2.09%) Looker
10 5 (2.09%) Power Query
10 5 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.67%) Redis
11 4 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Git
2 5 (2.09%) JIRA
3 3 (1.26%) MLflow
4 2 (0.84%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.84%) ERwin
4 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.42%) Deequ
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (32.22%) Finance
2 56 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.62%) Banking
5 18 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.69%) Law
6 16 (6.69%) Legal
7 10 (4.18%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.77%) Front Office
8 9 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.93%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.93%) Marketing
10 6 (2.51%) Advertising
11 5 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.67%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.67%) Retail
13 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.84%) Games
14 2 (0.84%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (15.06%) Senior
2 33 (13.81%) Data Engineer
2 33 (13.81%) Lead
3 27 (11.30%) Analyst
4 21 (8.79%) Architect
4 21 (8.79%) Developer
5 14 (5.86%) Data Analyst
6 13 (5.44%) Data Scientist
6 13 (5.44%) Senior Data Engineer
7 9 (3.77%) Data Architect
7 9 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.35%) User Researcher
9 7 (2.93%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (2.93%) Applications Support
9 7 (2.93%) Applications Support Engineer
9 7 (2.93%) Lead Architect
9 7 (2.93%) Senior Manager
9 7 (2.93%) Support Engineer
10 6 (2.51%) AWS Architect
11 5 (2.09%) Analytics Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.86%) .NET
2 9 (3.77%) Kafka
3 8 (3.35%) LangChain
3 8 (3.35%) PyTorch
3 8 (3.35%) React
3 8 (3.35%) TensorFlow
4 7 (2.93%) WPF
5 5 (2.09%) Node.js
5 5 (2.09%) PySpark
6 3 (1.26%) CSS
6 3 (1.26%) HTML
6 3 (1.26%) Hugging Face
6 3 (1.26%) LlamaIndex
6 3 (1.26%) OAuth
7 2 (0.84%) JWT
7 2 (0.84%) Pandas
7 2 (0.84%) pgvector
7 2 (0.84%) REST
7 2 (0.84%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.84%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.44%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.77%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.35%) Derivative
4 8 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.93%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.51%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.26%) Clustering
8 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.26%) Social Media
9 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.84%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.84%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.18%) Windows
2 5 (2.09%) Linux
3 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.98%) AI
2 67 (28.03%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (23.43%) Agile
4 55 (23.01%) Decision-Making
5 54 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (20.92%) Data Modelling
6 50 (20.92%) Data Pipeline
7 47 (19.67%) Data Science
8 46 (19.25%) CI/CD
9 44 (18.41%) Data Governance
10 43 (17.99%) Data Engineering
11 42 (17.57%) Data Analytics
11 42 (17.57%) Mentoring
12 39 (16.32%) Actionable Insight
13 38 (15.90%) ETL
14 37 (15.48%) Data Architecture
14 37 (15.48%) Machine Learning
15 29 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (11.72%) DevOps
17 27 (11.30%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (37.24%) Python
2 87 (36.40%) SQL
3 16 (6.69%) C#
4 9 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (2.93%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.51%) Java
7 5 (2.09%) C++
8 4 (1.67%) Scala
9 3 (1.26%) Bicep
9 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.26%) VBA
10 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.84%) R
11 1 (0.42%) Bash
11 1 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (12.13%) Degree
2 13 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.18%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.35%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.93%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.93%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.67%) CISSP
7 3 (1.26%) CISA
7 3 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.26%) CISM
7 3 (1.26%) CRISC
7 3 (1.26%) GCIH
7 3 (1.26%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.84%) CCNA
8 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.84%) GIAC
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.84%) PMP
8 2 (0.84%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.90%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.69%) GDPR
3 10 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.09%) ITGC
5 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.26%) NIST
7 2 (0.84%) EMIR
7 2 (0.84%) MiFID
7 2 (0.84%) PMO
7 2 (0.84%) QA
7 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.42%) COBIT
8 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.86%) Docker
2 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (8.37%) Terraform
2 13 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.60%) Grafana
4 7 (2.93%) Kibana
5 4 (1.67%) Ansible
6 2 (0.84%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (0.84%) Argo
6 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.84%) QRadar
7 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.32%) Databricks
3 11 (4.60%) Google
4 9 (3.77%) Dell
5 8 (3.35%) Informatica
6 6 (2.51%) OpenAI
7 5 (2.09%) Adobe
7 5 (2.09%) Splunk
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.67%) SAP
9 3 (1.26%) Denodo
9 3 (1.26%) Teradata
10 2 (0.84%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.84%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.84%) IBM
10 2 (0.84%) LogLogic
10 2 (0.84%) McAfee
10 2 (0.84%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.84%) Oracle
10 2 (0.84%) Workday