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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 36
Rank change year-on-year -2 +20 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 235 279 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 7.96% 11.86% 6.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 12.38% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 162 139 154
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +6.90% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £118,625 £123,750 £117,625
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +6.16% -2.67%

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 2,504 2,254 2,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 84.85% 95.79% 92.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,784 1,524 2,514
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £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 £107,500 £117,750 £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

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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 4 March 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 4 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 12 (5.11%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.70%) Apache
3 4 (1.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Site Server
5 1 (0.43%) Strapi
Applications
1 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Actimize
1 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.34%) Azure
2 53 (22.55%) Power Platform
3 37 (15.74%) AWS
4 24 (10.21%) GCP
5 20 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (5.96%) Snowflake
7 13 (5.53%) Serverless
8 10 (4.26%) Azure Storage
9 9 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.83%) GitHub
10 8 (3.40%) dbt
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.98%) SaaS
12 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.70%) Dagster
14 4 (1.70%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) Broadband
2 2 (0.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.43%) Intranet
3 1 (0.43%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.70%) Power BI
2 29 (12.34%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (7.23%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.26%) Metadata
4 10 (4.26%) Tableau
5 9 (3.83%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.40%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.40%) Star Schema
7 7 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (2.55%) BigQuery
8 6 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.13%) Power Query
10 4 (1.70%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.70%) Redis
10 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.28%) Big Data
11 3 (1.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Git
2 5 (2.13%) ERwin
2 5 (2.13%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.43%) Deequ
4 1 (0.43%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) MLflow
4 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 76 (32.34%) Finance
2 60 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.79%) Banking
5 20 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.23%) Law
6 17 (7.23%) Legal
7 11 (4.68%) Front Office
7 11 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.83%) Investment Banking
9 8 (3.40%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.55%) Advertising
10 6 (2.55%) Marketing
10 6 (2.55%) Retail
11 4 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.28%) International Banking
13 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (15.32%) Lead
2 33 (14.04%) Data Engineer
2 33 (14.04%) Senior
3 27 (11.49%) Analyst
4 23 (9.79%) Architect
5 21 (8.94%) Developer
6 14 (5.96%) Data Analyst
7 13 (5.53%) Data Scientist
7 13 (5.53%) Senior Data Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Data Architect
9 10 (4.26%) Lead Architect
10 9 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.40%) User Researcher
12 7 (2.98%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.98%) Applications Support Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.98%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) AWS Architect
14 5 (2.13%) Head of Data Analytics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.96%) .NET
2 8 (3.40%) Kafka
3 7 (2.98%) PyTorch
3 7 (2.98%) TensorFlow
3 7 (2.98%) WPF
4 6 (2.55%) LangChain
4 6 (2.55%) PySpark
4 6 (2.55%) React
5 5 (2.13%) Node.js
6 4 (1.70%) Hugging Face
7 3 (1.28%) CSS
7 3 (1.28%) HTML
7 3 (1.28%) OAuth
8 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.85%) Java Concurrency
8 2 (0.85%) JWT
8 2 (0.85%) Keras
8 2 (0.85%) Pandas
8 2 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.96%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.68%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.26%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.83%) Derivative
4 9 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.98%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.28%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.85%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.85%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.83%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Linux
3 4 (1.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (36.17%) AI
2 66 (28.09%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (22.98%) Agile
4 54 (22.98%) Decision-Making
5 52 (22.13%) Data Governance
5 52 (22.13%) Data Modelling
6 49 (20.85%) Data Science
7 48 (20.43%) Data Pipeline
8 44 (18.72%) CI/CD
9 43 (18.30%) Data Analytics
10 42 (17.87%) Data Engineering
10 42 (17.87%) Mentoring
11 39 (16.60%) Actionable Insight
11 39 (16.60%) Data Architecture
11 39 (16.60%) Machine Learning
12 37 (15.74%) ETL
13 29 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (11.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 89 (37.87%) Python
2 88 (37.45%) SQL
3 16 (6.81%) C#
4 10 (4.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (3.83%) Java
6 6 (2.55%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.13%) C++
7 5 (2.13%) Scala
8 3 (1.28%) Bicep
8 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.28%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.28%) VBA
9 2 (0.85%) R
10 1 (0.43%) Bash
10 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (12.34%) Degree
2 13 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.83%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.13%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.70%) CISA
7 4 (1.70%) CISM
7 4 (1.70%) CISSP
7 4 (1.70%) CRISC
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.28%) PMP
8 3 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.85%) CCNA
9 2 (0.85%) CFA
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.85%) GCIH
9 2 (0.85%) GIAC
9 2 (0.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.02%) Data Quality
2 18 (7.66%) GDPR
3 11 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.13%) ITGC
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.28%) NIST
5 3 (1.28%) QA
6 2 (0.85%) EMIR
6 2 (0.85%) MiFID
6 2 (0.85%) PMO
6 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.38%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (6.38%) Terraform
2 12 (5.11%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.68%) Grafana
4 7 (2.98%) Kibana
5 4 (1.70%) Ansible
6 2 (0.85%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (0.85%) Argo
6 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) QRadar
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 43 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.74%) Databricks
3 12 (5.11%) Google
4 7 (2.98%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.55%) Informatica
6 5 (2.13%) Dell
6 5 (2.13%) Splunk
7 4 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.70%) SAP
8 3 (1.28%) Adobe
9 2 (0.85%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.85%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.85%) IBM
9 2 (0.85%) LogLogic
9 2 (0.85%) McAfee
9 2 (0.85%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.85%) Workday
10 1 (0.43%) FIS
10 1 (0.43%) Qualtrics