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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 190 328 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.38% 11.65% 6.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.47% 12.30% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 134 190 168
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £47,125
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,000 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -9.09% +17.86%
75th Percentile £113,750 £104,688 £110,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £130,000 £125,300
Central London median annual salary £83,672 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +11.56% -9.09% +17.86%

All Process and 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 1,657 2,666 2,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 90.55% 94.71% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 1,758 2,589
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £116,625 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%

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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 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytics in the City of 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 11 (5.79%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (3.16%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.58%) Apache
3 3 (1.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.11%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.53%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.53%) Azure
2 55 (28.95%) Power Platform
3 36 (18.95%) AWS
4 24 (12.63%) GCP
5 21 (11.05%) Snowflake
6 12 (6.32%) dbt
7 11 (5.79%) Serverless
8 10 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (5.26%) GitHub
9 9 (4.74%) Amazon S3
9 9 (4.74%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.21%) Google Analytics
10 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.63%) Collibra
14 4 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (1.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.63%) Network Security
2 2 (1.05%) Firewall
2 2 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.53%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (27.89%) Power BI
2 38 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (8.95%) Data Lake
4 13 (6.84%) Tableau
5 11 (5.79%) Power Query
6 10 (5.26%) Metadata
7 9 (4.74%) SQL Server
8 6 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (3.16%) BigQuery
8 6 (3.16%) DynamoDB
8 6 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.63%) Delta Lake
9 5 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.63%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.58%) Big Data
11 3 (1.58%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.68%) ER Studio
1 7 (3.68%) ERwin
1 7 (3.68%) Git
2 3 (1.58%) JIRA
3 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.05%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.53%) Deequ
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) MLflow
General
1 79 (41.58%) Finance
2 59 (31.05%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.58%) Banking
5 17 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (8.42%) Front Office
6 16 (8.42%) Law
7 15 (7.89%) Legal
8 14 (7.37%) Marketing
9 12 (6.32%) Financial Institution
10 10 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (5.26%) Retail
11 8 (4.21%) Advertising
12 6 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (3.16%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.63%) Public Sector
14 4 (2.11%) International Banking
14 4 (2.11%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (1.05%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 35 (18.42%) Analyst
2 31 (16.32%) Lead
3 25 (13.16%) Data Engineer
3 25 (13.16%) Developer
4 23 (12.11%) Architect
5 21 (11.05%) Senior
6 20 (10.53%) Data Analyst
7 16 (8.42%) Data Architect
8 8 (4.21%) Lead Architect
8 8 (4.21%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (3.68%) Data Scientist
9 7 (3.68%) Lead Data Architect
10 6 (3.16%) Power BI Developer
10 6 (3.16%) User Researcher
11 5 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) Chief Architect
11 5 (2.63%) Risk Analyst
12 4 (2.11%) Head of IT
12 4 (2.11%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) Kafka
2 9 (4.74%) PySpark
3 6 (3.16%) PyTorch
4 4 (2.11%) Java Concurrency
4 4 (2.11%) Node.js
4 4 (2.11%) Pandas
4 4 (2.11%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.58%) NumPy
5 3 (1.58%) OAuth
5 3 (1.58%) React
5 3 (1.58%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.05%) .NET
6 2 (1.05%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.05%) CSS
6 2 (1.05%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.05%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.05%) JWT
6 2 (1.05%) LangChain
6 2 (1.05%) REST
6 2 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.37%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (5.26%) Equities
3 10 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.74%) Credit Risk
4 9 (4.74%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.74%) Reinsurance
5 8 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.68%) Market Risk
7 6 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.63%) Derivative
8 5 (2.63%) Tandem
9 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.05%) Fixed Income
10 2 (1.05%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.53%) Clustering
11 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.05%) Linux
1 2 (1.05%) Unix
2 1 (0.53%) Android
2 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.63%) Business Intelligence
2 61 (32.11%) AI
3 54 (28.42%) Data Modelling
4 49 (25.79%) Data Governance
5 46 (24.21%) Data Analytics
6 45 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (23.16%) Agile
7 44 (23.16%) Decision-Making
8 38 (20.00%) Data Science
9 37 (19.47%) ETL
10 35 (18.42%) Machine Learning
11 33 (17.37%) Data Engineering
11 33 (17.37%) Data Pipeline
12 31 (16.32%) Data Architecture
12 31 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (15.79%) Data Analysis
13 30 (15.79%) Data Management
14 29 (15.26%) Actionable Insight
14 29 (15.26%) CI/CD
15 28 (14.74%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 87 (45.79%) Python
2 73 (38.42%) SQL
3 17 (8.95%) Java
4 14 (7.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (3.68%) C#
6 6 (3.16%) C++
7 4 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.58%) R
8 3 (1.58%) Scala
8 3 (1.58%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.53%) Bash
10 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.53%) Ruby
10 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (20.00%) Degree
2 17 (8.95%) Master's Degree
3 10 (5.26%) PhD
4 9 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.74%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.74%) PMP
5 8 (4.21%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.68%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.16%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.16%) CFA
8 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.63%) SnowPro
9 4 (2.11%) CISA
9 4 (2.11%) CISM
9 4 (2.11%) CISSP
9 4 (2.11%) CRISC
9 4 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.58%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.05%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.21%) Data Quality
2 20 (10.53%) GDPR
3 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.58%) QA
6 2 (1.05%) ITGC
6 2 (1.05%) NIST
6 2 (1.05%) PMO
6 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.74%) Docker
2 2 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (5.26%) Terraform
2 6 (3.16%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.11%) Ansible
4 2 (1.05%) ArcSight ESM
4 2 (1.05%) Argo
4 2 (1.05%) Grafana
4 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.05%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.37%) Databricks
3 15 (7.89%) Google
4 10 (5.26%) SAP
5 7 (3.68%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.16%) Murex
7 5 (2.63%) Informatica
7 5 (2.63%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.11%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.11%) FIS
8 4 (2.11%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.58%) Dell
9 3 (1.58%) Oracle
9 3 (1.58%) Splunk
9 3 (1.58%) Workday
10 2 (1.05%) Anaplan
10 2 (1.05%) ArcSight
10 2 (1.05%) IBM
10 2 (1.05%) LogLogic
10 2 (1.05%) McAfee