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 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 19 15 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 0
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 202 317 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.76% 11.94% 7.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 12.48% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 144 169 165
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £69,375 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -6.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £109,063 £115,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £127,500 £120,750
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +17.86%

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 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
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 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 14 January 2026.

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 12 (5.94%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.49%) Apache
3 3 (1.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.50%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Actimize
1 2 (0.99%) Adaptiv
1 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (34.16%) Azure
2 49 (24.26%) Power Platform
3 37 (18.32%) AWS
4 22 (10.89%) GCP
5 17 (8.42%) Snowflake
6 14 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.93%) Serverless
7 11 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (4.95%) GitHub
9 9 (4.46%) dbt
10 8 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (3.47%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.97%) Azure Event Grid
12 6 (2.97%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.97%) Azure Storage
12 6 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (2.48%) Google Analytics
13 5 (2.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) Firewall
1 2 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (23.27%) Power BI
2 33 (16.34%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (6.93%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.95%) Tableau
5 9 (4.46%) Metadata
6 8 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (3.47%) Power Query
8 6 (2.97%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.48%) BigQuery
9 5 (2.48%) Data Mining
9 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.98%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.98%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.98%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (3.47%) ERwin
1 7 (3.47%) Git
2 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.49%) JIRA
3 2 (0.99%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.99%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.50%) Deequ
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 74 (36.63%) Finance
2 54 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.40%) Banking
5 19 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (8.42%) Law
7 15 (7.43%) Front Office
8 14 (6.93%) Legal
9 13 (6.44%) Financial Institution
10 11 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.46%) Retail
12 7 (3.47%) Marketing
13 6 (2.97%) Advertising
13 6 (2.97%) Investment Banking
14 5 (2.48%) International Banking
15 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.49%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (18.81%) Lead
2 29 (14.36%) Data Engineer
3 23 (11.39%) Analyst
3 23 (11.39%) Architect
4 22 (10.89%) Developer
4 22 (10.89%) Senior
5 15 (7.43%) Data Architect
6 12 (5.94%) Data Analyst
7 11 (5.45%) Lead Architect
8 8 (3.96%) Data Scientist
8 8 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Lead Data Architect
9 7 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.47%) User Researcher
10 6 (2.97%) Applications Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.97%) Applications Support Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.48%) Head of Analytics
11 5 (2.48%) Head of Data Analytics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.94%) Kafka
2 9 (4.46%) .NET
3 7 (3.47%) PySpark
3 7 (3.47%) PyTorch
4 6 (2.97%) LangChain
4 6 (2.97%) WPF
5 5 (2.48%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.98%) Java Concurrency
6 4 (1.98%) Node.js
6 4 (1.98%) Pandas
7 3 (1.49%) Hugging Face
7 3 (1.49%) NumPy
7 3 (1.49%) OAuth
7 3 (1.49%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.99%) CSS
8 2 (0.99%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.99%) JWT
8 2 (0.99%) REST
8 2 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.43%) Algorithms
2 12 (5.94%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (4.46%) Equities
3 9 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.96%) Derivative
5 7 (3.47%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.97%) Credit Risk
6 6 (2.97%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.98%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.49%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.99%) ASIC
10 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.99%) FMCG
10 2 (0.99%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.47%) Windows
2 3 (1.49%) Linux
3 2 (0.99%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) Android
4 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (37.13%) AI
2 57 (28.22%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (26.24%) Data Governance
5 52 (25.74%) Data Modelling
6 49 (24.26%) Decision-Making
7 46 (22.77%) Agile
8 44 (21.78%) Data Analytics
9 43 (21.29%) Data Pipeline
10 41 (20.30%) ETL
11 40 (19.80%) CI/CD
12 39 (19.31%) Data Science
13 38 (18.81%) Mentoring
14 36 (17.82%) Data Architecture
15 35 (17.33%) Machine Learning
16 34 (16.83%) Data Engineering
17 31 (15.35%) Actionable Insight
18 29 (14.36%) Stakeholder Management
19 28 (13.86%) DevOps
20 27 (13.37%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 93 (46.04%) Python
2 83 (41.09%) SQL
3 16 (7.92%) Java
4 14 (6.93%) C#
5 13 (6.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (3.47%) C++
7 5 (2.48%) Scala
8 4 (1.98%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.49%) VBA
10 2 (0.99%) Bicep
10 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.99%) R
11 1 (0.50%) Bash
11 1 (0.50%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.50%) Ruby
11 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (15.35%) Degree
2 15 (7.43%) Master's Degree
3 10 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.46%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.96%) PhD
6 6 (2.97%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.98%) CISA
7 4 (1.98%) CISM
7 4 (1.98%) CISSP
7 4 (1.98%) CRISC
7 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.98%) PMP
7 4 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.49%) CFA
8 3 (1.49%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.99%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.99%) GCIH
9 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.34%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.91%) GDPR
3 10 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.49%) QA
6 2 (0.99%) EMIR
6 2 (0.99%) ITGC
6 2 (0.99%) MiFID
6 2 (0.99%) NIST
6 2 (0.99%) PMO
6 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) COBIT
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (6.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (5.94%) Terraform
2 10 (4.95%) Grafana
2 10 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.97%) Kibana
4 4 (1.98%) Ansible
5 2 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
5 2 (0.99%) Argo
5 2 (0.99%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.84%) Databricks
3 11 (5.45%) Google
4 7 (3.47%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.48%) Informatica
6 4 (1.98%) SAP
7 3 (1.49%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.49%) Dell
7 3 (1.49%) Splunk
8 2 (0.99%) ArcSight
8 2 (0.99%) FIS
8 2 (0.99%) IBM
8 2 (0.99%) LogLogic
8 2 (0.99%) McAfee
8 2 (0.99%) Murex
8 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.99%) Workday
9 1 (0.50%) Ariba
9 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg