Data Analyst Job Trends in the City of London

Data Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Data Analyst salary in the City of London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 124 123
Rank change year-on-year +21 -1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 33 38 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.47% 1.43% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.55% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 30 28 39
10th Percentile £32,010 £40,100 £31,900
25th Percentile £40,563 £50,875 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £83,125
90th Percentile - £88,750 £91,500
Central London median annual salary £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.08% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,121 2,447 2,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 92.20% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 1,593 2,432
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £74,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% - -0.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the City of London

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
1 18 (54.55%) Power BI
1 18 (54.55%) Power Platform
2 15 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (42.42%) Decision-Making
4 13 (39.39%) Data Quality
5 12 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 12 (36.36%) SQL
6 11 (33.33%) Analytics
6 11 (33.33%) Data Management
7 10 (30.30%) Data Governance
7 10 (30.30%) Migration
8 9 (27.27%) Data Modelling
8 9 (27.27%) Validation
9 8 (24.24%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (24.24%) Data Analysis
9 8 (24.24%) DataOps
9 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (24.24%) Process Improvement
10 7 (21.21%) Python
11 6 (18.18%) Azure
11 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
11 6 (18.18%) Data Protection
11 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
11 6 (18.18%) Visualisation
12 5 (15.15%) Data Cleansing
12 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (15.15%) ETL

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (3.03%) SAS
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Power Platform
2 6 (18.18%) Azure
3 3 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.03%) Collibra
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (54.55%) Power BI
2 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (12.12%) Power Query
4 3 (9.09%) Tableau
5 1 (3.03%) Metadata
5 1 (3.03%) SAS EBI
5 1 (3.03%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 19 (57.58%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (48.48%) Finance
4 15 (45.45%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (24.24%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (12.12%) Legal
8 2 (6.06%) Banking
8 2 (6.06%) Marketing
9 1 (3.03%) Back Office
9 1 (3.03%) Front Office
9 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
9 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (42.42%) Decision-Making
4 12 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
4 12 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 11 (33.33%) Analytics
5 11 (33.33%) Data Management
6 10 (30.30%) Data Governance
6 10 (30.30%) Migration
7 9 (27.27%) Data Modelling
7 9 (27.27%) Validation
8 8 (24.24%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (24.24%) Data Analysis
8 8 (24.24%) DataOps
8 8 (24.24%) Process Improvement
9 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
9 6 (18.18%) Data Protection
9 6 (18.18%) Visualisation
10 5 (15.15%) Data Cleansing
10 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) SQL
2 7 (21.21%) Python
3 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.12%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Databricks
2 1 (3.03%) Informatica