Data Analyst Jobs in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 250 275
Rank change year-on-year -85 +25 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 406 983 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.82% 1.09% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.16% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 267 682 644
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,250 £31,104
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,125 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in England

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in England

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in England

Data Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 -82 160 £60,000 -7.69% 198
North of England +10 106 £40,750 +27.34% 70
North West 0 62 £41,250 +17.86% 28
Midlands -19 54 £42,500 +13.33% 79
Yorkshire +61 36 £28,000 -20.00% 24
South East -7 36 £43,750 +16.67% 64
West Midlands +14 28 £45,000 +16.88% 59
South West +60 26 £25,625 -43.06% 34
East Midlands +1 26 £27,000 -12.90% 18
East of England +29 19 £47,500 +29.55% 25
North East +23 8 £65,000 +160.42% 20
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 259 (63.79%) SQL
2 229 (56.40%) Analytics
3 185 (45.57%) Social Skills
4 175 (43.10%) Power Platform
4 175 (43.10%) Power BI
5 173 (42.61%) Finance
6 164 (40.39%) Data Analysis
7 163 (40.15%) Degree
8 153 (37.68%) Visualisation
9 152 (37.44%) Analytical Skills
10 149 (36.70%) Business Intelligence
11 138 (33.99%) Microsoft Excel
12 135 (33.25%) Python
13 134 (33.00%) Data Analytics
14 123 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
15 103 (25.37%) Tableau
16 99 (24.38%) Data Quality
17 98 (24.14%) Mathematics
18 95 (23.40%) Statistics
19 76 (18.72%) Storytelling
20 75 (18.47%) Data Management
21 64 (15.76%) Decision-Making
22 57 (14.04%) Data Extraction
23 50 (12.32%) Management Information System
24 48 (11.82%) Economics
25 46 (11.33%) SAP
25 46 (11.33%) Computer Science
25 46 (11.33%) Predictive Modelling
25 46 (11.33%) Actionable Insight
26 45 (11.08%) Microsoft

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.97%) SAS
2 6 (1.48%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.99%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 138 (33.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.22%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.49%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.74%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (0.74%) iTrent
2 3 (0.74%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.49%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 175 (43.10%) Power Platform
2 37 (9.11%) Azure
3 20 (4.93%) Snowflake
4 15 (3.69%) AWS
4 15 (3.69%) SaaS
5 14 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
6 8 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.48%) GCP
8 6 (1.48%) Serverless
9 5 (1.23%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.23%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.23%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.74%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.49%) dbt
11 2 (0.49%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (43.10%) Power BI
2 103 (25.37%) Tableau
3 37 (9.11%) Big Data
4 29 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.71%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (2.22%) Data Mining
6 9 (2.22%) Power Query
7 8 (1.97%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.97%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.48%) Looker
10 5 (1.23%) Dremio
10 5 (1.23%) Metadata
10 5 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.74%) GIS
12 3 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (7.64%) Git
2 4 (0.99%) JIRA
3 3 (0.74%) RStudio
3 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Subversion
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 185 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 173 (42.61%) Finance
3 152 (37.44%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (9.85%) Retail
6 38 (9.36%) Banking
7 33 (8.13%) Marketing
8 20 (4.93%) Law
9 19 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.94%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.96%) Legal
12 9 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.97%) Automotive
14 7 (1.72%) Billing
14 7 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.23%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.99%) Advertising
16 4 (0.99%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.72%) Pandas
2 5 (1.23%) PySpark
3 3 (0.74%) JSON
3 3 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.74%) XML
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) HTML
4 1 (0.25%) LDAP
4 1 (0.25%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.25%) Middleware
4 1 (0.25%) NumPy
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.32%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.22%) Pricing Data
4 7 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 6 (1.48%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.48%) Reference Data
6 5 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.99%) Equities
7 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.99%) NHS
8 3 (0.74%) Autonomous Agent
8 3 (0.74%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.49%) FMCG
9 2 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.49%) Tandem
9 2 (0.49%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.25%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.99%) Linux
2 3 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (56.40%) Analytics
2 164 (40.39%) Data Analysis
3 153 (37.68%) Visualisation
4 149 (36.70%) Business Intelligence
5 134 (33.00%) Data Analytics
6 123 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (24.14%) Mathematics
8 95 (23.40%) Statistics
9 76 (18.72%) Storytelling
10 75 (18.47%) Data Management
11 64 (15.76%) Decision-Making
12 57 (14.04%) Data Extraction
13 48 (11.82%) Economics
14 46 (11.33%) Actionable Insight
14 46 (11.33%) Computer Science
14 46 (11.33%) Predictive Modelling
15 43 (10.59%) Data Pipeline
16 42 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
17 39 (9.61%) Process Improvement
18 38 (9.36%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 259 (63.79%) SQL
2 135 (33.25%) Python
3 15 (3.69%) R
4 13 (3.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.22%) VBA
6 7 (1.72%) C#
7 6 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.48%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (40.15%) Degree
2 32 (7.88%) Master's Degree
3 28 (6.90%) DBS Check
4 9 (2.22%) PhD
5 8 (1.97%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.48%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (1.23%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CCNA
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.25%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (24.38%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.19%) QA
3 15 (3.69%) GDPR
4 7 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.49%) GRC
6 2 (0.49%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.25%) P3O
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Ansible
1 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.25%) Terraform
1 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (11.33%) SAP
2 45 (11.08%) Microsoft
3 43 (10.59%) Databricks
4 19 (4.68%) Google
5 15 (3.69%) Oracle
6 14 (3.45%) Adobe
7 9 (2.22%) PayPal
7 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.72%) Omniture
9 6 (1.48%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.48%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.23%) Splunk
11 4 (0.99%) Infor
11 4 (0.99%) Reuters
12 3 (0.74%) Duck Creek
12 3 (0.74%) Informatica
12 3 (0.74%) Sun
13 2 (0.49%) Cerner
13 2 (0.49%) Cognos
13 2 (0.49%) NEC