Analyst Job Trends in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 1,233 2,063 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.74% 13.30% 13.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.59% 14.35% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 811 1,203 1,862
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,222 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,862 14,378 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,531 8,295 13,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London

Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Central London 0 277 £63,750 +2.00% 67
West London -14 38 £40,750 -23.83% 20
South London -20 21 £40,000 +14.29% 10
East London -12 20 £33,919 +4.37% 13
North London -10 3 £32,000 -28.89% 3
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 339 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 309 (25.06%) SQL
3 281 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
4 274 (22.22%) Degree
5 244 (19.79%) Business Intelligence
6 225 (18.25%) Agile
6 225 (18.25%) Python
7 209 (16.95%) Power Platform
8 190 (15.41%) Power BI
9 188 (15.25%) Analytics
10 183 (14.84%) Data Analysis
11 179 (14.52%) ITIL
12 178 (14.44%) Azure
12 178 (14.44%) Business Analysis
13 166 (13.46%) Windows
14 162 (13.14%) Microsoft 365
15 154 (12.49%) Microsoft Excel
16 138 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
17 128 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 127 (10.30%) Tableau
19 124 (10.06%) Decision-Making
20 116 (9.41%) AI
21 115 (9.33%) Active Directory
22 108 (8.76%) Customer Service
22 108 (8.76%) Project Management
23 106 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
24 97 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
25 94 (7.62%) Mentoring
26 92 (7.46%) Data Quality
26 92 (7.46%) Process Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 51 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.76%) Confluence
3 29 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.05%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.97%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.16%) CMS
6 2 (0.16%) IIS
6 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.16%) Moodle
6 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) Appian
Applications
1 154 (12.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 106 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.081%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.38%) Endur
2 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.73%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.73%) Fidessa
3 9 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.57%) Infor SunSystems
5 7 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.24%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 209 (16.95%) Power Platform
2 178 (14.44%) Azure
3 162 (13.14%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (6.16%) AWS
5 57 (4.62%) Entra ID
6 31 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (2.43%) Snowflake
8 29 (2.35%) SaaS
9 28 (2.27%) GCP
10 24 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 23 (1.87%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (0.97%) Fivetran
14 11 (0.89%) dbt
14 11 (0.89%) OneDrive
15 9 (0.73%) Google Analytics
15 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (5.03%) Firewall
2 46 (3.73%) VPN
3 23 (1.87%) LAN
3 23 (1.87%) WAN
4 22 (1.78%) DNS
5 20 (1.62%) Wireless
6 18 (1.46%) DHCP
7 17 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (1.30%) TCP/IP
9 15 (1.22%) WebEx
10 14 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
10 14 (1.14%) Skype
10 14 (1.14%) Unified Communications
11 12 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (0.89%) Network Security
13 10 (0.81%) WinSCP
14 8 (0.65%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.65%) Wireshark
15 7 (0.57%) VLAN
16 6 (0.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (15.41%) Power BI
2 127 (10.30%) Tableau
3 60 (4.87%) SQL Server
4 37 (3.00%) Looker
5 22 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.62%) Metadata
7 19 (1.54%) Data Mining
8 15 (1.22%) BigQuery
9 14 (1.14%) Qlik Sense
10 12 (0.97%) Power Query
10 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.65%) MySQL
12 7 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.41%) Metabase
14 4 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.32%) GIS
14 4 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 57 (4.62%) JIRA
2 15 (1.22%) Git
3 13 (1.05%) Postman
4 5 (0.41%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.41%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.32%) Selenium
5 4 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.16%) JMeter
6 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.081%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.081%) TestRail
General
1 530 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 512 (41.52%) Finance
3 342 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (9.81%) Banking
5 117 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 106 (8.60%) Law
7 91 (7.38%) Legal
8 61 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (4.70%) French Language
10 49 (3.97%) Retail
11 48 (3.89%) Financial Institution
12 43 (3.49%) Marketing
13 36 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
14 35 (2.84%) Front Office
15 34 (2.76%) Swedish Language
16 30 (2.43%) Telecoms
17 28 (2.27%) Back Office
18 21 (1.70%) Advertising
19 17 (1.38%) Public Sector
20 12 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.38%) .NET
3 15 (1.22%) RESTful
4 12 (0.97%) OpenAPI
4 12 (0.97%) Swagger
5 9 (0.73%) REST
6 8 (0.65%) HTML
6 8 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.57%) CSS
7 7 (0.57%) EDI
8 6 (0.49%) Playwright
9 5 (0.41%) SOAP
9 5 (0.41%) Web Services
9 5 (0.41%) XML
10 4 (0.32%) React
11 3 (0.24%) Altair
11 3 (0.24%) jQuery
11 3 (0.24%) XSLT
12 2 (0.16%) ADO
12 2 (0.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
2 59 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 56 (4.54%) Onboarding
4 46 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 34 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
6 25 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.78%) Fixed Income
9 22 (1.78%) Reinsurance
10 21 (1.70%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.54%) Credit Risk
12 19 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
12 19 (1.54%) Equities
13 16 (1.30%) Derivative
14 15 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
15 14 (1.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 166 (13.46%) Windows
2 54 (4.38%) Linux
3 45 (3.65%) Windows 10
4 31 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 27 (2.19%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.22%) Unix
7 14 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.32%) Android
8 4 (0.32%) Solaris
9 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (19.79%) Business Intelligence
3 225 (18.25%) Agile
4 188 (15.25%) Analytics
5 183 (14.84%) Data Analysis
6 179 (14.52%) ITIL
7 178 (14.44%) Business Analysis
8 138 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 128 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 124 (10.06%) Decision-Making
11 116 (9.41%) AI
12 108 (8.76%) Customer Service
12 108 (8.76%) Project Management
13 97 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
14 94 (7.62%) Mentoring
15 92 (7.46%) Process Improvement
16 89 (7.22%) Change Management
17 86 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
18 84 (6.81%) Workflow
19 83 (6.73%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 309 (25.06%) SQL
2 225 (18.25%) Python
3 45 (3.65%) PowerShell
4 21 (1.70%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.38%) Bash
6 16 (1.30%) Java
7 13 (1.05%) R
7 13 (1.05%) VBA
8 12 (0.97%) C#
8 12 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.73%) VB.NET
10 7 (0.57%) C++
11 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.41%) Bicep
12 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.16%) C
13 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.16%) VB
13 2 (0.16%) VC++
Qualifications
1 274 (22.22%) Degree
2 63 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (3.24%) CISSP
4 38 (3.08%) MCSE
5 37 (3.00%) AWS Certification
6 31 (2.51%) Numerate Degree
7 25 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.87%) Security Cleared
9 22 (1.78%) A+ Certification
10 21 (1.70%) CISM
11 19 (1.54%) ACCA
11 19 (1.54%) CISA
12 18 (1.46%) CIMA
12 18 (1.46%) CRISC
13 17 (1.38%) GIAC
13 17 (1.38%) SC Cleared
14 16 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (1.30%) Master's Degree
15 15 (1.22%) MCP
16 12 (0.97%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 72 (5.84%) QA
3 54 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.89%) NIST
5 24 (1.95%) GDPR
5 24 (1.95%) SLA
6 22 (1.78%) GRC
7 21 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.54%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.05%) PMO
10 11 (0.89%) MiFID
11 10 (0.81%) ITGC
11 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.73%) COBIT
12 9 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.57%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.49%) Basel II
15 6 (0.49%) EMIR
System Software
1 115 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.57%) Docker
6 4 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.16%) Firmware
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.54%) SCCM
3 9 (0.73%) QRadar
4 7 (0.57%) Nessus
4 7 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.57%) Terraform
5 6 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.49%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.41%) Ansible
6 5 (0.41%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.32%) Grafana
8 3 (0.24%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (0.24%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.24%) VxRail
9 2 (0.16%) SCOM
10 1 (0.081%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.081%) Control-M
10 1 (0.081%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.081%) Nmap
Vendors
1 339 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 88 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 43 (3.49%) Bloomberg
4 40 (3.24%) Alteryx
5 38 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.51%) VMware
7 29 (2.35%) Cisco
8 26 (2.11%) Google
9 24 (1.95%) Oracle
10 19 (1.54%) SAP
11 18 (1.46%) Splunk
12 17 (1.38%) Anaplan
12 17 (1.38%) Guidewire
13 14 (1.14%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.05%) Polycom
15 12 (0.97%) Apple
16 11 (0.89%) Intapp
16 11 (0.89%) Pega
17 10 (0.81%) Databricks
17 10 (0.81%) iManage