Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 232 197
Rank change year-on-year +42 -35 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 254 172 367
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.30% 1.33% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.47% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 169 103 276
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +5.56% -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 17,868 11,705 21,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 90.58% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,002 7,565 16,551
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,524
25th Percentile £53,031 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 London.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in London over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in London

Data 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 Data Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 21 April 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 -14 39 £45,000 -18.18% 28
West London -24 9 £30,000 -50.00% 11
East London - 9 £40,000 - 16
South London +19 2 £40,000 -17.95% 8
North London - 1 £40,000 - 4
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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 London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 157 (61.81%) SQL
2 130 (51.18%) Python
3 125 (49.21%) Business Intelligence
4 118 (46.46%) Analytics
5 99 (38.98%) Power BI
5 99 (38.98%) Power Platform
6 88 (34.65%) Tableau
7 77 (30.31%) Data Analysis
8 74 (29.13%) Microsoft
9 73 (28.74%) Microsoft Excel
10 72 (28.35%) Data Modelling
11 66 (25.98%) Data Quality
12 62 (24.41%) AI
13 61 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
14 48 (18.90%) Azure
15 47 (18.50%) Decision-Making
16 45 (17.72%) Data Analytics
17 43 (16.93%) Actionable Insight
18 41 (16.14%) Degree
19 39 (15.35%) ETL
20 36 (14.17%) Data Governance
21 31 (12.20%) Project Management
22 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis
22 29 (11.42%) Data Science
22 29 (11.42%) Mentoring
23 26 (10.24%) Business Strategy
23 26 (10.24%) Machine Learning
24 24 (9.45%) Migration
24 24 (9.45%) Salesforce
24 24 (9.45%) Visualisation

Data 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 5 (1.97%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 73 (28.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 99 (38.98%) Power Platform
2 48 (18.90%) Azure
3 21 (8.27%) Azure AI
4 7 (2.76%) GCP
5 6 (2.36%) Snowflake
6 5 (1.97%) dbt
6 5 (1.97%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.57%) AWS
8 3 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.18%) Dataform
8 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.18%) SaaS
9 2 (0.79%) Collibra
9 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.39%) GitHub
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.39%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) Intranet
2 1 (0.39%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (38.98%) Power BI
2 88 (34.65%) Tableau
3 22 (8.66%) Data Mining
4 15 (5.91%) Metadata
5 10 (3.94%) Power Query
6 8 (3.15%) BigQuery
6 8 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.76%) Looker
8 6 (2.36%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (1.57%) Big Data
9 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.18%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.79%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.39%) Mixpanel
12 1 (0.39%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 19 (7.48%) Postman
2 3 (1.18%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 93 (36.61%) Analytical Skills
2 82 (32.28%) Social Skills
3 80 (31.50%) Finance
4 42 (16.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (11.02%) Marketing
6 19 (7.48%) Banking
7 18 (7.09%) Retail
8 16 (6.30%) Financial Institution
9 15 (5.91%) Law
10 10 (3.94%) Publishing
11 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.76%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.36%) Games
13 6 (2.36%) iGaming
14 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.79%) Front Office
16 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.39%) Advertising
17 1 (0.39%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.48%) OpenAPI
1 19 (7.48%) RESTful
1 19 (7.48%) Swagger
2 7 (2.76%) JSON
2 7 (2.76%) REST
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.79%) FpML
4 2 (0.79%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.79%) NumPy
4 2 (0.79%) Pandas
4 2 (0.79%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.79%) Web Services
5 1 (0.39%) .NET
5 1 (0.39%) EDI
5 1 (0.39%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.39%) Flask
5 1 (0.39%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.75%) Data Structures
2 19 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.72%) FMCG
4 10 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.97%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.18%) Derivative
7 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.79%) Contract for Difference
8 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.39%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.39%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.39%) IoT
9 1 (0.39%) Social Media
9 1 (0.39%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (49.21%) Business Intelligence
2 118 (46.46%) Analytics
3 77 (30.31%) Data Analysis
4 72 (28.35%) Data Modelling
5 62 (24.41%) AI
6 61 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (18.50%) Decision-Making
8 45 (17.72%) Data Analytics
9 43 (16.93%) Actionable Insight
10 39 (15.35%) ETL
11 36 (14.17%) Data Governance
12 31 (12.20%) Project Management
13 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis
13 29 (11.42%) Data Science
13 29 (11.42%) Mentoring
14 26 (10.24%) Business Strategy
14 26 (10.24%) Machine Learning
15 24 (9.45%) Migration
15 24 (9.45%) Visualisation
16 21 (8.27%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 157 (61.81%) SQL
2 130 (51.18%) Python
3 12 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.57%) VBA
5 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.18%) R
6 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (16.14%) Degree
2 22 (8.66%) Azure Certification
3 14 (5.51%) Numerate Degree
4 10 (3.94%) ACCA
4 10 (3.94%) CIMA
5 7 (2.76%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.97%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (25.98%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.94%) QA
4 7 (2.76%) GDPR
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 74 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.45%) Salesforce
3 16 (6.30%) Alteryx
3 16 (6.30%) Bloomberg
4 9 (3.54%) Foundry
5 8 (3.15%) Cisco
6 6 (2.36%) Google
7 5 (1.97%) Palantir
8 4 (1.57%) Informatica
8 4 (1.57%) SAP
9 3 (1.18%) Adobe
9 3 (1.18%) Databricks
9 3 (1.18%) Oracle
9 3 (1.18%) TikTok
10 2 (0.79%) Charles River
10 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) Talend
11 1 (0.39%) Amplitude
11 1 (0.39%) Sage