Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 208 168
Rank change year-on-year -41 -40 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 219 182 379
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.84% 1.56% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.71% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 133 130 234
10th Percentile £35,197 £31,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,563 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -8.27% +15.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,125 £90,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%

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 23,991 10,620 17,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 90.99% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,970 6,919 10,739
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £119,071
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +7 35 £60,000 -4.00% 48
East London -6 4 £30,000 -6.28% 1
West London -19 4 £28,500 -38.71% 7
South London -14 2 £50,000 -23.08% 4
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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.

1 133 (60.73%) SQL
2 106 (48.40%) Analytics
3 92 (42.01%) Business Intelligence
4 91 (41.55%) Data Quality
5 82 (37.44%) Power BI
5 82 (37.44%) Power Platform
6 79 (36.07%) Python
7 72 (32.88%) Data Analysis
8 65 (29.68%) Decision-Making
9 56 (25.57%) Actionable Insight
9 56 (25.57%) AI
9 56 (25.57%) Visualisation
10 51 (23.29%) Microsoft Excel
11 50 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 49 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (20.55%) Data Modelling
14 38 (17.35%) Dashboard Development
14 38 (17.35%) Data Governance
15 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
15 33 (15.07%) Tableau
16 31 (14.16%) Data Analytics
17 27 (12.33%) Data Visualisation
17 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 26 (11.87%) Data Transformation
19 25 (11.42%) Azure
19 25 (11.42%) Process Improvement
20 24 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
21 22 (10.05%) Degree
21 22 (10.05%) Snowflake
21 22 (10.05%) Validation

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 3 (1.37%) Appian
1 3 (1.37%) Palantir Foundry
1 3 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) SAS
3 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (23.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.46%) InDesign
4 1 (0.46%) Inkscape
4 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) FastStats
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.46%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.46%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 82 (37.44%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.42%) Azure
3 22 (10.05%) Snowflake
4 20 (9.13%) dbt
5 18 (8.22%) AWS
6 9 (4.11%) GCP
7 8 (3.65%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (3.20%) SaaS
9 6 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.74%) Google Analytics
10 5 (2.28%) Collibra
10 5 (2.28%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.37%) Dataform
12 3 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.37%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.91%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) 5G
2 1 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.46%) PPP
2 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (37.44%) Power BI
2 33 (15.07%) Tableau
3 19 (8.68%) Looker
4 11 (5.02%) Power Query
5 9 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.65%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (3.65%) DynamoDB
7 7 (3.20%) Metadata
7 7 (3.20%) Semantic Layer
8 6 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.74%) Star Schema
9 4 (1.83%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.83%) MySQL
10 3 (1.37%) Big Data
10 3 (1.37%) Oracle Discoverer
11 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.46%) GIS
11 1 (0.46%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Git
2 1 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 100 (45.66%) Analytical Skills
2 87 (39.73%) Finance
3 75 (34.25%) Social Skills
4 33 (15.07%) Marketing
5 21 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.94%) Legal
6 13 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.57%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.65%) Banking
9 6 (2.74%) Advertising
9 6 (2.74%) Front Office
9 6 (2.74%) Retail
10 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.37%) Law
12 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.91%) Local Government
12 2 (0.91%) Publishing
13 1 (0.46%) Back Office
13 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.37%) Matplotlib
1 3 (1.37%) NumPy
1 3 (1.37%) Pandas
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.91%) PySpark
2 2 (0.91%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.46%) EDI
3 1 (0.46%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.11%) Data Structures
2 8 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.83%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.83%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.83%) Housing Association
5 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.83%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.37%) Blog
6 3 (1.37%) Derivative
6 3 (1.37%) Equities
6 3 (1.37%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.37%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.91%) Clustering
7 2 (0.91%) Life Science
7 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (48.40%) Analytics
2 92 (42.01%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (32.88%) Data Analysis
4 65 (29.68%) Decision-Making
5 56 (25.57%) Actionable Insight
5 56 (25.57%) AI
5 56 (25.57%) Visualisation
6 50 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (20.55%) Data Modelling
9 38 (17.35%) Dashboard Development
9 38 (17.35%) Data Governance
10 31 (14.16%) Data Analytics
11 27 (12.33%) Data Visualisation
11 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (11.87%) Data Transformation
13 25 (11.42%) Process Improvement
14 24 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (10.05%) Validation
16 19 (8.68%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (60.73%) SQL
2 79 (36.07%) Python
3 11 (5.02%) R
4 10 (4.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (4.57%) VBA
5 3 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (10.05%) Degree
2 15 (6.85%) SC Cleared
2 15 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.37%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.91%) ACCA
5 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.91%) CIMA
5 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (41.55%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.94%) QA
3 11 (5.02%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (4.57%) GDPR
5 7 (3.20%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.37%) SLA
7 1 (0.46%) EMIR
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
7 1 (0.46%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Grafana
1 1 (0.46%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.57%) Databricks
3 9 (4.11%) Google
4 8 (3.65%) Alteryx
5 5 (2.28%) Oracle
5 5 (2.28%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.28%) Workday
6 4 (1.83%) Informatica
7 3 (1.37%) Adobe
7 3 (1.37%) eFront
7 3 (1.37%) Foundry
7 3 (1.37%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.37%) Palantir
7 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.37%) SAP
8 1 (0.46%) Aderant
8 1 (0.46%) Apple
8 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.46%) Temenos