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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 221 182
Rank change year-on-year +35 -39 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 239 175 424
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.39% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.54% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 160 101 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,350 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +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 18,740 11,387 22,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 90.22% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,724 7,369 16,671
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £102,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -11 41 £45,000 -18.18% 26
East London - 9 £32,838 - 10
West London -20 8 £30,000 -50.00% 9
South London +15 1 £40,000 -38.46% 7
North London - 1 £40,000 - 2
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 150 (62.76%) SQL
2 114 (47.70%) Python
3 111 (46.44%) Business Intelligence
4 102 (42.68%) Analytics
5 94 (39.33%) Power BI
5 94 (39.33%) Power Platform
6 73 (30.54%) Tableau
7 71 (29.71%) Data Modelling
8 69 (28.87%) Microsoft
9 65 (27.20%) Microsoft Excel
10 64 (26.78%) Data Analysis
11 61 (25.52%) Data Quality
12 56 (23.43%) AI
13 50 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (19.67%) Azure
15 43 (17.99%) Actionable Insight
16 42 (17.57%) Decision-Making
17 38 (15.90%) Data Analytics
18 37 (15.48%) Data Governance
18 37 (15.48%) ETL
19 30 (12.55%) Mentoring
20 29 (12.13%) Degree
20 29 (12.13%) Machine Learning
21 26 (10.88%) Project Management
22 24 (10.04%) Salesforce
22 24 (10.04%) Visualisation
23 23 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
24 22 (9.21%) Azure Certification
24 22 (9.21%) Business Analysis
25 21 (8.79%) Azure AI

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 6 (2.51%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.84%) SAS
2 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 65 (27.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.18%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (39.33%) Power Platform
2 47 (19.67%) Azure
3 21 (8.79%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.18%) GCP
5 9 (3.77%) Snowflake
6 7 (2.93%) AWS
7 5 (2.09%) dbt
7 5 (2.09%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.67%) Collibra
8 4 (1.67%) SaaS
9 3 (1.26%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (1.26%) Dataform
9 3 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.42%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.42%) GitHub
11 1 (0.42%) Miro
11 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) Broadband
1 2 (0.84%) Intranet
2 1 (0.42%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (39.33%) Power BI
2 73 (30.54%) Tableau
3 17 (7.11%) Data Mining
4 15 (6.28%) Metadata
5 10 (4.18%) Power Query
6 8 (3.35%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.93%) Looker
8 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.67%) Big Data
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.26%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.26%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.84%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (6.69%) Postman
2 4 (1.67%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.42%) JIRA
4 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 78 (32.64%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (28.03%) Finance
4 34 (14.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (12.13%) Marketing
6 18 (7.53%) Retail
7 13 (5.44%) Law
8 11 (4.60%) Banking
9 10 (4.18%) Publishing
10 8 (3.35%) Financial Institution
10 8 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.35%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.51%) Games
11 6 (2.51%) iGaming
12 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.69%) OpenAPI
1 16 (6.69%) RESTful
1 16 (6.69%) Swagger
2 7 (2.93%) JSON
2 7 (2.93%) REST
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.84%) FpML
4 2 (0.84%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.84%) NumPy
4 2 (0.84%) Pandas
4 2 (0.84%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.84%) Streamlit
4 2 (0.84%) Web Services
5 1 (0.42%) .NET
5 1 (0.42%) EDI
5 1 (0.42%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.42%) Flask
5 1 (0.42%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.90%) Data Structures
2 12 (5.02%) FMCG
3 10 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.93%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.09%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.26%) Derivative
6 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.84%) Contract for Difference
7 2 (0.84%) NHS
7 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.42%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.42%) IoT
8 1 (0.42%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.42%) Social Media
8 1 (0.42%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (46.44%) Business Intelligence
2 102 (42.68%) Analytics
3 71 (29.71%) Data Modelling
4 64 (26.78%) Data Analysis
5 56 (23.43%) AI
6 50 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (17.99%) Actionable Insight
8 42 (17.57%) Decision-Making
9 38 (15.90%) Data Analytics
10 37 (15.48%) Data Governance
10 37 (15.48%) ETL
11 30 (12.55%) Mentoring
12 29 (12.13%) Machine Learning
13 26 (10.88%) Project Management
14 24 (10.04%) Visualisation
15 23 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
16 22 (9.21%) Business Analysis
17 21 (8.79%) Data Science
17 21 (8.79%) Validation
18 20 (8.37%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 150 (62.76%) SQL
2 114 (47.70%) Python
3 11 (4.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.09%) VBA
5 3 (1.26%) R
6 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.42%) C#
7 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (12.13%) Degree
2 22 (9.21%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.18%) ACCA
3 10 (4.18%) CIMA
4 8 (3.35%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.51%) Numerate Degree
5 6 (2.51%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.09%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (25.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.44%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.60%) QA
4 9 (3.77%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 69 (28.87%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.04%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.77%) Foundry
4 8 (3.35%) Alteryx
4 8 (3.35%) Bloomberg
4 8 (3.35%) Cisco
5 6 (2.51%) Google
5 6 (2.51%) Informatica
5 6 (2.51%) Palantir
6 4 (1.67%) SAP
7 3 (1.26%) Adobe
7 3 (1.26%) Oracle
7 3 (1.26%) TikTok
8 2 (0.84%) Charles River
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) Talend
9 1 (0.42%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.42%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.42%) Sage