Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 217 158
Rank change year-on-year -5 -59 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 228 176 425
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.95% 1.45% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.58% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 137 120 257
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,399 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -8.93% +21.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,195 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.43% -13.91% +16.67%

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 22,240 11,116 18,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 91.66% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,208 7,206 12,693
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.11% -2.74%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +2 51 £57,500 +6.98% 22
West London -19 7 £30,000 -40.89% 4
East London -6 5 £30,000 -6.28% 8
South London -6 1 £30,000 -53.85% 4
North London - 1 £40,000 - 1
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 August 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.

1 138 (60.53%) SQL
2 106 (46.49%) Analytics
3 86 (37.72%) Python
4 83 (36.40%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (33.77%) Power BI
5 77 (33.77%) Power Platform
6 68 (29.82%) Data Quality
7 57 (25.00%) Data Analysis
8 56 (24.56%) Decision-Making
9 51 (22.37%) AI
9 51 (22.37%) Microsoft Excel
10 47 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (20.18%) Actionable Insight
12 45 (19.74%) Visualisation
13 44 (19.30%) Data Modelling
14 41 (17.98%) Microsoft
15 36 (15.79%) Tableau
16 33 (14.47%) Data Analytics
17 32 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
18 31 (13.60%) Azure
19 30 (13.16%) Data Governance
20 28 (12.28%) Data Visualisation
21 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
21 25 (10.96%) Dashboard Development
22 24 (10.53%) Validation
23 22 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 21 (9.21%) Data Transformation
24 21 (9.21%) Degree
25 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
26 17 (7.46%) Data Pipeline

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 (2.19%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (22.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) FastStats
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.44%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.44%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 77 (33.77%) Power Platform
2 31 (13.60%) Azure
3 17 (7.46%) dbt
4 16 (7.02%) Snowflake
5 15 (6.58%) AWS
6 11 (4.82%) Azure AI
7 8 (3.51%) GCP
8 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.19%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.75%) Collibra
10 4 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.32%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.88%) OCI
12 2 (0.88%) SaaS
13 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
2 1 (0.44%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (33.77%) Power BI
2 36 (15.79%) Tableau
3 13 (5.70%) Looker
4 8 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.51%) Power Query
5 7 (3.07%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.63%) Metadata
7 5 (2.19%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (2.19%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.19%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.75%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.75%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.44%) Ataccama
11 1 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.44%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 87 (38.16%) Analytical Skills
2 77 (33.77%) Finance
3 72 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 32 (14.04%) Marketing
5 19 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.26%) Retail
7 9 (3.95%) Banking
8 8 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.07%) Advertising
9 7 (3.07%) Legal
9 7 (3.07%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.63%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.75%) Front Office
12 3 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.32%) Law
12 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.44%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.44%) Local Government
13 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.88%) FpML
2 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
2 2 (0.88%) NumPy
2 2 (0.88%) Pandas
2 2 (0.88%) PySpark
2 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.44%) JSON
3 1 (0.44%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.70%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.63%) Derivative
3 6 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.75%) Hedge funds
4 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.75%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.32%) Blog
5 3 (1.32%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.32%) Equities
5 3 (1.32%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.32%) NHS
6 2 (0.88%) Clustering
6 2 (0.88%) FMCG
6 2 (0.88%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (46.49%) Analytics
2 83 (36.40%) Business Intelligence
3 57 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 56 (24.56%) Decision-Making
5 51 (22.37%) AI
6 47 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (20.18%) Actionable Insight
8 45 (19.74%) Visualisation
9 44 (19.30%) Data Modelling
10 33 (14.47%) Data Analytics
11 32 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (13.16%) Data Governance
13 28 (12.28%) Data Visualisation
14 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (10.96%) Dashboard Development
15 24 (10.53%) Validation
16 22 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (9.21%) Data Transformation
18 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
19 17 (7.46%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 138 (60.53%) SQL
2 86 (37.72%) Python
3 11 (4.82%) R
3 11 (4.82%) VBA
4 9 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (9.21%) Degree
2 13 (5.70%) SC Cleared
2 13 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.88%) ACCA
6 2 (0.88%) CIMA
6 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (29.82%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.14%) QA
3 9 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.95%) GDPR
4 3 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) PERC
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.07%) Google
3 5 (2.19%) Alteryx
3 5 (2.19%) Databricks
3 5 (2.19%) Foundry
3 5 (2.19%) Oracle
3 5 (2.19%) Palantir
4 4 (1.75%) Informatica
5 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.32%) TikTok
6 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.88%) SAP
7 1 (0.44%) Aderant
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe
7 1 (0.44%) Apple
7 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.44%) Sage