Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 245 164
Rank change year-on-year +40 -81 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 229 152 483
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.08% 1.24% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.37% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 160 91 315
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - 0.00% -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 19,697 11,055 23,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 90.50% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,573 6,940 17,175
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -12.98%

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 June 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 June 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 -13 43 £52,500 -4.55% 16
West London -9 8 £30,000 -45.45% 3
East London - 7 £30,000 - 5
South London +16 1 £30,000 -53.85% 2
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 12 June 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.

1 143 (62.45%) SQL
2 99 (43.23%) Business Intelligence
3 98 (42.79%) Python
4 97 (42.36%) Analytics
5 86 (37.55%) Power BI
5 86 (37.55%) Power Platform
6 66 (28.82%) Data Modelling
7 55 (24.02%) Microsoft
8 54 (23.58%) Data Analysis
9 52 (22.71%) Tableau
10 50 (21.83%) Data Quality
11 49 (21.40%) AI
11 49 (21.40%) Microsoft Excel
12 44 (19.21%) Decision-Making
13 43 (18.78%) Azure
13 43 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (17.03%) Data Analytics
15 37 (16.16%) Actionable Insight
15 37 (16.16%) Data Governance
16 32 (13.97%) ETL
17 30 (13.10%) Visualisation
18 29 (12.66%) Mentoring
19 28 (12.23%) Machine Learning
20 24 (10.48%) Degree
20 24 (10.48%) Validation
21 23 (10.04%) Data Visualisation
22 21 (9.17%) Salesforce
23 17 (7.42%) Azure Certification
23 17 (7.42%) Coaching
23 17 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement

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 7 (3.06%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.87%) SAS
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 49 (21.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.06%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.31%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.87%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.44%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.44%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 86 (37.55%) Power Platform
2 43 (18.78%) Azure
3 16 (6.99%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.24%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.37%) GCP
6 9 (3.93%) AWS
7 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.75%) Collibra
8 4 (1.75%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.31%) dbt
9 3 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.31%) SaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.44%) GitHub
11 1 (0.44%) Miro
11 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) Broadband
1 2 (0.87%) Intranet
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (37.55%) Power BI
2 52 (22.71%) Tableau
3 12 (5.24%) Metadata
4 10 (4.37%) Data Mining
5 9 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.49%) Power Query
7 6 (2.62%) Looker
7 6 (2.62%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.75%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.31%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (0.87%) Big Data
10 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.87%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.87%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.44%) Mixpanel
11 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.68%) Postman
2 2 (0.87%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 72 (31.44%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (25.33%) Finance
4 31 (13.54%) Marketing
5 29 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.55%) Retail
7 12 (5.24%) Law
8 10 (4.37%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.06%) Publishing
10 6 (2.62%) Games
10 6 (2.62%) iGaming
11 5 (2.18%) Banking
12 4 (1.75%) Advertising
12 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.31%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.44%) Back Office
15 1 (0.44%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.68%) OpenAPI
1 13 (5.68%) RESTful
1 13 (5.68%) Swagger
2 6 (2.62%) JSON
2 6 (2.62%) REST
3 3 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.87%) FpML
4 2 (0.87%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.87%) NumPy
4 2 (0.87%) Pandas
4 2 (0.87%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.87%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.54%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.93%) FMCG
3 7 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.06%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.75%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.31%) Derivative
7 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.87%) Clustering
8 2 (0.87%) Contract for Difference
8 2 (0.87%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.87%) NHS
9 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.44%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (43.23%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (42.36%) Analytics
3 66 (28.82%) Data Modelling
4 54 (23.58%) Data Analysis
5 49 (21.40%) AI
6 44 (19.21%) Decision-Making
7 43 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (17.03%) Data Analytics
9 37 (16.16%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (16.16%) Data Governance
10 32 (13.97%) ETL
11 30 (13.10%) Visualisation
12 29 (12.66%) Mentoring
13 28 (12.23%) Machine Learning
14 24 (10.48%) Validation
15 23 (10.04%) Data Visualisation
16 17 (7.42%) Coaching
16 17 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (7.42%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (7.42%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 143 (62.45%) SQL
2 98 (42.79%) Python
3 9 (3.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.62%) R
5 5 (2.18%) VBA
6 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) C#
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.48%) Degree
2 17 (7.42%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.80%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.93%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.49%) ACCA
5 8 (3.49%) CIMA
6 6 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (21.83%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.68%) QA
3 11 (4.80%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.49%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 55 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.17%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.37%) Foundry
4 8 (3.49%) Cisco
5 7 (3.06%) Google
5 7 (3.06%) Palantir
6 6 (2.62%) Informatica
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle
8 3 (1.31%) Databricks
8 3 (1.31%) SAP
8 3 (1.31%) TikTok
9 2 (0.87%) Adobe
9 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.87%) Charles River
9 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Aderant
10 1 (0.44%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.44%) Sage
10 1 (0.44%) Talend