Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 225 170
Rank change year-on-year +25 -55 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 227 171 443
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 1.39% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.54% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 152 96 282
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,575 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% -4.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,150 £81,250 £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 19,040 11,104 22,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 90.06% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,018 7,211 16,647
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
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 £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 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 19 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 -16 38 £47,500 -13.64% 23
West London -18 8 £30,000 -50.00% 9
East London - 8 £35,000 - 8
South London +15 1 £40,000 -38.46% 7
North London - 1 £40,000 - 5
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 143 (63.00%) SQL
2 103 (45.37%) Python
3 102 (44.93%) Business Intelligence
4 93 (40.97%) Analytics
5 87 (38.33%) Power BI
5 87 (38.33%) Power Platform
6 67 (29.52%) Tableau
7 65 (28.63%) Data Modelling
8 62 (27.31%) Microsoft
9 57 (25.11%) Microsoft Excel
10 54 (23.79%) AI
10 54 (23.79%) Data Analysis
10 54 (23.79%) Data Quality
11 46 (20.26%) Azure
12 42 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (17.62%) Decision-Making
14 38 (16.74%) Actionable Insight
14 38 (16.74%) Data Analytics
15 37 (16.30%) Data Governance
16 36 (15.86%) ETL
17 28 (12.33%) Machine Learning
18 27 (11.89%) Degree
19 25 (11.01%) Mentoring
20 24 (10.57%) Salesforce
21 23 (10.13%) Validation
21 23 (10.13%) Visualisation
22 21 (9.25%) Azure Certification
22 21 (9.25%) Business Analysis
23 20 (8.81%) Azure AI
23 20 (8.81%) E-Commerce

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 (2.64%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.88%) SAS
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 57 (25.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.41%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.76%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.33%) Power Platform
2 46 (20.26%) Azure
3 20 (8.81%) Azure AI
4 9 (3.96%) GCP
4 9 (3.96%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.08%) AWS
6 5 (2.20%) dbt
6 5 (2.20%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.76%) SaaS
8 3 (1.32%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.32%) Collibra
8 3 (1.32%) Dataform
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.44%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
1 2 (0.88%) Intranet
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (38.33%) Power BI
2 67 (29.52%) Tableau
3 16 (7.05%) Data Mining
4 15 (6.61%) Metadata
5 8 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.08%) BigQuery
7 6 (2.64%) Looker
7 6 (2.64%) Power Query
8 5 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.76%) Big Data
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.32%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.44%) Mixpanel
12 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.61%) Postman
2 4 (1.76%) Git
3 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 71 (31.28%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (28.19%) Finance
4 29 (12.78%) Marketing
5 27 (11.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (7.93%) Retail
7 12 (5.29%) Law
8 10 (4.41%) Publishing
9 8 (3.52%) Banking
9 8 (3.52%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.64%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.64%) Games
10 6 (2.64%) iGaming
11 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Advertising
12 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.61%) OpenAPI
1 15 (6.61%) RESTful
1 15 (6.61%) Swagger
2 7 (3.08%) JSON
2 7 (3.08%) REST
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.88%) FpML
4 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.88%) NumPy
4 2 (0.88%) Pandas
4 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) EDI
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.42%) Data Structures
2 12 (5.29%) FMCG
3 10 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.64%) Reference Data
7 5 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.32%) Derivative
8 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.88%) Contract for Difference
9 2 (0.88%) NHS
10 1 (0.44%) Clustering
10 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.44%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.44%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.44%) Sports Betting
10 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (44.93%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (40.97%) Analytics
3 65 (28.63%) Data Modelling
4 54 (23.79%) AI
4 54 (23.79%) Data Analysis
5 42 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (17.62%) Decision-Making
7 38 (16.74%) Actionable Insight
7 38 (16.74%) Data Analytics
8 37 (16.30%) Data Governance
9 36 (15.86%) ETL
10 28 (12.33%) Machine Learning
11 25 (11.01%) Mentoring
12 23 (10.13%) Validation
12 23 (10.13%) Visualisation
13 21 (9.25%) Business Analysis
14 20 (8.81%) E-Commerce
14 20 (8.81%) Project Management
15 19 (8.37%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (7.93%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 143 (63.00%) SQL
2 103 (45.37%) Python
3 7 (3.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.20%) VBA
5 3 (1.32%) R
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) C#
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (11.89%) Degree
2 21 (9.25%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.41%) ACCA
3 10 (4.41%) CIMA
4 8 (3.52%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.64%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.20%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.76%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (23.79%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.29%) QA
4 8 (3.52%) GDPR
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 62 (27.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.57%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.96%) Foundry
4 8 (3.52%) Cisco
5 6 (2.64%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.64%) Bloomberg
5 6 (2.64%) Google
5 6 (2.64%) Palantir
6 5 (2.20%) Informatica
7 3 (1.32%) Adobe
7 3 (1.32%) Oracle
7 3 (1.32%) SAP
7 3 (1.32%) TikTok
8 2 (0.88%) Charles River
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Talend
9 1 (0.44%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.44%) Sage