Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 229 203
Rank change year-on-year +50 -26 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 254 172 345
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.38% 1.33% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.47% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 162 107 279
10th Percentile £32,838 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £86,400
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +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 16,867 11,710 21,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 90.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,347 7,577 16,546
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
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 £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -8 39 £45,000 -18.18% 26
East London - 7 £40,000 - 9
West London -20 6 £30,000 -53.85% 11
South London +31 2 £40,000 +23.08% 2
North London - 1 £40,000 - 3
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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.

1 155 (61.02%) SQL
2 141 (55.51%) Python
3 138 (54.33%) Analytics
3 138 (54.33%) Business Intelligence
4 100 (39.37%) Power BI
4 100 (39.37%) Power Platform
5 99 (38.98%) Tableau
6 88 (34.65%) Data Analysis
7 75 (29.53%) Data Quality
8 74 (29.13%) Data Modelling
9 72 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
10 71 (27.95%) AI
10 71 (27.95%) Microsoft
10 71 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (20.08%) Degree
12 50 (19.69%) Data Analytics
13 49 (19.29%) Decision-Making
14 47 (18.50%) Azure
15 41 (16.14%) Data Science
16 40 (15.75%) Business Strategy
16 40 (15.75%) ETL
17 39 (15.35%) Actionable Insight
18 37 (14.57%) Data Governance
19 34 (13.39%) Project Management
20 31 (12.20%) Migration
20 31 (12.20%) Portfolio Management
20 31 (12.20%) Visualisation
21 29 (11.42%) Alteryx
21 29 (11.42%) Asset Management
21 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis

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 4 (1.57%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (39.37%) Power Platform
2 47 (18.50%) Azure
3 17 (6.69%) Azure AI
4 9 (3.54%) GCP
5 7 (2.76%) Snowflake
6 5 (1.97%) AWS
6 5 (1.97%) dbt
6 5 (1.97%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.18%) Collibra
7 3 (1.18%) Dataform
7 3 (1.18%) SaaS
8 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.39%) Miro
9 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.39%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (39.37%) Power BI
2 99 (38.98%) Tableau
3 23 (9.06%) Data Mining
4 15 (5.91%) Metadata
5 10 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.54%) BigQuery
7 8 (3.15%) Looker
7 8 (3.15%) Power Query
7 8 (3.15%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (1.57%) Big Data
8 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.18%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.79%) KNIME
10 2 (0.79%) QlikView
10 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.39%) Mixpanel
11 1 (0.39%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 19 (7.48%) Postman
2 4 (1.57%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 109 (42.91%) Analytical Skills
2 96 (37.80%) Finance
3 73 (28.74%) Social Skills
4 53 (20.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (11.81%) Banking
5 30 (11.81%) Marketing
6 27 (10.63%) Financial Institution
7 18 (7.09%) Retail
8 15 (5.91%) Law
9 10 (3.94%) Publishing
10 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.15%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.36%) Games
12 6 (2.36%) iGaming
13 4 (1.57%) Front Office
13 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.79%) Electronics
14 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.48%) OpenAPI
1 19 (7.48%) RESTful
1 19 (7.48%) Swagger
2 7 (2.76%) JSON
2 7 (2.76%) REST
3 2 (0.79%) FpML
3 2 (0.79%) Web Services
4 1 (0.39%) .NET
4 1 (0.39%) EDI
4 1 (0.39%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.39%) Flask
4 1 (0.39%) PySpark
4 1 (0.39%) Streamlit
4 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.96%) Data Structures
2 30 (11.81%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.72%) FMCG
4 10 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.36%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.18%) Derivative
10 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.79%) Contract for Difference
10 2 (0.79%) NHS
10 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.39%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.39%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.39%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.39%) Sports Betting
11 1 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (54.33%) Analytics
1 138 (54.33%) Business Intelligence
2 88 (34.65%) Data Analysis
3 74 (29.13%) Data Modelling
4 71 (27.95%) AI
4 71 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (19.69%) Data Analytics
6 49 (19.29%) Decision-Making
7 41 (16.14%) Data Science
8 40 (15.75%) Business Strategy
8 40 (15.75%) ETL
9 39 (15.35%) Actionable Insight
10 37 (14.57%) Data Governance
11 34 (13.39%) Project Management
12 31 (12.20%) Migration
12 31 (12.20%) Portfolio Management
12 31 (12.20%) Visualisation
13 29 (11.42%) Asset Management
13 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis
13 29 (11.42%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 155 (61.02%) SQL
2 141 (55.51%) Python
3 11 (4.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.97%) R
6 2 (0.79%) VBA
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (20.08%) Degree
2 25 (9.84%) Numerate Degree
3 18 (7.09%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.94%) ACCA
4 10 (3.94%) CIMA
5 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.36%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (29.53%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.76%) GDPR
3 7 (2.76%) QA
4 2 (0.79%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 71 (27.95%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.42%) Alteryx
3 27 (10.63%) Bloomberg
4 26 (10.24%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.94%) Cisco
6 8 (3.15%) Foundry
6 8 (3.15%) Google
7 6 (2.36%) Databricks
7 6 (2.36%) SAP
8 5 (1.97%) Informatica
9 4 (1.57%) Palantir
10 3 (1.18%) Adobe
10 3 (1.18%) Talend
10 3 (1.18%) TikTok
11 2 (0.79%) Charles River
11 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) Amplitude
12 1 (0.39%) DataRobot
12 1 (0.39%) Oracle
12 1 (0.39%) Sage