Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 237 160
Rank change year-on-year +37 -77 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 223 155 470
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.06% 1.29% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.43% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 151 90 305
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,650 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,300 £42,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £84,500
England median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -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 19,396 10,841 22,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 90.16% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,250 6,866 16,894
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £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 £99,853 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 4 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 4 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 -5 41 £50,000 -9.09% 22
West London -15 8 £30,000 -45.45% 4
East London - 8 £35,000 - 5
South London +6 1 £40,000 -38.46% 3
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 4 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.

1 140 (62.78%) SQL
2 97 (43.50%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (43.50%) Python
3 93 (41.70%) Analytics
4 84 (37.67%) Power BI
4 84 (37.67%) Power Platform
5 63 (28.25%) Data Modelling
6 57 (25.56%) Microsoft
6 57 (25.56%) Tableau
7 52 (23.32%) Microsoft Excel
8 51 (22.87%) Data Analysis
9 49 (21.97%) AI
10 47 (21.08%) Data Quality
11 44 (19.73%) Decision-Making
12 43 (19.28%) Azure
13 41 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (16.59%) Data Analytics
14 37 (16.59%) Data Governance
15 35 (15.70%) Actionable Insight
16 32 (14.35%) ETL
17 28 (12.56%) Mentoring
18 27 (12.11%) Visualisation
19 26 (11.66%) Machine Learning
20 22 (9.87%) Degree
20 22 (9.87%) Validation
21 21 (9.42%) Data Visualisation
21 21 (9.42%) Salesforce
22 19 (8.52%) Azure Certification
23 18 (8.07%) Azure AI
23 18 (8.07%) 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 7 (3.14%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.90%) SAS
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 52 (23.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.14%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 84 (37.67%) Power Platform
2 43 (19.28%) Azure
3 18 (8.07%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.48%) GCP
4 10 (4.48%) Snowflake
5 8 (3.59%) AWS
6 5 (2.24%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.79%) dbt
8 3 (1.35%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.35%) Collibra
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.35%) SaaS
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.90%) Dataform
10 1 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.45%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) Broadband
1 2 (0.90%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (37.67%) Power BI
2 57 (25.56%) Tableau
3 13 (5.83%) Data Mining
4 12 (5.38%) Metadata
5 8 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.59%) Looker
6 6 (2.69%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.69%) Power Query
6 6 (2.69%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.35%) Big Data
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle Discoverer
8 2 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.45%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.45%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.83%) Postman
2 3 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 69 (30.94%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (24.66%) Finance
4 29 (13.00%) Marketing
5 28 (12.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.73%) Retail
7 11 (4.93%) Law
7 11 (4.93%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.14%) Publishing
9 6 (2.69%) Games
9 6 (2.69%) iGaming
10 5 (2.24%) Banking
11 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Advertising
12 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.45%) Back Office
14 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.83%) OpenAPI
1 13 (5.83%) RESTful
1 13 (5.83%) Swagger
2 6 (2.69%) JSON
2 6 (2.69%) REST
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.90%) FpML
4 2 (0.90%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.90%) NumPy
4 2 (0.90%) Pandas
4 2 (0.90%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.90%) Web Services
5 1 (0.45%) .NET
5 1 (0.45%) EDI
5 1 (0.45%) PySpark
5 1 (0.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.90%) Data Structures
2 9 (4.04%) FMCG
3 7 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.14%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.79%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.35%) Derivative
6 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.90%) Clustering
7 2 (0.90%) Contract for Difference
7 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 1 (0.45%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.45%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.45%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.45%) Social Media
8 1 (0.45%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (43.50%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (41.70%) Analytics
3 63 (28.25%) Data Modelling
4 51 (22.87%) Data Analysis
5 49 (21.97%) AI
6 44 (19.73%) Decision-Making
7 41 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (16.59%) Data Analytics
8 37 (16.59%) Data Governance
9 35 (15.70%) Actionable Insight
10 32 (14.35%) ETL
11 28 (12.56%) Mentoring
12 27 (12.11%) Visualisation
13 26 (11.66%) Machine Learning
14 22 (9.87%) Validation
15 21 (9.42%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (8.07%) Business Analysis
16 18 (8.07%) Coaching
17 17 (7.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 17 (7.62%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 140 (62.78%) SQL
2 97 (43.50%) Python
3 7 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.24%) R
4 5 (2.24%) VBA
5 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) C#
6 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (9.87%) Degree
2 19 (8.52%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.93%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.59%) ACCA
5 8 (3.59%) CIMA
6 6 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (21.08%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.83%) QA
3 12 (5.38%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.14%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 57 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.42%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.48%) Foundry
4 8 (3.59%) Cisco
5 7 (3.14%) Google
5 7 (3.14%) Palantir
6 5 (2.24%) Informatica
7 3 (1.35%) Adobe
7 3 (1.35%) Oracle
7 3 (1.35%) SAP
7 3 (1.35%) TikTok
8 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.90%) Charles River
8 2 (0.90%) Databricks
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.45%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.45%) Sage
9 1 (0.45%) Talend