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 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 247 162
Rank change year-on-year +53 -85 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 231 152 478
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.24% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.38% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 160 92 311
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +9.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 19,515 11,054 23,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 90.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,434 6,940 17,131
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 £56,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% +9.52% -12.87%

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 10 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 10 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 -3 43 £52,500 -4.55% 17
West London -9 8 £30,000 -45.45% 3
East London - 7 £30,000 - 5
South London +14 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 10 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.

1 145 (62.77%) SQL
2 100 (43.29%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (43.29%) Python
3 98 (42.42%) Analytics
4 87 (37.66%) Power BI
4 87 (37.66%) Power Platform
5 67 (29.00%) Data Modelling
6 57 (24.68%) Microsoft
7 55 (23.81%) Tableau
8 53 (22.94%) Data Analysis
9 51 (22.08%) Data Quality
9 51 (22.08%) Microsoft Excel
10 50 (21.65%) AI
11 45 (19.48%) Decision-Making
12 44 (19.05%) Azure
12 44 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (16.88%) Data Analytics
14 38 (16.45%) Actionable Insight
14 38 (16.45%) Data Governance
15 33 (14.29%) ETL
16 30 (12.99%) Mentoring
17 29 (12.55%) Visualisation
18 28 (12.12%) Machine Learning
19 24 (10.39%) Degree
19 24 (10.39%) Validation
20 23 (9.96%) Data Visualisation
21 21 (9.09%) Salesforce
22 18 (7.79%) Azure Certification
22 18 (7.79%) Coaching
23 17 (7.36%) Azure AI

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 (3.03%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.87%) SAS
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (22.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.87%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.43%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 87 (37.66%) Power Platform
2 44 (19.05%) Azure
3 17 (7.36%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.19%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.33%) GCP
6 9 (3.90%) AWS
7 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.73%) Collibra
8 4 (1.73%) dbt
8 4 (1.73%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.30%) SaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.87%) Dataform
11 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.43%) GitHub
11 1 (0.43%) OCI
11 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) Broadband
1 2 (0.87%) Intranet
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (37.66%) Power BI
2 55 (23.81%) Tableau
3 12 (5.19%) Metadata
4 11 (4.76%) Data Mining
5 9 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.46%) Power Query
7 7 (3.03%) Looker
8 6 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 5 (2.16%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.30%) Big Data
10 3 (1.30%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.87%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.87%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.43%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.63%) Postman
2 3 (1.30%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.60%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (25.54%) Finance
4 31 (13.42%) Marketing
5 29 (12.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.49%) Retail
7 12 (5.19%) Law
8 10 (4.33%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.03%) Publishing
10 6 (2.60%) Games
10 6 (2.60%) iGaming
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
12 4 (1.73%) Advertising
12 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.30%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.43%) Back Office
15 1 (0.43%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.63%) OpenAPI
1 13 (5.63%) RESTful
1 13 (5.63%) Swagger
2 6 (2.60%) JSON
2 6 (2.60%) REST
3 3 (1.30%) 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 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) PySpark
5 1 (0.43%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.90%) FMCG
3 7 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.73%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.30%) Derivative
7 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.30%) 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 (0.43%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.43%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.43%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.29%) Business Intelligence
2 98 (42.42%) Analytics
3 67 (29.00%) Data Modelling
4 53 (22.94%) Data Analysis
5 50 (21.65%) AI
6 45 (19.48%) Decision-Making
7 44 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (16.88%) Data Analytics
9 38 (16.45%) Actionable Insight
9 38 (16.45%) Data Governance
10 33 (14.29%) ETL
11 30 (12.99%) Mentoring
12 29 (12.55%) Visualisation
13 28 (12.12%) Machine Learning
14 24 (10.39%) Validation
15 23 (9.96%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (7.79%) Coaching
17 17 (7.36%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (7.36%) Data Science
17 17 (7.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 145 (62.77%) SQL
2 100 (43.29%) Python
3 9 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.60%) R
5 5 (2.16%) VBA
6 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Degree
2 18 (7.79%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.46%) ACCA
5 8 (3.46%) CIMA
6 6 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (22.08%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.63%) QA
3 12 (5.19%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.46%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 57 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.33%) Foundry
4 8 (3.46%) Cisco
5 7 (3.03%) Google
5 7 (3.03%) Palantir
6 6 (2.60%) Informatica
7 4 (1.73%) Oracle
8 3 (1.30%) Databricks
8 3 (1.30%) SAP
8 3 (1.30%) 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 (0.43%) Aderant
10 1 (0.43%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.43%) Sage
10 1 (0.43%) Talend