Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 235 161
Rank change year-on-year +7 -74 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 228 165 427
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.96% 1.36% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.48% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 139 110 261
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +16.67%

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 22,103 11,121 18,593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 91.64% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15,100 7,223 12,816
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,824 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,528
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.80% -3.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +7 51 £57,500 +4.55% 10
West London -20 7 £30,000 -40.89% 3
East London - 5 £30,000 - 7
South London -6 1 £30,000 -53.85% 2
North London - 1 £40,000 - 2
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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.

1 139 (60.96%) SQL
2 105 (46.05%) Analytics
3 88 (38.60%) Python
4 81 (35.53%) Business Intelligence
5 75 (32.89%) Power BI
5 75 (32.89%) Power Platform
6 65 (28.51%) Data Quality
7 56 (24.56%) Data Analysis
8 55 (24.12%) Decision-Making
9 54 (23.68%) AI
10 53 (23.25%) Microsoft Excel
11 46 (20.18%) Actionable Insight
12 45 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (19.30%) Data Modelling
13 44 (19.30%) Microsoft
13 44 (19.30%) Visualisation
14 37 (16.23%) Tableau
15 34 (14.91%) Data Analytics
16 32 (14.04%) Azure
17 30 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
18 29 (12.72%) Data Governance
19 27 (11.84%) Data Visualisation
20 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
21 22 (9.65%) Dashboard Development
22 21 (9.21%) Degree
22 21 (9.21%) Validation
23 20 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 19 (8.33%) Data Transformation
24 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
25 18 (7.89%) Data Pipeline

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 5 (2.19%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (23.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) FastStats
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.44%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.44%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 75 (32.89%) Power Platform
2 32 (14.04%) Azure
3 17 (7.46%) dbt
4 15 (6.58%) Snowflake
5 13 (5.70%) AWS
6 12 (5.26%) Azure AI
7 9 (3.95%) GCP
8 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.75%) Collibra
9 4 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.75%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.88%) OCI
11 2 (0.88%) SaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
2 1 (0.44%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (32.89%) Power BI
2 37 (16.23%) Tableau
3 14 (6.14%) Looker
4 8 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.51%) Power Query
5 7 (3.07%) Metadata
5 7 (3.07%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.19%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (1.75%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle Discoverer
7 4 (1.75%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.32%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.44%) Ataccama
10 1 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) Postman
2 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 75 (32.89%) Finance
3 72 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 32 (14.04%) Marketing
5 19 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.26%) Retail
7 8 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.07%) Advertising
8 7 (3.07%) Banking
8 7 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.19%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.19%) Legal
10 4 (1.75%) Law
11 3 (1.32%) Front Office
11 3 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Back Office
12 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.88%) FpML
2 2 (0.88%) JSON
2 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
2 2 (0.88%) NumPy
2 2 (0.88%) Pandas
2 2 (0.88%) PySpark
2 2 (0.88%) REST
2 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.44%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.44%) RESTful
3 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
3 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.70%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.19%) Derivative
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.75%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.32%) Blog
6 3 (1.32%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.32%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.32%) NHS
7 2 (0.88%) Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) Equities
7 2 (0.88%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.88%) FMCG
7 2 (0.88%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (46.05%) Analytics
2 81 (35.53%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (24.56%) Data Analysis
4 55 (24.12%) Decision-Making
5 54 (23.68%) AI
6 46 (20.18%) Actionable Insight
7 45 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (19.30%) Data Modelling
8 44 (19.30%) Visualisation
9 34 (14.91%) Data Analytics
10 30 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (12.72%) Data Governance
12 27 (11.84%) Data Visualisation
13 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (9.65%) Dashboard Development
15 21 (9.21%) Validation
16 20 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 19 (8.33%) Data Transformation
17 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
18 18 (7.89%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 139 (60.96%) SQL
2 88 (38.60%) Python
3 11 (4.82%) R
3 11 (4.82%) VBA
4 9 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (9.21%) Degree
2 13 (5.70%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.82%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.88%) ACCA
6 2 (0.88%) CIMA
6 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (28.51%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.70%) QA
3 9 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.95%) GDPR
4 3 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.88%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) PERC
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 44 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.51%) Google
3 5 (2.19%) Databricks
3 5 (2.19%) Foundry
3 5 (2.19%) Oracle
3 5 (2.19%) Palantir
4 4 (1.75%) Alteryx
4 4 (1.75%) Informatica
5 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.32%) TikTok
6 2 (0.88%) Adobe
6 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.88%) SAP
7 1 (0.44%) Aderant
7 1 (0.44%) Apple
7 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.44%) Sage