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 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 239 169
Rank change year-on-year +17 -70 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 231 156 489
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.06% 1.28% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.41% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 160 95 322
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,150 £35,050
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +12.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,899
% change year-on-year - -4.05% -1.27%

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 20,144 11,087 23,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.91% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13,871 7,045 17,186
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,283
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 £98,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 25 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 25 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 -6 46 £52,500 -4.55% 4
West London -12 7 £30,000 -45.45% 4
East London - 7 £30,000 - 1
South London +10 1 £30,000 -53.85%
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 25 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.

1 143 (61.90%) SQL
2 100 (43.29%) Analytics
3 96 (41.56%) Python
4 95 (41.13%) Business Intelligence
5 88 (38.10%) Power BI
5 88 (38.10%) Power Platform
6 62 (26.84%) Data Modelling
7 53 (22.94%) Microsoft
8 52 (22.51%) Data Analysis
9 51 (22.08%) Microsoft Excel
10 50 (21.65%) Data Quality
11 49 (21.21%) AI
12 48 (20.78%) Tableau
13 45 (19.48%) Azure
14 44 (19.05%) Decision-Making
15 43 (18.61%) Data Analytics
16 41 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
17 38 (16.45%) Actionable Insight
18 34 (14.72%) Data Governance
19 29 (12.55%) Visualisation
20 28 (12.12%) ETL
21 27 (11.69%) Mentoring
22 26 (11.26%) Machine Learning
23 24 (10.39%) Degree
23 24 (10.39%) Validation
24 21 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
25 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
26 17 (7.36%) Azure Certification
26 17 (7.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
26 17 (7.36%) Salesforce

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 3 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.43%) FastStats
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.43%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 88 (38.10%) Power Platform
2 45 (19.48%) Azure
3 16 (6.93%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.33%) Snowflake
5 9 (3.90%) AWS
5 9 (3.90%) GCP
6 5 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.73%) Collibra
8 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.30%) SaaS
9 2 (0.87%) dbt
9 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.87%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.43%) Miro
10 1 (0.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) Broadband
1 2 (0.87%) Intranet
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (38.10%) Power BI
2 48 (20.78%) Tableau
3 11 (4.76%) Metadata
4 10 (4.33%) Power Query
5 9 (3.90%) Data Mining
5 9 (3.90%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.73%) Looker
7 4 (1.73%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (1.73%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.30%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.43%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 12 (5.19%) Postman
2 1 (0.43%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 72 (31.17%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (23.81%) Finance
4 36 (15.58%) Marketing
5 29 (12.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.93%) Retail
7 11 (4.76%) Law
8 10 (4.33%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.03%) Publishing
10 6 (2.60%) iGaming
11 5 (2.16%) Advertising
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
11 5 (2.16%) Games
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 12 (5.19%) OpenAPI
1 12 (5.19%) RESTful
1 12 (5.19%) 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
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) PySpark
5 1 (0.43%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.90%) FMCG
3 7 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.60%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.73%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.30%) Derivative
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
8 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
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%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.29%) Analytics
2 95 (41.13%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (26.84%) Data Modelling
4 52 (22.51%) Data Analysis
5 49 (21.21%) AI
6 44 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 43 (18.61%) Data Analytics
8 41 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (16.45%) Actionable Insight
10 34 (14.72%) Data Governance
11 29 (12.55%) Visualisation
12 28 (12.12%) ETL
13 27 (11.69%) Mentoring
14 26 (11.26%) Machine Learning
15 24 (10.39%) Validation
16 21 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
17 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (7.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 16 (6.93%) Data Pipeline
19 16 (6.93%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 143 (61.90%) SQL
2 96 (41.56%) Python
3 11 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.03%) R
4 7 (3.03%) VBA
5 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.87%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.43%) C#
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Degree
2 17 (7.36%) 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%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (21.65%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.49%) QA
3 10 (4.33%) 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 53 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.36%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.33%) Foundry
4 7 (3.03%) Cisco
4 7 (3.03%) Palantir
5 6 (2.60%) Google
6 5 (2.16%) Informatica
7 4 (1.73%) Oracle
8 3 (1.30%) Databricks
8 3 (1.30%) TikTok
9 2 (0.87%) SAP
10 1 (0.43%) Aderant
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe
10 1 (0.43%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.43%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.43%) Charles River
10 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.43%) Sage
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Talend