Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 208 163
Rank change year-on-year -31 -45 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 217 185 386
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.84% 1.57% 2.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.72% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 134 134 240
10th Percentile £34,475 £31,478 £39,975
25th Percentile £43,063 £41,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £68,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -8.42% +13.75%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%

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 23,908 10,752 17,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 90.97% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15,984 6,982 10,838
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £52,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,235
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.42% -7.94%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +1 35 £60,000 -4.00% 46
West London -17 5 £30,000 -35.48% 7
East London -6 4 £30,000 -6.28% 1
South London -10 2 £50,000 -23.08% 4
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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.

1 131 (60.37%) SQL
2 105 (48.39%) Analytics
3 89 (41.01%) Business Intelligence
4 86 (39.63%) Data Quality
5 80 (36.87%) Power BI
5 80 (36.87%) Power Platform
6 79 (36.41%) Python
7 68 (31.34%) Data Analysis
8 65 (29.95%) Decision-Making
9 56 (25.81%) AI
9 56 (25.81%) Visualisation
10 55 (25.35%) Actionable Insight
11 49 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
12 48 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
13 47 (21.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 45 (20.74%) Data Modelling
15 37 (17.05%) Dashboard Development
15 37 (17.05%) Data Governance
16 34 (15.67%) Microsoft
17 32 (14.75%) Tableau
18 31 (14.29%) Data Analytics
19 27 (12.44%) Data Visualisation
19 27 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 26 (11.98%) Azure
20 26 (11.98%) Data Transformation
21 24 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
22 23 (10.60%) Process Improvement
23 22 (10.14%) Snowflake
24 21 (9.68%) Degree
24 21 (9.68%) Validation

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 3 (1.38%) Appian
1 3 (1.38%) Palantir Foundry
1 3 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) SAS
3 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.46%) InDesign
4 1 (0.46%) Inkscape
4 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) FastStats
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.46%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.46%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 80 (36.87%) Power Platform
2 26 (11.98%) Azure
3 22 (10.14%) Snowflake
4 20 (9.22%) dbt
5 18 (8.29%) AWS
6 9 (4.15%) GCP
7 8 (3.69%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.76%) SaaS
10 5 (2.30%) Collibra
10 5 (2.30%) Google Analytics
10 5 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.38%) Azure AI
12 3 (1.38%) Dataform
12 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) 5G
2 1 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.46%) PPP
2 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (36.87%) Power BI
2 32 (14.75%) Tableau
3 18 (8.29%) Looker
4 11 (5.07%) Power Query
5 9 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.69%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (3.69%) DynamoDB
7 7 (3.23%) Metadata
7 7 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
8 6 (2.76%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.76%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.38%) Big Data
9 3 (1.38%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.38%) MySQL
9 3 (1.38%) Oracle Discoverer
10 1 (0.46%) Ataccama
10 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.46%) Mixpanel
10 1 (0.46%) QGIS
10 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Git
2 1 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (44.70%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (39.17%) Finance
3 71 (32.72%) Social Skills
4 32 (14.75%) Marketing
5 21 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.99%) Legal
7 11 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.61%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.69%) Banking
10 6 (2.76%) Advertising
10 6 (2.76%) Retail
11 4 (1.84%) Front Office
11 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.84%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.38%) Law
13 2 (0.92%) Local Government
13 2 (0.92%) Publishing
14 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.38%) Matplotlib
1 3 (1.38%) NumPy
1 3 (1.38%) Pandas
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.92%) PySpark
2 2 (0.92%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.46%) EDI
3 1 (0.46%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.15%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.84%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.84%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.38%) Blog
5 3 (1.38%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.38%) Derivative
5 3 (1.38%) Educational Technology
5 3 (1.38%) Equities
5 3 (1.38%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.38%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.38%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.92%) Clustering
6 2 (0.92%) Life Science
6 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (48.39%) Analytics
2 89 (41.01%) Business Intelligence
3 68 (31.34%) Data Analysis
4 65 (29.95%) Decision-Making
5 56 (25.81%) AI
5 56 (25.81%) Visualisation
6 55 (25.35%) Actionable Insight
7 48 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (21.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (20.74%) Data Modelling
10 37 (17.05%) Dashboard Development
10 37 (17.05%) Data Governance
11 31 (14.29%) Data Analytics
12 27 (12.44%) Data Visualisation
12 27 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (11.98%) Data Transformation
14 24 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (10.60%) Process Improvement
16 21 (9.68%) Validation
17 19 (8.76%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (60.37%) SQL
2 79 (36.41%) Python
3 11 (5.07%) R
4 10 (4.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (4.61%) VBA
5 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (9.68%) Degree
2 14 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 14 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.84%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.92%) ACCA
5 2 (0.92%) CIMA
5 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (39.63%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.99%) QA
3 10 (4.61%) Actionable Recommendations
3 10 (4.61%) GDPR
4 6 (2.76%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) EMIR
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.46%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Grafana
1 1 (0.46%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 34 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.61%) Databricks
3 8 (3.69%) Alteryx
3 8 (3.69%) Google
4 5 (2.30%) Oracle
4 5 (2.30%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.30%) Workday
5 4 (1.84%) Informatica
6 3 (1.38%) Adobe
6 3 (1.38%) eFront
6 3 (1.38%) Foundry
6 3 (1.38%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.38%) Palantir
6 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.38%) SAP
7 1 (0.46%) Aderant
7 1 (0.46%) Apple
7 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.46%) Temenos