Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 221 167
Rank change year-on-year +24 -54 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 228 172 450
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 1.40% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.56% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 153 97 285
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £43,100 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.26% +5.56% -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 19,110 11,052 22,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 90.06% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13,058 7,184 16,617
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -22 39 £50,000 -9.09% 12
West London -17 8 £30,000 -45.45% 7
East London - 8 £35,000 - 5
South London +11 1 £40,000 -38.46% 2
North London - 1 £40,000 - 3
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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.

1 144 (63.16%) SQL
2 103 (45.18%) Python
3 101 (44.30%) Business Intelligence
4 94 (41.23%) Analytics
5 86 (37.72%) Power BI
5 86 (37.72%) Power Platform
6 66 (28.95%) Data Modelling
7 64 (28.07%) Tableau
8 61 (26.75%) Microsoft
9 56 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
10 54 (23.68%) AI
10 54 (23.68%) Data Analysis
10 54 (23.68%) Data Quality
11 46 (20.18%) Azure
12 44 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (18.86%) Decision-Making
14 39 (17.11%) Data Governance
15 38 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
16 37 (16.23%) Data Analytics
17 36 (15.79%) ETL
18 27 (11.84%) Machine Learning
19 26 (11.40%) Mentoring
20 25 (10.96%) Degree
21 23 (10.09%) Salesforce
21 23 (10.09%) Validation
21 23 (10.09%) Visualisation
22 21 (9.21%) Azure Certification
23 20 (8.77%) Azure AI
23 20 (8.77%) Business Analysis
24 19 (8.33%) Data Visualisation

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 (3.07%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.88%) SAS
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 56 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.95%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 86 (37.72%) Power Platform
2 46 (20.18%) Azure
3 20 (8.77%) Azure AI
4 9 (3.95%) GCP
4 9 (3.95%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.07%) AWS
6 5 (2.19%) dbt
6 5 (2.19%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.75%) SaaS
8 3 (1.32%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.32%) Collibra
8 3 (1.32%) Dataform
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.44%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
1 2 (0.88%) Intranet
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (37.72%) Power BI
2 64 (28.07%) Tableau
3 15 (6.58%) Data Mining
3 15 (6.58%) Metadata
4 8 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.07%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.63%) Looker
6 6 (2.63%) Power Query
7 5 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.75%) Big Data
9 3 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.32%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.44%) Mixpanel
11 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.58%) Postman
2 4 (1.75%) Git
3 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 77 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 70 (30.70%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (28.07%) Finance
4 29 (12.72%) Marketing
5 26 (11.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.46%) Retail
7 13 (5.70%) Law
8 9 (3.95%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.95%) Publishing
9 8 (3.51%) Banking
10 6 (2.63%) Games
10 6 (2.63%) iGaming
11 5 (2.19%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Advertising
13 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.44%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.58%) OpenAPI
1 15 (6.58%) RESTful
1 15 (6.58%) Swagger
2 7 (3.07%) JSON
2 7 (3.07%) REST
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.88%) FpML
4 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.88%) NumPy
4 2 (0.88%) Pandas
4 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) EDI
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.35%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.82%) FMCG
3 9 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.07%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.63%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.32%) Derivative
7 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.88%) Clustering
8 2 (0.88%) Contract for Difference
8 2 (0.88%) NHS
9 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.44%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (44.30%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (41.23%) Analytics
3 66 (28.95%) Data Modelling
4 54 (23.68%) AI
4 54 (23.68%) Data Analysis
5 44 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (18.86%) Decision-Making
7 39 (17.11%) Data Governance
8 38 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
9 37 (16.23%) Data Analytics
10 36 (15.79%) ETL
11 27 (11.84%) Machine Learning
12 26 (11.40%) Mentoring
13 23 (10.09%) Validation
13 23 (10.09%) Visualisation
14 20 (8.77%) Business Analysis
15 19 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
15 19 (8.33%) E-Commerce
15 19 (8.33%) Project Management
16 18 (7.89%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 144 (63.16%) SQL
2 103 (45.18%) Python
3 7 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.19%) VBA
5 3 (1.32%) R
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) C#
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (10.96%) Degree
2 21 (9.21%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.39%) ACCA
3 10 (4.39%) CIMA
4 9 (3.95%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.07%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (23.68%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.14%) Accessibility
3 12 (5.26%) QA
4 8 (3.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 61 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.09%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.39%) Foundry
4 8 (3.51%) Cisco
5 7 (3.07%) Palantir
6 6 (2.63%) Google
7 5 (2.19%) Alteryx
7 5 (2.19%) Bloomberg
7 5 (2.19%) Informatica
8 3 (1.32%) Adobe
8 3 (1.32%) Oracle
8 3 (1.32%) SAP
8 3 (1.32%) TikTok
9 2 (0.88%) Charles River
9 2 (0.88%) Databricks
9 2 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) Talend
10 1 (0.44%) Amplitude
10 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.44%) Sage