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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 241 170
Rank change year-on-year +28 -71 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 227 160 476
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.03% 1.30% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.42% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 156 98 312
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £35,575
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% -1.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 20,350 11,253 22,798
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 91.32% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 14,027 7,201 16,891
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 £98,000 £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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -4 49 £55,000 - 24
West London -10 7 £30,000 -45.45% 2
East London - 7 £30,000 - 4
South London +12 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 2 July 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 (63.00%) SQL
2 101 (44.49%) Analytics
3 94 (41.41%) Python
4 92 (40.53%) Business Intelligence
5 87 (38.33%) Power BI
5 87 (38.33%) Power Platform
6 58 (25.55%) Data Modelling
7 53 (23.35%) Microsoft
8 51 (22.47%) Data Quality
8 51 (22.47%) Microsoft Excel
9 50 (22.03%) AI
10 49 (21.59%) Data Analysis
11 46 (20.26%) Azure
12 45 (19.82%) Decision-Making
12 45 (19.82%) Tableau
13 43 (18.94%) Data Analytics
14 40 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (16.74%) Actionable Insight
16 31 (13.66%) Data Governance
17 28 (12.33%) Visualisation
18 26 (11.45%) ETL
18 26 (11.45%) Mentoring
18 26 (11.45%) Validation
19 24 (10.57%) Machine Learning
20 21 (9.25%) Data Visualisation
20 21 (9.25%) Degree
21 19 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
22 17 (7.49%) Azure Certification
22 17 (7.49%) Data Pipeline
22 17 (7.49%) Data-Driven Decision Making

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 (3.08%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.88%) SAS
2 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (22.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.64%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.76%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) FastStats
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.33%) Power Platform
2 46 (20.26%) Azure
3 16 (7.05%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.41%) AWS
4 10 (4.41%) Snowflake
5 9 (3.96%) GCP
6 5 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.76%) Collibra
8 3 (1.32%) dbt
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.32%) SaaS
9 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.88%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.88%) OCI
10 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
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 87 (38.33%) Power BI
2 45 (19.82%) Tableau
3 10 (4.41%) Power Query
3 10 (4.41%) Relational Database
4 9 (3.96%) Metadata
5 8 (3.52%) Data Mining
6 7 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.20%) Looker
8 4 (1.76%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.76%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.88%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.44%) Big Data
10 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Postman
2 1 (0.44%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (32.60%) Social Skills
2 69 (30.40%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (23.35%) Finance
4 34 (14.98%) Marketing
5 27 (11.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.05%) Retail
7 10 (4.41%) Law
7 10 (4.41%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.64%) Publishing
9 5 (2.20%) Advertising
9 5 (2.20%) Banking
9 5 (2.20%) iGaming
10 4 (1.76%) Games
10 4 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.44%) Back Office
13 1 (0.44%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.85%) OpenAPI
1 11 (4.85%) RESTful
1 11 (4.85%) Swagger
2 6 (2.64%) JSON
2 6 (2.64%) 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
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.78%) Data Structures
2 8 (3.52%) FMCG
3 6 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.20%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.32%) Derivative
6 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.88%) Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) Contract for Difference
7 2 (0.88%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.88%) NHS
7 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.88%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.44%) IoT
8 1 (0.44%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (44.49%) Analytics
2 92 (40.53%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (25.55%) Data Modelling
4 50 (22.03%) AI
5 49 (21.59%) Data Analysis
6 45 (19.82%) Decision-Making
7 43 (18.94%) Data Analytics
8 40 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (16.74%) Actionable Insight
10 31 (13.66%) Data Governance
11 28 (12.33%) Visualisation
12 26 (11.45%) ETL
12 26 (11.45%) Mentoring
12 26 (11.45%) Validation
13 24 (10.57%) Machine Learning
14 21 (9.25%) Data Visualisation
15 19 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (7.49%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (7.49%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 17 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (63.00%) SQL
2 94 (41.41%) Python
3 11 (4.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.52%) VBA
5 7 (3.08%) R
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.44%) C#
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (9.25%) Degree
2 17 (7.49%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.96%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.08%) ACCA
5 7 (3.08%) CIMA
6 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (22.47%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.61%) QA
3 8 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.08%) GDPR
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 53 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.73%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.41%) Foundry
4 7 (3.08%) Palantir
5 6 (2.64%) Cisco
5 6 (2.64%) Google
6 5 (2.20%) Oracle
7 4 (1.76%) Databricks
7 4 (1.76%) Informatica
8 3 (1.32%) TikTok
9 2 (0.88%) SAP
10 1 (0.44%) Aderant
10 1 (0.44%) Adobe
10 1 (0.44%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.44%) Sage
10 1 (0.44%) Talend