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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 236 163
Rank change year-on-year +31 -73 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 231 156 486
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.07% 1.28% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.41% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 159 95 321
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,700
% change year-on-year - -3.64% -1.69%

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 20,082 11,054 23,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.81% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,823 7,018 17,275
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
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 £98,750 £92,625
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 23 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 23 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 -7 45 £52,500 -4.55% 4
West London -12 7 £30,000 -45.45% 4
East London - 7 £30,000 - 1
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 23 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.

1 141 (61.04%) SQL
2 99 (42.86%) Analytics
3 95 (41.13%) Python
4 94 (40.69%) Business Intelligence
5 85 (36.80%) Power BI
5 85 (36.80%) Power Platform
6 63 (27.27%) Data Modelling
7 53 (22.94%) Data Analysis
7 53 (22.94%) Microsoft
8 50 (21.65%) Data Quality
8 50 (21.65%) Microsoft Excel
9 48 (20.78%) AI
9 48 (20.78%) Tableau
10 43 (18.61%) Azure
10 43 (18.61%) Decision-Making
11 41 (17.75%) Data Analytics
11 41 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (16.02%) Actionable Insight
13 34 (14.72%) Data Governance
14 30 (12.99%) Visualisation
15 28 (12.12%) ETL
15 28 (12.12%) Mentoring
16 27 (11.69%) Machine Learning
17 24 (10.39%) Degree
17 24 (10.39%) Validation
18 22 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
19 20 (8.66%) Salesforce
20 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
21 17 (7.36%) Azure Certification
21 17 (7.36%) Data Science

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 50 (21.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.43%) FastStats
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.43%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 85 (36.80%) Power Platform
2 43 (18.61%) Azure
3 16 (6.93%) Azure AI
4 11 (4.76%) Snowflake
5 9 (3.90%) AWS
5 9 (3.90%) GCP
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.73%) Collibra
8 3 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.30%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.30%) SaaS
9 2 (0.87%) dbt
9 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.43%) GitHub
10 1 (0.43%) Miro
10 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.87%) Broadband
1 2 (0.87%) Intranet
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (36.80%) Power BI
2 48 (20.78%) Tableau
3 11 (4.76%) Metadata
4 9 (3.90%) Data Mining
4 9 (3.90%) Power Query
5 8 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.73%) Looker
7 3 (1.30%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (1.30%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
9 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 73 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 71 (30.74%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (24.24%) Finance
4 37 (16.02%) Marketing
5 30 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.49%) 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%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.43%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.43%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (42.86%) Analytics
2 94 (40.69%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (27.27%) Data Modelling
4 53 (22.94%) Data Analysis
5 48 (20.78%) AI
6 43 (18.61%) Decision-Making
7 41 (17.75%) Data Analytics
7 41 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (16.02%) Actionable Insight
9 34 (14.72%) Data Governance
10 30 (12.99%) Visualisation
11 28 (12.12%) ETL
11 28 (12.12%) Mentoring
12 27 (11.69%) Machine Learning
13 24 (10.39%) Validation
14 22 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
15 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (7.36%) Data Science
16 17 (7.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 16 (6.93%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 141 (61.04%) SQL
2 95 (41.13%) Python
3 10 (4.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (3.03%) R
5 6 (2.60%) VBA
6 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.87%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 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 14 (6.06%) QA
3 10 (4.33%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.90%) 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 20 (8.66%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.33%) Foundry
4 8 (3.46%) Cisco
5 7 (3.03%) Google
5 7 (3.03%) Palantir
6 6 (2.60%) Informatica
7 4 (1.73%) Oracle
8 3 (1.30%) Databricks
8 3 (1.30%) TikTok
9 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
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%) Talend