Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 241 208
Rank change year-on-year +60 -33 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 254 172 351
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.33% 1.33% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.47% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 166 106 282
10th Percentile £32,838 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +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 17,537 11,698 21,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.65% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,755 7,546 16,654
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,322 £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 £98,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -8 40 £45,000 -18.18% 33
East London - 8 £40,000 - 17
West London -16 7 £30,000 -50.00% 12
South London +22 2 £40,000 -17.95% 9
North London - 1 £40,000 - 4
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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.

1 156 (61.42%) SQL
2 135 (53.15%) Python
3 131 (51.57%) Business Intelligence
4 126 (49.61%) Analytics
5 100 (39.37%) Power BI
5 100 (39.37%) Power Platform
6 93 (36.61%) Tableau
7 83 (32.68%) Data Analysis
8 75 (29.53%) Microsoft
9 72 (28.35%) Data Modelling
9 72 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
10 71 (27.95%) Data Quality
11 66 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (25.59%) AI
13 49 (19.29%) Azure
14 47 (18.50%) Data Analytics
14 47 (18.50%) Decision-Making
15 45 (17.72%) Degree
16 40 (15.75%) Actionable Insight
16 40 (15.75%) ETL
17 37 (14.57%) Data Governance
18 34 (13.39%) Data Science
19 32 (12.60%) Business Strategy
19 32 (12.60%) Project Management
20 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis
20 29 (11.42%) Migration
21 28 (11.02%) Mentoring
22 26 (10.24%) Machine Learning
22 26 (10.24%) Visualisation
23 25 (9.84%) Portfolio Management

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 4 (1.57%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.94%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (39.37%) Power Platform
2 49 (19.29%) Azure
3 20 (7.87%) Azure AI
4 8 (3.15%) GCP
5 7 (2.76%) Snowflake
6 5 (1.97%) AWS
6 5 (1.97%) dbt
6 5 (1.97%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.18%) Collibra
7 3 (1.18%) Dataform
7 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.18%) SaaS
8 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.39%) Miro
9 1 (0.39%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (39.37%) Power BI
2 93 (36.61%) Tableau
3 22 (8.66%) Data Mining
4 15 (5.91%) Metadata
5 10 (3.94%) Power Query
6 8 (3.15%) BigQuery
6 8 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.76%) Looker
8 6 (2.36%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (1.57%) Big Data
9 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.18%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.79%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.39%) KNIME
12 1 (0.39%) Mixpanel
12 1 (0.39%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 19 (7.48%) Postman
2 4 (1.57%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 99 (38.98%) Analytical Skills
2 87 (34.25%) Finance
3 79 (31.10%) Social Skills
4 47 (18.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (11.42%) Marketing
6 24 (9.45%) Banking
7 21 (8.27%) Financial Institution
8 18 (7.09%) Retail
9 15 (5.91%) Law
10 10 (3.94%) Publishing
11 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.76%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.36%) Games
13 6 (2.36%) iGaming
14 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.79%) Front Office
17 1 (0.39%) Back Office
17 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.48%) OpenAPI
1 19 (7.48%) RESTful
1 19 (7.48%) Swagger
2 7 (2.76%) JSON
2 7 (2.76%) REST
3 2 (0.79%) FpML
3 2 (0.79%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.79%) NumPy
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.79%) Pandas
3 2 (0.79%) Seaborn
3 2 (0.79%) Web Services
4 1 (0.39%) .NET
4 1 (0.39%) EDI
4 1 (0.39%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.39%) Flask
4 1 (0.39%) PySpark
4 1 (0.39%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.96%) Data Structures
2 24 (9.45%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.72%) FMCG
4 10 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.36%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.18%) Derivative
10 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.79%) Contract for Difference
10 2 (0.79%) NHS
10 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.39%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.39%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.39%) IoT
11 1 (0.39%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.39%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (51.57%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (49.61%) Analytics
3 83 (32.68%) Data Analysis
4 72 (28.35%) Data Modelling
5 66 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (25.59%) AI
7 47 (18.50%) Data Analytics
7 47 (18.50%) Decision-Making
8 40 (15.75%) Actionable Insight
8 40 (15.75%) ETL
9 37 (14.57%) Data Governance
10 34 (13.39%) Data Science
11 32 (12.60%) Business Strategy
11 32 (12.60%) Project Management
12 29 (11.42%) Business Analysis
12 29 (11.42%) Migration
13 28 (11.02%) Mentoring
14 26 (10.24%) Machine Learning
14 26 (10.24%) Visualisation
15 25 (9.84%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (61.42%) SQL
2 135 (53.15%) Python
3 13 (5.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.57%) R
4 4 (1.57%) VBA
5 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (17.72%) Degree
2 21 (8.27%) Azure Certification
3 19 (7.48%) Numerate Degree
4 10 (3.94%) ACCA
4 10 (3.94%) CIMA
5 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.36%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (27.95%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.54%) QA
4 7 (2.76%) GDPR
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 75 (29.53%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.84%) Salesforce
3 22 (8.66%) Alteryx
4 21 (8.27%) Bloomberg
5 9 (3.54%) Cisco
6 8 (3.15%) Foundry
7 7 (2.76%) Google
8 5 (1.97%) Informatica
8 5 (1.97%) SAP
9 4 (1.57%) Databricks
9 4 (1.57%) Palantir
10 3 (1.18%) Adobe
10 3 (1.18%) Oracle
10 3 (1.18%) Talend
10 3 (1.18%) TikTok
11 2 (0.79%) Charles River
11 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) Amplitude
12 1 (0.39%) DataRobot
12 1 (0.39%) Sage