Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 185 193
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 199 296 333
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.64% 1.72% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.81% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 139 212 282
10th Percentile £31,858 £40,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,891 £51,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,063 £72,433
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £43,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +8.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,061 16,390 18,473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 95.04% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,230 10,053 15,089
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 +44 45 £62,500 +4.17% 69
South London +36 11 £65,000 +122.22% 16
West London +14 5 £46,500 -19.13% 19
East London - 3 £32,010 - 24
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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.

1 116 (58.29%) Analytics
1 116 (58.29%) Business Intelligence
2 96 (48.24%) SQL
3 93 (46.73%) Python
4 92 (46.23%) Power BI
4 92 (46.23%) Power Platform
5 80 (40.20%) Data Analysis
6 70 (35.18%) Microsoft Excel
7 64 (32.16%) Tableau
8 63 (31.66%) Degree
9 59 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (25.63%) Data Quality
10 51 (25.63%) Decision-Making
11 48 (24.12%) Data Analytics
12 47 (23.62%) Visualisation
13 45 (22.61%) AI
14 42 (21.11%) Microsoft
15 38 (19.10%) Data Science
16 37 (18.59%) Migration
17 36 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (17.09%) Actionable Insight
18 34 (17.09%) Business Strategy
19 33 (16.58%) Risk Management
20 31 (15.58%) Risk Analytics
21 30 (15.08%) Data Modelling
22 29 (14.57%) Alteryx
23 28 (14.07%) Data Management
23 28 (14.07%) Portfolio Management
23 28 (14.07%) Statistics
24 27 (13.57%) Asset 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 5 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.51%) SAS
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.01%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 70 (35.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (46.23%) Power Platform
2 27 (13.57%) Azure
3 12 (6.03%) SaaS
4 11 (5.53%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (5.03%) Azure App Service
5 10 (5.03%) Azure Functions
5 10 (5.03%) Serverless
6 9 (4.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (4.02%) GCP
8 7 (3.52%) Collibra
9 5 (2.51%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.01%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.01%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.01%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.51%) AWS
11 3 (1.51%) Azure Stack
12 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (46.23%) Power BI
2 64 (32.16%) Tableau
3 19 (9.55%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.52%) Qlik Sense
5 8 (4.02%) Data Mining
5 8 (4.02%) Looker
6 5 (2.51%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.51%) Metadata
6 5 (2.51%) Power Query
7 4 (2.01%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.51%) SAS EBI
9 2 (1.01%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.01%) KNIME
9 2 (1.01%) QlikView
10 1 (0.50%) Big Data
10 1 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.50%) Parquet
10 1 (0.50%) QGIS
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Git
2 2 (1.01%) Postman
3 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 117 (58.79%) Finance
2 113 (56.78%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (35.68%) Social Skills
4 37 (18.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (16.08%) Banking
6 27 (13.57%) Financial Institution
7 22 (11.06%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (7.54%) Legal
9 12 (6.03%) Retail
10 9 (4.52%) Front Office
10 9 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (4.02%) Law
12 7 (3.52%) Marketing
12 7 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.51%) Advertising
13 5 (2.51%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.51%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 2 (1.01%) Electronics
15 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.51%) Altair
1 3 (1.51%) RESTful
2 2 (1.01%) OpenAPI
2 2 (1.01%) Pandas
2 2 (1.01%) PySpark
2 2 (1.01%) Swagger
3 1 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.56%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.02%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.01%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.51%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.01%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.01%) Digital TV
8 1 (0.50%) Autonomous Agent
8 1 (0.50%) Blog
8 1 (0.50%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.50%) Derivative
8 1 (0.50%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.50%) EPoS
8 1 (0.50%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.50%) Podcast
8 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (58.29%) Analytics
1 116 (58.29%) Business Intelligence
2 80 (40.20%) Data Analysis
3 59 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (25.63%) Decision-Making
5 48 (24.12%) Data Analytics
6 47 (23.62%) Visualisation
7 45 (22.61%) AI
8 38 (19.10%) Data Science
9 37 (18.59%) Migration
10 36 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (17.09%) Actionable Insight
11 34 (17.09%) Business Strategy
12 33 (16.58%) Risk Management
13 31 (15.58%) Risk Analytics
14 30 (15.08%) Data Modelling
15 28 (14.07%) Data Management
15 28 (14.07%) Portfolio Management
15 28 (14.07%) Statistics
16 27 (13.57%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 96 (48.24%) SQL
2 93 (46.73%) Python
3 11 (5.53%) PowerShell
4 10 (5.03%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (4.52%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.02%) R
7 5 (2.51%) VBA
8 4 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.01%) VB
10 1 (0.50%) Bash
10 1 (0.50%) Fortran
10 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (31.66%) Degree
2 23 (11.56%) Numerate Degree
3 14 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (5.53%) CISM
5 10 (5.03%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.02%) ACCA
7 8 (4.02%) CIMA
8 7 (3.52%) CISA
8 7 (3.52%) CISSP
8 7 (3.52%) CRISC
9 5 (2.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.01%) ISACA
11 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.50%) CCNA
12 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.50%) MCSA
12 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (25.63%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.03%) QA
3 7 (3.52%) COBIT
3 7 (3.52%) GRC
3 7 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.52%) ITGC
3 7 (3.52%) NIST
4 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (2.51%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.57%) Alteryx
3 23 (11.56%) Bloomberg
4 12 (6.03%) Databricks
5 11 (5.53%) Google
6 9 (4.52%) Splunk
7 7 (3.52%) Anaplan
7 7 (3.52%) Progress
8 6 (3.02%) SAP
9 5 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.51%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.01%) Informatica
11 3 (1.51%) Oracle
12 2 (1.01%) Cisco
12 2 (1.01%) eFront
13 1 (0.50%) Apple
13 1 (0.50%) DataRobot
13 1 (0.50%) Foundry
13 1 (0.50%) Talend
13 1 (0.50%) Workday