Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 217 158
Rank change year-on-year -9 -59 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 226 178 425
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.94% 1.47% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.61% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 137 122 255
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,325 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,711 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +19.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% +15.99%

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 22,299 11,068 18,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 91.64% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 15,263 7,179 12,605
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 50 £57,500 +4.55% 20
West London -19 6 £30,000 -40.89% 4
East London -7 5 £30,000 -6.28% 7
South London -7 1 £30,000 -53.85% 2
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 22 August 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.

1 138 (61.06%) SQL
2 104 (46.02%) Analytics
3 85 (37.61%) Business Intelligence
4 84 (37.17%) Python
5 79 (34.96%) Power BI
5 79 (34.96%) Power Platform
6 70 (30.97%) Data Quality
7 58 (25.66%) Decision-Making
8 57 (25.22%) Data Analysis
9 52 (23.01%) AI
10 50 (22.12%) Microsoft Excel
11 47 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (20.35%) Actionable Insight
13 45 (19.91%) Visualisation
14 44 (19.47%) Data Modelling
15 40 (17.70%) Microsoft
16 35 (15.49%) Tableau
17 34 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
18 32 (14.16%) Azure
19 31 (13.72%) Data Analytics
20 30 (13.27%) Data Governance
21 26 (11.50%) Data Visualisation
22 25 (11.06%) Dashboard Development
23 24 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
23 24 (10.62%) Validation
24 23 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 22 (9.73%) Data Transformation
26 21 (9.29%) Degree
27 19 (8.41%) Mentoring
28 17 (7.52%) dbt

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 (2.21%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.44%) Appian
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (22.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) FastStats
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.44%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.44%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 79 (34.96%) Power Platform
2 32 (14.16%) Azure
3 17 (7.52%) dbt
4 16 (7.08%) AWS
4 16 (7.08%) Snowflake
5 11 (4.87%) Azure AI
6 8 (3.54%) GCP
7 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.65%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.77%) Collibra
10 4 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.33%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.33%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.88%) OCI
12 2 (0.88%) SaaS
13 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
2 1 (0.44%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (34.96%) Power BI
2 35 (15.49%) Tableau
3 13 (5.75%) Looker
4 8 (3.54%) Power Query
5 7 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.10%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.65%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (2.65%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.65%) Metadata
7 5 (2.21%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.77%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.77%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.33%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.88%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.44%) Ataccama
11 1 (0.44%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (38.94%) Analytical Skills
2 79 (34.96%) Finance
3 74 (32.74%) Social Skills
4 31 (13.72%) Marketing
5 20 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.87%) Retail
7 9 (3.98%) Banking
8 8 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.10%) Advertising
9 7 (3.10%) Legal
9 7 (3.10%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.77%) Front Office
12 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Law
12 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Publishing
14 1 (0.44%) Back Office
14 1 (0.44%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.88%) FpML
2 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
2 2 (0.88%) NumPy
2 2 (0.88%) Pandas
2 2 (0.88%) PySpark
2 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.44%) EDI
3 1 (0.44%) JSON
3 1 (0.44%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.75%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.65%) Derivative
3 6 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.77%) Hedge funds
4 4 (1.77%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.77%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.33%) Blog
5 3 (1.33%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.33%) Equities
5 3 (1.33%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.33%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.33%) NHS
6 2 (0.88%) Clustering
6 2 (0.88%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (46.02%) Analytics
2 85 (37.61%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (25.66%) Decision-Making
4 57 (25.22%) Data Analysis
5 52 (23.01%) AI
6 47 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (20.35%) Actionable Insight
8 45 (19.91%) Visualisation
9 44 (19.47%) Data Modelling
10 34 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (13.72%) Data Analytics
12 30 (13.27%) Data Governance
13 26 (11.50%) Data Visualisation
14 25 (11.06%) Dashboard Development
15 24 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (10.62%) Validation
16 23 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 22 (9.73%) Data Transformation
18 19 (8.41%) Mentoring
19 17 (7.52%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 138 (61.06%) SQL
2 84 (37.17%) Python
3 11 (4.87%) VBA
4 10 (4.42%) R
5 9 (3.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.33%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (9.29%) Degree
2 14 (6.19%) SC Cleared
2 14 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.31%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.21%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.77%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.88%) ACCA
6 2 (0.88%) CIMA
6 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (30.97%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.64%) QA
3 9 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.98%) GDPR
4 3 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.33%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.44%) PERC
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 40 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.10%) Google
3 6 (2.65%) Alteryx
3 6 (2.65%) Databricks
4 5 (2.21%) Foundry
4 5 (2.21%) Oracle
4 5 (2.21%) Palantir
5 4 (1.77%) Informatica
6 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.33%) TikTok
7 2 (0.88%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.88%) SAP
8 1 (0.44%) Aderant
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) Apple
8 1 (0.44%) eFront
8 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.44%) Sage