Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £56,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 231 154
Rank change year-on-year 0 -77 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 220 167 430
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.94% 1.37% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.49% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 140 109 264
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,125 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -8.65% +15.56%

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 21,671 11,225 18,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 91.75% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 14,843 7,298 13,009
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £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 4 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 4 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 +1 48 £57,375 +4.32% 18
West London -28 7 £30,000 -40.89% 2
East London - 5 £30,000 - 3
South London -7 1 £30,000 -53.85% 3
North London - 1 £40,000 - 2
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 134 (60.91%) SQL
2 99 (45.00%) Analytics
3 85 (38.64%) Python
4 80 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
5 74 (33.64%) Power BI
5 74 (33.64%) Power Platform
6 60 (27.27%) Data Quality
7 55 (25.00%) AI
7 55 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 53 (24.09%) Decision-Making
9 51 (23.18%) Data Analysis
10 47 (21.36%) Microsoft
11 43 (19.55%) Data Modelling
12 42 (19.09%) Actionable Insight
12 42 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (17.27%) Visualisation
14 37 (16.82%) Tableau
15 36 (16.36%) Azure
16 33 (15.00%) Data Analytics
17 27 (12.27%) Data Governance
18 25 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 25 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
19 23 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
20 22 (10.00%) Degree
21 21 (9.55%) Validation
22 18 (8.18%) Mentoring
23 17 (7.73%) ETL
23 17 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 16 (7.27%) Dashboard Development
24 16 (7.27%) Data Pipeline

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 (2.27%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) FastStats
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.45%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.45%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 74 (33.64%) Power Platform
2 36 (16.36%) Azure
3 14 (6.36%) Azure AI
4 13 (5.91%) Snowflake
5 12 (5.45%) dbt
6 11 (5.00%) AWS
7 9 (4.09%) GCP
8 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.82%) Collibra
9 4 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.82%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.91%) OCI
11 2 (0.91%) SaaS
12 1 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
12 1 (0.45%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Broadband
2 1 (0.45%) 5G
2 1 (0.45%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (33.64%) Power BI
2 37 (16.82%) Tableau
3 12 (5.45%) Looker
4 8 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.64%) Power Query
5 7 (3.18%) Metadata
5 7 (3.18%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.27%) Data Mining
6 5 (2.27%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (1.82%) Oracle Discoverer
7 4 (1.82%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.45%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Git
1 3 (1.36%) Postman
2 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (34.55%) Analytical Skills
2 74 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 67 (30.45%) Finance
4 29 (13.18%) Marketing
5 20 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.45%) Retail
7 7 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.18%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.27%) Advertising
8 5 (2.27%) Banking
9 4 (1.82%) Law
9 4 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.36%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.36%) Legal
11 2 (0.91%) Back Office
12 1 (0.45%) Front Office
12 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) JSON
1 3 (1.36%) OpenAPI
1 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (1.36%) REST
1 3 (1.36%) RESTful
1 3 (1.36%) Swagger
2 2 (0.91%) FpML
2 2 (0.91%) Matplotlib
2 2 (0.91%) NumPy
2 2 (0.91%) Pandas
2 2 (0.91%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.45%) PySpark
3 1 (0.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.27%) Data Structures
2 8 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.36%) Derivative
4 3 (1.36%) NHS
4 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.36%) Reference Data
5 2 (0.91%) Blog
5 2 (0.91%) Clustering
5 2 (0.91%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.91%) FMCG
5 2 (0.91%) Hedge funds
5 2 (0.91%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.91%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.45%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (45.00%) Analytics
2 80 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (25.00%) AI
4 53 (24.09%) Decision-Making
5 51 (23.18%) Data Analysis
6 43 (19.55%) Data Modelling
7 42 (19.09%) Actionable Insight
7 42 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (17.27%) Visualisation
9 33 (15.00%) Data Analytics
10 27 (12.27%) Data Governance
11 25 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
12 23 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (9.55%) Validation
14 18 (8.18%) Mentoring
15 17 (7.73%) ETL
15 17 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 16 (7.27%) Data Transformation
16 16 (7.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 134 (60.91%) SQL
2 85 (38.64%) Python
3 11 (5.00%) VBA
4 10 (4.55%) R
5 9 (4.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (10.00%) Degree
2 15 (6.82%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.91%) ACCA
7 2 (0.91%) CIMA
8 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (27.27%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.91%) QA
3 8 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.45%) PERC
5 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 47 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.64%) Google
3 6 (2.73%) Foundry
4 5 (2.27%) Databricks
4 5 (2.27%) Oracle
4 5 (2.27%) Palantir
5 4 (1.82%) Informatica
6 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.36%) TikTok
7 2 (0.91%) Adobe
7 2 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.91%) SAP
8 1 (0.45%) Aderant
8 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.45%) Sage