Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 238 162
Rank change year-on-year +40 -76 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 226 160 471
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.08% 1.32% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.46% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 153 93 306
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,600 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £74,800 £80,000 £84,375
England median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -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 19,362 10,928 22,532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 90.03% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,249 6,960 16,856
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,979 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,875 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.83% +9.52% -13.22%

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 1 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 1 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 -3 41 £50,000 -9.09% 26
West London -20 8 £30,000 -45.45% 4
East London - 8 £35,000 - 5
South London +3 1 £40,000 -38.46% 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 1 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.

1 143 (63.27%) SQL
2 101 (44.69%) Python
3 100 (44.25%) Business Intelligence
4 96 (42.48%) Analytics
5 86 (38.05%) Power BI
5 86 (38.05%) Power Platform
6 65 (28.76%) Data Modelling
7 61 (26.99%) Tableau
8 58 (25.66%) Microsoft
9 53 (23.45%) Microsoft Excel
10 52 (23.01%) Data Analysis
11 51 (22.57%) AI
12 49 (21.68%) Data Quality
13 45 (19.91%) Decision-Making
14 43 (19.03%) Azure
14 43 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (16.81%) Data Analytics
15 38 (16.81%) Data Governance
16 36 (15.93%) Actionable Insight
17 33 (14.60%) ETL
18 29 (12.83%) Mentoring
19 28 (12.39%) Machine Learning
20 27 (11.95%) Visualisation
21 24 (10.62%) Degree
22 22 (9.73%) Salesforce
22 22 (9.73%) Validation
23 21 (9.29%) Data Visualisation
24 19 (8.41%) Azure Certification
24 19 (8.41%) Business Analysis
24 19 (8.41%) Coaching

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 (3.10%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.88%) SAS
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
3 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 53 (23.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.54%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.77%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.05%) Power Platform
2 43 (19.03%) Azure
3 18 (7.96%) Azure AI
4 11 (4.87%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.42%) GCP
6 8 (3.54%) AWS
7 5 (2.21%) dbt
7 5 (2.21%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.33%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.33%) Collibra
8 3 (1.33%) Dataform
8 3 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.33%) SaaS
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) GitHub
10 1 (0.44%) Miro
10 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Broadband
1 2 (0.88%) Intranet
2 1 (0.44%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (38.05%) Power BI
2 61 (26.99%) Tableau
3 14 (6.19%) Data Mining
4 12 (5.31%) Metadata
5 9 (3.98%) Looker
6 8 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (3.10%) BigQuery
8 6 (2.65%) Power Query
8 6 (2.65%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.77%) Big Data
10 3 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.44%) Mixpanel
12 1 (0.44%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.75%) Postman
2 4 (1.77%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 72 (31.86%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (25.66%) Finance
4 30 (13.27%) Marketing
5 29 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.08%) Retail
7 11 (4.87%) Law
7 11 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.54%) Publishing
9 6 (2.65%) Banking
9 6 (2.65%) Games
9 6 (2.65%) iGaming
10 4 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.33%) Advertising
11 3 (1.33%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.75%) OpenAPI
1 13 (5.75%) RESTful
1 13 (5.75%) Swagger
2 6 (2.65%) JSON
2 6 (2.65%) REST
3 3 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.88%) FpML
4 2 (0.88%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.88%) NumPy
4 2 (0.88%) Pandas
4 2 (0.88%) Seaborn
4 2 (0.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) EDI
5 1 (0.44%) PySpark
5 1 (0.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.16%) Data Structures
2 10 (4.42%) FMCG
3 8 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.10%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.77%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.33%) Derivative
7 3 (1.33%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.88%) Clustering
8 2 (0.88%) Contract for Difference
8 2 (0.88%) NHS
9 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.44%) IoT
9 1 (0.44%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (44.25%) Business Intelligence
2 96 (42.48%) Analytics
3 65 (28.76%) Data Modelling
4 52 (23.01%) Data Analysis
5 51 (22.57%) AI
6 45 (19.91%) Decision-Making
7 43 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (16.81%) Data Analytics
8 38 (16.81%) Data Governance
9 36 (15.93%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (14.60%) ETL
11 29 (12.83%) Mentoring
12 28 (12.39%) Machine Learning
13 27 (11.95%) Visualisation
14 22 (9.73%) Validation
15 21 (9.29%) Data Visualisation
16 19 (8.41%) Business Analysis
16 19 (8.41%) Coaching
17 18 (7.96%) E-Commerce
18 17 (7.52%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (63.27%) SQL
2 101 (44.69%) Python
3 7 (3.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (2.21%) R
4 5 (2.21%) VBA
5 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.44%) C#
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.62%) Degree
2 19 (8.41%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.98%) ACCA
4 9 (3.98%) CIMA
4 9 (3.98%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (21.68%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.75%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.75%) QA
3 7 (3.10%) GDPR
4 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 58 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.73%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.42%) Foundry
4 8 (3.54%) Cisco
5 7 (3.10%) Google
5 7 (3.10%) Palantir
6 5 (2.21%) Informatica
7 3 (1.33%) Adobe
7 3 (1.33%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.33%) Oracle
7 3 (1.33%) SAP
7 3 (1.33%) TikTok
8 2 (0.88%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.88%) Charles River
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.44%) Sage
9 1 (0.44%) Talend