Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 249 169
Rank change year-on-year +23 -80 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 215 153 443
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.96% 1.23% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.35% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 147 100 285
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,650 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,842 £48,500
% change year-on-year -3.93% -3.42% +7.78%

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 20,879 11,375 20,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.53% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,416 7,387 15,153
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
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 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,399
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.11% -9.34%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +4 48 £56,250 +2.27% 7
West London -11 6 £30,000 -40.89% 3
East London - 6 £35,000 - 4
South London +2 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 20 July 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.

1 133 (61.86%) SQL
2 96 (44.65%) Analytics
3 83 (38.60%) Python
4 82 (38.14%) Business Intelligence
5 76 (35.35%) Power BI
5 76 (35.35%) Power Platform
6 53 (24.65%) AI
6 53 (24.65%) Data Quality
7 52 (24.19%) Microsoft Excel
8 51 (23.72%) Microsoft
9 49 (22.79%) Data Modelling
10 48 (22.33%) Data Analysis
11 46 (21.40%) Decision-Making
12 40 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (18.14%) Azure
13 39 (18.14%) Tableau
14 37 (17.21%) Actionable Insight
14 37 (17.21%) Data Analytics
15 27 (12.56%) Data Governance
15 27 (12.56%) Visualisation
16 25 (11.63%) Validation
17 23 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 23 (10.70%) Mentoring
18 20 (9.30%) ETL
19 19 (8.84%) Data Visualisation
19 19 (8.84%) Degree
19 19 (8.84%) Machine Learning
19 19 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
20 17 (7.91%) Data Engineering
20 17 (7.91%) 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 7 (3.26%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.93%) SAS
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 52 (24.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.40%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) FastStats
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.47%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.35%) Power Platform
2 39 (18.14%) Azure
3 15 (6.98%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.65%) AWS
4 10 (4.65%) Snowflake
5 8 (3.72%) GCP
6 5 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.86%) dbt
7 4 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.86%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.40%) Collibra
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.93%) OCI
10 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) Broadband
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (35.35%) Power BI
2 39 (18.14%) Tableau
3 10 (4.65%) Power Query
4 8 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.72%) Looker
4 8 (3.72%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.26%) Data Mining
6 6 (2.79%) Metadata
7 5 (2.33%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.86%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.86%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.47%) Big Data
11 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.47%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.47%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Postman
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 68 (31.63%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (26.98%) Finance
4 27 (12.56%) Marketing
5 22 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.98%) Retail
7 10 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.26%) Law
9 5 (2.33%) Advertising
9 5 (2.33%) Banking
9 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.40%) Legal
11 3 (1.40%) Publishing
12 2 (0.93%) Back Office
12 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.79%) JSON
1 6 (2.79%) OpenAPI
1 6 (2.79%) REST
1 6 (2.79%) RESTful
1 6 (2.79%) Swagger
2 3 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.93%) FpML
3 2 (0.93%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.93%) NumPy
3 2 (0.93%) Pandas
3 2 (0.93%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) PySpark
4 1 (0.47%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.16%) Data Structures
2 6 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.33%) FMCG
4 4 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.40%) Derivative
5 3 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.40%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.93%) Clustering
6 2 (0.93%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.93%) NHS
6 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.47%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (44.65%) Analytics
2 82 (38.14%) Business Intelligence
3 53 (24.65%) AI
4 49 (22.79%) Data Modelling
5 48 (22.33%) Data Analysis
6 46 (21.40%) Decision-Making
7 40 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (17.21%) Actionable Insight
8 37 (17.21%) Data Analytics
9 27 (12.56%) Data Governance
9 27 (12.56%) Visualisation
10 25 (11.63%) Validation
11 23 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (10.70%) Mentoring
12 20 (9.30%) ETL
13 19 (8.84%) Data Visualisation
13 19 (8.84%) Machine Learning
13 19 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (7.91%) Data Engineering
14 17 (7.91%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 133 (61.86%) SQL
2 83 (38.60%) Python
3 11 (5.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.72%) VBA
5 6 (2.79%) R
6 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.47%) C#
7 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (8.84%) Degree
2 16 (7.44%) Azure Certification
3 12 (5.58%) Security Cleared
4 10 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.33%) ACCA
6 5 (2.33%) CIMA
7 3 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (24.65%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.98%) QA
3 9 (4.19%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.26%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 51 (23.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.72%) Foundry
2 8 (3.72%) Google
2 8 (3.72%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.26%) Palantir
4 5 (2.33%) Databricks
4 5 (2.33%) Oracle
5 3 (1.40%) Cisco
5 3 (1.40%) Informatica
5 3 (1.40%) TikTok
6 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.93%) SAP
7 1 (0.47%) Aderant
7 1 (0.47%) Adobe
7 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.47%) Sage
7 1 (0.47%) Talend