Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 239 168
Rank change year-on-year +15 -71 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 210 157 436
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.93% 1.27% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.39% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 144 103 279
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,650 £45,000 £46,114
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -3.23% -6.53% +10.56%

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 20,920 11,327 20,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 91.69% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,442 7,350 14,738
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 £116,250
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 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 22 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% 25
West London -14 6 £30,000 -40.89% 3
East London - 6 £35,000 - 5
South London -1 1 £30,000 -53.85% 5
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 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.

1 128 (60.95%) SQL
2 93 (44.29%) Analytics
3 79 (37.62%) Business Intelligence
3 79 (37.62%) Python
4 74 (35.24%) Power BI
4 74 (35.24%) Power Platform
5 52 (24.76%) Data Quality
5 52 (24.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 50 (23.81%) AI
7 48 (22.86%) Microsoft
8 47 (22.38%) Data Analysis
9 46 (21.90%) Decision-Making
10 44 (20.95%) Data Modelling
11 38 (18.10%) Azure
11 38 (18.10%) Tableau
12 36 (17.14%) Data Analytics
12 36 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
14 27 (12.86%) Visualisation
15 25 (11.90%) Data Governance
15 25 (11.90%) Validation
16 20 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (9.52%) Mentoring
17 19 (9.05%) Data Visualisation
17 19 (9.05%) ETL
17 19 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
18 18 (8.57%) Degree
19 17 (8.10%) Machine Learning
20 16 (7.62%) Azure Certification
21 15 (7.14%) Azure AI

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 (2.38%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.95%) SAS
2 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 52 (24.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.48%) FastStats
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.48%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 74 (35.24%) Power Platform
2 38 (18.10%) Azure
3 15 (7.14%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.76%) AWS
4 10 (4.76%) Snowflake
5 8 (3.81%) GCP
6 5 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.90%) dbt
7 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.90%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.43%) Collibra
8 3 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.95%) OCI
10 1 (0.48%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.48%) GitHub
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.95%) Broadband
2 1 (0.48%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (35.24%) Power BI
2 38 (18.10%) Tableau
3 10 (4.76%) Power Query
4 8 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.81%) Looker
5 7 (3.33%) Data Mining
5 7 (3.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.86%) Metadata
7 5 (2.38%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.90%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.90%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.43%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.48%) Big Data
11 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Postman
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (33.81%) Social Skills
2 65 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (27.14%) Finance
4 27 (12.86%) Marketing
5 21 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.67%) Retail
7 8 (3.81%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.86%) Law
9 5 (2.38%) Advertising
9 5 (2.38%) Banking
9 5 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.43%) Legal
12 2 (0.95%) Back Office
12 2 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.95%) Publishing
13 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.38%) JSON
1 5 (2.38%) OpenAPI
1 5 (2.38%) REST
1 5 (2.38%) RESTful
1 5 (2.38%) Swagger
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) FpML
3 2 (0.95%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.95%) NumPy
3 2 (0.95%) Pandas
3 2 (0.95%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
4 1 (0.48%) PySpark
4 1 (0.48%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.90%) FMCG
4 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.43%) Derivative
5 3 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.43%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.95%) Clustering
6 2 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.95%) NHS
6 2 (0.95%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.95%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.48%) IoT
7 1 (0.48%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (44.29%) Analytics
2 79 (37.62%) Business Intelligence
3 50 (23.81%) AI
4 47 (22.38%) Data Analysis
5 46 (21.90%) Decision-Making
6 44 (20.95%) Data Modelling
7 36 (17.14%) Data Analytics
7 36 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
9 27 (12.86%) Visualisation
10 25 (11.90%) Data Governance
10 25 (11.90%) Validation
11 20 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 19 (9.05%) Data Visualisation
12 19 (9.05%) ETL
12 19 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (8.10%) Machine Learning
14 15 (7.14%) Data Engineering
14 15 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (60.95%) SQL
2 79 (37.62%) Python
3 11 (5.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.81%) VBA
5 6 (2.86%) R
6 2 (0.95%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.48%) C#
7 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.57%) Degree
2 16 (7.62%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) ACCA
6 4 (1.90%) CIMA
7 3 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (24.76%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.14%) QA
3 7 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.33%) GDPR
4 2 (0.95%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.48%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 48 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.81%) Google
3 6 (2.86%) Foundry
3 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.38%) Databricks
4 5 (2.38%) Oracle
4 5 (2.38%) Palantir
5 3 (1.43%) Informatica
5 3 (1.43%) TikTok
6 2 (0.95%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.95%) Cisco
6 2 (0.95%) SAP
7 1 (0.48%) Aderant
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe
7 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.48%) Sage
7 1 (0.48%) Talend