Data Analyst Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst salary in London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 238 155
Rank change year-on-year +11 -83 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 219 160 442
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.96% 1.30% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.42% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 144 105 279
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £39,650 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,842 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% -6.32% +11.11%

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 21,116 11,281 19,769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 91.78% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 14,515 7,345 14,117
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,084
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,649 £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 £117,500
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 25 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 25 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 +3 48 £57,375 +4.32% 7
West London -17 7 £30,000 -40.89% 4
East London - 5 £30,000 - 5
South London -2 1 £30,000 -53.85% 3
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 25 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.

1 136 (62.10%) SQL
2 100 (45.66%) Analytics
3 87 (39.73%) Python
4 82 (37.44%) Business Intelligence
5 76 (34.70%) Power BI
5 76 (34.70%) Power Platform
6 56 (25.57%) Data Quality
6 56 (25.57%) Microsoft Excel
7 55 (25.11%) AI
8 52 (23.74%) Microsoft
9 51 (23.29%) Data Analysis
10 49 (22.37%) Decision-Making
11 48 (21.92%) Data Modelling
12 41 (18.72%) Tableau
13 40 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (17.81%) Azure
15 37 (16.89%) Actionable Insight
15 37 (16.89%) Data Analytics
16 34 (15.53%) Visualisation
17 27 (12.33%) Data Governance
18 25 (11.42%) Validation
19 24 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
20 22 (10.05%) Data Visualisation
20 22 (10.05%) Degree
21 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
21 21 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
22 20 (9.13%) ETL
23 19 (8.68%) Machine Learning
24 17 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 16 (7.31%) Azure Certification

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 (2.28%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (25.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.91%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) FastStats
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.46%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.46%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 76 (34.70%) Power Platform
2 39 (17.81%) Azure
3 15 (6.85%) Azure AI
4 12 (5.48%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.02%) AWS
6 9 (4.11%) dbt
6 9 (4.11%) GCP
7 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.83%) Collibra
9 4 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.83%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.37%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.91%) OCI
12 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.46%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) 5G
2 1 (0.46%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (34.70%) Power BI
2 41 (18.72%) Tableau
3 10 (4.57%) Looker
3 10 (4.57%) Power Query
4 9 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.20%) Data Mining
5 7 (3.20%) Metadata
5 7 (3.20%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.28%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle Discoverer
7 4 (1.83%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.37%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.46%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Postman
2 3 (1.37%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 71 (32.42%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (29.22%) Finance
4 28 (12.79%) Marketing
5 22 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.39%) Retail
7 8 (3.65%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.74%) Law
9 5 (2.28%) Advertising
9 5 (2.28%) Banking
9 5 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.37%) Legal
11 3 (1.37%) Publishing
12 2 (0.91%) Back Office
13 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.46%) Front Office
13 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) JSON
1 5 (2.28%) OpenAPI
1 5 (2.28%) REST
1 5 (2.28%) RESTful
1 5 (2.28%) Swagger
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.91%) FpML
3 2 (0.91%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.91%) NumPy
3 2 (0.91%) Pandas
3 2 (0.91%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.46%) PySpark
4 1 (0.46%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.13%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.83%) FMCG
4 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.37%) Derivative
5 3 (1.37%) NHS
5 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.37%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.91%) Clustering
6 2 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.91%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.46%) Blog
7 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.46%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.46%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (45.66%) Analytics
2 82 (37.44%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (25.11%) AI
4 51 (23.29%) Data Analysis
5 49 (22.37%) Decision-Making
6 48 (21.92%) Data Modelling
7 40 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (16.89%) Actionable Insight
8 37 (16.89%) Data Analytics
9 34 (15.53%) Visualisation
10 27 (12.33%) Data Governance
11 25 (11.42%) Validation
12 24 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (10.05%) Data Visualisation
14 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
14 21 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (9.13%) ETL
16 19 (8.68%) Machine Learning
17 17 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 16 (7.31%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 136 (62.10%) SQL
2 87 (39.73%) Python
3 11 (5.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (4.11%) VBA
5 8 (3.65%) R
6 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (10.05%) Degree
2 16 (7.31%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.57%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.83%) ACCA
6 4 (1.83%) CIMA
7 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (25.57%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.39%) QA
3 8 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.65%) GDPR
4 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.46%) PERC
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.46%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 52 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.65%) Google
3 7 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.74%) Foundry
5 5 (2.28%) Databricks
5 5 (2.28%) Oracle
5 5 (2.28%) Palantir
6 4 (1.83%) Informatica
7 3 (1.37%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.37%) TikTok
8 2 (0.91%) Adobe
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco
8 2 (0.91%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.91%) SAP
9 1 (0.46%) Aderant
9 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.46%) Sage
9 1 (0.46%) Talend