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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 233 172
Rank change year-on-year +23 -61 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 220 164 469
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.00% 1.32% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.44% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 150 102 305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £35,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -1.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 20,472 11,400 22,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 91.49% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14,105 7,326 16,469
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,288
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,538 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,249 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +6.07% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -12.50%

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 8 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 8 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 +5 49 £55,000 - 14
West London -12 7 £30,000 -45.45% 4
East London - 7 £30,000 - 3
South London +9 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 8 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.

1 138 (62.73%) SQL
2 99 (45.00%) Analytics
3 90 (40.91%) Python
4 88 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 84 (38.18%) Power BI
5 84 (38.18%) Power Platform
6 56 (25.45%) Data Modelling
7 54 (24.55%) Data Quality
8 53 (24.09%) Microsoft
9 51 (23.18%) AI
10 50 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
11 49 (22.27%) Data Analysis
12 46 (20.91%) Azure
12 46 (20.91%) Decision-Making
13 42 (19.09%) Tableau
14 41 (18.64%) Data Analytics
15 40 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
17 31 (14.09%) Data Governance
18 26 (11.82%) Validation
18 26 (11.82%) Visualisation
19 25 (11.36%) ETL
19 25 (11.36%) Mentoring
20 21 (9.55%) Machine Learning
21 20 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
22 19 (8.64%) Data Visualisation
23 18 (8.18%) Data Pipeline
23 18 (8.18%) Degree
24 17 (7.73%) Azure Certification
24 17 (7.73%) Data Engineering

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 (3.18%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.91%) SAS
2 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 50 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) NetSuite
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%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 84 (38.18%) Power Platform
2 46 (20.91%) Azure
3 16 (7.27%) Azure AI
4 11 (5.00%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.55%) AWS
6 9 (4.09%) GCP
7 5 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.82%) Collibra
9 3 (1.36%) dbt
9 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.36%) SaaS
10 2 (0.91%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.91%) OCI
11 1 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Broadband
1 2 (0.91%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (38.18%) Power BI
2 42 (19.09%) Tableau
3 10 (4.55%) Power Query
3 10 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.09%) Metadata
5 8 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.18%) Data Mining
7 5 (2.27%) Looker
8 4 (1.82%) Oracle Discoverer
8 4 (1.82%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (1.82%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.45%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) Postman
2 1 (0.45%) Git
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 68 (30.91%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (24.09%) Finance
4 28 (12.73%) Marketing
5 24 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.82%) Retail
7 10 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.09%) Law
9 6 (2.73%) Banking
10 5 (2.27%) Advertising
11 4 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.82%) Publishing
12 3 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.91%) Legal
13 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.45%) Back Office
14 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.45%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.55%) OpenAPI
1 10 (4.55%) RESTful
1 10 (4.55%) Swagger
2 6 (2.73%) JSON
2 6 (2.73%) REST
3 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.91%) FpML
4 2 (0.91%) Matplotlib
4 2 (0.91%) NumPy
4 2 (0.91%) Pandas
4 2 (0.91%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.45%) .NET
5 1 (0.45%) PySpark
5 1 (0.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.73%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.73%) FMCG
4 4 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.36%) Derivative
5 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.36%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.91%) Clustering
6 2 (0.91%) Contract for Difference
6 2 (0.91%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.91%) NHS
6 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.91%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.45%) IoT
7 1 (0.45%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (45.00%) Analytics
2 88 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (25.45%) Data Modelling
4 51 (23.18%) AI
5 49 (22.27%) Data Analysis
6 46 (20.91%) Decision-Making
7 41 (18.64%) Data Analytics
8 40 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
10 31 (14.09%) Data Governance
11 26 (11.82%) Validation
11 26 (11.82%) Visualisation
12 25 (11.36%) ETL
12 25 (11.36%) Mentoring
13 21 (9.55%) Machine Learning
14 20 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (8.64%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (8.18%) Data Pipeline
17 17 (7.73%) Data Engineering
17 17 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (62.73%) SQL
2 90 (40.91%) Python
3 11 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.64%) VBA
5 7 (3.18%) R
6 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.45%) C#
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.18%) Degree
2 17 (7.73%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.09%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.73%) ACCA
5 6 (2.73%) CIMA
5 6 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.55%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.82%) QA
3 8 (3.64%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.18%) GDPR
5 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 53 (24.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.55%) Foundry
2 10 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.18%) Palantir
4 6 (2.73%) Google
5 5 (2.27%) Cisco
5 5 (2.27%) Oracle
6 4 (1.82%) Databricks
6 4 (1.82%) Informatica
7 3 (1.36%) TikTok
8 2 (0.91%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.91%) SAP
9 1 (0.45%) Aderant
9 1 (0.45%) Adobe
9 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.45%) Sage
9 1 (0.45%) Talend