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 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 228 205
Rank change year-on-year +48 -23 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 246 182 339
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.41% 1.40% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.54% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 157 120 275
10th Percentile £32,838 £35,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,319 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +0.53% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,625 £87,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,346
% change year-on-year -15.79% +4.75% -9.31%

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 16,003 11,819 20,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.81% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 7,534 16,420
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.64%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -1 36 £47,500 -13.64% 26
East London - 7 £40,000 - 7
West London -15 5 £30,000 -20.00% 10
South London +35 2 £40,000 +23.08% 2
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 March 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.

1 151 (61.38%) SQL
2 147 (59.76%) Python
3 143 (58.13%) Analytics
4 139 (56.50%) Business Intelligence
5 103 (41.87%) Tableau
6 97 (39.43%) Power BI
6 97 (39.43%) Power Platform
7 95 (38.62%) Data Analysis
8 74 (30.08%) Data Modelling
8 74 (30.08%) Data Quality
9 73 (29.67%) AI
10 70 (28.46%) Microsoft
10 70 (28.46%) Microsoft Excel
10 70 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (23.98%) Degree
12 53 (21.54%) Decision-Making
13 52 (21.14%) Data Analytics
14 46 (18.70%) Business Strategy
14 46 (18.70%) Data Science
15 45 (18.29%) Azure
16 40 (16.26%) ETL
17 38 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
17 38 (15.45%) Data Governance
18 36 (14.63%) Portfolio Management
19 35 (14.23%) Migration
19 35 (14.23%) Project Management
20 34 (13.82%) Alteryx
20 34 (13.82%) Asset Management
20 34 (13.82%) Risk Management
20 34 (13.82%) Statistics

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 4 (1.63%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.81%) SAS
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
Applications
1 70 (28.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.07%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (39.43%) Power Platform
2 45 (18.29%) Azure
3 15 (6.10%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.07%) GCP
5 7 (2.85%) Snowflake
6 6 (2.44%) AWS
7 5 (2.03%) dbt
7 5 (2.03%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.22%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.22%) Collibra
8 3 (1.22%) Dataform
8 3 (1.22%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.22%) SaaS
9 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.41%) GitHub
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.41%) Miro
10 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (41.87%) Tableau
2 97 (39.43%) Power BI
3 24 (9.76%) Data Mining
4 14 (5.69%) Metadata
5 11 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.66%) BigQuery
6 9 (3.66%) Qlik Sense
7 8 (3.25%) Looker
7 8 (3.25%) Power Query
8 4 (1.63%) Big Data
9 3 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.81%) KNIME
10 2 (0.81%) QlikView
10 2 (0.81%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.41%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 19 (7.72%) Postman
2 4 (1.63%) Git
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 113 (45.93%) Analytical Skills
2 100 (40.65%) Finance
3 70 (28.46%) Social Skills
4 57 (23.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (13.82%) Banking
6 32 (13.01%) Financial Institution
7 30 (12.20%) Marketing
8 15 (6.10%) Law
9 14 (5.69%) Retail
10 10 (4.07%) Publishing
11 9 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (3.25%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.44%) Games
13 6 (2.44%) iGaming
14 5 (2.03%) Front Office
14 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.81%) Electronics
16 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.72%) OpenAPI
1 19 (7.72%) RESTful
1 19 (7.72%) Swagger
2 7 (2.85%) JSON
2 7 (2.85%) REST
3 2 (0.81%) Web Services
4 1 (0.41%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) EDI
4 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.41%) Flask
4 1 (0.41%) FpML
4 1 (0.41%) PySpark
4 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.85%) Data Structures
2 35 (14.23%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.47%) FMCG
4 10 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.85%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.44%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.81%) Contract for Difference
8 2 (0.81%) NHS
9 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.41%) Derivative
9 1 (0.41%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.41%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.41%) IoT
9 1 (0.41%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.41%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.41%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.41%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (58.13%) Analytics
2 139 (56.50%) Business Intelligence
3 95 (38.62%) Data Analysis
4 74 (30.08%) Data Modelling
5 73 (29.67%) AI
6 70 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (21.54%) Decision-Making
8 52 (21.14%) Data Analytics
9 46 (18.70%) Business Strategy
9 46 (18.70%) Data Science
10 40 (16.26%) ETL
11 38 (15.45%) Actionable Insight
11 38 (15.45%) Data Governance
12 36 (14.63%) Portfolio Management
13 35 (14.23%) Migration
13 35 (14.23%) Project Management
14 34 (13.82%) Asset Management
14 34 (13.82%) Risk Management
14 34 (13.82%) Statistics
15 31 (12.60%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 151 (61.38%) SQL
2 147 (59.76%) Python
3 10 (4.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (2.85%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.03%) R
6 1 (0.41%) C#
6 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (23.98%) Degree
2 30 (12.20%) Numerate Degree
3 15 (6.10%) Azure Certification
4 10 (4.07%) ACCA
4 10 (4.07%) CIMA
5 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.03%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.22%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (30.08%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.07%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.44%) GDPR
3 6 (2.44%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.41%) SLA
Vendors
1 70 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.82%) Alteryx
3 32 (13.01%) Bloomberg
4 25 (10.16%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.07%) Cisco
6 8 (3.25%) Foundry
6 8 (3.25%) Google
7 6 (2.44%) Databricks
8 5 (2.03%) Informatica
8 5 (2.03%) SAP
9 4 (1.63%) Palantir
10 3 (1.22%) Adobe
10 3 (1.22%) Talend
11 2 (0.81%) Charles River
11 2 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 1 (0.41%) Amplitude
12 1 (0.41%) DataRobot
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle
12 1 (0.41%) TikTok