Data Analytics Job Trends in London

Data Analytics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 127 130
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 343 351 509
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.96% 2.71% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.81% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 217 133 348
10th Percentile £35,000 £53,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £94,063
90th Percentile £122,500 £119,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,888 12,472 20,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.97% 96.32% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,677 7,522 15,917
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in London

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in London

Data Analytics
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 Analytics within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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 -62 45 £88,750 +1.43% 36
East London +8 33 £87,500 - 8
South London +39 11 £40,000 -30.43% 3
West London -9 11 £30,000 -52.00% 8
Data Analytics
England

Data Analytics
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 21 (6.12%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (4.96%) SAS
3 15 (4.37%) Apache Spark
4 11 (3.21%) Apache
5 3 (0.87%) Confluence
5 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.62%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.62%) SPSS
4 8 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.58%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.24%) Power Platform
2 53 (15.45%) Azure
3 42 (12.24%) AWS
4 23 (6.71%) GCP
5 22 (6.41%) SaaS
6 16 (4.66%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.08%) Amazon S3
8 11 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.92%) dbt
10 9 (2.62%) Dropbox
10 9 (2.62%) GitHub
10 9 (2.62%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.75%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.46%) Fivetran
12 5 (1.46%) Serverless
13 4 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.17%) Collibra
13 4 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.29%) CHAP
2 18 (5.25%) Broadband
3 3 (0.87%) Network Security
4 2 (0.58%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (18.95%) Power BI
2 56 (16.33%) Tableau
3 35 (10.20%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (7.58%) Data Mining
5 23 (6.71%) Big Data
6 11 (3.21%) Apache Hive
6 11 (3.21%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.21%) Impala
7 10 (2.92%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.92%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.62%) EDRMS
8 9 (2.62%) Metadata
8 9 (2.62%) Oracle Database
8 9 (2.62%) Parquet
8 9 (2.62%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.33%) SQL Server
10 7 (2.04%) Qlik Sense
10 7 (2.04%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.46%) Power Query
11 5 (1.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.96%) Jenkins
1 17 (4.96%) TeamCity
2 14 (4.08%) Git
3 9 (2.62%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.46%) JIRA
4 5 (1.46%) MLflow
General
1 172 (50.15%) Finance
2 134 (39.07%) Social Skills
3 108 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (17.49%) Banking
5 35 (10.20%) Marketing
6 32 (9.33%) Financial Institution
7 30 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (8.45%) Retail
9 28 (8.16%) Legal
10 25 (7.29%) Law
11 15 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (3.79%) Investment Banking
13 11 (3.21%) Games
13 11 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.92%) Retail Banking
15 8 (2.33%) Front Office
16 7 (2.04%) Public Sector
17 6 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (25.36%) Senior
2 82 (23.91%) Analyst
3 50 (14.58%) Data Analyst
4 44 (12.83%) Auditor
5 28 (8.16%) Data Engineer
6 26 (7.58%) Internal Auditor
7 24 (7.00%) Security Auditor
7 24 (7.00%) Senior Manager
8 23 (6.71%) Architect
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee Analyst
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 21 (6.12%) Audit Manager
9 21 (6.12%) Lead
10 20 (5.83%) Business Analyst
10 20 (5.83%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (4.08%) IT Auditor
11 14 (4.08%) Senior Auditor
12 13 (3.79%) Developer
12 13 (3.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.25%) PySpark
2 17 (4.96%) Akka
3 9 (2.62%) Pandas
4 7 (2.04%) CSS
4 7 (2.04%) HTML
5 5 (1.46%) React
6 2 (0.58%) Kafka
6 2 (0.58%) Middleware
6 2 (0.58%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.58%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) JSON
7 1 (0.29%) LangChain
7 1 (0.29%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.66%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.25%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (4.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 14 (4.08%) Blockchain
5 14 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.79%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.62%) Cybercrime
7 9 (2.62%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.04%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.75%) Derivative
9 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.46%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.04%) Unix
2 5 (1.46%) Linux
2 5 (1.46%) Windows
3 2 (0.58%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (100.00%) Analytics
2 103 (30.03%) AI
3 98 (28.57%) Agile
4 92 (26.82%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (22.45%) Project Management
6 74 (21.57%) Decision-Making
7 72 (20.99%) Data Analysis
7 72 (20.99%) Data Governance
8 65 (18.95%) Risk Management
9 61 (17.78%) Data Modelling
9 61 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (16.62%) Coaching
11 54 (15.74%) Internal Audit
12 45 (13.12%) ETL
13 44 (12.83%) Information Security
14 42 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
15 41 (11.95%) Scrum
16 40 (11.66%) Machine Learning
16 40 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 40 (11.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 113 (32.94%) Python
2 110 (32.07%) SQL
3 22 (6.41%) Scala
4 12 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.62%) R
6 6 (1.75%) Java
7 5 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.87%) C#
9 2 (0.58%) C
9 2 (0.58%) Perl
9 2 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (23.03%) Degree
2 38 (11.08%) CISA
2 38 (11.08%) CISSP
3 34 (9.91%) CISM
4 25 (7.29%) CGEIT
4 25 (7.29%) FFIEC
4 25 (7.29%) SANS
5 17 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 16 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.79%) ACCA
8 12 (3.50%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.62%) PhD
10 7 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.75%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.87%) APMG
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.87%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.70%) Data Quality
2 33 (9.62%) GDPR
3 27 (7.87%) NIST
4 26 (7.58%) COBIT
5 11 (3.21%) IFRS
6 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.62%) MiFID
7 8 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.17%) IFRS 17
9 4 (1.17%) PERC
10 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.87%) ITGC
10 3 (0.87%) QA
11 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.29%) EMIR
12 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (5.54%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.92%) Terraform
3 7 (2.04%) EnCase
3 7 (2.04%) FTK
4 2 (0.58%) Ansible
4 2 (0.58%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 69 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.54%) Oracle
3 17 (4.96%) Databricks
4 13 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.62%) Cisco
5 9 (2.62%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.33%) Google
7 7 (2.04%) Cellebrite
7 7 (2.04%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.04%) Informatica
7 7 (2.04%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.75%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.46%) GoldenSource
10 4 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.17%) SAP
10 4 (1.17%) Talend
11 3 (0.87%) Arista
11 3 (0.87%) F5
11 3 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.87%) Refinitiv