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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 132 177
Rank change year-on-year -44 +45 -52
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 286 331 391
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.25% 2.70% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 2.86% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 177 133 210
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,199 £59,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £89,375
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -7.41%

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 18,808 11,569 18,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.14% 94.41% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12,790 7,340 12,569
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 29 July 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 29 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 -49 32 £100,000 +29.03% 17
West London -9 17 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East London - 15 £115,000 - 4
South London +5 3 £30,000 -71.43% 4
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 26 (9.09%) SAS
2 16 (5.59%) Apache Spark
3 13 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (7.34%) SPSS
3 9 (3.15%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Relativity
2 4 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 57 (19.93%) Power Platform
2 42 (14.69%) Azure
3 33 (11.54%) AWS
4 19 (6.64%) GCP
5 15 (5.24%) Dropbox
5 15 (5.24%) Snowflake
6 14 (4.90%) GitHub
7 12 (4.20%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (3.15%) Azure Machine Learning
9 9 (3.15%) dbt
9 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (3.15%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.80%) Serverless
11 7 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
11 7 (2.45%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.85%) CHAP
2 8 (2.80%) Network Security
3 4 (1.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) DSL
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.35%) NGFW
4 1 (0.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (19.23%) Power BI
2 44 (15.38%) Tableau
3 32 (11.19%) Big Data
4 21 (7.34%) EDRMS
5 19 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.50%) BigQuery
7 10 (3.50%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.15%) Apache Hive
8 9 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.15%) Impala
8 9 (3.15%) Parquet
8 9 (3.15%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.80%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.45%) Metadata
10 7 (2.45%) Star Schema
11 6 (2.10%) Data Mining
11 6 (2.10%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.10%) Looker
11 6 (2.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.15%) Git
1 9 (3.15%) IBM UrbanCode
2 5 (1.75%) MLflow
3 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 145 (50.70%) Finance
2 98 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 72 (25.17%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (16.08%) Marketing
5 41 (14.34%) Banking
6 31 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (10.49%) Legal
8 27 (9.44%) Retail
9 23 (8.04%) Law
10 21 (7.34%) Legal Technology
11 19 (6.64%) Financial Institution
12 13 (4.55%) Investment Banking
13 12 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (3.85%) Aerospace
14 11 (3.85%) Telecoms
15 10 (3.50%) Public Sector
16 9 (3.15%) Retail Banking
17 8 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (1.75%) French Language
Job Titles
1 59 (20.63%) Analyst
1 59 (20.63%) Senior
2 34 (11.89%) Data Analyst
3 33 (11.54%) Lead
4 32 (11.19%) Architect
5 28 (9.79%) Auditor
6 20 (6.99%) Analytics Manager
7 17 (5.94%) Data Analytics Manager
7 17 (5.94%) Senior Manager
7 17 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.59%) Data Engineer
9 15 (5.24%) Forensic Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Data Manager
11 13 (4.55%) Business Analyst
12 12 (4.20%) Audit Manager
12 12 (4.20%) Consultant
12 12 (4.20%) Data Architect
12 12 (4.20%) Senior Auditor
13 11 (3.85%) Data Model Manager
13 11 (3.85%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.55%) PySpark
2 12 (4.20%) CSS
2 12 (4.20%) HTML
3 10 (3.50%) .NET
4 9 (3.15%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (3.15%) Pandas
5 7 (2.45%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.45%) SubSonic
5 7 (2.45%) Vue
6 5 (1.75%) Kafka
7 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.70%) Middleware
8 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.35%) LangChain
8 1 (0.35%) Snowpark
8 1 (0.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.79%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.34%) Cybercrime
2 21 (7.34%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.15%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.15%) Social Media
4 6 (2.10%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.75%) Blockchain
5 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (1.40%) Data Fabric
6 4 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.40%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.40%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.05%) Blog
7 3 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.05%) Unix
1 3 (1.05%) Windows
2 2 (0.70%) AIX
3 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (100.00%) Analytics
2 107 (37.41%) AI
3 78 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
4 58 (20.28%) Agile
5 57 (19.93%) Data Governance
6 49 (17.13%) Decision-Making
7 46 (16.08%) Machine Learning
8 45 (15.73%) Information Security
9 44 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (15.03%) Data Analysis
11 42 (14.69%) Risk Management
12 41 (14.34%) Data Modelling
13 38 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (12.59%) Internal Audit
14 36 (12.59%) Roadmaps
15 35 (12.24%) Computer Science
15 35 (12.24%) Project Management
15 35 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (10.49%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 97 (33.92%) SQL
2 60 (20.98%) Python
3 11 (3.85%) C#
4 8 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.45%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.10%) VBA
7 4 (1.40%) R
8 1 (0.35%) Ada
8 1 (0.35%) C
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (27.27%) Degree
2 23 (8.04%) CISSP
3 21 (7.34%) CISM
4 20 (6.99%) CISA
5 15 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.20%) CGEIT
7 11 (3.85%) FFIEC
7 11 (3.85%) SANS
8 7 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.45%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.10%) APMG
9 6 (2.10%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.10%) CCIE
9 6 (2.10%) CCNP
9 6 (2.10%) CCSE
10 5 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.70%) ACCA
12 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.34%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.64%) GDPR
3 17 (5.94%) QA
4 13 (4.55%) COBIT
4 13 (4.55%) NIST
5 7 (2.45%) PERC
6 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.40%) PMO
8 3 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.05%) ITGC
9 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.35%) COSO
10 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) IFRS
10 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.35%) MiFID
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.50%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) IAG
3 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (5.24%) EnCase
1 15 (5.24%) FTK
2 10 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.50%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
4 2 (0.70%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.94%) Databricks
3 15 (5.24%) Cellebrite
3 15 (5.24%) Oracle
4 11 (3.85%) Google
5 9 (3.15%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.80%) Cisco
6 8 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.45%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.10%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.10%) Arista
8 6 (2.10%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.10%) F5
8 6 (2.10%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.10%) Informatica
8 6 (2.10%) Nuix
9 5 (1.75%) SAP
9 5 (1.75%) Talend
10 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.70%) Refinitiv