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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 148 129
Rank change year-on-year +16 -19 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 339 312 507
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.87% 2.43% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.52% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 214 132 340
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,050 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £61,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,813
90th Percentile £122,500 £119,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.88%

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 15,295 12,359 20,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.40% 96.25% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,994 7,534 15,961
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,875 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -47 46 £92,500 +5.71% 36
East London +10 33 £87,500 - 8
South London +44 11 £40,000 -30.43% 3
West London -7 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 20 (5.90%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (4.42%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.42%) SAS
3 11 (3.24%) Apache
4 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.59%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.36%) SPSS
4 7 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 64 (18.88%) Power Platform
2 48 (14.16%) Azure
3 40 (11.80%) AWS
4 25 (7.37%) GCP
5 17 (5.01%) SaaS
6 15 (4.42%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.13%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.65%) dbt
8 9 (2.65%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.36%) Dropbox
9 8 (2.36%) GitHub
10 6 (1.77%) Azure Machine Learning
10 6 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.47%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.47%) Serverless
12 4 (1.18%) Collibra
12 4 (1.18%) Fivetran
12 4 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.37%) CHAP
2 18 (5.31%) Broadband
3 4 (1.18%) Network Security
4 2 (0.59%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) Skype
5 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.58%) Power BI
2 61 (17.99%) Tableau
3 33 (9.73%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (7.67%) Data Mining
5 23 (6.78%) Big Data
6 13 (3.83%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.24%) Apache Hive
7 11 (3.24%) Impala
8 10 (2.95%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.95%) Metadata
8 10 (2.95%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.65%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.65%) Parquet
9 9 (2.65%) Spark SQL
10 8 (2.36%) EDRMS
11 6 (1.77%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (1.77%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.47%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 17 (5.01%) Jenkins
1 17 (5.01%) TeamCity
2 13 (3.83%) Git
3 9 (2.65%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
4 4 (1.18%) MLflow
General
1 169 (49.85%) Finance
2 132 (38.94%) Social Skills
3 109 (32.15%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (17.99%) Banking
5 45 (13.27%) Marketing
6 37 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (9.73%) Retail
8 31 (9.14%) Financial Institution
9 25 (7.37%) Legal
10 24 (7.08%) Law
11 13 (3.83%) Investment Banking
11 13 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.95%) Retail Banking
14 8 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.06%) Front Office
15 7 (2.06%) Games
15 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 84 (24.78%) Analyst
1 84 (24.78%) Senior
2 50 (14.75%) Data Analyst
3 44 (12.98%) Auditor
4 28 (8.26%) Data Engineer
5 26 (7.67%) Internal Auditor
6 24 (7.08%) Lead
6 24 (7.08%) Security Auditor
7 23 (6.78%) Trainee
7 23 (6.78%) Trainee Analyst
7 23 (6.78%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 22 (6.49%) Senior Manager
9 21 (6.19%) Architect
10 20 (5.90%) Business Analyst
11 19 (5.60%) Audit Manager
12 18 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (4.13%) IT Auditor
13 14 (4.13%) Senior Auditor
14 13 (3.83%) Developer
15 12 (3.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.31%) PySpark
2 17 (5.01%) Akka
3 10 (2.95%) CSS
3 10 (2.95%) HTML
4 9 (2.65%) Pandas
5 5 (1.47%) React
6 2 (0.59%) Kafka
6 2 (0.59%) Middleware
6 2 (0.59%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.59%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) JSON
7 1 (0.29%) LangChain
7 1 (0.29%) Next.js
7 1 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.39%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.31%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (5.01%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.13%) Blockchain
7 13 (3.83%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.95%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.65%) Fixed Income
10 8 (2.36%) Cybercrime
10 8 (2.36%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.06%) Social Media
12 6 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.77%) Derivative
13 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.47%) OTC Derivatives
13 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
14 4 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.06%) Unix
2 5 (1.47%) Linux
2 5 (1.47%) Windows
3 2 (0.59%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (100.00%) Analytics
2 98 (28.91%) AI
3 96 (28.32%) Agile
4 88 (25.96%) Business Intelligence
5 76 (22.42%) Project Management
6 75 (22.12%) Decision-Making
7 74 (21.83%) Data Analysis
7 74 (21.83%) Data Governance
8 64 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (17.99%) Data Modelling
9 61 (17.99%) Risk Management
10 58 (17.11%) Coaching
11 52 (15.34%) Internal Audit
12 45 (13.27%) ETL
13 43 (12.68%) Information Security
14 42 (12.39%) Machine Learning
15 41 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
15 41 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
16 40 (11.80%) Data Engineering
16 40 (11.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (31.27%) Python
2 104 (30.68%) SQL
3 22 (6.49%) Scala
4 14 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.65%) R
6 6 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.77%) Java
7 3 (0.88%) C#
8 2 (0.59%) C
8 2 (0.59%) Perl
8 2 (0.59%) PHP
9 1 (0.29%) C++
9 1 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (20.94%) Degree
2 39 (11.50%) CISSP
3 38 (11.21%) CISA
4 35 (10.32%) CISM
5 25 (7.37%) CGEIT
5 25 (7.37%) FFIEC
5 25 (7.37%) SANS
6 17 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.13%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.54%) ACCA
9 10 (2.95%) Security Cleared
10 8 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.77%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.77%) PhD
11 6 (1.77%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.18%) APMG
12 4 (1.18%) CCIE
12 4 (1.18%) CCNP
12 4 (1.18%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.57%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.62%) GDPR
3 27 (7.96%) NIST
4 26 (7.67%) COBIT
5 9 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.65%) MiFID
6 8 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (2.36%) IFRS
7 7 (2.06%) PERC
8 4 (1.18%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.88%) ITGC
10 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.59%) QA
10 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.29%) EMIR
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (5.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.65%) Terraform
3 7 (2.06%) EnCase
3 7 (2.06%) FTK
4 2 (0.59%) Ansible
4 2 (0.59%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 67 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.60%) Oracle
3 16 (4.72%) Databricks
4 11 (3.24%) Cisco
4 11 (3.24%) Google
4 11 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.65%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.06%) Cellebrite
6 7 (2.06%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.06%) Informatica
6 7 (2.06%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.77%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.47%) GoldenSource
9 4 (1.18%) Arista
9 4 (1.18%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.18%) F5
9 4 (1.18%) SAP
9 4 (1.18%) Talend
10 3 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.88%) Refinitiv