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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 119 190
Rank change year-on-year -79 +71 -56
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 277 344 338
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 2.86% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 3.03% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 172 143 174
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £43,688
25th Percentile £58,024 £59,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £90,625 £100,000 £89,375
90th Percentile £121,250 £122,500 £112,125
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 19,608 11,341 17,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.49% 94.16% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13,256 7,167 11,457
10th Percentile £40,804 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,668 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -46 27 £100,000 +11.11% 29
West London -11 15 £50,000 -23.08% 21
East London - 9 £115,000 - 5
South London +3 1 £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 (9.39%) SAS
2 9 (3.25%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.08%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.66%) SPSS
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.53%) Relativity
2 4 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Maximo
3 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.38%) Power Platform
2 43 (15.52%) Azure
3 30 (10.83%) AWS
4 19 (6.86%) GCP
5 17 (6.14%) Dropbox
6 14 (5.05%) GitHub
7 12 (4.33%) Snowflake
8 11 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (3.61%) dbt
9 10 (3.61%) Google Analytics
9 10 (3.61%) Serverless
10 8 (2.89%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.53%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (2.17%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.81%) SaaS
14 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.53%) CHAP
2 6 (2.17%) Network Security
3 4 (1.44%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) DSL
4 1 (0.36%) Firewall
4 1 (0.36%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.36%) NGFW
4 1 (0.36%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (21.66%) Power BI
2 34 (12.27%) Tableau
3 32 (11.55%) Big Data
4 24 (8.66%) EDRMS
5 17 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.97%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.89%) Looker
8 8 (2.89%) Metadata
9 7 (2.53%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.53%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.17%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.17%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.81%) Power Query
11 5 (1.81%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.08%) Data Vault
12 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database
12 3 (1.08%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 5 (1.81%) MLflow
2 3 (1.08%) Git
2 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 131 (47.29%) Finance
2 98 (35.38%) Social Skills
3 67 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (17.69%) Marketing
5 34 (12.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (11.19%) Legal
7 29 (10.47%) Banking
8 26 (9.39%) Law
9 24 (8.66%) Legal Technology
10 19 (6.86%) Retail
11 17 (6.14%) Financial Institution
12 13 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (3.61%) Aerospace
15 9 (3.25%) Public Sector
16 8 (2.89%) Telecoms
17 7 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (2.17%) French Language
18 6 (2.17%) Investment Banking
19 4 (1.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (18.05%) Senior
2 47 (16.97%) Analyst
3 41 (14.80%) Lead
4 36 (13.00%) Architect
5 31 (11.19%) Data Analyst
6 25 (9.03%) Analytics Manager
7 22 (7.94%) Data Analytics Manager
7 22 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (6.14%) Auditor
8 17 (6.14%) Data Engineer
8 17 (6.14%) Forensic Manager
8 17 (6.14%) Senior Manager
9 15 (5.42%) Data Manager
10 14 (5.05%) Data Model Manager
10 14 (5.05%) Senior Analytics Manager
11 12 (4.33%) Data Analytics Architect
12 11 (3.97%) Audit Manager
12 11 (3.97%) Data Architect
12 11 (3.97%) Developer
12 11 (3.97%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.97%) CSS
1 11 (3.97%) HTML
2 10 (3.61%) .NET
2 10 (3.61%) Terraform
3 9 (3.25%) .NET Core
3 9 (3.25%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.25%) ASP.NET Core
4 7 (2.53%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.53%) SubSonic
4 7 (2.53%) Vue
5 6 (2.17%) PySpark
6 5 (1.81%) Kafka
7 2 (0.72%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.72%) Pandas
8 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.36%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.36%) Middleware
8 1 (0.36%) Snowpark
8 1 (0.36%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 24 (8.66%) Cybercrime
3 17 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.89%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.89%) Social Media
5 7 (2.53%) Data Fabric
5 7 (2.53%) Educational Technology
6 6 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.81%) Housing Association
7 5 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.44%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.44%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) Blog
9 3 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.72%) Unix
1 2 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) AIX
2 1 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (100.00%) Analytics
2 104 (37.55%) AI
3 84 (30.32%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (19.49%) Decision-Making
5 53 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.69%) Machine Learning
7 47 (16.97%) Data Governance
8 45 (16.25%) Agile
9 44 (15.88%) Information Security
10 43 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (14.80%) Data Modelling
12 39 (14.08%) Visualisation
13 36 (13.00%) Actionable Insight
13 36 (13.00%) Computer Science
13 36 (13.00%) Data Analysis
14 34 (12.27%) Data Engineering
14 34 (12.27%) Roadmaps
15 33 (11.91%) Risk Management
15 33 (11.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (11.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (31.41%) SQL
2 50 (18.05%) Python
3 10 (3.61%) C#
4 8 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.89%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.17%) VBA
7 3 (1.08%) R
8 1 (0.36%) Ada
8 1 (0.36%) C
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Java
8 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (29.96%) Degree
2 16 (5.78%) CISSP
3 14 (5.05%) CISA
3 14 (5.05%) CISM
4 11 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.89%) CGEIT
6 7 (2.53%) FFIEC
6 7 (2.53%) SANS
6 7 (2.53%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.44%) APMG
8 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.44%) CCIE
8 4 (1.44%) CCNP
8 4 (1.44%) CCSE
8 4 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.72%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (15.88%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.50%) QA
3 15 (5.42%) GDPR
4 8 (2.89%) COBIT
4 8 (2.89%) NIST
5 7 (2.53%) PERC
6 6 (2.17%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.36%) COSO
8 1 (0.36%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.61%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) IAG
3 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (6.14%) EnCase
1 17 (6.14%) FTK
2 12 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.08%) Ansible
4 2 (0.72%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (9.75%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.14%) Cellebrite
2 17 (6.14%) Databricks
3 12 (4.33%) Google
4 11 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.61%) SAP
6 7 (2.53%) Nuix
6 7 (2.53%) Oracle
7 5 (1.81%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.81%) Cisco
7 5 (1.81%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.44%) Arista
8 4 (1.44%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.44%) F5
8 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.44%) Informatica
8 4 (1.44%) Talend
9 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.72%) FactSet
10 2 (0.72%) Refinitiv