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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 128 183
Rank change year-on-year -51 +55 -56
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 293 333 369
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.26% 2.71% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 2.87% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 184 134 198
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £42,938
25th Percentile £58,199 £59,813 £55,035
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,750 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +5.36% -6.67%
75th Percentile £92,813 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -6.72%

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 19,129 11,591 17,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.17% 94.37% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 13,008 7,362 12,338
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,164 £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 £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 1 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 1 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 -47 32 £100,000 +29.03% 37
West London -11 17 £50,000 -23.08% 8
East London - 15 £115,000 - 4
South London +1 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 27 (9.22%) SAS
2 16 (5.46%) Apache Spark
3 13 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.51%) SPSS
3 9 (3.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Relativity
2 4 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.82%) Power Platform
2 44 (15.02%) Azure
3 34 (11.60%) AWS
4 20 (6.83%) GCP
5 16 (5.46%) Dropbox
6 15 (5.12%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.78%) GitHub
8 12 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (3.07%) Azure Machine Learning
10 9 (3.07%) dbt
10 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (3.07%) OpenShift
10 9 (3.07%) Serverless
11 8 (2.73%) Google Analytics
12 7 (2.39%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.75%) CHAP
2 8 (2.73%) Network Security
3 4 (1.37%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) DSL
4 1 (0.34%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.34%) NGFW
4 1 (0.34%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (20.14%) Power BI
2 45 (15.36%) Tableau
3 33 (11.26%) Big Data
4 22 (7.51%) EDRMS
5 20 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.75%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.41%) BigQuery
7 10 (3.41%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.07%) Apache Hive
8 9 (3.07%) Data Lake
8 9 (3.07%) Impala
8 9 (3.07%) Parquet
8 9 (3.07%) Spark SQL
9 7 (2.39%) Looker
9 7 (2.39%) Metadata
9 7 (2.39%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.05%) Data Mining
10 6 (2.05%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.05%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.07%) Git
1 9 (3.07%) IBM UrbanCode
2 5 (1.71%) MLflow
3 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.02%) JIRA
General
1 148 (50.51%) Finance
2 102 (34.81%) Social Skills
3 76 (25.94%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (16.04%) Marketing
5 41 (13.99%) Banking
6 31 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (10.58%) Legal
7 27 (9.22%) Retail
8 23 (7.85%) Law
9 22 (7.51%) Legal Technology
10 19 (6.48%) Financial Institution
11 13 (4.44%) Investment Banking
12 12 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.75%) Aerospace
13 11 (3.75%) Public Sector
13 11 (3.75%) Telecoms
14 10 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (3.07%) Retail Banking
16 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 59 (20.14%) Analyst
1 59 (20.14%) Senior
2 34 (11.60%) Data Analyst
2 34 (11.60%) Lead
3 33 (11.26%) Architect
4 28 (9.56%) Auditor
5 20 (6.83%) Analytics Manager
6 18 (6.14%) Data Engineer
6 18 (6.14%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (5.80%) Data Analytics Manager
7 17 (5.80%) Senior Manager
8 16 (5.46%) Forensic Manager
9 14 (4.78%) Data Manager
10 13 (4.44%) Business Analyst
11 12 (4.10%) Audit Manager
11 12 (4.10%) Consultant
11 12 (4.10%) Data Architect
11 12 (4.10%) Senior Auditor
12 11 (3.75%) Data Model Manager
12 11 (3.75%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.44%) PySpark
2 12 (4.10%) CSS
2 12 (4.10%) HTML
3 10 (3.41%) .NET
4 9 (3.07%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.07%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (3.07%) Pandas
5 7 (2.39%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.39%) SubSonic
5 7 (2.39%) Vue
6 5 (1.71%) Kafka
7 2 (0.68%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.68%) Middleware
8 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.34%) LangChain
8 1 (0.34%) Snowpark
8 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.58%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.51%) Cybercrime
3 21 (7.17%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.07%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.07%) Social Media
5 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.05%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.05%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.71%) Blockchain
6 5 (1.71%) Educational Technology
6 5 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.71%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.37%) Data Fabric
7 4 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.37%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.02%) Blog
8 3 (1.02%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.02%) Unix
1 3 (1.02%) Windows
2 2 (0.68%) AIX
3 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (100.00%) Analytics
2 110 (37.54%) AI
3 83 (28.33%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (20.14%) Agile
5 58 (19.80%) Data Governance
6 51 (17.41%) Decision-Making
7 48 (16.38%) Machine Learning
8 46 (15.70%) Data Analysis
8 46 (15.70%) Information Security
8 46 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (15.02%) Data Modelling
10 42 (14.33%) Risk Management
11 40 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (12.63%) Computer Science
13 36 (12.29%) Internal Audit
13 36 (12.29%) Roadmaps
13 36 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (11.95%) Project Management
15 33 (11.26%) Visualisation
16 32 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (33.79%) SQL
2 61 (20.82%) Python
3 11 (3.75%) C#
4 8 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.73%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.05%) VBA
7 4 (1.37%) R
8 1 (0.34%) Ada
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 81 (27.65%) Degree
2 23 (7.85%) CISSP
3 21 (7.17%) CISM
4 20 (6.83%) CISA
5 15 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.10%) CGEIT
7 11 (3.75%) FFIEC
7 11 (3.75%) SANS
8 7 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.39%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.05%) APMG
9 6 (2.05%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.05%) CCIE
9 6 (2.05%) CCNP
9 6 (2.05%) CCSE
10 5 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.68%) ACCA
12 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (15.02%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.48%) GDPR
3 18 (6.14%) QA
4 13 (4.44%) COBIT
4 13 (4.44%) NIST
5 7 (2.39%) PERC
6 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.37%) PMO
8 3 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.02%) ITGC
9 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.34%) COSO
10 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) IFRS
10 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.34%) MiFID
10 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.41%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) IAG
3 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.46%) EnCase
1 16 (5.46%) FTK
2 10 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.41%) Terraform
3 3 (1.02%) Ansible
4 2 (0.68%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.80%) Databricks
3 16 (5.46%) Cellebrite
4 15 (5.12%) Oracle
5 12 (4.10%) Google
6 9 (3.07%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.73%) Cisco
7 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.39%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.39%) SAP
9 6 (2.05%) Alteryx
9 6 (2.05%) Arista
9 6 (2.05%) CheckPoint
9 6 (2.05%) F5
9 6 (2.05%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.05%) Informatica
9 6 (2.05%) Nuix
10 5 (1.71%) Talend
11 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.68%) Refinitiv