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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 143 140
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 333 365 435
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.29% 2.35% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.48% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 199 149 323
10th Percentile £35,000 £49,550 £49,600
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £110,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £61,418 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% - -11.11%

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 12,709 14,716 18,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.25% 94.76% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,119 8,029 14,524
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -20 47 £95,000 +10.14% 24
East London +6 21 £87,500 - 6
South London +46 9 £40,000 -30.43% 5
West London +4 6 £30,000 -62.50% 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 15 (4.50%) SAS
2 13 (3.90%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.00%) SPSS
4 6 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.60%) Relativity
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 82 (24.62%) Power Platform
2 65 (19.52%) Azure
3 52 (15.62%) AWS
4 26 (7.81%) SaaS
5 24 (7.21%) GCP
6 16 (4.80%) Snowflake
7 13 (3.90%) dbt
8 12 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (3.00%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.00%) Dropbox
9 10 (3.00%) Serverless
10 8 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.40%) GitHub
11 7 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.80%) Fivetran
13 4 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (1.20%) Matillion
13 4 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.71%) Broadband
2 17 (5.11%) CHAP
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (24.32%) Power BI
2 50 (15.02%) Tableau
3 44 (13.21%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (9.01%) Big Data
5 24 (7.21%) Data Mining
6 15 (4.50%) Metadata
6 15 (4.50%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (3.60%) Hadoop
9 10 (3.00%) Data Lake
9 10 (3.00%) EDRMS
9 10 (3.00%) Qlik Sense
9 10 (3.00%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.70%) Power Query
11 7 (2.10%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (1.50%) Looker
12 5 (1.50%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.11%) Jenkins
1 17 (5.11%) TeamCity
2 6 (1.80%) Git
3 4 (1.20%) MLflow
4 3 (0.90%) JIRA
5 2 (0.60%) ER Studio
General
1 159 (47.75%) Finance
2 118 (35.44%) Social Skills
3 87 (26.13%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.51%) Banking
4 45 (13.51%) Law
5 33 (9.91%) Marketing
6 32 (9.61%) Financial Institution
7 31 (9.31%) Legal
8 27 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (7.21%) Games
10 21 (6.31%) Front Office
11 17 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.30%) Retail
13 7 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.80%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.20%) International Banking
15 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.90%) Local Government
16 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (22.22%) Senior
2 65 (19.52%) Analyst
3 48 (14.41%) Data Analyst
4 34 (10.21%) Data Engineer
5 31 (9.31%) Auditor
6 27 (8.11%) Senior Manager
7 26 (7.81%) Internal Auditor
8 24 (7.21%) Architect
8 24 (7.21%) Audit Manager
8 24 (7.21%) Lead
9 22 (6.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 22 (6.61%) Developer
10 18 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (5.41%) Trainee
10 18 (5.41%) Trainee Analyst
10 18 (5.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 17 (5.11%) Security Auditor
12 15 (4.50%) Software Engineer
13 14 (4.20%) Data Analytics Analyst
13 14 (4.20%) Senior Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.11%) Akka
2 10 (3.00%) Kafka
3 9 (2.70%) PySpark
4 5 (1.50%) PyXLL
4 5 (1.50%) React
5 4 (1.20%) Middleware
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
6 2 (0.60%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.60%) XML
7 1 (0.30%) JSON
7 1 (0.30%) LangChain
7 1 (0.30%) LangGraph
7 1 (0.30%) Next.js
7 1 (0.30%) NumPy
7 1 (0.30%) Pandas
7 1 (0.30%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.30%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 34 (10.21%) Algorithms
3 20 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 18 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 17 (5.11%) Over-the-Top Content
6 10 (3.00%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.00%) Cybercrime
7 9 (2.70%) Fixed Income
8 8 (2.40%) Equities
9 7 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.10%) FMCG
10 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.20%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.20%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.20%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.90%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.00%) Unix
2 8 (2.40%) Linux
2 8 (2.40%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) AIX
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (100.00%) Analytics
2 107 (32.13%) Business Intelligence
3 101 (30.33%) AI
4 81 (24.32%) Agile
5 79 (23.72%) Decision-Making
6 69 (20.72%) Data Modelling
7 68 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (19.52%) Data Governance
9 63 (18.92%) Project Management
10 60 (18.02%) Risk Management
11 55 (16.52%) Data Analysis
12 51 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
12 51 (15.32%) Visualisation
13 48 (14.41%) Data Engineering
14 47 (14.11%) ETL
15 45 (13.51%) Machine Learning
16 43 (12.91%) Business Strategy
17 41 (12.31%) Coaching
17 41 (12.31%) DevOps
17 41 (12.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 132 (39.64%) Python
2 105 (31.53%) SQL
3 25 (7.51%) Scala
4 11 (3.30%) Java
4 11 (3.30%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.00%) R
6 8 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.10%) C#
8 6 (1.80%) C++
9 4 (1.20%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.60%) C
10 2 (0.60%) Perl
10 2 (0.60%) PHP
10 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.30%) Fortran
11 1 (0.30%) Go
11 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (27.63%) Degree
2 44 (13.21%) CISA
3 40 (12.01%) CISSP
4 37 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 32 (9.61%) CISM
6 26 (7.81%) PhD
7 18 (5.41%) ACCA
7 18 (5.41%) FFIEC
8 17 (5.11%) CGEIT
8 17 (5.11%) SANS
9 13 (3.90%) CRISC
10 10 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.70%) Security Cleared
12 8 (2.40%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.10%) SC Cleared
14 6 (1.80%) CIMA
15 3 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.60%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.41%) Data Quality
2 25 (7.51%) GDPR
2 25 (7.51%) NIST
3 24 (7.21%) COBIT
3 24 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.60%) IFRS
5 8 (2.40%) MiFID
5 8 (2.40%) QA
6 7 (2.10%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.80%) GRC
7 6 (1.80%) ITGC
8 3 (0.90%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) EMIR
10 1 (0.30%) GAAP
System Software
1 21 (6.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.70%) Terraform
3 8 (2.40%) EnCase
3 8 (2.40%) FTK
4 5 (1.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.21%) Databricks
3 11 (3.30%) SAP
4 10 (3.00%) Oracle
4 10 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.70%) Google
6 8 (2.40%) Cellebrite
7 6 (1.80%) Progress
8 5 (1.50%) GoldenSource
8 5 (1.50%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.20%) Cisco
9 4 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.20%) Informatica
9 4 (1.20%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.90%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.60%) IBM
11 2 (0.60%) iManage
11 2 (0.60%) Nuix
11 2 (0.60%) Talend