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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 128 206
Rank change year-on-year -81 +78 -79
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 266 332 311
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.07% 2.78% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.96% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 167 141 157
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,125
25th Percentile £57,850 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £72,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.03% -0.69% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £130,000 £103,750
England median annual salary £62,174 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.52% - -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 20,107 11,233 17,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.80% 94.14% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,640 7,113 10,472
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -37 26 £100,000 +11.11% 86
West London -3 14 £50,000 -23.08% 23
East London - 5 £115,000 - 9
South London +1 1 £30,000 -71.43% 5
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 28 (10.53%) SAS
2 5 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (10.15%) SPSS
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.38%) InDesign
4 1 (0.38%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.38%) Maximo
2 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.38%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 63 (23.68%) Power Platform
2 44 (16.54%) Azure
3 30 (11.28%) AWS
4 20 (7.52%) Dropbox
5 19 (7.14%) GCP
6 14 (5.26%) GitHub
7 11 (4.14%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (3.76%) Google Analytics
9 9 (3.38%) dbt
10 8 (3.01%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.01%) Serverless
11 7 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.26%) SaaS
13 5 (1.88%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (1.50%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.26%) Network Security
2 5 (1.88%) CHAP
3 4 (1.50%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) DSL
4 1 (0.38%) Firewall
4 1 (0.38%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.38%) NGFW
4 1 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (22.93%) Power BI
2 35 (13.16%) Big Data
3 29 (10.90%) Tableau
4 27 (10.15%) EDRMS
5 12 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.14%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.01%) Looker
9 7 (2.63%) Metadata
9 7 (2.63%) Power Query
9 7 (2.63%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.63%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.26%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.26%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.50%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.13%) Data Vault
12 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.13%) MLflow
2 2 (0.75%) Git
2 2 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 125 (46.99%) Finance
2 96 (36.09%) Social Skills
3 65 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (16.92%) Marketing
5 32 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (11.28%) Legal
7 27 (10.15%) Legal Technology
8 25 (9.40%) Banking
9 24 (9.02%) Law
10 15 (5.64%) Financial Institution
10 15 (5.64%) Retail
11 14 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (3.38%) Public Sector
14 7 (2.63%) Aerospace
15 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.50%) French Language
16 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.50%) Publishing
17 3 (1.13%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 46 (17.29%) Senior
2 43 (16.17%) Analyst
3 40 (15.04%) Lead
4 32 (12.03%) Architect
5 30 (11.28%) Analytics Manager
5 30 (11.28%) Data Analyst
6 26 (9.77%) Data Analytics Manager
7 22 (8.27%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (7.89%) Senior Manager
9 20 (7.52%) Forensic Manager
10 19 (7.14%) Data Manager
11 18 (6.77%) Senior Analytics Manager
12 16 (6.02%) Data Engineer
13 15 (5.64%) Audit Manager
14 14 (5.26%) Data Model Manager
15 12 (4.51%) Data Analytics Architect
16 11 (4.14%) Developer
16 11 (4.14%) Lead Architect
16 11 (4.14%) Lead Solutions Architect
17 10 (3.76%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.76%) .NET
1 10 (3.76%) CSS
1 10 (3.76%) HTML
2 9 (3.38%) .NET Core
2 9 (3.38%) ASP.NET
2 9 (3.38%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (2.63%) AngularJS
3 7 (2.63%) SubSonic
3 7 (2.63%) Terraform
3 7 (2.63%) Vue
4 3 (1.13%) Kafka
5 2 (0.75%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.75%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.75%) NumPy
5 2 (0.75%) Pandas
5 2 (0.75%) PySpark
6 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.38%) Middleware
6 1 (0.38%) REST
6 1 (0.38%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.15%) Cybercrime
2 25 (9.40%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.63%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.26%) Social Media
6 5 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.88%) Data Fabric
6 5 (1.88%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.50%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.50%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.13%) Blog
8 3 (1.13%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.13%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.75%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.75%) Unix
1 2 (0.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) AIX
2 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (99.62%) Analytics
2 102 (38.35%) AI
3 88 (33.08%) Business Intelligence
4 53 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (19.17%) Decision-Making
6 49 (18.42%) Machine Learning
7 45 (16.92%) Information Security
8 42 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (15.04%) Visualisation
10 38 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
10 38 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 37 (13.91%) Agile
12 36 (13.53%) Data Governance
13 35 (13.16%) Computer Science
13 35 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (12.41%) Data Engineering
16 31 (11.65%) Fintech
17 30 (11.28%) Data Analysis
18 29 (10.90%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (30.08%) SQL
2 48 (18.05%) Python
3 10 (3.76%) C#
4 8 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.01%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.26%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.26%) VBA
6 2 (0.75%) Java
6 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.75%) R
7 1 (0.38%) Ada
7 1 (0.38%) C
7 1 (0.38%) C++
7 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (30.83%) Degree
2 14 (5.26%) CISSP
3 12 (4.51%) CISM
4 11 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.76%) CISA
6 7 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.26%) CGEIT
8 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.88%) FFIEC
8 5 (1.88%) SANS
8 5 (1.88%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.50%) APMG
9 4 (1.50%) CCIE
9 4 (1.50%) CCNP
9 4 (1.50%) CCSE
9 4 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.75%) ACCA
10 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.75%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.04%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.39%) QA
3 12 (4.51%) GDPR
4 6 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.26%) COBIT
4 6 (2.26%) NIST
4 6 (2.26%) PERC
5 5 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.50%) PMO
7 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) COSO
8 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.38%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (3.01%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) IAG
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (7.52%) EnCase
1 20 (7.52%) FTK
2 10 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.52%) Cellebrite
3 16 (6.02%) Databricks
4 12 (4.51%) Google
5 11 (4.14%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.76%) SAP
7 7 (2.63%) Nuix
7 7 (2.63%) Relativity
8 5 (1.88%) Cisco
8 5 (1.88%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.50%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.50%) Arista
9 4 (1.50%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.50%) F5
9 4 (1.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.13%) Informatica
10 3 (1.13%) Oracle
10 3 (1.13%) Talend
11 2 (0.75%) Ariba
11 2 (0.75%) Bloomberg