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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 140 146
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 318 336 510
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.66% 2.60% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.71% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 204 135 340
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £52,188 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £84,180 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +16.92% +0.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.45% +1.24% -7.69%

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 16,021 12,406 21,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.50% 96.10% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,467 7,550 16,119
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,084
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 17 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 17 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 -65 45 £95,000 +8.57% 40
East London +12 34 £87,500 - 9
West London -6 12 £30,000 -52.00% 17
South London +27 11 £40,000 -31.91% 3
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 (6.29%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (4.72%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.72%) SAS
3 11 (3.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (12.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.83%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.52%) SPSS
4 6 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.31%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Maximo
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 41 (12.89%) Azure
3 37 (11.64%) AWS
4 24 (7.55%) GCP
5 15 (4.72%) Snowflake
6 14 (4.40%) Amazon S3
7 13 (4.09%) SaaS
8 9 (2.83%) dbt
8 9 (2.83%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.52%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.52%) Dropbox
10 7 (2.20%) GitHub
11 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (1.89%) Serverless
12 5 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.57%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.26%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.94%) Azure AI
14 3 (0.94%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.49%) CHAP
2 18 (5.66%) Broadband
3 4 (1.26%) Network Security
4 2 (0.63%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) Skype
5 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (17.30%) Tableau
2 53 (16.67%) Power BI
3 28 (8.81%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (7.23%) Data Mining
5 22 (6.92%) Big Data
6 13 (4.09%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.46%) Apache Hive
7 11 (3.46%) Impala
8 10 (3.14%) Data Lake
8 10 (3.14%) Metadata
9 9 (2.83%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.83%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.83%) Parquet
9 9 (2.83%) Spark SQL
10 8 (2.52%) EDRMS
11 5 (1.57%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.26%) Looker
12 4 (1.26%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.94%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.35%) Jenkins
1 17 (5.35%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.14%) Git
3 9 (2.83%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.57%) MLflow
5 4 (1.26%) JIRA
General
1 160 (50.31%) Finance
2 125 (39.31%) Social Skills
3 102 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (19.81%) Banking
5 45 (14.15%) Marketing
6 34 (10.69%) Financial Institution
7 33 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (10.06%) Retail
9 20 (6.29%) Law
9 20 (6.29%) Legal
10 13 (4.09%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.46%) Retail Banking
12 8 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.52%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.89%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.57%) Games
15 5 (1.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (24.84%) Analyst
2 78 (24.53%) Senior
3 46 (14.47%) Data Analyst
4 44 (13.84%) Auditor
5 27 (8.49%) Data Engineer
6 26 (8.18%) Security Auditor
7 24 (7.55%) Internal Auditor
8 23 (7.23%) Architect
8 23 (7.23%) Lead
9 22 (6.92%) Trainee
9 22 (6.92%) Trainee Analyst
9 22 (6.92%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 20 (6.29%) Business Analyst
11 16 (5.03%) Senior Manager
12 15 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (4.72%) Senior Auditor
13 14 (4.40%) Audit Manager
14 12 (3.77%) Consultant
14 12 (3.77%) IT Auditor
14 12 (3.77%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.66%) PySpark
2 17 (5.35%) Akka
3 10 (3.14%) CSS
3 10 (3.14%) HTML
4 9 (2.83%) Pandas
5 4 (1.26%) React
6 3 (0.94%) Kafka
6 3 (0.94%) Middleware
7 2 (0.63%) Streamlit
8 1 (0.31%) JSON
8 1 (0.31%) LangChain
8 1 (0.31%) Next.js
8 1 (0.31%) XML
8 1 (0.31%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.58%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.86%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.66%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (5.35%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (4.72%) Blockchain
6 12 (3.77%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.83%) Fixed Income
8 8 (2.52%) Cybercrime
9 7 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.20%) Social Media
10 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.89%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.89%) Derivative
11 5 (1.57%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.57%) OTC Derivatives
11 5 (1.57%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.26%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.57%) Unix
2 3 (0.94%) AIX
2 3 (0.94%) Windows
3 2 (0.63%) Linux
4 1 (0.31%) Android
4 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (100.00%) Analytics
2 96 (30.19%) Agile
3 89 (27.99%) AI
4 77 (24.21%) Business Intelligence
5 73 (22.96%) Project Management
6 70 (22.01%) Data Governance
7 69 (21.70%) Data Analysis
8 66 (20.75%) Decision-Making
9 60 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (18.24%) Data Modelling
10 58 (18.24%) Risk Management
11 57 (17.92%) Coaching
12 52 (16.35%) Internal Audit
13 42 (13.21%) Machine Learning
13 42 (13.21%) Risk Assessment
14 41 (12.89%) ETL
14 41 (12.89%) Information Security
14 41 (12.89%) Validation
15 40 (12.58%) Data Engineering
16 39 (12.26%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 94 (29.56%) Python
2 93 (29.25%) SQL
3 22 (6.92%) Scala
4 11 (3.46%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.89%) R
6 5 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.57%) Java
7 3 (0.94%) C#
8 2 (0.63%) C
8 2 (0.63%) Perl
8 2 (0.63%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) C++
9 1 (0.31%) Go
9 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (21.07%) Degree
2 35 (11.01%) CISSP
3 34 (10.69%) CISA
3 34 (10.69%) CISM
4 27 (8.49%) CGEIT
4 27 (8.49%) FFIEC
4 27 (8.49%) SANS
5 18 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.77%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.14%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.52%) ACCA
8 8 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.89%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.26%) APMG
11 4 (1.26%) CCIE
11 4 (1.26%) CCNP
11 4 (1.26%) CCSE
11 4 (1.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.52%) Data Quality
2 38 (11.95%) GDPR
3 29 (9.12%) NIST
4 28 (8.81%) COBIT
5 9 (2.83%) MiFID
6 8 (2.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (2.20%) PERC
8 6 (1.89%) IFRS
9 4 (1.26%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.94%) ITGC
10 3 (0.94%) QA
11 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.31%) EMIR
12 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (6.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.14%) Terraform
3 8 (2.52%) EnCase
3 8 (2.52%) FTK
4 3 (0.94%) Ansible
5 2 (0.63%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.03%) Databricks
3 15 (4.72%) Oracle
4 11 (3.46%) Cisco
4 11 (3.46%) Google
5 9 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.52%) Cellebrite
7 6 (1.89%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.89%) Informatica
8 5 (1.57%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.57%) GoldenSource
8 5 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.26%) Arista
9 4 (1.26%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.26%) F5
9 4 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.26%) SAP
9 4 (1.26%) Talend
10 3 (0.94%) Refinitiv