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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 138 158
Rank change year-on-year -26 +20 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 282 304 482
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.34% 2.53% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 2.63% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 181 98 307
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,610 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,484 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.81% - -10.45%

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 17,135 11,543 21,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.58% 96.00% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,556 6,882 15,889
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -69 38 £100,000 +35.59% 37
East London +21 29 £87,500 - 5
West London -1 16 £50,000 -20.00% 8
South London +19 10 £41,375 -60.60% 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 21 (7.45%) SAS
2 16 (5.67%) Apache Spark
3 15 (5.32%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (10.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.96%) SPSS
3 9 (3.19%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Relativity
2 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 55 (19.50%) Power Platform
2 38 (13.48%) Azure
3 27 (9.57%) AWS
4 20 (7.09%) GCP
5 12 (4.26%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.90%) Dropbox
6 11 (3.90%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.19%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (3.19%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.84%) GitHub
9 6 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.77%) dbt
10 5 (1.77%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.42%) SaaS
11 4 (1.42%) Serverless
12 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.06%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.16%) CHAP
2 17 (6.03%) Broadband
3 5 (1.77%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) Skype
4 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.79%) Power BI
2 45 (15.96%) Tableau
3 24 (8.51%) Big Data
4 22 (7.80%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (4.96%) Data Mining
5 14 (4.96%) EDRMS
6 11 (3.90%) Apache Hive
6 11 (3.90%) BigQuery
6 11 (3.90%) Impala
7 9 (3.19%) Oracle Database
7 9 (3.19%) Parquet
7 9 (3.19%) Spark SQL
8 8 (2.84%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.84%) Metadata
9 6 (2.13%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.42%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (6.38%) Jenkins
2 16 (5.67%) TeamCity
3 10 (3.55%) Git
4 9 (3.19%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (1.42%) JIRA
5 4 (1.42%) MLflow
General
1 141 (50.00%) Finance
2 108 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 83 (29.43%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (19.50%) Banking
5 38 (13.48%) Marketing
6 31 (10.99%) Financial Institution
7 30 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (10.28%) Retail
9 24 (8.51%) Legal
10 18 (6.38%) Law
11 13 (4.61%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.90%) Retail Banking
13 9 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (3.19%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.48%) Aerospace
15 7 (2.48%) Public Sector
16 6 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.77%) French Language
18 4 (1.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (24.11%) Senior
2 64 (22.70%) Analyst
3 40 (14.18%) Auditor
4 37 (13.12%) Data Analyst
5 24 (8.51%) Architect
6 23 (8.16%) Security Auditor
7 21 (7.45%) Data Engineer
8 20 (7.09%) Internal Auditor
9 19 (6.74%) Lead
10 16 (5.67%) Data Manager
11 14 (4.96%) Business Analyst
11 14 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (4.96%) Senior Auditor
12 13 (4.61%) Trainee
12 13 (4.61%) Trainee Analyst
12 13 (4.61%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 12 (4.26%) Consultant
13 12 (4.26%) IT Auditor
14 11 (3.90%) Audit Manager
14 11 (3.90%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.67%) Akka
1 16 (5.67%) PySpark
2 12 (4.26%) CSS
2 12 (4.26%) HTML
3 9 (3.19%) Pandas
4 6 (2.13%) .NET
5 5 (1.77%) .NET Core
5 5 (1.77%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.77%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (1.42%) Kafka
7 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.06%) Middleware
7 3 (1.06%) SubSonic
7 3 (1.06%) Vue
8 2 (0.71%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.35%) LangChain
9 1 (0.35%) React
9 1 (0.35%) Streamlit
9 1 (0.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.48%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.03%) Video\Live Streaming
3 16 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.67%) Over-the-Top Content
4 14 (4.96%) Cybercrime
5 12 (4.26%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.84%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.48%) Social Media
9 6 (2.13%) Derivative
10 5 (1.77%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.77%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.77%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.42%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.42%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.06%) AIX
1 3 (1.06%) Unix
1 3 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (100.00%) Analytics
2 83 (29.43%) Agile
2 83 (29.43%) AI
3 79 (28.01%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (21.28%) Data Governance
5 56 (19.86%) Data Analysis
6 53 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (18.09%) Decision-Making
7 51 (18.09%) Project Management
8 50 (17.73%) Data Modelling
9 49 (17.38%) Risk Management
10 48 (17.02%) Coaching
10 48 (17.02%) Internal Audit
11 45 (15.96%) Information Security
11 45 (15.96%) Machine Learning
12 38 (13.48%) Risk Assessment
13 37 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (13.12%) Validation
14 34 (12.06%) Data Engineering
15 33 (11.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 90 (31.91%) SQL
2 74 (26.24%) Python
3 19 (6.74%) Scala
4 9 (3.19%) C#
5 8 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.77%) R
6 5 (1.77%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.06%) Java
9 2 (0.71%) VBA
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) C++
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (21.99%) Degree
2 32 (11.35%) CISA
2 32 (11.35%) CISSP
3 30 (10.64%) CISM
4 23 (8.16%) CGEIT
4 23 (8.16%) FFIEC
4 23 (8.16%) SANS
5 13 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.55%) Security Cleared
7 7 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.13%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.42%) ACCA
9 4 (1.42%) APMG
9 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.42%) CCIE
9 4 (1.42%) CCNP
9 4 (1.42%) CCSE
10 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.54%) Data Quality
2 31 (10.99%) GDPR
3 25 (8.87%) COBIT
3 25 (8.87%) NIST
4 8 (2.84%) QA
5 7 (2.48%) PERC
6 5 (1.77%) MiFID
7 4 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.42%) IFRS
7 4 (1.42%) IFRS 17
8 3 (1.06%) ITGC
9 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.35%) COSO
10 1 (0.35%) EMIR
10 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (7.80%) Docker
2 3 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.06%) IAG
Systems Management
1 22 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.90%) EnCase
2 11 (3.90%) FTK
3 10 (3.55%) Terraform
4 3 (1.06%) Ansible
5 2 (0.71%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 50 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.61%) Databricks
2 13 (4.61%) Oracle
3 11 (3.90%) Cellebrite
3 11 (3.90%) Cisco
4 9 (3.19%) Google
4 9 (3.19%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.13%) Informatica
7 5 (1.77%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.77%) Talend
8 4 (1.42%) Arista
8 4 (1.42%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.42%) F5
8 4 (1.42%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.42%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.42%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.06%) Citrix
9 3 (1.06%) Nuix
9 3 (1.06%) SAP