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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 142 150
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 298 314 499
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.47% 2.48% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 2.58% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 190 120 329
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,199 £60,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £81,250 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.24% -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 16,586 12,149 21,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.78% 96.08% 91.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,138 7,429 15,994
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,464 £37,580
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 42 £100,000 +14.29% 34
East London +21 35 £87,500 - 6
West London -3 14 £50,000 -20.00% 9
South London +25 10 £41,375 -28.04% 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 16 (5.37%) Apache Airflow
1 16 (5.37%) SAS
2 15 (5.03%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.67%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.02%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.02%) SPSS
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.34%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Maximo
2 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 52 (17.45%) Power Platform
2 40 (13.42%) Azure
3 28 (9.40%) AWS
4 21 (7.05%) GCP
5 12 (4.03%) Amazon S3
6 10 (3.36%) SaaS
6 10 (3.36%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.02%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (3.02%) Dropbox
7 9 (3.02%) OpenShift
8 7 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.35%) dbt
8 7 (2.35%) GitHub
8 7 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.01%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.68%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.34%) Serverless
12 3 (1.01%) Azure AI
12 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.73%) CHAP
2 17 (5.70%) Broadband
3 4 (1.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.67%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Skype
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (16.78%) Power BI
1 50 (16.78%) Tableau
2 23 (7.72%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (7.05%) Big Data
4 18 (6.04%) Data Mining
5 13 (4.36%) BigQuery
6 11 (3.69%) Apache Hive
6 11 (3.69%) Impala
7 9 (3.02%) EDRMS
7 9 (3.02%) Oracle Database
7 9 (3.02%) Parquet
7 9 (3.02%) Spark SQL
8 8 (2.68%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.01%) Delta Lake
9 6 (2.01%) Metadata
9 6 (2.01%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.34%) Looker
10 4 (1.34%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.01%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.37%) Jenkins
1 16 (5.37%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.36%) Git
3 9 (3.02%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.68%) MLflow
5 4 (1.34%) JIRA
General
1 148 (49.66%) Finance
2 117 (39.26%) Social Skills
3 89 (29.87%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (21.81%) Banking
5 40 (13.42%) Marketing
6 35 (11.74%) Financial Institution
7 34 (11.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (10.07%) Retail
9 21 (7.05%) Law
10 19 (6.38%) Legal
11 13 (4.36%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.69%) Retail Banking
13 10 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (3.02%) Telecoms
15 7 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.35%) Public Sector
16 6 (2.01%) Aerospace
16 6 (2.01%) Games
17 5 (1.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (24.50%) Senior
2 67 (22.48%) Analyst
3 45 (15.10%) Auditor
4 38 (12.75%) Data Analyst
5 28 (9.40%) Security Auditor
6 26 (8.72%) Architect
6 26 (8.72%) Internal Auditor
7 22 (7.38%) Data Engineer
8 17 (5.70%) Lead
8 17 (5.70%) Trainee
8 17 (5.70%) Trainee Analyst
8 17 (5.70%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 15 (5.03%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.70%) Data Manager
10 14 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.70%) Senior Auditor
10 14 (4.70%) Senior Manager
11 13 (4.36%) Audit Manager
12 12 (4.03%) Consultant
12 12 (4.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.04%) PySpark
2 16 (5.37%) Akka
3 12 (4.03%) CSS
3 12 (4.03%) HTML
4 9 (3.02%) Pandas
5 5 (1.68%) .NET
6 4 (1.34%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.34%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.34%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.01%) Kafka
7 3 (1.01%) Middleware
8 2 (0.67%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.67%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.67%) React
8 2 (0.67%) SubSonic
8 2 (0.67%) Vue
9 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.34%) LangChain
9 1 (0.34%) Next.js
9 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.09%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.71%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.70%) Video\Live Streaming
4 16 (5.37%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (5.03%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.02%) Cybercrime
8 8 (2.68%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.35%) Social Media
10 6 (2.01%) Derivative
10 6 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.68%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.68%) OTC Derivatives
11 5 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.34%) Digital Media
12 4 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.68%) Unix
2 3 (1.01%) AIX
2 3 (1.01%) Windows
3 2 (0.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (100.00%) Analytics
2 92 (30.87%) Agile
3 83 (27.85%) AI
4 70 (23.49%) Business Intelligence
5 66 (22.15%) Project Management
6 62 (20.81%) Data Governance
7 61 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (20.13%) Data Analysis
9 57 (19.13%) Risk Management
10 56 (18.79%) Decision-Making
11 54 (18.12%) Coaching
11 54 (18.12%) Internal Audit
12 49 (16.44%) Data Modelling
13 44 (14.77%) Risk Assessment
14 43 (14.43%) Information Security
14 43 (14.43%) Machine Learning
14 43 (14.43%) Validation
15 39 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 38 (12.75%) Data Protection
17 36 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 90 (30.20%) SQL
2 83 (27.85%) Python
3 19 (6.38%) Scala
4 9 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.68%) C#
6 5 (1.68%) Java
6 5 (1.68%) R
7 3 (1.01%) C
7 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.67%) Perl
8 2 (0.67%) VBA
9 1 (0.34%) C++
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (20.47%) Degree
2 37 (12.42%) CISSP
3 36 (12.08%) CISA
3 36 (12.08%) CISM
4 29 (9.73%) CGEIT
4 29 (9.73%) FFIEC
4 29 (9.73%) SANS
5 15 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.36%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.68%) ACCA
9 7 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.01%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.34%) APMG
11 4 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.34%) CCIE
11 4 (1.34%) CCNP
11 4 (1.34%) CCSE
11 4 (1.34%) PhD
12 3 (1.01%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.76%) Data Quality
2 38 (12.75%) GDPR
3 31 (10.40%) COBIT
4 30 (10.07%) NIST
5 8 (2.68%) QA
6 7 (2.35%) PERC
7 6 (2.01%) MiFID
8 5 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.34%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.34%) IFRS
9 4 (1.34%) IFRS 17
10 3 (1.01%) ITGC
11 1 (0.34%) COSO
11 1 (0.34%) EMIR
11 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (7.05%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) IAG
Systems Management
1 21 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.02%) EnCase
2 9 (3.02%) FTK
3 8 (2.68%) Terraform
4 3 (1.01%) Ansible
5 2 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 51 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.36%) Databricks
2 13 (4.36%) Oracle
3 11 (3.69%) Cisco
4 9 (3.02%) Cellebrite
4 9 (3.02%) Google
4 9 (3.02%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.68%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.34%) Arista
7 4 (1.34%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.34%) F5
7 4 (1.34%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.34%) Informatica
7 4 (1.34%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.34%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.34%) SAP
8 3 (1.01%) Ariba
8 3 (1.01%) Citrix
8 3 (1.01%) Talend