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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 138 153
Rank change year-on-year -23 +15 -1
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 297 318 500
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.46% 2.52% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.62% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 188 120 330
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% -0.69%
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 16,723 12,131 21,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.07% 96.11% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,130 7,358 15,996
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,800
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
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 9 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 9 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 41 £97,500 +11.43% 27
East London +16 35 £87,500 - 6
West London -9 13 £50,000 -20.00% 9
South London +24 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 (5.39%) Apache Airflow
1 16 (5.39%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.05%) SAS
3 11 (3.70%) 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.03%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.69%) SPSS
4 6 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
6 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 53 (17.85%) Power Platform
2 40 (13.47%) Azure
3 29 (9.76%) AWS
4 22 (7.41%) GCP
5 12 (4.04%) Amazon S3
6 10 (3.37%) SaaS
6 10 (3.37%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (3.03%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.69%) Dropbox
9 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.36%) dbt
9 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.02%) GitHub
10 6 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.68%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.35%) Serverless
13 3 (1.01%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.76%) CHAP
2 17 (5.72%) Broadband
3 4 (1.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.67%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Skype
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.17%) Power BI
2 50 (16.84%) Tableau
3 23 (7.74%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (7.07%) Big Data
5 18 (6.06%) Data Mining
6 13 (4.38%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.70%) Apache Hive
7 11 (3.70%) Impala
8 9 (3.03%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.03%) Parquet
8 9 (3.03%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.69%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.69%) EDRMS
10 7 (2.36%) Metadata
11 6 (2.02%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.02%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.35%) Looker
13 3 (1.01%) Hadoop
13 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
13 3 (1.01%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.39%) Jenkins
1 16 (5.39%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.37%) Git
3 9 (3.03%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.68%) MLflow
5 4 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 148 (49.83%) Finance
2 118 (39.73%) Social Skills
3 90 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (21.89%) Banking
5 40 (13.47%) Marketing
6 35 (11.78%) Financial Institution
7 34 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (10.10%) Retail
9 21 (7.07%) Law
10 18 (6.06%) Legal
11 13 (4.38%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.70%) Retail Banking
13 10 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (3.03%) Telecoms
15 7 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
16 6 (2.02%) Games
17 5 (1.68%) French Language
17 5 (1.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (24.58%) Senior
2 68 (22.90%) Analyst
3 45 (15.15%) Auditor
4 38 (12.79%) Data Analyst
5 28 (9.43%) Security Auditor
6 26 (8.75%) Internal Auditor
7 25 (8.42%) Architect
8 23 (7.74%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.72%) Lead
9 17 (5.72%) Trainee
9 17 (5.72%) Trainee Analyst
9 17 (5.72%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 16 (5.39%) Business Analyst
11 14 (4.71%) Data Manager
11 14 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (4.71%) Senior Auditor
11 14 (4.71%) Senior Manager
12 13 (4.38%) Audit Manager
13 12 (4.04%) Consultant
13 12 (4.04%) IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.06%) PySpark
2 16 (5.39%) Akka
3 12 (4.04%) CSS
3 12 (4.04%) HTML
4 9 (3.03%) Pandas
5 4 (1.35%) .NET
6 3 (1.01%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.01%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.01%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (1.01%) Kafka
6 3 (1.01%) Middleware
7 2 (0.67%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.67%) React
8 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.34%) JSON
8 1 (0.34%) SubSonic
8 1 (0.34%) Vue
8 1 (0.34%) XML
8 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.14%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.72%) Video\Live Streaming
4 16 (5.39%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (5.05%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.69%) Cybercrime
7 8 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.36%) Social Media
9 6 (2.02%) Derivative
9 6 (2.02%) Fixed Income
9 6 (2.02%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.68%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.68%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.35%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.35%) 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
1 297 (100.00%) Analytics
2 92 (30.98%) Agile
3 82 (27.61%) AI
4 70 (23.57%) Business Intelligence
5 67 (22.56%) Project Management
6 63 (21.21%) Data Governance
7 61 (20.54%) Data Analysis
7 61 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (19.53%) Decision-Making
9 57 (19.19%) Risk Management
10 54 (18.18%) Coaching
10 54 (18.18%) Internal Audit
11 51 (17.17%) Data Modelling
12 44 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
12 44 (14.81%) Validation
13 43 (14.48%) Machine Learning
14 42 (14.14%) Information Security
15 40 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 38 (12.79%) Data Protection
17 36 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 90 (30.30%) SQL
2 84 (28.28%) Python
3 19 (6.40%) Scala
4 9 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.36%) C#
6 6 (2.02%) R
7 5 (1.68%) Java
8 3 (1.01%) C
8 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.67%) C++
9 2 (0.67%) Perl
9 2 (0.67%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.67%) VBA
10 1 (0.34%) PHP
10 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (20.88%) Degree
2 37 (12.46%) CISSP
3 36 (12.12%) CISA
3 36 (12.12%) CISM
4 29 (9.76%) CGEIT
4 29 (9.76%) FFIEC
4 29 (9.76%) SANS
5 16 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.04%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.37%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.69%) ACCA
9 7 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.02%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.35%) APMG
11 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.35%) CCIE
11 4 (1.35%) CCNP
11 4 (1.35%) CCSE
11 4 (1.35%) PhD
12 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.48%) Data Quality
2 38 (12.79%) GDPR
3 31 (10.44%) COBIT
4 30 (10.10%) NIST
5 8 (2.69%) QA
6 7 (2.36%) MiFID
6 7 (2.36%) PERC
7 6 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.35%) IFRS
8 4 (1.35%) IFRS 17
9 3 (1.01%) ITGC
10 1 (0.34%) COSO
10 1 (0.34%) EMIR
10 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (6.73%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.69%) EnCase
2 8 (2.69%) FTK
2 8 (2.69%) Terraform
3 3 (1.01%) Ansible
4 2 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 50 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.71%) Databricks
3 13 (4.38%) Oracle
4 11 (3.70%) Cisco
5 9 (3.03%) Google
5 9 (3.03%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.69%) Cellebrite
6 8 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.68%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.35%) Arista
8 4 (1.35%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.35%) F5
8 4 (1.35%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.35%) Informatica
8 4 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.35%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.35%) SAP
9 3 (1.01%) Ariba
9 3 (1.01%) Citrix
9 3 (1.01%) Talend