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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 124 183
Rank change year-on-year -59 +59 -47
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 298 338 347
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.26% 2.75% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 2.92% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 182 134 181
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £58,199 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -0.80% -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 19,445 11,575 17,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.93% 94.27% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 13,141 7,329 11,840
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -44 31 £100,000 +29.03% 39
West London -10 17 £50,000 -23.08% 13
East London - 14 £115,000 - 6
South London +3 3 £30,000 -71.43% 2
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 27 (9.06%) SAS
2 16 (5.37%) Apache Spark
3 14 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.72%) SPSS
3 9 (3.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Relativity
2 4 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 63 (21.14%) Power Platform
2 46 (15.44%) Azure
3 36 (12.08%) AWS
4 22 (7.38%) GCP
5 16 (5.37%) Dropbox
6 15 (5.03%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.70%) GitHub
8 13 (4.36%) Amazon S3
9 12 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (4.03%) dbt
10 10 (3.36%) Google Analytics
10 10 (3.36%) Serverless
11 9 (3.02%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.68%) Azure Machine Learning
12 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
16 4 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
16 4 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.36%) CHAP
2 8 (2.68%) Network Security
3 4 (1.34%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) DSL
4 1 (0.34%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.34%) NGFW
4 1 (0.34%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (20.47%) Power BI
2 45 (15.10%) Tableau
3 33 (11.07%) Big Data
4 23 (7.72%) EDRMS
5 20 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.69%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.36%) BigQuery
7 10 (3.36%) Oracle Database
7 10 (3.36%) Parquet
8 9 (3.02%) Apache Hive
8 9 (3.02%) Impala
8 9 (3.02%) Looker
8 9 (3.02%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.68%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.68%) Metadata
10 7 (2.35%) Star Schema
11 6 (2.01%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.01%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (3.02%) Git
1 9 (3.02%) IBM UrbanCode
2 4 (1.34%) MLflow
3 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 149 (50.00%) Finance
2 105 (35.23%) Social Skills
3 77 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (16.44%) Marketing
5 42 (14.09%) Banking
6 33 (11.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (10.40%) Legal
8 28 (9.40%) Law
9 25 (8.39%) Retail
10 23 (7.72%) Legal Technology
11 20 (6.71%) Financial Institution
12 14 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (4.03%) Investment Banking
13 12 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (3.69%) Aerospace
14 11 (3.69%) Public Sector
14 11 (3.69%) Telecoms
15 8 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (2.35%) Retail Banking
17 5 (1.68%) French Language
Job Titles
1 57 (19.13%) Analyst
1 57 (19.13%) Senior
2 40 (13.42%) Lead
3 35 (11.74%) Architect
4 34 (11.41%) Data Analyst
5 24 (8.05%) Auditor
6 23 (7.72%) Analytics Manager
7 21 (7.05%) Data Engineer
8 20 (6.71%) Data Analytics Manager
9 19 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (6.04%) Senior Manager
11 16 (5.37%) Forensic Manager
12 14 (4.70%) Data Manager
13 13 (4.36%) Data Architect
13 13 (4.36%) Data Model Manager
14 12 (4.03%) Business Analyst
14 12 (4.03%) Senior Analytics Manager
15 11 (3.69%) Audit Manager
15 11 (3.69%) Consultant
15 11 (3.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.36%) PySpark
2 12 (4.03%) CSS
2 12 (4.03%) HTML
3 10 (3.36%) .NET
4 9 (3.02%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.02%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.02%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (3.02%) Pandas
5 7 (2.35%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.35%) SubSonic
5 7 (2.35%) Vue
6 5 (1.68%) Kafka
7 2 (0.67%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.67%) Middleware
8 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.34%) Snowpark
8 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.72%) Cybercrime
3 20 (6.71%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.02%) Social Media
5 8 (2.68%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.35%) Data Fabric
6 7 (2.35%) Educational Technology
7 6 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.34%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.34%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.34%) Housing Association
9 4 (1.34%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.01%) Blog
10 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.01%) Unix
1 3 (1.01%) Windows
2 2 (0.67%) AIX
3 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (100.00%) Analytics
2 111 (37.25%) AI
3 84 (28.19%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (19.80%) Agile
4 59 (19.80%) Data Governance
5 55 (18.46%) Decision-Making
6 52 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (15.77%) Machine Learning
8 46 (15.44%) Data Analysis
8 46 (15.44%) Data Modelling
8 46 (15.44%) Information Security
9 43 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (13.42%) Computer Science
11 39 (13.09%) Risk Management
12 37 (12.42%) Visualisation
13 36 (12.08%) Actionable Insight
13 36 (12.08%) Roadmaps
13 36 (12.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 33 (11.07%) Data Engineering
14 33 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (33.89%) SQL
2 61 (20.47%) Python
3 11 (3.69%) C#
4 8 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.68%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.01%) VBA
7 3 (1.01%) R
8 1 (0.34%) Ada
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 85 (28.52%) Degree
2 22 (7.38%) CISSP
3 20 (6.71%) CISM
4 19 (6.38%) CISA
5 14 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.69%) CGEIT
7 10 (3.36%) FFIEC
7 10 (3.36%) SANS
8 8 (2.68%) Security Cleared
9 7 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.01%) APMG
10 6 (2.01%) CCIE
10 6 (2.01%) CCNP
10 6 (2.01%) CCSE
11 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.34%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.67%) ACCA
14 2 (0.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.11%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.04%) GDPR
2 18 (6.04%) QA
3 12 (4.03%) COBIT
3 12 (4.03%) NIST
4 7 (2.35%) PERC
5 6 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.34%) PMO
7 3 (1.01%) ITGC
8 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.34%) COSO
9 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.34%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) IFRS
9 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.36%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) IAG
3 2 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.37%) EnCase
1 16 (5.37%) FTK
2 11 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.69%) Terraform
3 3 (1.01%) Ansible
4 2 (0.67%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.70%) Databricks
3 16 (5.37%) Cellebrite
4 14 (4.70%) Google
4 14 (4.70%) Oracle
5 9 (3.02%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.02%) SAP
6 7 (2.35%) Cisco
6 7 (2.35%) Nuix
6 7 (2.35%) Palo Alto
6 7 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.01%) Arista
7 6 (2.01%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.01%) F5
7 6 (2.01%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.68%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.34%) Informatica
9 4 (1.34%) Talend
10 3 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.67%) Refinitiv