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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 138 131
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 341 357 503
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.06% 2.61% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 2.71% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 208 144 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £94,375
90th Percentile £119,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,144 13,182 20,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.37% 96.19% 91.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9,174 7,653 15,948
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 March 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 March 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 -49 45 £85,000 -2.86% 10
East London +12 30 £87,500 - 7
South London +45 11 £40,000 -30.43% 4
West London -2 11 £30,000 -52.00% 8
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 (5.87%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (5.57%) SAS
3 17 (4.99%) Apache Spark
4 13 (3.81%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) Confluence
5 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.93%) SPSS
3 9 (2.64%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.59%) Relativity
4 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 72 (21.11%) Power Platform
2 57 (16.72%) Azure
3 46 (13.49%) AWS
4 22 (6.45%) GCP
4 22 (6.45%) SaaS
5 16 (4.69%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.81%) Snowflake
7 11 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.93%) Dropbox
9 9 (2.64%) dbt
9 9 (2.64%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.35%) GitHub
11 7 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.05%) Serverless
12 6 (1.76%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (1.76%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.17%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.04%) CHAP
2 18 (5.28%) Broadband
3 2 (0.59%) Internet
3 2 (0.59%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (20.82%) Power BI
2 53 (15.54%) Tableau
3 38 (11.14%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (7.33%) Data Mining
5 24 (7.04%) Big Data
6 14 (4.11%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.23%) Apache Hive
7 11 (3.23%) Impala
8 10 (2.93%) EDRMS
8 10 (2.93%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.64%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.64%) Parquet
9 9 (2.64%) Qlik Sense
9 9 (2.64%) Spark SQL
9 9 (2.64%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.35%) Star Schema
11 7 (2.05%) Metadata
12 6 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.76%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.76%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (4.99%) Jenkins
1 17 (4.99%) TeamCity
2 15 (4.40%) Git
3 9 (2.64%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.47%) JIRA
4 5 (1.47%) MLflow
General
1 179 (52.49%) Finance
2 137 (40.18%) Social Skills
3 99 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (17.60%) Banking
5 34 (9.97%) Legal
6 32 (9.38%) Marketing
7 31 (9.09%) Financial Institution
7 31 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (7.92%) Law
9 23 (6.74%) Retail
10 18 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (4.11%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.23%) Front Office
12 11 (3.23%) Games
13 10 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.64%) Retail Banking
15 7 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.76%) Public Sector
17 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (27.27%) Senior
2 83 (24.34%) Analyst
3 53 (15.54%) Data Analyst
4 42 (12.32%) Auditor
5 31 (9.09%) Data Engineer
6 30 (8.80%) Senior Manager
7 25 (7.33%) Internal Auditor
8 23 (6.74%) Architect
8 23 (6.74%) Audit Manager
8 23 (6.74%) Security Auditor
9 22 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
9 22 (6.45%) Trainee
9 22 (6.45%) Trainee Analyst
9 22 (6.45%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 21 (6.16%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.69%) Lead
12 15 (4.40%) Senior Audit Manager
13 13 (3.81%) Developer
13 13 (3.81%) Senior Auditor
13 13 (3.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.87%) PySpark
2 17 (4.99%) Akka
3 9 (2.64%) Pandas
4 5 (1.47%) React
5 3 (0.88%) CSS
5 3 (0.88%) HTML
6 2 (0.59%) Kafka
6 2 (0.59%) Middleware
6 2 (0.59%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.59%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) JSON
7 1 (0.29%) LangChain
7 1 (0.29%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.44%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.28%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (4.99%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.99%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.99%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (4.40%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.11%) Blockchain
7 10 (2.93%) Cybercrime
7 10 (2.93%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.76%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.76%) Derivative
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.47%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.17%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.05%) Unix
2 5 (1.47%) Linux
2 5 (1.47%) Windows
3 2 (0.59%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (100.00%) Analytics
2 98 (28.74%) AI
3 97 (28.45%) Agile
4 95 (27.86%) Business Intelligence
5 78 (22.87%) Decision-Making
6 74 (21.70%) Project Management
7 72 (21.11%) Data Governance
8 68 (19.94%) Data Analysis
8 68 (19.94%) Risk Management
9 64 (18.77%) Data Modelling
10 54 (15.84%) Coaching
10 54 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (15.25%) Internal Audit
12 48 (14.08%) Information Security
13 46 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (13.49%) ETL
14 44 (12.90%) Machine Learning
15 43 (12.61%) Visualisation
16 42 (12.32%) Scrum
17 39 (11.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 119 (34.90%) Python
2 109 (31.96%) SQL
3 22 (6.45%) Scala
4 10 (2.93%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.64%) R
6 7 (2.05%) Java
7 6 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.88%) C#
9 2 (0.59%) C
9 2 (0.59%) Perl
9 2 (0.59%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (21.99%) Degree
2 42 (12.32%) CISA
3 41 (12.02%) CISSP
4 37 (10.85%) CISM
5 24 (7.04%) CGEIT
5 24 (7.04%) FFIEC
5 24 (7.04%) SANS
6 17 (4.99%) Master's Degree
7 15 (4.40%) ACCA
7 15 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.52%) Security Cleared
9 9 (2.64%) PhD
10 8 (2.35%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.35%) CRISC
11 6 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.76%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (15.54%) Data Quality
2 29 (8.50%) GDPR
3 27 (7.92%) NIST
4 26 (7.62%) COBIT
5 15 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.81%) IFRS
7 10 (2.93%) MiFID
8 9 (2.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.17%) IFRS 17
11 4 (1.17%) ITGC
12 3 (0.88%) QA
13 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.29%) EMIR
14 1 (0.29%) GRC
14 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (6.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.23%) Terraform
3 8 (2.35%) EnCase
3 8 (2.35%) FTK
4 2 (0.59%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.28%) Databricks
2 18 (5.28%) Oracle
3 14 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.64%) Google
4 9 (2.64%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.35%) Cellebrite
5 8 (2.35%) Cisco
6 7 (2.05%) Informatica
7 6 (1.76%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.76%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.76%) GoldenSource
7 6 (1.76%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.17%) SAP
8 4 (1.17%) Talend
9 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.59%) EMC
10 2 (0.59%) HP
10 2 (0.59%) IBM