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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 120 188
Rank change year-on-year -60 +68 -53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 290 339 344
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 2.80% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.96% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 176 135 178
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £44,438
25th Percentile £58,199 £59,875 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,750
Median % change year-on-year - +6.01% -5.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £113,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.60% -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 19,550 11,435 17,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.68% 94.29% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 7,208 11,608
10th Percentile £40,770 £39,450 £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 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £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 19 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 19 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 -50 28 £100,000 +21.21% 31
West London -4 18 £50,000 -23.08% 13
East London - 14 £115,000 - 7
South London +7 3 £30,000 -71.43% 5
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 25 (8.62%) SAS
2 15 (5.17%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.79%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.10%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.93%) SPSS
3 8 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Relativity
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 63 (21.72%) Power Platform
2 45 (15.52%) Azure
3 36 (12.41%) AWS
4 20 (6.90%) GCP
5 16 (5.52%) Dropbox
6 13 (4.48%) Snowflake
7 12 (4.14%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.14%) GitHub
8 11 (3.79%) dbt
9 10 (3.45%) Google Analytics
9 10 (3.45%) Serverless
10 8 (2.76%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (2.76%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.10%) CHAP
2 7 (2.41%) Network Security
3 4 (1.38%) 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 (21.03%) Power BI
2 43 (14.83%) Tableau
3 32 (11.03%) Big Data
4 23 (7.93%) EDRMS
5 18 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.79%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.10%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.10%) Parquet
9 8 (2.76%) Apache Hive
9 8 (2.76%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.76%) Impala
9 8 (2.76%) Metadata
9 8 (2.76%) Spark SQL
10 7 (2.41%) Looker
10 7 (2.41%) Star Schema
11 6 (2.07%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.07%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.72%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Git
1 8 (2.76%) IBM UrbanCode
2 4 (1.38%) MLflow
3 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 142 (48.97%) Finance
2 100 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 71 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (17.24%) Marketing
5 37 (12.76%) Banking
6 33 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (10.69%) Legal
8 27 (9.31%) Law
9 23 (7.93%) Legal Technology
10 20 (6.90%) Retail
11 19 (6.55%) Financial Institution
12 14 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (3.79%) Aerospace
14 11 (3.79%) Investment Banking
15 10 (3.45%) Public Sector
15 10 (3.45%) Telecoms
16 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.72%) French Language
17 5 (1.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (18.62%) Analyst
2 53 (18.28%) Senior
3 40 (13.79%) Lead
4 35 (12.07%) Architect
5 33 (11.38%) Data Analyst
6 24 (8.28%) Analytics Manager
7 21 (7.24%) Auditor
7 21 (7.24%) Data Analytics Manager
8 20 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.55%) Data Engineer
10 17 (5.86%) Senior Manager
11 16 (5.52%) Forensic Manager
12 14 (4.83%) Data Manager
12 14 (4.83%) Data Model Manager
13 13 (4.48%) Senior Analytics Manager
14 12 (4.14%) Data Architect
15 11 (3.79%) Business Analyst
15 11 (3.79%) Data Analytics Architect
15 11 (3.79%) Developer
16 10 (3.45%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.14%) PySpark
2 11 (3.79%) CSS
2 11 (3.79%) HTML
3 10 (3.45%) .NET
4 9 (3.10%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.10%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
5 8 (2.76%) Pandas
6 7 (2.41%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.41%) SubSonic
6 7 (2.41%) Vue
7 5 (1.72%) Kafka
8 2 (0.69%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.34%) Middleware
9 1 (0.34%) Snowpark
9 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.93%) Cybercrime
3 18 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.10%) Social Media
5 8 (2.76%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.41%) Data Fabric
6 7 (2.41%) Educational Technology
7 6 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.07%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.72%) Housing Association
8 5 (1.72%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.38%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.03%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.69%) Unix
1 2 (0.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.34%) AIX
2 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (100.00%) Analytics
2 109 (37.59%) AI
3 84 (28.97%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (18.97%) Agile
4 55 (18.97%) Data Governance
4 55 (18.97%) Decision-Making
5 52 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (16.55%) Machine Learning
7 45 (15.52%) Information Security
8 44 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (14.83%) Data Analysis
9 43 (14.83%) Data Modelling
10 38 (13.10%) Visualisation
11 37 (12.76%) Computer Science
12 36 (12.41%) Actionable Insight
12 36 (12.41%) Risk Management
12 36 (12.41%) Roadmaps
13 35 (12.07%) Data Engineering
13 35 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 33 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (32.76%) SQL
2 56 (19.31%) Python
3 10 (3.45%) C#
4 8 (2.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.76%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.41%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.07%) VBA
7 3 (1.03%) 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 83 (28.62%) Degree
2 19 (6.55%) CISSP
3 17 (5.86%) CISA
3 17 (5.86%) CISM
4 12 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.45%) CGEIT
6 9 (3.10%) FFIEC
6 9 (3.10%) SANS
7 8 (2.76%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.72%) APMG
8 5 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.72%) CCIE
8 5 (1.72%) CCNP
8 5 (1.72%) CCSE
8 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.69%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.59%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.21%) QA
3 17 (5.86%) GDPR
4 10 (3.45%) COBIT
4 10 (3.45%) NIST
5 7 (2.41%) PERC
6 6 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.34%) COSO
8 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.34%) ITGC
8 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.45%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) IAG
3 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.52%) EnCase
1 16 (5.52%) FTK
2 12 (4.14%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.45%) Terraform
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
5 2 (0.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.86%) Databricks
3 16 (5.52%) Cellebrite
4 13 (4.48%) Oracle
5 12 (4.14%) Google
6 10 (3.45%) SAP
7 9 (3.10%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.76%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.41%) Nuix
10 6 (2.07%) Alteryx
10 6 (2.07%) Cisco
10 6 (2.07%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.72%) Arista
11 5 (1.72%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.72%) F5
11 5 (1.72%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.38%) Informatica
12 4 (1.38%) Talend
13 3 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.69%) Refinitiv