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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 144 134
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 326 360 486
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.10% 2.39% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.51% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 199 143 364
10th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £44,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £69,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £111,000 £114,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -11.11%

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 13,394 14,356 19,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.47% 95.40% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,655 7,843 15,764
10th Percentile £37,425 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,390 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +3.99% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -34 45 £88,750 +1.43% 21
East London +11 23 £87,500 - 5
South London +49 9 £40,000 -30.43% 3
West London -1 6 £30,000 -52.00% 9
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 18 (5.52%) SAS
2 12 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.23%) Apache
5 3 (0.92%) Confluence
5 3 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (16.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.07%) SPSS
4 8 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.61%) Relativity
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 79 (24.23%) Power Platform
2 60 (18.40%) Azure
3 48 (14.72%) AWS
4 24 (7.36%) GCP
5 23 (7.06%) SaaS
6 16 (4.91%) Snowflake
7 12 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.68%) dbt
8 10 (3.07%) Dropbox
8 10 (3.07%) GitHub
9 9 (2.76%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.76%) Serverless
10 8 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.84%) Fivetran
13 5 (1.53%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.23%) Collibra
14 4 (1.23%) Matillion
14 4 (1.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.13%) CHAP
2 18 (5.52%) Broadband
3 2 (0.61%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (23.93%) Power BI
2 49 (15.03%) Tableau
3 39 (11.96%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (7.98%) Big Data
5 25 (7.67%) Data Mining
6 12 (3.68%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.37%) Metadata
8 10 (3.07%) EDRMS
8 10 (3.07%) Qlik Sense
9 9 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.76%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.76%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.45%) Power Query
11 7 (2.15%) Looker
11 7 (2.15%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.21%) Jenkins
1 17 (5.21%) TeamCity
2 6 (1.84%) Git
3 5 (1.53%) MLflow
4 4 (1.23%) JIRA
5 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
General
1 162 (49.69%) Finance
2 124 (38.04%) Social Skills
3 93 (28.53%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (14.42%) Banking
5 36 (11.04%) Law
6 31 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (9.51%) Legal
7 30 (9.20%) Financial Institution
8 28 (8.59%) Marketing
9 19 (5.83%) Games
10 18 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (4.91%) Retail
12 15 (4.60%) Front Office
13 7 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.53%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.23%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 80 (24.54%) Senior
2 75 (23.01%) Analyst
3 53 (16.26%) Data Analyst
4 34 (10.43%) Auditor
4 34 (10.43%) Data Engineer
5 29 (8.90%) Senior Manager
6 24 (7.36%) Internal Auditor
7 23 (7.06%) Audit Manager
8 22 (6.75%) Architect
8 22 (6.75%) Lead
8 22 (6.75%) Senior Analyst
9 21 (6.44%) Trainee
9 21 (6.44%) Trainee Analyst
9 21 (6.44%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 19 (5.83%) Security Auditor
11 17 (5.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 16 (4.91%) Developer
13 15 (4.60%) Senior Audit Manager
13 15 (4.60%) Software Engineer
14 12 (3.68%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.21%) Akka
2 9 (2.76%) PySpark
3 5 (1.53%) React
4 4 (1.23%) Kafka
4 4 (1.23%) Middleware
5 2 (0.61%) CSS
5 2 (0.61%) HTML
5 2 (0.61%) LangChain
5 2 (0.61%) PyXLL
5 2 (0.61%) Streamlit
5 2 (0.61%) XML
6 1 (0.31%) JSON
6 1 (0.31%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.31%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.31%) Next.js
6 1 (0.31%) NumPy
6 1 (0.31%) Pandas
6 1 (0.31%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.31%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.04%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.98%) Algorithms
3 22 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (5.52%) Video\Live Streaming
5 17 (5.21%) Over-the-Top Content
5 17 (5.21%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.60%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.99%) Blockchain
8 11 (3.37%) Fixed Income
9 10 (3.07%) Cybercrime
10 6 (1.84%) Derivative
10 6 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.53%) Equities
11 5 (1.53%) OTC Derivatives
11 5 (1.53%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.23%) FMCG
12 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.76%) Unix
2 7 (2.15%) Windows
3 6 (1.84%) Linux
4 3 (0.92%) AIX
5 1 (0.31%) Android
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (100.00%) Analytics
2 104 (31.90%) Business Intelligence
3 99 (30.37%) AI
4 80 (24.54%) Decision-Making
5 79 (24.23%) Agile
6 69 (21.17%) Project Management
7 65 (19.94%) Data Modelling
8 63 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (19.33%) Risk Management
9 61 (18.71%) Data Governance
10 57 (17.48%) Data Analysis
11 49 (15.03%) Visualisation
12 48 (14.72%) Coaching
13 45 (13.80%) Cybersecurity
13 45 (13.80%) Machine Learning
14 44 (13.50%) Information Security
15 43 (13.19%) ETL
16 41 (12.58%) Data Engineering
17 40 (12.27%) Internal Audit
18 38 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 125 (38.34%) Python
2 107 (32.82%) SQL
3 24 (7.36%) Scala
4 11 (3.37%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.76%) R
6 8 (2.45%) Java
7 7 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.23%) C#
9 3 (0.92%) C++
10 2 (0.61%) C
10 2 (0.61%) Perl
10 2 (0.61%) PHP
10 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (26.38%) Degree
2 41 (12.58%) CISA
3 39 (11.96%) CISSP
4 33 (10.12%) CISM
5 28 (8.59%) Master's Degree
6 21 (6.44%) FFIEC
7 20 (6.13%) CGEIT
7 20 (6.13%) SANS
8 18 (5.52%) PhD
9 16 (4.91%) ACCA
10 13 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.37%) CRISC
12 9 (2.76%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.45%) Security Cleared
14 6 (1.84%) SC Cleared
15 4 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (1.23%) CIMA
16 3 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
17 2 (0.61%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.80%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.59%) GDPR
3 26 (7.98%) NIST
4 25 (7.67%) COBIT
5 19 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.99%) IFRS
7 10 (3.07%) MiFID
8 9 (2.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.53%) ITGC
11 5 (1.53%) QA
12 4 (1.23%) GRC
12 4 (1.23%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.31%) EMIR
14 1 (0.31%) GAAP
System Software
1 21 (6.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.07%) Terraform
3 8 (2.45%) EnCase
3 8 (2.45%) FTK
4 4 (1.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 64 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.06%) Databricks
3 13 (3.99%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.76%) Google
4 9 (2.76%) Oracle
5 8 (2.45%) Cellebrite
6 7 (2.15%) SAP
7 6 (1.84%) Cisco
7 6 (1.84%) Informatica
8 5 (1.53%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.53%) GoldenSource
8 5 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.23%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.23%) Progress
10 3 (0.92%) Citrix
10 3 (0.92%) Talend
11 2 (0.61%) iManage
11 2 (0.61%) Nuix