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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 119 183
Rank change year-on-year -85 +64 -53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 273 334 358
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.05% 2.83% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 3.00% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 163 152 164
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,875 £43,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -0.69% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,625 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £130,000 £102,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 20,914 11,117 16,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.66% 94.12% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 13,933 6,996 10,030
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -38 23 £100,000 +25.00% 82
West London 0 14 £50,000 -23.08% 36
East London - 4 £115,000 - 7
South London +1 1 £30,000 -71.43% 6
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 29 (10.62%) SAS
2 6 (2.20%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.73%) nginx
4 2 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (10.26%) SPSS
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.37%) InDesign
4 1 (0.37%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) Maximo
2 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 66 (24.18%) Power Platform
2 43 (15.75%) Azure
3 33 (12.09%) AWS
4 21 (7.69%) Dropbox
5 15 (5.49%) GCP
6 13 (4.76%) GitHub
6 13 (4.76%) Snowflake
7 12 (4.40%) SaaS
8 11 (4.03%) dbt
9 10 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (3.66%) Google Analytics
10 8 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (2.93%) Serverless
11 7 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.83%) Network Security
2 4 (1.47%) CHAP
2 4 (1.47%) Internet
3 2 (0.73%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.73%) VPN
4 1 (0.37%) DSL
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.37%) NGFW
4 1 (0.37%) Skype
4 1 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (23.44%) Power BI
2 37 (13.55%) Big Data
3 28 (10.26%) EDRMS
4 27 (9.89%) Tableau
5 17 (6.23%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.03%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.93%) Looker
8 8 (2.93%) Power Query
9 7 (2.56%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.20%) Metadata
10 6 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.20%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (1.47%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.47%) SQL Server
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.10%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.47%) Git
2 4 (1.47%) JIRA
3 3 (1.10%) MLflow
4 2 (0.73%) GitLab
General
1 128 (46.89%) Finance
2 98 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 68 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.92%) Marketing
5 32 (11.72%) Legal
6 31 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (10.26%) Legal Technology
8 25 (9.16%) Law
9 24 (8.79%) Banking
10 15 (5.49%) Financial Institution
11 14 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (4.03%) Retail
14 8 (2.93%) Public Sector
15 7 (2.56%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (1.47%) Publishing
18 3 (1.10%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 47 (17.22%) Senior
2 42 (15.38%) Analyst
3 37 (13.55%) Lead
4 34 (12.45%) Analytics Manager
5 31 (11.36%) Architect
5 31 (11.36%) Data Analyst
6 30 (10.99%) Data Analytics Manager
7 22 (8.06%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (7.69%) Data Manager
8 21 (7.69%) Forensic Manager
8 21 (7.69%) Senior Manager
9 18 (6.59%) Senior Analytics Manager
10 15 (5.49%) Audit Manager
10 15 (5.49%) Data Engineer
11 14 (5.13%) Data Model Manager
12 13 (4.76%) Developer
13 12 (4.40%) Data Analytics Architect
14 11 (4.03%) Lead Architect
14 11 (4.03%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 10 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.40%) .NET
2 9 (3.30%) .NET Core
2 9 (3.30%) ASP.NET
2 9 (3.30%) ASP.NET Core
2 9 (3.30%) Terraform
3 7 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 7 (2.56%) CSS
3 7 (2.56%) HTML
3 7 (2.56%) SubSonic
3 7 (2.56%) Vue
4 4 (1.47%) NumPy
5 3 (1.10%) Kafka
5 3 (1.10%) Matplotlib
5 3 (1.10%) Pandas
5 3 (1.10%) REST
6 2 (0.73%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.73%) PySpark
6 2 (0.73%) React
7 1 (0.37%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.37%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.26%) Cybercrime
2 23 (8.42%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.56%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.20%) Social Media
6 5 (1.83%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.83%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.83%) Data Fabric
6 5 (1.83%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.47%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.47%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.10%) Blog
8 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.10%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.73%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.83%) Windows
2 3 (1.10%) Linux
3 2 (0.73%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (99.63%) Analytics
2 99 (36.26%) AI
3 90 (32.97%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (20.15%) Decision-Making
5 50 (18.32%) Machine Learning
6 47 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (16.48%) Information Security
7 45 (16.48%) Visualisation
8 44 (16.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
10 40 (14.65%) Agile
11 39 (14.29%) Data Modelling
12 35 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (11.72%) Fintech
15 30 (10.99%) Data Analysis
15 30 (10.99%) Data Governance
15 30 (10.99%) SDLC
16 29 (10.62%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 29 (10.62%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.30%) SQL
2 59 (21.61%) Python
3 14 (5.13%) C#
4 8 (2.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.93%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.83%) VBA
6 4 (1.47%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.47%) R
7 2 (0.73%) Groovy
7 2 (0.73%) Java
7 2 (0.73%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) Ada
8 1 (0.37%) C
8 1 (0.37%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 78 (28.57%) Degree
2 12 (4.40%) CISSP
3 10 (3.66%) CISM
3 10 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.30%) CISA
4 9 (3.30%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.56%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.83%) CGEIT
7 4 (1.47%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.47%) FFIEC
7 4 (1.47%) SANS
8 3 (1.10%) APMG
8 3 (1.10%) CCIE
8 3 (1.10%) CCNP
8 3 (1.10%) CCSE
8 3 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.10%) PhD
8 3 (1.10%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.73%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.02%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.86%) QA
3 9 (3.30%) GDPR
4 8 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.83%) COBIT
6 5 (1.83%) NIST
7 4 (1.47%) PMO
8 3 (1.10%) PERC
9 2 (0.73%) GRC
10 1 (0.37%) COSO
10 1 (0.37%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.66%) Docker
2 3 (1.10%) IAG
2 3 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (7.69%) EnCase
1 21 (7.69%) FTK
2 10 (3.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.73%) Kibana
3 2 (0.73%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.37%) Ansible
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (9.89%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.69%) Cellebrite
3 18 (6.59%) Databricks
4 12 (4.40%) Google
5 11 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.66%) SAP
7 7 (2.56%) Nuix
7 7 (2.56%) Relativity
8 4 (1.47%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.47%) Cisco
8 4 (1.47%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.10%) Arista
9 3 (1.10%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.10%) F5
9 3 (1.10%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.10%) Informatica
9 3 (1.10%) Oracle
9 3 (1.10%) Talend
10 2 (0.73%) Foundry
10 2 (0.73%) Palantir