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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 115 178
Rank change year-on-year -84 +63 -48
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 286 335 360
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 2.87% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 3.06% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 163 156 165
10th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £130,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £61,847 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.85% -2.99%

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 21,008 10,938 16,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.64% 93.82% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13,747 6,944 9,686
10th Percentile £40,829 £37,500 £41,336
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,406
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% -1.32%

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 13 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 13 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 -31 19 £100,000 +25.00% 69
West London -7 13 £50,000 -23.08% 12
East London - 3 £115,000 - 5
South London - 1 £30,000 - 3
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 30 (10.49%) SAS
2 5 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.70%) nginx
3 2 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (10.14%) SPSS
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.35%) InDesign
4 1 (0.35%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 72 (25.17%) Power Platform
2 46 (16.08%) Azure
3 37 (12.94%) AWS
4 22 (7.69%) Dropbox
5 19 (6.64%) SaaS
6 15 (5.24%) Snowflake
7 13 (4.55%) GitHub
8 12 (4.20%) dbt
8 12 (4.20%) GCP
9 10 (3.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
11 7 (2.45%) Google Analytics
11 7 (2.45%) Serverless
12 6 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.40%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.40%) Internet
1 4 (1.40%) Network Security
2 3 (1.05%) CHAP
3 2 (0.70%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.70%) VPN
4 1 (0.35%) DSL
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.35%) NGFW
4 1 (0.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (24.48%) Power BI
2 37 (12.94%) Big Data
3 29 (10.14%) EDRMS
4 25 (8.74%) Tableau
5 17 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.15%) Looker
8 9 (3.15%) Power Query
9 8 (2.80%) Star Schema
10 7 (2.45%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (2.10%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.75%) Metadata
12 5 (1.75%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.05%) OLTP
14 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Git
1 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) GitLab
2 2 (0.70%) MLflow
General
1 128 (44.76%) Finance
2 114 (39.86%) Social Skills
3 66 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (16.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (11.54%) Legal
6 29 (10.14%) Legal Technology
6 29 (10.14%) Marketing
7 22 (7.69%) Banking
8 21 (7.34%) Law
9 17 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (4.55%) Financial Institution
11 12 (4.20%) Public Sector
12 11 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.45%) Retail
14 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
16 3 (1.05%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 48 (16.78%) Senior
2 40 (13.99%) Analyst
3 35 (12.24%) Analytics Manager
4 34 (11.89%) Lead
5 31 (10.84%) Data Analyst
5 31 (10.84%) Data Analytics Manager
6 27 (9.44%) Architect
7 25 (8.74%) Audit Manager
8 22 (7.69%) Data Manager
8 22 (7.69%) Forensic Manager
9 21 (7.34%) Senior Manager
10 19 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (6.29%) Senior Analytics Manager
12 14 (4.90%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.90%) Data Model Manager
12 14 (4.90%) Developer
13 12 (4.20%) Data Analytics Architect
13 12 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (3.85%) Lead Architect
14 11 (3.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.20%) .NET
2 9 (3.15%) .NET Core
2 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET
2 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET Core
3 8 (2.80%) Terraform
4 7 (2.45%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.45%) SubSonic
4 7 (2.45%) Vue
5 4 (1.40%) CSS
5 4 (1.40%) HTML
5 4 (1.40%) NumPy
5 4 (1.40%) REST
6 3 (1.05%) Matplotlib
6 3 (1.05%) Pandas
7 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.70%) JSON
7 2 (0.70%) Kafka
7 2 (0.70%) React
8 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.49%) Management Information System
2 29 (10.14%) Cybercrime
3 17 (5.94%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.45%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.45%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.10%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.75%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.75%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.40%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.40%) Data Fabric
7 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.05%) Blog
8 3 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.05%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.05%) Social Media
9 2 (0.70%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.75%) Windows
2 3 (1.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (99.65%) Analytics
2 101 (35.31%) AI
3 100 (34.97%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (21.33%) Decision-Making
5 57 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (16.43%) Visualisation
8 45 (15.73%) Information Security
8 45 (15.73%) Machine Learning
9 43 (15.03%) Agile
10 42 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (13.99%) Data Modelling
12 39 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
13 36 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (11.89%) Fintech
15 31 (10.84%) SDLC
16 30 (10.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 30 (10.49%) Data Analysis
16 30 (10.49%) Service Delivery
17 29 (10.14%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Programming Languages
1 91 (31.82%) SQL
2 76 (26.57%) Python
3 15 (5.24%) C#
4 10 (3.50%) R
5 9 (3.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.75%) VBA
8 3 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.70%) Groovy
9 2 (0.70%) Java
9 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.35%) Ada
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) C++
10 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 81 (28.32%) Degree
2 15 (5.24%) Master's Degree
3 11 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.50%) CISSP
5 9 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.15%) PhD
6 8 (2.80%) CISA
6 8 (2.80%) CISM
6 8 (2.80%) Postgraduate
7 5 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.75%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.40%) CGEIT
8 4 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.05%) FFIEC
9 3 (1.05%) SANS
10 2 (0.70%) ACCA
10 2 (0.70%) APMG
10 2 (0.70%) CCSE
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.70%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.03%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.59%) QA
3 9 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.75%) GDPR
5 4 (1.40%) COBIT
5 4 (1.40%) NIST
5 4 (1.40%) PMO
6 2 (0.70%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) COSO
7 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (3.15%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) IAG
2 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.69%) EnCase
1 22 (7.69%) FTK
2 9 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.05%) SQL Sentry
4 2 (0.70%) Kibana
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.69%) Cellebrite
3 17 (5.94%) Databricks
4 11 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.15%) Alteryx
5 9 (3.15%) Google
5 9 (3.15%) SAP
6 7 (2.45%) Nuix
6 7 (2.45%) Relativity
7 3 (1.05%) Foundry
7 3 (1.05%) Informatica
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle
7 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.05%) RedGate
7 3 (1.05%) Talend
8 2 (0.70%) Ariba
8 2 (0.70%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.70%) Cisco
8 2 (0.70%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.70%) Palantir