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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 142 158
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 -13
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 286 292 491
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.37% 2.46% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.56% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 183 97 314
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,300 £41,625
25th Percentile £59,375 £60,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.34% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £94,688
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -10.45%

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 17,092 11,423 21,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.64% 96.05% 90.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,546 6,852 15,854
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,594 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,555
Median % change year-on-year - +6.30% -5.93%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -68 39 £97,500 +20.00% 17
East London +17 29 £87,500 - 6
West London +1 16 £50,000 -20.00% 6
South London +19 10 £41,375 -60.60% 2
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 (6.99%) SAS
2 15 (5.24%) Apache Spark
3 14 (4.90%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.70%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.55%) SPSS
3 9 (3.15%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Relativity
1 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Maximo
2 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 55 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 41 (14.34%) Azure
3 27 (9.44%) AWS
4 20 (6.99%) GCP
5 12 (4.20%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.85%) Dropbox
6 11 (3.85%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.15%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (3.15%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.80%) SaaS
9 7 (2.45%) GitHub
10 6 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.75%) dbt
11 5 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.40%) Serverless
13 3 (1.05%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.05%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.04%) CHAP
2 17 (5.94%) Broadband
3 5 (1.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) Skype
4 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.53%) Power BI
2 46 (16.08%) Tableau
3 24 (8.39%) Big Data
4 23 (8.04%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (5.24%) Data Mining
6 13 (4.55%) EDRMS
7 11 (3.85%) Apache Hive
7 11 (3.85%) BigQuery
7 11 (3.85%) Impala
8 9 (3.15%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.15%) Parquet
8 9 (3.15%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.80%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.45%) Metadata
11 6 (2.10%) Delta Lake
12 5 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.75%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.75%) NoSQL
13 4 (1.40%) Star Schema
14 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (5.94%) Jenkins
2 16 (5.59%) TeamCity
3 10 (3.50%) Git
4 9 (3.15%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (1.40%) JIRA
5 4 (1.40%) MLflow
General
1 138 (48.25%) Finance
2 109 (38.11%) Social Skills
3 83 (29.02%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (19.58%) Banking
5 39 (13.64%) Marketing
6 31 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (10.14%) Financial Institution
7 29 (10.14%) Retail
8 23 (8.04%) Legal
9 19 (6.64%) Law
10 13 (4.55%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.85%) Retail Banking
12 10 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (3.15%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.45%) Aerospace
14 7 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (2.45%) Public Sector
15 6 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.75%) French Language
17 4 (1.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (24.48%) Senior
2 65 (22.73%) Analyst
3 40 (13.99%) Auditor
4 38 (13.29%) Data Analyst
5 26 (9.09%) Architect
6 23 (8.04%) Security Auditor
7 20 (6.99%) Data Engineer
7 20 (6.99%) Internal Auditor
8 19 (6.64%) Lead
9 15 (5.24%) Data Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Senior Auditor
10 14 (4.90%) Trainee
10 14 (4.90%) Trainee Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 12 (4.20%) Consultant
11 12 (4.20%) Data Architect
11 12 (4.20%) IT Auditor
12 11 (3.85%) Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.29%) PySpark
2 16 (5.59%) Akka
3 12 (4.20%) CSS
3 12 (4.20%) HTML
4 9 (3.15%) Pandas
5 6 (2.10%) .NET
6 5 (1.75%) .NET Core
6 5 (1.75%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.75%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.05%) Kafka
7 3 (1.05%) Middleware
7 3 (1.05%) SubSonic
7 3 (1.05%) Vue
8 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.35%) LangChain
9 1 (0.35%) Next.js
9 1 (0.35%) React
9 1 (0.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.94%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.94%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.94%) Video\Live Streaming
3 16 (5.59%) Over-the-Top Content
4 13 (4.55%) Cybercrime
5 12 (4.20%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.80%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.45%) Social Media
9 6 (2.10%) Derivative
10 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.75%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.40%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.40%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.40%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.40%) Unix
2 3 (1.05%) AIX
2 3 (1.05%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (100.00%) Analytics
2 83 (29.02%) AI
3 82 (28.67%) Agile
4 77 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (21.33%) Data Governance
6 57 (19.93%) Data Analysis
7 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (18.53%) Project Management
8 50 (17.48%) Data Modelling
8 50 (17.48%) Decision-Making
9 49 (17.13%) Coaching
9 49 (17.13%) Risk Management
10 48 (16.78%) Internal Audit
11 45 (15.73%) Machine Learning
12 43 (15.03%) Information Security
13 38 (13.29%) Risk Assessment
14 37 (12.94%) Validation
15 36 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 33 (11.54%) Data Engineering
16 33 (11.54%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 90 (31.47%) SQL
2 79 (27.62%) Python
3 19 (6.64%) Scala
4 9 (3.15%) C#
5 8 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.75%) R
6 5 (1.75%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.40%) Java
8 2 (0.70%) C
8 2 (0.70%) VBA
9 1 (0.35%) C++
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) PHP
9 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (21.68%) Degree
2 32 (11.19%) CISSP
3 31 (10.84%) CISA
4 30 (10.49%) CISM
5 23 (8.04%) CGEIT
5 23 (8.04%) FFIEC
5 23 (8.04%) SANS
6 14 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.50%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.10%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.75%) ACCA
11 4 (1.40%) APMG
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.40%) CCIE
11 4 (1.40%) CCNP
11 4 (1.40%) CCSE
12 3 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.05%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.99%) Data Quality
2 31 (10.84%) GDPR
3 25 (8.74%) COBIT
3 25 (8.74%) NIST
4 8 (2.80%) QA
5 7 (2.45%) PERC
6 5 (1.75%) MiFID
7 4 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.40%) IFRS
7 4 (1.40%) IFRS 17
8 3 (1.05%) ITGC
9 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.35%) COSO
10 1 (0.35%) EMIR
10 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (7.69%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.05%) IAG
Systems Management
1 22 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.85%) EnCase
2 11 (3.85%) FTK
3 8 (2.80%) Terraform
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
5 2 (0.70%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 51 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.55%) Databricks
2 13 (4.55%) Oracle
3 11 (3.85%) Cellebrite
3 11 (3.85%) Cisco
4 9 (3.15%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.80%) Google
5 8 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.75%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.75%) Informatica
7 4 (1.40%) Arista
7 4 (1.40%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.40%) F5
7 4 (1.40%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.40%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.40%) Talend
8 3 (1.05%) Citrix
8 3 (1.05%) SAP
9 2 (0.70%) Ariba