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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 118 187
Rank change year-on-year -69 +69 -53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 286 343 340
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 2.84% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 3.01% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 173 140 175
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,875 £43,875
25th Percentile £58,199 £59,938 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.90% -4.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,313 £88,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,750 £112,000
England median annual salary £60,242 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% - -7.41%

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 19,598 11,387 17,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.65% 94.28% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,237 7,180 11,521
10th Percentile £40,825 £39,679 £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 £121,025 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 22 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 22 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 -41 29 £100,000 +11.11% 30
West London -5 16 £50,000 -23.08% 10
East London - 14 £115,000 - 8
South London +6 3 £30,000 -71.43% 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 26 (9.09%) SAS
2 15 (5.24%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.39%) SPSS
3 8 (2.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Relativity
2 4 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.68%) Power Platform
2 45 (15.73%) Azure
3 36 (12.59%) AWS
4 19 (6.64%) GCP
5 17 (5.94%) Dropbox
6 13 (4.55%) GitHub
7 12 (4.20%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.20%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.50%) dbt
8 10 (3.50%) Google Analytics
8 10 (3.50%) Serverless
9 8 (2.80%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.80%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.15%) CHAP
2 7 (2.45%) Network Security
3 4 (1.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) DSL
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.35%) NGFW
4 1 (0.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (20.98%) Power BI
2 41 (14.34%) Tableau
3 33 (11.54%) Big Data
4 24 (8.39%) EDRMS
5 17 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.15%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.15%) Parquet
9 8 (2.80%) Apache Hive
9 8 (2.80%) Impala
9 8 (2.80%) Looker
9 8 (2.80%) Metadata
9 8 (2.80%) Spark SQL
10 7 (2.45%) BigQuery
10 7 (2.45%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.10%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.10%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (3.15%) Git
2 8 (2.80%) IBM UrbanCode
3 4 (1.40%) MLflow
4 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 141 (49.30%) Finance
2 99 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 71 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (17.48%) Marketing
5 38 (13.29%) Banking
6 33 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (10.84%) Legal
8 26 (9.09%) Law
9 24 (8.39%) Legal Technology
10 20 (6.99%) Retail
11 19 (6.64%) Financial Institution
12 14 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (4.20%) Investment Banking
13 12 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (3.50%) Aerospace
14 10 (3.50%) Public Sector
15 9 (3.15%) Telecoms
16 6 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.75%) French Language
17 5 (1.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (18.53%) Analyst
2 51 (17.83%) Senior
3 40 (13.99%) Lead
4 35 (12.24%) Architect
5 31 (10.84%) Data Analyst
6 24 (8.39%) Analytics Manager
7 21 (7.34%) Data Analytics Manager
7 21 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (6.99%) Auditor
9 17 (5.94%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.94%) Forensic Manager
9 17 (5.94%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Data Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Data Model Manager
11 13 (4.55%) Senior Analytics Manager
12 11 (3.85%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.85%) Data Analytics Architect
12 11 (3.85%) Data Architect
12 11 (3.85%) Developer
13 10 (3.50%) Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.20%) PySpark
2 11 (3.85%) CSS
2 11 (3.85%) HTML
3 10 (3.50%) .NET
3 10 (3.50%) Terraform
4 9 (3.15%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.15%) ASP.NET Core
5 8 (2.80%) Pandas
6 7 (2.45%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.45%) SubSonic
6 7 (2.45%) Vue
7 5 (1.75%) Kafka
8 2 (0.70%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.35%) Middleware
9 1 (0.35%) Snowpark
9 1 (0.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.49%) Management Information System
2 24 (8.39%) Cybercrime
3 18 (6.29%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.80%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.80%) Social Media
5 7 (2.45%) Data Fabric
5 7 (2.45%) Educational Technology
6 6 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.10%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.75%) Housing Association
7 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.40%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.40%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.05%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.05%) Blog
9 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.05%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.70%) Unix
1 2 (0.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.35%) AIX
2 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (100.00%) Analytics
2 109 (38.11%) AI
3 84 (29.37%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (18.88%) Agile
4 54 (18.88%) Data Governance
4 54 (18.88%) Decision-Making
5 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.13%) Machine Learning
7 46 (16.08%) Information Security
8 44 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (14.34%) Data Analysis
9 41 (14.34%) Data Modelling
10 39 (13.64%) Visualisation
11 37 (12.94%) Actionable Insight
11 37 (12.94%) Computer Science
12 36 (12.59%) Risk Management
13 35 (12.24%) Data Engineering
13 35 (12.24%) Roadmaps
13 35 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (32.87%) SQL
2 56 (19.58%) Python
3 10 (3.50%) C#
4 8 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.45%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.10%) VBA
7 3 (1.05%) R
8 1 (0.35%) Ada
8 1 (0.35%) C
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (29.02%) Degree
2 19 (6.64%) CISSP
3 17 (5.94%) CISM
4 16 (5.59%) CISA
5 12 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.50%) CGEIT
7 9 (3.15%) FFIEC
7 9 (3.15%) SANS
8 7 (2.45%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.75%) APMG
9 5 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.75%) CCIE
9 5 (1.75%) CCNP
9 5 (1.75%) CCSE
9 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.70%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (17.48%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.29%) QA
3 17 (5.94%) GDPR
4 10 (3.50%) COBIT
4 10 (3.50%) NIST
5 7 (2.45%) PERC
6 6 (2.10%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.35%) COSO
8 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.35%) ITGC
8 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (3.50%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) IAG
3 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (5.94%) EnCase
1 17 (5.94%) FTK
2 12 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
4 2 (0.70%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.94%) Cellebrite
2 17 (5.94%) Databricks
3 13 (4.55%) Oracle
4 12 (4.20%) Google
5 10 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.50%) SAP
6 8 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.45%) Nuix
8 6 (2.10%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.10%) Cisco
8 6 (2.10%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.75%) Arista
9 5 (1.75%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.75%) F5
9 5 (1.75%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.40%) Informatica
10 4 (1.40%) Talend
11 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.70%) Ariba