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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 138 136
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 343 363 479
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.13% 2.50% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 2.61% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 207 145 347
10th Percentile £35,000 £48,000 £45,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +0.84%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £119,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 13,824 13,919 19,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.01% 95.81% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,922 7,771 15,698
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,881 £39,231
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 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 28 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 -40 46 £85,000 -1.45% 19
East London +11 28 £87,500 - 9
South London +46 11 £40,000 -30.43% 1
West London -2 11 £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 20 (5.83%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (5.25%) SAS
3 16 (4.66%) Apache Spark
4 12 (3.50%) Apache
5 3 (0.87%) Confluence
5 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (16.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.92%) SPSS
4 8 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.58%) Relativity
4 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (22.16%) Power Platform
2 58 (16.91%) Azure
3 51 (14.87%) AWS
4 23 (6.71%) GCP
5 22 (6.41%) SaaS
6 16 (4.66%) Amazon S3
6 16 (4.66%) Snowflake
7 12 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.21%) dbt
9 10 (2.92%) Dropbox
10 9 (2.62%) GitHub
11 8 (2.33%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.75%) Fivetran
13 6 (1.75%) Serverless
14 5 (1.46%) Azure Machine Learning
15 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.17%) Collibra
15 4 (1.17%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.41%) CHAP
2 18 (5.25%) Broadband
3 2 (0.58%) Internet
3 2 (0.58%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (21.87%) Power BI
2 58 (16.91%) Tableau
3 37 (10.79%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (7.87%) Data Mining
5 26 (7.58%) Big Data
6 13 (3.79%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.21%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.92%) Apache Hive
8 10 (2.92%) EDRMS
8 10 (2.92%) Impala
8 10 (2.92%) Qlik Sense
9 9 (2.62%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.33%) Metadata
10 8 (2.33%) Oracle Database
10 8 (2.33%) Parquet
10 8 (2.33%) Spark SQL
10 8 (2.33%) Star Schema
11 7 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.04%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.75%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 17 (4.96%) Jenkins
1 17 (4.96%) TeamCity
2 14 (4.08%) Git
3 8 (2.33%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.46%) JIRA
5 4 (1.17%) MLflow
General
1 179 (52.19%) Finance
2 132 (38.48%) Social Skills
3 102 (29.74%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (16.62%) Banking
5 33 (9.62%) Legal
6 32 (9.33%) Law
7 30 (8.75%) Financial Institution
7 30 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (8.75%) Marketing
8 21 (6.12%) Retail
9 20 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (4.08%) Games
11 12 (3.50%) Front Office
11 12 (3.50%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.04%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.75%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (25.66%) Senior
2 84 (24.49%) Analyst
3 55 (16.03%) Data Analyst
4 38 (11.08%) Auditor
5 34 (9.91%) Data Engineer
6 31 (9.04%) Senior Manager
7 24 (7.00%) Audit Manager
7 24 (7.00%) Internal Auditor
8 23 (6.71%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee Analyst
8 23 (6.71%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 22 (6.41%) Architect
10 21 (6.12%) Security Auditor
11 20 (5.83%) Business Analyst
12 17 (4.96%) Lead
13 15 (4.37%) Senior Audit Manager
14 14 (4.08%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.79%) Developer
15 13 (3.79%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.96%) Akka
1 17 (4.96%) PySpark
2 9 (2.62%) Pandas
3 5 (1.46%) React
4 3 (0.87%) CSS
4 3 (0.87%) HTML
5 2 (0.58%) LangChain
5 2 (0.58%) Middleware
5 2 (0.58%) Streamlit
5 2 (0.58%) XML
6 1 (0.29%) JSON
6 1 (0.29%) Kafka
6 1 (0.29%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.29%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.29%) Next.js
6 1 (0.29%) NumPy
6 1 (0.29%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.29%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.79%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.83%) Algorithms
4 18 (5.25%) Video\Live Streaming
5 17 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.96%) Over-the-Top Content
6 16 (4.66%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.79%) Blockchain
8 10 (2.92%) Cybercrime
8 10 (2.92%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.75%) Derivative
9 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.46%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.46%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.17%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.17%) Equities
12 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.33%) Unix
2 6 (1.75%) Linux
2 6 (1.75%) Windows
3 2 (0.58%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (100.00%) Analytics
2 99 (28.86%) AI
2 99 (28.86%) Business Intelligence
3 91 (26.53%) Agile
4 79 (23.03%) Decision-Making
5 74 (21.57%) Project Management
6 69 (20.12%) Data Analysis
7 67 (19.53%) Data Governance
8 65 (18.95%) Data Modelling
8 65 (18.95%) Risk Management
9 59 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (15.16%) Coaching
11 48 (13.99%) Internal Audit
11 48 (13.99%) Visualisation
12 47 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (13.41%) ETL
13 46 (13.41%) Information Security
14 42 (12.24%) Machine Learning
15 41 (11.95%) Scrum
16 40 (11.66%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 127 (37.03%) Python
2 115 (33.53%) SQL
3 22 (6.41%) Scala
4 11 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.62%) R
6 8 (2.33%) Java
7 5 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.87%) C#
9 2 (0.58%) C
9 2 (0.58%) Perl
9 2 (0.58%) PHP
9 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (23.32%) Degree
2 42 (12.24%) CISA
3 41 (11.95%) CISSP
4 36 (10.50%) CISM
5 22 (6.41%) CGEIT
5 22 (6.41%) FFIEC
5 22 (6.41%) Master's Degree
5 22 (6.41%) SANS
6 16 (4.66%) ACCA
7 14 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.50%) PhD
9 10 (2.92%) Security Cleared
10 9 (2.62%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.62%) CRISC
11 6 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.75%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.17%) CIMA
13 3 (0.87%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (14.87%) Data Quality
2 28 (8.16%) GDPR
3 26 (7.58%) NIST
4 25 (7.29%) COBIT
5 17 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (3.79%) IFRS
7 10 (2.92%) MiFID
8 9 (2.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.46%) ITGC
10 5 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.17%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.87%) QA
13 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.58%) GRC
14 1 (0.29%) EMIR
14 1 (0.29%) GAAP
14 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (6.12%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.92%) Terraform
3 8 (2.33%) EnCase
3 8 (2.33%) FTK
4 2 (0.58%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.83%) Databricks
3 17 (4.96%) Oracle
4 13 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.62%) Google
6 8 (2.33%) Cellebrite
6 8 (2.33%) Cisco
6 8 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.75%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.75%) Informatica
7 6 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.46%) GoldenSource
8 5 (1.46%) SAP
9 4 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.87%) Talend
11 2 (0.58%) F5
11 2 (0.58%) iManage
11 2 (0.58%) Nuix