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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 131 170
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 -39
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 290 330 471
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.31% 2.65% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.78% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 189 120 288
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £52,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -11.11%

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 18,150 11,855 21,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.26% 95.14% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,433 7,351 15,427
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,073
Median % change year-on-year - +7.03% -6.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -50 36 £100,000 +33.33% 29
East London - 21 £87,500 - 7
West London +2 19 £50,000 -23.08% 8
South London +20 3 £30,000 -71.43% 4
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 23 (7.93%) SAS
2 15 (5.17%) Apache Spark
3 14 (4.83%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.10%) Apache
5 2 (0.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.86%) SPSS
3 9 (3.10%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Relativity
2 3 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 59 (20.34%) Power Platform
2 39 (13.45%) Azure
3 28 (9.66%) AWS
4 17 (5.86%) GCP
5 14 (4.83%) Snowflake
6 13 (4.48%) Dropbox
6 13 (4.48%) GitHub
7 11 (3.79%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.10%) Azure Machine Learning
8 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (3.10%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (2.41%) dbt
10 7 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.72%) Serverless
12 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.86%) CHAP
2 7 (2.41%) Broadband
3 5 (1.72%) Network Security
4 2 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) DSL
5 1 (0.34%) Skype
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (19.66%) Power BI
2 41 (14.14%) Tableau
3 25 (8.62%) Big Data
4 23 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (5.86%) EDRMS
6 11 (3.79%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.45%) BigQuery
7 10 (3.45%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.10%) Apache Hive
8 9 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.10%) Impala
8 9 (3.10%) Parquet
8 9 (3.10%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.41%) Data Mining
10 7 (2.41%) Metadata
10 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.07%) Delta Lake
12 5 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
12 5 (1.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (3.45%) Git
2 9 (3.10%) IBM UrbanCode
2 9 (3.10%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.07%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.72%) MLflow
5 4 (1.38%) JIRA
General
1 145 (50.00%) Finance
2 105 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 76 (26.21%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (15.17%) Banking
5 40 (13.79%) Marketing
6 30 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (9.31%) Legal
8 26 (8.97%) Retail
9 24 (8.28%) Financial Institution
10 17 (5.86%) Law
10 17 (5.86%) Legal Technology
11 14 (4.83%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.79%) Aerospace
12 11 (3.79%) Retail Banking
13 9 (3.10%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (2.07%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.72%) French Language
Job Titles
1 70 (24.14%) Analyst
2 64 (22.07%) Senior
3 41 (14.14%) Data Analyst
4 35 (12.07%) Auditor
5 30 (10.34%) Architect
6 27 (9.31%) Lead
7 17 (5.86%) Security Auditor
8 16 (5.52%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.52%) Data Engineer
9 15 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (5.17%) Senior Auditor
9 15 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.83%) Analytics Manager
10 14 (4.83%) Data Manager
10 14 (4.83%) Internal Auditor
11 13 (4.48%) Forensic Manager
12 12 (4.14%) Data Analytics Manager
12 12 (4.14%) Data Architect
12 12 (4.14%) Developer
12 12 (4.14%) IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.48%) PySpark
2 12 (4.14%) CSS
2 12 (4.14%) HTML
3 10 (3.45%) .NET
4 9 (3.10%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.10%) ASP.NET
4 9 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (3.10%) Pandas
5 7 (2.41%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.41%) SubSonic
5 7 (2.41%) Vue
6 6 (2.07%) Akka
7 4 (1.38%) Kafka
8 3 (1.03%) Middleware
9 2 (0.69%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.34%) Next.js
10 1 (0.34%) React
10 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
10 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.69%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.86%) Cybercrime
4 10 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.10%) Blockchain
6 8 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.76%) Social Media
7 7 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
8 6 (2.07%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.07%) Over-the-Top Content
9 5 (1.72%) Derivative
9 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.38%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.38%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.38%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.03%) AIX
1 3 (1.03%) Unix
1 3 (1.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (100.00%) Analytics
2 98 (33.79%) AI
3 82 (28.28%) Business Intelligence
4 72 (24.83%) Agile
5 55 (18.97%) Data Governance
6 52 (17.93%) Decision-Making
7 50 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (16.90%) Risk Management
9 48 (16.55%) Machine Learning
10 47 (16.21%) Information Security
11 45 (15.52%) Data Analysis
12 44 (15.17%) Data Modelling
13 42 (14.48%) Internal Audit
14 41 (14.14%) Project Management
15 40 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 35 (12.07%) Coaching
17 32 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
17 32 (11.03%) Validation
18 31 (10.69%) ETL
18 31 (10.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 95 (32.76%) SQL
2 63 (21.72%) Python
3 11 (3.79%) C#
4 9 (3.10%) TypeScript
5 8 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.76%) Scala
6 7 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.07%) VBA
8 4 (1.38%) R
9 1 (0.34%) Ada
9 1 (0.34%) C
9 1 (0.34%) C++
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (23.10%) Degree
2 25 (8.62%) CISSP
3 24 (8.28%) CISA
4 23 (7.93%) CISM
5 18 (6.21%) CGEIT
6 17 (5.86%) FFIEC
6 17 (5.86%) SANS
7 13 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.41%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.07%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.38%) APMG
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.38%) CCIE
11 4 (1.38%) CCNP
11 4 (1.38%) CCSE
12 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.03%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.69%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.41%) Data Quality
2 26 (8.97%) GDPR
3 19 (6.55%) COBIT
3 19 (6.55%) NIST
4 13 (4.48%) QA
5 7 (2.41%) PERC
6 4 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.38%) MiFID
7 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.03%) ITGC
7 3 (1.03%) PMO
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS
8 2 (0.69%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.34%) COSO
9 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.34%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (5.52%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.03%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.48%) EnCase
2 13 (4.48%) FTK
3 10 (3.45%) Terraform
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
5 2 (0.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 40 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.52%) Oracle
3 15 (5.17%) Databricks
4 13 (4.48%) Cellebrite
5 10 (3.45%) Cisco
5 10 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.10%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.41%) Google
7 7 (2.41%) Informatica
8 6 (2.07%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.07%) Talend
9 4 (1.38%) Arista
9 4 (1.38%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.38%) F5
9 4 (1.38%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.38%) Nuix
9 4 (1.38%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.38%) SAP
10 3 (1.03%) Citrix