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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 142 152
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 290 310 497
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.42% 2.50% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.60% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 183 113 326
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,199 £60,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.89% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £119,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 16,616 11,906 21,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.62% 96.09% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,153 7,245 15,948
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £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 14 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 14 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 -72 41 £100,000 +14.29% 33
East London +18 31 £87,500 - 7
West London -7 14 £50,000 -20.00% 12
South London +23 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 17 (5.86%) SAS
2 15 (5.17%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (5.17%) Apache Spark
3 10 (3.45%) Apache
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.45%) SPSS
3 9 (3.10%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Maximo
2 1 (0.34%) Relativity
2 1 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 53 (18.28%) Power Platform
2 39 (13.45%) Azure
3 27 (9.31%) AWS
4 20 (6.90%) GCP
5 12 (4.14%) Amazon S3
6 10 (3.45%) SaaS
6 10 (3.45%) Snowflake
7 9 (3.10%) Azure Machine Learning
7 9 (3.10%) Dropbox
7 9 (3.10%) OpenShift
8 7 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.07%) dbt
9 6 (2.07%) GitHub
9 6 (2.07%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.38%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.38%) Serverless
11 3 (1.03%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.62%) CHAP
2 17 (5.86%) Broadband
3 4 (1.38%) Network Security
4 2 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Skype
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.59%) Power BI
2 49 (16.90%) Tableau
3 22 (7.59%) Big Data
3 22 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (5.86%) Data Mining
5 12 (4.14%) BigQuery
6 11 (3.79%) Apache Hive
6 11 (3.79%) Impala
7 10 (3.45%) EDRMS
8 9 (3.10%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.10%) Parquet
8 9 (3.10%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.07%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.07%) Metadata
11 5 (1.72%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.38%) Looker
12 4 (1.38%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.03%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.52%) Jenkins
1 16 (5.52%) TeamCity
2 10 (3.45%) Git
3 9 (3.10%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (1.72%) MLflow
5 4 (1.38%) JIRA
General
1 143 (49.31%) Finance
2 109 (37.59%) Social Skills
3 88 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (20.69%) Banking
5 39 (13.45%) Marketing
6 33 (11.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (10.69%) Financial Institution
8 29 (10.00%) Retail
9 22 (7.59%) Law
10 20 (6.90%) Legal
11 13 (4.48%) Investment Banking
12 11 (3.79%) Retail Banking
13 10 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (3.10%) Telecoms
15 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (2.41%) Public Sector
16 6 (2.07%) Aerospace
16 6 (2.07%) Games
17 5 (1.72%) French Language
Job Titles
1 72 (24.83%) Senior
2 66 (22.76%) Analyst
3 41 (14.14%) Auditor
4 37 (12.76%) Data Analyst
5 26 (8.97%) Architect
6 24 (8.28%) Security Auditor
7 22 (7.59%) Internal Auditor
8 20 (6.90%) Data Engineer
9 18 (6.21%) Lead
10 16 (5.52%) Trainee
10 16 (5.52%) Trainee Analyst
10 16 (5.52%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 15 (5.17%) Business Analyst
12 14 (4.83%) Data Manager
12 14 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (4.83%) Senior Auditor
13 13 (4.48%) Senior Manager
14 12 (4.14%) Audit Manager
14 12 (4.14%) Consultant
14 12 (4.14%) IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.21%) PySpark
2 16 (5.52%) Akka
3 12 (4.14%) CSS
3 12 (4.14%) HTML
4 9 (3.10%) Pandas
5 5 (1.72%) .NET
6 4 (1.38%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.38%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.03%) Kafka
7 3 (1.03%) Middleware
8 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.69%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.69%) SubSonic
8 2 (0.69%) Vue
9 1 (0.34%) LangChain
9 1 (0.34%) Next.js
9 1 (0.34%) React
9 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
9 1 (0.34%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.10%) Management Information System
2 19 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.86%) Video\Live Streaming
4 16 (5.52%) Over-the-Top Content
5 13 (4.48%) Blockchain
6 10 (3.45%) Cybercrime
6 10 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.76%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.41%) Social Media
9 6 (2.07%) Derivative
9 6 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.72%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.72%) OTC Derivatives
10 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.38%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.72%) Unix
2 3 (1.03%) AIX
2 3 (1.03%) Windows
3 2 (0.69%) Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (100.00%) Analytics
2 88 (30.34%) Agile
3 84 (28.97%) AI
4 72 (24.83%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (20.69%) Data Governance
6 59 (20.34%) Project Management
7 58 (20.00%) Data Analysis
8 56 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (18.97%) Decision-Making
10 53 (18.28%) Risk Management
11 51 (17.59%) Coaching
12 50 (17.24%) Internal Audit
13 49 (16.90%) Data Modelling
14 42 (14.48%) Machine Learning
15 40 (13.79%) Information Security
15 40 (13.79%) Risk Assessment
16 39 (13.45%) Validation
17 35 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 34 (11.72%) Data Engineering
18 34 (11.72%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 87 (30.00%) SQL
2 80 (27.59%) Python
3 19 (6.55%) Scala
4 8 (2.76%) C#
4 8 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.72%) Java
5 5 (1.72%) R
6 3 (1.03%) C
6 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.03%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.69%) Perl
7 2 (0.69%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
8 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (21.38%) Degree
2 33 (11.38%) CISSP
3 32 (11.03%) CISA
3 32 (11.03%) CISM
4 25 (8.62%) CGEIT
4 25 (8.62%) FFIEC
4 25 (8.62%) SANS
5 14 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.79%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.45%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.41%) ACCA
8 7 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.07%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.38%) APMG
10 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.38%) CCIE
10 4 (1.38%) CCNP
10 4 (1.38%) CCSE
10 4 (1.38%) PhD
11 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.14%) Data Quality
2 34 (11.72%) GDPR
3 27 (9.31%) COBIT
4 26 (8.97%) NIST
5 8 (2.76%) QA
6 7 (2.41%) PERC
7 6 (2.07%) MiFID
8 5 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.38%) IFRS
9 4 (1.38%) IFRS 17
10 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.03%) ITGC
11 1 (0.34%) COSO
11 1 (0.34%) EMIR
11 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (7.24%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.03%) IAG
Systems Management
1 21 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.10%) EnCase
2 9 (3.10%) FTK
3 8 (2.76%) Terraform
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
5 2 (0.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 50 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.48%) Databricks
2 13 (4.48%) Oracle
3 11 (3.79%) Cisco
4 9 (3.10%) Cellebrite
4 9 (3.10%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.76%) Google
5 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.72%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.38%) Arista
7 4 (1.38%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.38%) F5
7 4 (1.38%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.38%) Informatica
7 4 (1.38%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.38%) SAP
8 3 (1.03%) Ariba
8 3 (1.03%) Citrix
8 3 (1.03%) Talend