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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 121 195
Rank change year-on-year -77 +74 -65
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 272 338 306
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 2.87% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 3.05% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 174 143 162
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,250 £129,000 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -6.72%

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 19,609 11,091 17,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.08% 94.05% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,331 7,011 10,877
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,063 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -38 27 £100,000 +8.11% 50
West London -4 14 £50,000 -23.08% 23
East London - 9 £115,000 - 6
South London 0 1 £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 27 (9.93%) SAS
2 6 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (9.56%) SPSS
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.37%) InDesign
3 1 (0.37%) Inkscape
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Maximo
2 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.06%) Power Platform
2 45 (16.54%) Azure
3 30 (11.03%) AWS
4 20 (7.35%) GCP
5 19 (6.99%) Dropbox
6 14 (5.15%) GitHub
7 12 (4.41%) Snowflake
8 11 (4.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (3.68%) dbt
9 10 (3.68%) Google Analytics
10 9 (3.31%) Serverless
11 8 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (2.57%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (2.21%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (1.84%) SaaS
15 4 (1.47%) Amazon S3
15 4 (1.47%) Azure Databricks
15 4 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.57%) CHAP
2 6 (2.21%) Network Security
3 4 (1.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.37%) DSL
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) GoToMeeting
4 1 (0.37%) NGFW
4 1 (0.37%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (21.32%) Power BI
2 34 (12.50%) Big Data
3 31 (11.40%) Tableau
4 26 (9.56%) EDRMS
5 14 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.04%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.94%) Looker
9 7 (2.57%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.57%) Metadata
9 7 (2.57%) Power Query
9 7 (2.57%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.57%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.21%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (1.84%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.84%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.10%) Data Vault
12 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.74%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) MLflow
2 3 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.74%) Git
3 2 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 128 (47.06%) Finance
2 94 (34.56%) Social Skills
3 67 (24.63%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (16.91%) Marketing
5 33 (12.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (10.66%) Legal
7 26 (9.56%) Banking
7 26 (9.56%) Legal Technology
8 24 (8.82%) Law
9 18 (6.62%) Retail
10 17 (6.25%) Financial Institution
11 13 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (3.31%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.57%) Aerospace
14 6 (2.21%) French Language
14 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.47%) Publishing
17 3 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (17.28%) Senior
2 46 (16.91%) Analyst
3 41 (15.07%) Lead
4 33 (12.13%) Architect
5 32 (11.76%) Data Analyst
6 28 (10.29%) Analytics Manager
7 24 (8.82%) Data Analytics Manager
8 22 (8.09%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (7.35%) Senior Manager
10 19 (6.99%) Forensic Manager
11 17 (6.25%) Data Manager
11 17 (6.25%) Senior Analytics Manager
12 16 (5.88%) Data Engineer
13 14 (5.15%) Audit Manager
13 14 (5.15%) Auditor
13 14 (5.15%) Data Model Manager
14 12 (4.41%) Data Analytics Architect
15 11 (4.04%) Developer
15 11 (4.04%) Lead Architect
15 11 (4.04%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.04%) CSS
1 11 (4.04%) HTML
2 10 (3.68%) .NET
3 9 (3.31%) .NET Core
3 9 (3.31%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.31%) ASP.NET Core
3 9 (3.31%) Terraform
4 7 (2.57%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.57%) SubSonic
4 7 (2.57%) Vue
5 4 (1.47%) Kafka
6 3 (1.10%) PySpark
7 2 (0.74%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.37%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.37%) Middleware
8 1 (0.37%) Next.js
8 1 (0.37%) REST
8 1 (0.37%) Snowpark
8 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.29%) Management Information System
2 26 (9.56%) Cybercrime
3 16 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.57%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.57%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.21%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.21%) Data Fabric
6 5 (1.84%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.84%) Social Media
6 5 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.47%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.10%) Blog
8 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.74%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.74%) Unix
1 2 (0.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) AIX
2 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (99.63%) Analytics
2 103 (37.87%) AI
3 85 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 50 (18.38%) Machine Learning
7 46 (16.91%) Information Security
8 42 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (14.71%) Data Governance
10 39 (14.34%) Agile
10 39 (14.34%) Visualisation
11 37 (13.60%) Data Modelling
12 36 (13.24%) Computer Science
13 35 (12.87%) Actionable Insight
13 35 (12.87%) Data Engineering
13 35 (12.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (11.76%) Risk Management
16 31 (11.40%) Data Analysis
16 31 (11.40%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 84 (30.88%) SQL
2 49 (18.01%) Python
3 10 (3.68%) C#
4 8 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (2.94%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.57%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.21%) VBA
7 2 (0.74%) Java
7 2 (0.74%) R
8 1 (0.37%) Ada
8 1 (0.37%) C
8 1 (0.37%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (30.15%) Degree
2 16 (5.88%) CISSP
3 14 (5.15%) CISM
4 12 (4.41%) CISA
5 11 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.94%) CGEIT
7 7 (2.57%) FFIEC
7 7 (2.57%) SANS
8 5 (1.84%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.84%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.47%) APMG
9 4 (1.47%) CCIE
9 4 (1.47%) CCNP
9 4 (1.47%) CCSE
9 4 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.74%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.34%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.25%) QA
3 15 (5.51%) GDPR
4 8 (2.94%) COBIT
4 8 (2.94%) NIST
5 7 (2.57%) PERC
6 6 (2.21%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.47%) PMO
8 2 (0.74%) GRC
9 1 (0.37%) COSO
9 1 (0.37%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (3.31%) Docker
2 3 (1.10%) IAG
3 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (6.99%) EnCase
1 19 (6.99%) FTK
2 11 (4.04%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.74%) Ansible
3 2 (0.74%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (9.56%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.99%) Cellebrite
3 17 (6.25%) Databricks
4 12 (4.41%) Google
5 10 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.68%) SAP
6 7 (2.57%) Nuix
6 7 (2.57%) Relativity
7 5 (1.84%) Cisco
7 5 (1.84%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.47%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.47%) Arista
8 4 (1.47%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.47%) F5
8 4 (1.47%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.47%) Oracle
9 3 (1.10%) Informatica
9 3 (1.10%) Talend
10 2 (0.74%) Ariba
10 2 (0.74%) Bloomberg