Senior Analyst Job Trends in London

Senior Analyst
England > London

The median Senior Analyst salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 200 104
Rank change year-on-year -12 -96 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 209 217 697
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.78% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.96% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 124 155 345
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,200
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,375 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,375 £94,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +4.15%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 19,710 11,054 23,192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 90.49% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,587 6,953 17,198
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in London

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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 -11 67 £82,500 +22.22% 21
West London -12 6 £55,711 -10.86% 1
South London +24 3 £55,000 +4.45% 6
East London - 1 £60,000 - 2
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (23.92%) Agile
2 40 (19.14%) Microsoft
3 38 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 37 (17.70%) Degree
5 36 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (15.79%) Coaching
7 32 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (14.35%) Analytics
8 30 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
9 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (10.53%) Decision-Making
11 21 (10.05%) SQL
12 19 (9.09%) Azure
12 19 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 19 (9.09%) Power BI
12 19 (9.09%) Power Platform
12 19 (9.09%) Python
13 18 (8.61%) User Stories
13 18 (8.61%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (8.61%) Waterfall
14 17 (8.13%) Data Analysis
14 17 (8.13%) Data Quality
14 17 (8.13%) NIST
15 16 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (7.66%) Salesforce
15 16 (7.66%) Security Operations
15 16 (7.66%) SIEM
16 15 (7.18%) Business Transformation
16 15 (7.18%) Computer Science

Senior Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) Mendix
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) Moodle
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.96%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.48%) Relativity
2 1 (0.48%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.09%) Azure
1 19 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 16 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.35%) AWS
3 7 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (3.35%) GCP
4 4 (1.91%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.91%) SaaS
5 3 (1.44%) GitHub
5 3 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.44%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.96%) ChatGPT
6 2 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.96%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.48%) Kong
7 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.31%) Wireless
2 8 (3.83%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) Broadband
3 3 (1.44%) Network Security
3 3 (1.44%) WebEx
4 1 (0.48%) DHCP
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (1.91%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.44%) Metadata
3 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.44%) MySQL
3 3 (1.44%) Power Query
4 2 (0.96%) Big Data
4 2 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.96%) Star Schema
4 2 (0.96%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.48%) Looker
5 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Burp Suite
1 9 (4.31%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.87%) GitLab
3 5 (2.39%) Git
4 4 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.91%) JIRA
5 3 (1.44%) Eclipse
General
1 62 (29.67%) Finance
2 50 (23.92%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (22.97%) Social Skills
4 22 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (7.66%) Law
6 11 (5.26%) Legal
7 10 (4.78%) Banking
7 10 (4.78%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.87%) Front Office
9 4 (1.91%) Back Office
9 4 (1.91%) Billing
9 4 (1.91%) Marketing
9 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Retail
10 2 (0.96%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Legal Technology
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Advertising
11 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.96%) EDI
2 1 (0.48%) .NET
2 1 (0.48%) CSS
2 1 (0.48%) EDIFACT
2 1 (0.48%) JWT
2 1 (0.48%) Node.js
2 1 (0.48%) OAuth
2 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.61%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.13%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.70%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (4.31%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.39%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.44%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.96%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) Equities
9 2 (0.96%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.48%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.26%) Windows
2 4 (1.91%) Linux
3 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.92%) Agile
2 38 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 36 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (15.79%) Coaching
5 32 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (14.35%) Analytics
6 30 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
7 27 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (10.53%) Decision-Making
9 19 (9.09%) Data Modelling
10 18 (8.61%) User Stories
10 18 (8.61%) Vulnerability Management
10 18 (8.61%) Waterfall
11 17 (8.13%) Data Analysis
12 16 (7.66%) Security Operations
12 16 (7.66%) SIEM
13 15 (7.18%) Business Transformation
13 15 (7.18%) Data Analytics
13 15 (7.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.05%) SQL
2 19 (9.09%) Python
3 13 (6.22%) PowerShell
4 12 (5.74%) Bash
5 3 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) C#
6 1 (0.48%) C++
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) PHP
6 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (17.70%) Degree
2 14 (6.70%) CISSP
3 13 (6.22%) OSCP
4 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.31%) CCSAM
6 9 (4.31%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (4.31%) CHECK Team Member
6 9 (4.31%) CREST Certified
7 7 (3.35%) CISM
8 6 (2.87%) GIAC
9 5 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (2.39%) CCSP
9 5 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.39%) FFIEC
10 4 (1.91%) GCIA
10 4 (1.91%) IIBA
11 3 (1.44%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.13%) Data Quality
1 17 (8.13%) NIST
2 14 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.87%) QA
3 6 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.39%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.39%) GRC
4 5 (2.39%) MiFID
4 5 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.91%) IFRS
5 4 (1.91%) IFRS 17
6 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.44%) EMIR
6 3 (1.44%) GDPR
6 3 (1.44%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) COBIT
8 1 (0.48%) COSO
System Software
1 7 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) IAG
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.31%) Nessus
2 3 (1.44%) Ansible
2 3 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.44%) Terraform
3 2 (0.96%) SCCM
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.66%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.78%) Cisco
4 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.39%) Apple
6 4 (1.91%) Tenable
7 3 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.44%) Google
7 3 (1.44%) Intel
7 3 (1.44%) Varonis
8 2 (0.96%) BT
8 2 (0.96%) Charles River
8 2 (0.96%) Citrix
8 2 (0.96%) iManage
8 2 (0.96%) Informatica
8 2 (0.96%) Oracle
8 2 (0.96%) SAP
8 2 (0.96%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.96%) Temenos
8 2 (0.96%) Workday