Data Analyst Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Data Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Data Analyst salary in Milton Keynes is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 34 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 5.22% 0.29% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.59% 0.30% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 22
10th Percentile £34,800 - £37,375
25th Percentile £50,938 - £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.99%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 - £68,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £51,250 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 608 331 743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 96.22% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 414 229 509
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,785 £30,500
25th Percentile £44,063 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,688 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.00% -9.09%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Milton Keynes

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Data 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (79.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (73.53%) SQL
3 24 (70.59%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (70.59%) Power BI
3 24 (70.59%) Power Platform
4 19 (55.88%) VBA
5 16 (47.06%) Decision-Making
5 16 (47.06%) Python
6 15 (44.12%) ACCA
6 15 (44.12%) CIMA
6 15 (44.12%) SAP
7 10 (29.41%) Data Analysis
7 10 (29.41%) ETL
7 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
8 8 (23.53%) Agile
8 8 (23.53%) AI
8 8 (23.53%) Budgeting
8 8 (23.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 8 (23.53%) Cost Optimisation
8 8 (23.53%) Degree
8 8 (23.53%) ERP
8 8 (23.53%) Financial Analysis
8 8 (23.53%) Performance Analysis
8 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (20.59%) Azure
9 7 (20.59%) Business Forecasting
9 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (20.59%) Planning and Forecasting
9 7 (20.59%) Power Automate

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 27 (79.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (70.59%) Power Platform
2 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) Power Automate
3 6 (17.65%) Azure AI
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (70.59%) Power BI
2 7 (20.59%) Power Query
2 7 (20.59%) PowerPivot
2 7 (20.59%) Tableau
3 1 (2.94%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.94%) Metadata
3 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (79.41%) Social Skills
2 16 (47.06%) Finance
3 15 (44.12%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (14.71%) Automotive
5 5 (14.71%) Retail
6 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (47.06%) Decision-Making
3 10 (29.41%) Data Analysis
3 10 (29.41%) ETL
4 8 (23.53%) Agile
4 8 (23.53%) AI
4 8 (23.53%) Budgeting
4 8 (23.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 8 (23.53%) Cost Optimisation
4 8 (23.53%) ERP
4 8 (23.53%) Financial Analysis
4 8 (23.53%) Performance Analysis
4 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.59%) Business Forecasting
5 7 (20.59%) Planning and Forecasting
6 6 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (8.82%) Visualisation
9 2 (5.88%) Analytics
9 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) SQL
2 19 (55.88%) VBA
3 16 (47.06%) Python
4 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) ACCA
1 15 (44.12%) CIMA
2 8 (23.53%) Degree
3 6 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) SAP
2 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow