Data Analyst Job Trends in Reading

Data Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Data Analyst salary in Reading is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 90 101
Rank change year-on-year +30 +11 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 2 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.38% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £24,875 -
25th Percentile £59,000 £32,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £38,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +67.32% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £40,875 £43,750
90th Percentile - £43,350 -
Berkshire median annual salary £64,000 £38,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +67.32% -23.50% -7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 474 1,270 1,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 93.93% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 281 699 675
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,410
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,100
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.73% -8.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -8.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Reading

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle