Data Analyst Jobs in the South East

Data Analyst
England > South East

The median Data Analyst salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 279 302
Rank change year-on-year +13 +23 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 35 121 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.70% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.74% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 33 73 60
10th Percentile £30,400 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,250 £29,000 £34,185
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.77% -2.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £57,250 £59,500 £58,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,834 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,283 16,379 12,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 94.08% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,409 11,667 8,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the South East

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the South East

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the South East

Data Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +59 14 £40,000 +14.29% 60
Surrey +53 8 £41,750 +3.34% 37
Thames Valley +15 8 £47,500 +18.75% 148
Oxfordshire +34 7 £47,500 +26.67% 23
Kent +21 3 £27,500 -15.38% 31
West Sussex - 2 £52,500 - 15
Buckinghamshire +20 1 £52,500 +31.25% 31
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 South East region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 21 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (54.29%) Power BI
3 19 (54.29%) Power Platform
4 17 (48.57%) Analytics
4 17 (48.57%) Python
5 13 (37.14%) Data Analytics
6 12 (34.29%) SQL
7 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (25.71%) Degree
8 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
9 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
9 7 (20.00%) Visualisation
9 7 (20.00%) Azure
9 7 (20.00%) SaaS
9 7 (20.00%) Finance
10 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (14.29%) Databricks
11 5 (14.29%) Automotive
11 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
11 5 (14.29%) SAP
11 5 (14.29%) Statistics
12 4 (11.43%) Marketing
12 4 (11.43%) ITIL
12 4 (11.43%) Data Mining
12 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (11.43%) Data Governance
12 4 (11.43%) Data Quality

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (54.29%) Power Platform
2 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) SaaS
3 2 (5.71%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (54.29%) Power BI
2 4 (11.43%) Data Mining
3 3 (8.57%) Big Data
3 3 (8.57%) Data Lake
4 2 (5.71%) BigQuery
4 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (5.71%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.86%) MySQL
5 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.86%) Tableau
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Automotive
5 4 (11.43%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) Pandas
1 4 (11.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.71%) Pricing Data
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 21 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (48.57%) Analytics
4 13 (37.14%) Data Analytics
5 7 (20.00%) Visualisation
6 5 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (14.29%) Statistics
7 4 (11.43%) Data Governance
7 4 (11.43%) ITIL
7 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
8 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
8 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
9 2 (5.71%) Data Architecture
9 2 (5.71%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (5.71%) Data Extraction
9 2 (5.71%) Mathematics
9 2 (5.71%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) Python
2 12 (34.29%) SQL
3 3 (8.57%) R
4 2 (5.71%) VBA
5 1 (2.86%) C#
5 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Databricks
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 5 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (5.71%) Cognos
2 2 (5.71%) Google
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) dotdigital
3 1 (2.86%) IBM
3 1 (2.86%) Remedy