Data Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 287 315
Rank change year-on-year -54 +28 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 518 742 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.17% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 1.31% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 400 396 531
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.30% -0.32%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,406 £58,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 65,694 56,713 67,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.47% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 46,933 31,831 43,269
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
Midlands -15 124 £37,500 -1.32% 17
South East +31 119 £40,400 -4.94% 26
North of England -47 112 £35,000 -6.67% 39
South West -3 74 £45,000 +9.76% 13
West Midlands -27 65 £40,000 +5.26% 9
North West -1 62 £35,000 -5.09% 13
East Midlands +24 59 £30,500 -10.95% 8
East of England +14 44 £37,582 -31.67% 15
Yorkshire +11 31 £35,000 -6.67% 16
Scotland -84 24 £55,000 +37.50% 5
North East -31 19 £35,000 -12.50% 10
Wales -12 15 £42,500 +41.67% 5
Northern Ireland +30 6 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 289 (55.79%) SQL
2 253 (48.84%) Business Intelligence
3 247 (47.68%) Power Platform
4 245 (47.30%) Power BI
5 215 (41.51%) Analytical Skills
6 214 (41.31%) Analytics
7 180 (34.75%) Microsoft Excel
8 162 (31.27%) Data Analysis
9 147 (28.38%) Visualisation
10 146 (28.19%) Python
11 143 (27.61%) Social Skills
12 139 (26.83%) Finance
13 136 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
14 123 (23.75%) Degree
15 115 (22.20%) Tableau
16 114 (22.01%) Decision-Making
17 82 (15.83%) Microsoft
18 81 (15.64%) Data Quality
19 73 (14.09%) Data Analytics
20 69 (13.32%) Actionable Insight
21 68 (13.13%) Statistics
22 67 (12.93%) Retail
23 64 (12.36%) Mathematics
23 64 (12.36%) Data Visualisation
24 61 (11.78%) Data Science
24 61 (11.78%) Marketing
25 60 (11.58%) Agile
25 60 (11.58%) Data Modelling
26 55 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
27 53 (10.23%) Data Management

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.05%) SAS
2 6 (1.16%) ArcGIS
2 6 (1.16%) Confluence
2 6 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 180 (34.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.35%) SPSS
5 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.16%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.77%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.39%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 247 (47.68%) Power Platform
2 42 (8.11%) Azure
3 21 (4.05%) AWS
4 14 (2.70%) GCP
5 11 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 11 (2.12%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.12%) Snowflake
6 9 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.35%) SaaS
8 6 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.77%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.39%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.39%) dbt
11 2 (0.39%) GitHub
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Pipelines
12 1 (0.19%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.35%) Internet
2 5 (0.97%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (47.30%) Power BI
2 115 (22.20%) Tableau
3 40 (7.72%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (7.34%) Power Query
5 29 (5.60%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.47%) QlikView
6 18 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (3.28%) Data Mining
8 15 (2.90%) Metadata
9 13 (2.51%) Big Data
9 13 (2.51%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.93%) GIS
11 10 (1.93%) MS Access
11 10 (1.93%) MySQL
12 8 (1.54%) Amazon QuickSight
12 8 (1.54%) Oracle BI EE
13 7 (1.35%) Oracle Database
14 6 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Git
1 12 (2.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.77%) Toad
4 2 (0.39%) RStudio
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 215 (41.51%) Analytical Skills
2 143 (27.61%) Social Skills
3 139 (26.83%) Finance
4 67 (12.93%) Retail
5 61 (11.78%) Marketing
6 48 (9.27%) Law
7 34 (6.56%) Manufacturing
7 34 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.47%) Banking
10 18 (3.47%) Legal
11 17 (3.28%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.70%) Local Government
13 11 (2.12%) Automotive
13 11 (2.12%) Games
14 8 (1.54%) Electronics
14 8 (1.54%) French Language
14 8 (1.54%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.16%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.93%) Pandas
2 9 (1.74%) XML
3 7 (1.35%) HTML
4 3 (0.58%) JSON
4 3 (0.58%) PyTorch
4 3 (0.58%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.19%) D3.js
5 1 (0.19%) MDX
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.72%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.51%) FMCG
5 8 (1.54%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.35%) Pricing Data
7 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.16%) IoT
8 4 (0.77%) Credit Risk
8 4 (0.77%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.77%) Robotics
9 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.58%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.58%) NHS
9 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.39%) Social Media
10 2 (0.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.16%) Windows
2 3 (0.58%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (48.84%) Business Intelligence
2 214 (41.31%) Analytics
3 162 (31.27%) Data Analysis
4 147 (28.38%) Visualisation
5 136 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
6 114 (22.01%) Decision-Making
7 73 (14.09%) Data Analytics
8 69 (13.32%) Actionable Insight
9 68 (13.13%) Statistics
10 64 (12.36%) Data Visualisation
10 64 (12.36%) Mathematics
11 61 (11.78%) Data Science
12 60 (11.58%) Agile
12 60 (11.58%) Data Modelling
13 55 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (10.23%) Data Management
15 47 (9.07%) Machine Learning
16 44 (8.49%) CRM
17 41 (7.92%) Dashboard Development
17 41 (7.92%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 289 (55.79%) SQL
2 146 (28.19%) Python
3 34 (6.56%) R
4 30 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 25 (4.83%) T-SQL
6 20 (3.86%) VBA
7 7 (1.35%) Java
8 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.77%) Bash
9 4 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (23.75%) Degree
2 22 (4.25%) DBS Check
3 16 (3.09%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.90%) Master's Degree
5 12 (2.32%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.74%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.97%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) CFA
11 1 (0.19%) CCA
11 1 (0.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (15.64%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.54%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 82 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.18%) Salesforce
3 27 (5.21%) Alteryx
4 25 (4.83%) SAP
5 22 (4.25%) Databricks
5 22 (4.25%) Oracle
6 19 (3.67%) Google
7 14 (2.70%) Informatica
8 8 (1.54%) Talend
9 7 (1.35%) IBM
10 6 (1.16%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.97%) ESRI
12 4 (0.77%) Civica
12 4 (0.77%) NEC
13 3 (0.58%) IFS
13 3 (0.58%) Meraki
14 2 (0.39%) Adobe
14 2 (0.39%) HubSpot
14 2 (0.39%) Workday
15 1 (0.19%) HP