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 £41,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 302 324
Rank change year-on-year -42 +22 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 418 504 835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.05% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.17% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 278 356 503
10th Percentile £24,960 £26,250 £28,540
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £38,693 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -3.27% +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,688 £46,063 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £43,750 £48,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.85% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -43 105 £38,000 - 20
South East +37 89 £40,000 - 23
North of England -25 89 £35,000 -6.67% 16
South West -8 80 £52,500 +31.25% 11
East Midlands +26 73 £30,750 -15.75% 7
North West -35 38 £42,500 +17.24% 7
West Midlands -77 32 £41,250 +8.55% 13
East of England -2 30 £36,664 -36.24% 5
North East -1 28 £24,960 -39.12% 4
Yorkshire +35 23 £37,500 - 5
Wales +11 10 £42,500 +36.00% 2
Scotland -77 10 £53,934 +25.43% 7
Northern Ireland +21 3 £45,000 +24.14% 1
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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.

1 230 (55.02%) SQL
2 184 (44.02%) Analytical Skills
3 176 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
4 171 (40.91%) Power BI
4 171 (40.91%) Power Platform
5 170 (40.67%) Data Analysis
6 168 (40.19%) Analytics
7 149 (35.65%) Microsoft Excel
8 142 (33.97%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (29.90%) Social Skills
10 114 (27.27%) Tableau
10 114 (27.27%) Python
11 109 (26.08%) Visualisation
12 108 (25.84%) Finance
13 97 (23.21%) Retail
14 83 (19.86%) Decision-Making
15 82 (19.62%) Microsoft
16 79 (18.90%) Degree
17 78 (18.66%) Data Quality
18 75 (17.94%) Data Management
19 67 (16.03%) Data Analytics
20 61 (14.59%) Actionable Insight
20 61 (14.59%) Data Visualisation
21 59 (14.11%) Statistics
22 52 (12.44%) Data Modelling
23 48 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
24 46 (11.00%) Mathematics
25 43 (10.29%) Legal
26 41 (9.81%) Google
27 40 (9.57%) Business Strategy

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 13 (3.11%) SAS
2 8 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.44%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle Application Server
4 4 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Luigi
Applications
1 149 (35.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.63%) ResourceLink
2 7 (1.67%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.96%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.24%) Lorenzo
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.24%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 171 (40.91%) Power Platform
2 35 (8.37%) AWS
3 30 (7.18%) Azure
4 24 (5.74%) Google Sheets
5 21 (5.02%) Google Docs
6 12 (2.87%) SuccessFactors
7 10 (2.39%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.15%) GCP
9 8 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.96%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.72%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.72%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.48%) dbt
13 2 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.48%) GitHub
13 2 (0.48%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.20%) Intranet
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (40.91%) Power BI
2 114 (27.27%) Tableau
3 48 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (5.26%) Power Query
5 20 (4.78%) QlikView
5 20 (4.78%) SQL Server
6 18 (4.31%) Data Mining
7 15 (3.59%) Qlik Sense
8 13 (3.11%) Big Data
8 13 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (2.87%) Data Lake
10 10 (2.39%) MS Access
11 8 (1.91%) Amazon QuickSight
11 8 (1.91%) GIS
12 7 (1.67%) Metadata
12 7 (1.67%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.44%) Oracle BI EE
14 5 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
14 5 (1.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 30 (7.18%) Git
2 9 (2.15%) JIRA
3 7 (1.67%) Subversion
4 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.96%) Toad
General
1 184 (44.02%) Analytical Skills
2 125 (29.90%) Social Skills
3 108 (25.84%) Finance
4 97 (23.21%) Retail
5 43 (10.29%) Legal
6 39 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (7.66%) Marketing
8 29 (6.94%) Law
9 27 (6.46%) Banking
10 23 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (4.78%) Manufacturing
12 16 (3.83%) Local Government
13 14 (3.35%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.91%) Electronics
16 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.44%) Publishing
18 5 (1.20%) Police
19 3 (0.72%) Games
19 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.91%) Pandas
2 6 (1.44%) HTML
2 6 (1.44%) XML
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.48%) JSON
5 1 (0.24%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.24%) Plotly
5 1 (0.24%) REST
5 1 (0.24%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.35%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.39%) Data Structures
2 10 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.67%) FMCG
5 6 (1.44%) NHS
6 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.96%) Credit Risk
7 4 (0.96%) IoT
7 4 (0.96%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.48%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.48%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.48%) Robotics
9 2 (0.48%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Windows
1 2 (0.48%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
2 170 (40.67%) Data Analysis
3 168 (40.19%) Analytics
4 142 (33.97%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (26.08%) Visualisation
6 83 (19.86%) Decision-Making
7 75 (17.94%) Data Management
8 67 (16.03%) Data Analytics
9 61 (14.59%) Actionable Insight
9 61 (14.59%) Data Visualisation
10 59 (14.11%) Statistics
11 52 (12.44%) Data Modelling
12 46 (11.00%) Mathematics
13 40 (9.57%) Business Strategy
14 39 (9.33%) Data Governance
14 39 (9.33%) Data Science
15 38 (9.09%) ETL
16 36 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (8.37%) Process Improvement
18 32 (7.66%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 230 (55.02%) SQL
2 114 (27.27%) Python
3 38 (9.09%) R
4 22 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (5.02%) VBA
6 13 (3.11%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.39%) Julia
8 6 (1.44%) Java
8 6 (1.44%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.96%) Bash
9 4 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.96%) PHP
10 3 (0.72%) VB
11 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 79 (18.90%) Degree
2 29 (6.94%) DBS Check
3 15 (3.59%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.15%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.72%) CFA
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (18.66%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.22%) GDPR
3 18 (4.31%) SLA
4 4 (0.96%) QA
5 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.24%) Grafana
1 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 82 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.81%) Google
3 30 (7.18%) SAP
4 24 (5.74%) Databricks
5 17 (4.07%) Oracle
6 16 (3.83%) Alteryx
7 12 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.63%) Kronos
9 9 (2.15%) Informatica
10 7 (1.67%) IBM
11 6 (1.44%) Jitterbit
11 6 (1.44%) Talend
12 5 (1.20%) ESRI
13 4 (0.96%) Civica
13 4 (0.96%) IFS
13 4 (0.96%) NEC
14 2 (0.48%) Snow
14 2 (0.48%) Workday
15 1 (0.24%) Aderant
15 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow