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 leading to 8 June 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 338 273
Rank change year-on-year -4 -65 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 277 556 692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 0.71% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.75% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 189 407 365
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,960 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -1.28% +1.30%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,125 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

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 36,336 74,603 49,727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 95.07% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 18,608 52,193 29,374
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,600 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -6.54% +5.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 8 June 2025.

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 8 June 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
North of England +26 105 £40,000 +25.00% 105
North West -3 63 £41,250 +17.86% 44
Midlands -11 56 £42,750 +14.00% 68
South East +20 37 £42,500 +13.33% 206
Yorkshire +65 35 £28,000 -20.00% 48
West Midlands +19 30 £45,000 +16.88% 42
Scotland +121 29 £25,625 -53.41% 34
South West +54 26 £25,625 -43.06% 45
East Midlands -7 26 £27,000 -13.60% 25
East of England +11 19 £47,171 +28.66% 28
North East +18 7 £65,000 +160.42% 16
Northern Ireland +43 4 - - 12
Wales +36 1 £40,000 -5.88% 9
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 166 (59.93%) SQL
2 154 (55.60%) Analytics
3 134 (48.38%) Finance
4 124 (44.77%) Degree
5 122 (44.04%) Visualisation
6 117 (42.24%) Data Analysis
7 116 (41.88%) Data Analytics
8 115 (41.52%) Power BI
8 115 (41.52%) Power Platform
9 114 (41.16%) Social Skills
10 95 (34.30%) Microsoft Excel
11 93 (33.57%) Business Intelligence
12 79 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
13 76 (27.44%) Mathematics
14 71 (25.63%) Statistics
15 70 (25.27%) Data Quality
16 66 (23.83%) Data Extraction
17 63 (22.74%) Python
18 59 (21.30%) Tableau
19 56 (20.22%) Data Management
20 51 (18.41%) Storytelling
21 49 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
21 49 (17.69%) Big Data
22 44 (15.88%) Statistical Modelling
23 43 (15.52%) Banking
23 43 (15.52%) SAP
23 43 (15.52%) Decision-Making
24 41 (14.80%) Predictive Modelling
25 39 (14.08%) Economics
26 37 (13.36%) Management Information System

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 10 (3.61%) SAS
2 4 (1.44%) Jupyter
2 4 (1.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 95 (34.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.89%) Chatbot
3 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.72%) SPSS
7 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.08%) iTrent
3 2 (0.72%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.36%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (41.52%) Power Platform
2 25 (9.03%) Snowflake
3 21 (7.58%) Azure
4 17 (6.14%) AWS
5 9 (3.25%) SaaS
6 5 (1.81%) GCP
6 5 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.44%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.44%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.72%) dbt
8 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.36%) Collibra
9 1 (0.36%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.36%) Matillion
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (41.52%) Power BI
2 59 (21.30%) Tableau
3 49 (17.69%) Big Data
4 10 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.25%) Power Query
6 7 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (2.53%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.53%) Data Mining
6 7 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.17%) Looker
7 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.17%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.44%) Dremio
9 4 (1.44%) Metadata
10 3 (1.08%) Data Hub
10 3 (1.08%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.72%) GIS
11 2 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Git
2 4 (1.44%) RStudio
3 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.72%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.72%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 134 (48.38%) Finance
2 114 (41.16%) Social Skills
3 79 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (15.52%) Banking
5 22 (7.94%) Marketing
6 21 (7.58%) Retail
7 16 (5.78%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.61%) Automotive
11 7 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.44%) Law
13 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Legal
14 3 (1.08%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.72%) Back Office
15 2 (0.72%) Electronics
15 2 (0.72%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.17%) JSON
2 5 (1.81%) Pandas
2 5 (1.81%) PySpark
3 1 (0.36%) CSS
3 1 (0.36%) HTML
3 1 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.36%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.36%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.53%) Algorithms
2 7 (2.53%) Pricing Data
3 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.72%) Equities
5 2 (0.72%) FMCG
5 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.72%) Reference Data
5 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.36%) Multi-touch
6 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.36%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.36%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.36%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (55.60%) Analytics
2 122 (44.04%) Visualisation
3 117 (42.24%) Data Analysis
4 116 (41.88%) Data Analytics
5 93 (33.57%) Business Intelligence
6 76 (27.44%) Mathematics
7 71 (25.63%) Statistics
8 66 (23.83%) Data Extraction
9 56 (20.22%) Data Management
10 51 (18.41%) Storytelling
11 49 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (15.88%) Statistical Modelling
13 43 (15.52%) Decision-Making
14 41 (14.80%) Predictive Modelling
15 39 (14.08%) Economics
16 33 (11.91%) Process Improvement
17 32 (11.55%) ERP
18 31 (11.19%) Actionable Insight
18 31 (11.19%) Data Visualisation
19 26 (9.39%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 166 (59.93%) SQL
2 63 (22.74%) Python
3 12 (4.33%) R
4 9 (3.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (2.53%) C#
5 7 (2.53%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.81%) VBA
7 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Bash
8 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 124 (44.77%) Degree
2 17 (6.14%) Master's Degree
3 9 (3.25%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.89%) PhD
5 4 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (25.27%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.61%) QA
3 8 (2.89%) GDPR
4 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.72%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) P3O
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.36%) SLA
Vendors
1 43 (15.52%) SAP
2 26 (9.39%) Microsoft
3 22 (7.94%) Databricks
4 14 (5.05%) Google
5 13 (4.69%) Oracle
6 8 (2.89%) PayPal
7 7 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.81%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.08%) Informatica
10 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.72%) Cognos
10 2 (0.72%) Reuters
11 1 (0.36%) Adobe
11 1 (0.36%) Epicor
11 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.36%) IBM
11 1 (0.36%) Infor
11 1 (0.36%) NEC
11 1 (0.36%) Remedy
11 1 (0.36%) Tagetik