Data Analyst Job Trends

Data Analyst
UK

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 321 250
Rank change year-on-year +148 -71 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 857 491 658
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 0.84% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 0.90% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 420 335 523
10th Percentile £32,010 £35,000 £31,050
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,554 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 52,344 54,757 47,045
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 93.89% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,163 29,820 36,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% - -

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 December 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
England +143 773 £42,500 -19.05% 518
UK excluding London +207 612 £40,000 -5.88% 510
London +51 223 £60,000 -3.23% 131
North of England +129 183 £40,000 -5.88% 128
South East +130 146 £50,000 +8.11% 149
Midlands +83 119 £40,000 -5.88% 89
Work from Home +30 118 £44,000 -8.33% 149
Yorkshire +63 91 £40,000 -3.03% 41
North West +82 71 £40,000 - 67
South West +27 67 £40,000 - 46
East Midlands +15 63 £42,500 - 37
West Midlands +69 56 £40,000 -15.79% 52
Scotland +36 39 £40,000 -3.61% 24
East of England +44 36 £40,000 -3.61% 49
North East +17 21 £40,000 -33.33% 21
Wales +23 20 £37,500 -6.25% 23
Northern Ireland - 8 £40,500 - 10

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 631 (73.63%) SQL
2 554 (64.64%) Python
3 532 (62.08%) Business Intelligence
4 521 (60.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 508 (59.28%) Tableau
6 496 (57.88%) Power BI
6 496 (57.88%) Power Platform
7 431 (50.29%) Microsoft
8 354 (41.31%) AI
9 316 (36.87%) Azure
10 313 (36.52%) Analytics
11 279 (32.56%) Azure Certification
12 275 (32.09%) Azure AI
13 251 (29.29%) Data Analysis
14 168 (19.60%) Data Analytics
15 162 (18.90%) Decision-Making
16 132 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
17 128 (14.94%) Data Quality
18 127 (14.82%) Degree
19 124 (14.47%) Visualisation
20 123 (14.35%) Project Management
21 121 (14.12%) Business Analysis
22 112 (13.07%) Actionable Insight
23 107 (12.49%) Data Mining
24 87 (10.15%) Data Visualisation
25 75 (8.75%) Migration
26 67 (7.82%) Data Science
27 66 (7.70%) Data Modelling
28 63 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
28 63 (7.35%) Statistics

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.17%) SAS
2 6 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.47%) Confluence
4 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 521 (60.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.12%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.12%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 496 (57.88%) Power Platform
2 316 (36.87%) Azure
3 275 (32.09%) Azure AI
4 20 (2.33%) GCP
5 14 (1.63%) AWS
5 14 (1.63%) SaaS
6 11 (1.28%) Power Automate
6 11 (1.28%) Snowflake
7 8 (0.93%) Collibra
7 8 (0.93%) Google Analytics
8 7 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (0.70%) Azure App Service
9 6 (0.70%) Azure Functions
9 6 (0.70%) Serverless
10 5 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.47%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.35%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.93%) Intranet
2 4 (0.47%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.47%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 508 (59.28%) Tableau
2 496 (57.88%) Power BI
3 107 (12.49%) Data Mining
4 32 (3.73%) BigQuery
5 19 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.22%) Looker
6 18 (2.10%) Power Query
7 15 (1.75%) Metadata
8 13 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
9 12 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.05%) PowerPivot
11 8 (0.93%) SQL Server
12 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.58%) Big Data
15 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.35%) MS Access
16 3 (0.35%) QlikView
16 3 (0.35%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Git
1 6 (0.70%) Postman
2 5 (0.58%) JIRA
3 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
General
1 451 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 322 (37.57%) Analytical Skills
3 302 (35.24%) Finance
4 56 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (5.60%) Banking
6 47 (5.48%) Marketing
7 41 (4.78%) Retail
8 33 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 33 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (2.80%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.45%) Legal
11 19 (2.22%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.40%) Law
15 9 (1.05%) Front Office
15 9 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.70%) Electronics
17 5 (0.58%) Automotive
17 5 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.82%) RESTful
2 6 (0.70%) OpenAPI
2 6 (0.70%) Swagger
3 4 (0.47%) Pandas
3 4 (0.47%) PySpark
4 3 (0.35%) Altair
5 2 (0.23%) JSON
5 2 (0.23%) XML
6 1 (0.12%) EDI
6 1 (0.12%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.12%) Flask
6 1 (0.12%) Middleware
6 1 (0.12%) REST
6 1 (0.12%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 35 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (2.22%) Data Structures
4 16 (1.87%) FMCG
4 16 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 7 (0.82%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (0.70%) Reinsurance
7 5 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (0.47%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.35%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.35%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.35%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.23%) LIMS
10 2 (0.23%) Mashup
10 2 (0.23%) NHS
10 2 (0.23%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.23%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.12%) Linux
1 1 (0.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (62.08%) Business Intelligence
2 354 (41.31%) AI
3 313 (36.52%) Analytics
4 251 (29.29%) Data Analysis
5 168 (19.60%) Data Analytics
6 162 (18.90%) Decision-Making
7 132 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
8 124 (14.47%) Visualisation
9 123 (14.35%) Project Management
10 121 (14.12%) Business Analysis
11 112 (13.07%) Actionable Insight
12 87 (10.15%) Data Visualisation
13 75 (8.75%) Migration
14 67 (7.82%) Data Science
15 66 (7.70%) Data Modelling
16 63 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 63 (7.35%) Statistics
17 57 (6.65%) Data Management
18 56 (6.53%) Business Strategy
18 56 (6.53%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 631 (73.63%) SQL
2 554 (64.64%) Python
3 22 (2.57%) VBA
4 19 (2.22%) R
5 18 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.82%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.47%) C
9 4 (0.47%) C++
10 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.23%) VB
12 1 (0.12%) Bash
12 1 (0.12%) Fortran
12 1 (0.12%) Julia
Qualifications
1 279 (32.56%) Azure Certification
2 127 (14.82%) Degree
3 39 (4.55%) Numerate Degree
4 21 (2.45%) ACCA
4 21 (2.45%) CIMA
5 13 (1.52%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.52%) Security Cleared
6 11 (1.28%) CISM
7 8 (0.93%) CISSP
7 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.93%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.82%) CISA
8 7 (0.82%) CRISC
9 6 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.47%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.35%) ISACA
13 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (14.94%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.33%) GDPR
2 20 (2.33%) QA
3 7 (0.82%) COBIT
3 7 (0.82%) GRC
3 7 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.82%) ITGC
3 7 (0.82%) NIST
4 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.12%) PMO
6 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (0.58%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 431 (50.29%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.20%) Alteryx
3 31 (3.62%) Databricks
4 30 (3.50%) Bloomberg
5 23 (2.68%) Google
6 20 (2.33%) SAP
7 18 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.17%) Oracle
9 7 (0.82%) Anaplan
9 7 (0.82%) Informatica
9 7 (0.82%) Progress
9 7 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.47%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.47%) Splunk
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe
11 2 (0.23%) Civica
11 2 (0.23%) eFront
11 2 (0.23%) Foundry
11 2 (0.23%) Northgate
11 2 (0.23%) Talend