Head of Data Analytics
UK

The median Head of Data Analytics salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 888 948 1215
Rank change year-on-year +60 +267 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Analytics 22 31 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.030% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.033% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 20
10th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £68,038
25th Percentile £59,815 £83,750 £72,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £100,000 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +30.72% -10.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £183,500 £113,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £86,250 £73,250
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.75% -18.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Data Analytics in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Data Analytics in the UK

Head of Data Analytics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Data Analytics.

Salary trend for Head of Data Analytics in the UK

Head of Data Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Data Analytics over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Data Analytics in the UK

Head of Data Analytics
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Data Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +96 20 £75,500 -24.50% 3
UK excluding London -9 14 £75,000 -13.04%
Work from Home +67 12 £90,000 -10.00%
London +120 8 £90,000 -12.20% 3
East of England - 7 £75,500 -
North of England +57 3 £75,000 -6.25%
North West +19 2 £75,000 -6.25%
Scotland - 2 £62,055 -
South West -34 1 £65,000 -29.73%
West Midlands - 1 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £100,000 -

Head of Data Analytics Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Head of Data Analytics 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 featuring Head of Data Analytics in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Analytics
2 12 (54.55%) Data Analysis
2 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 11 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 11 (50.00%) Data Analytics
4 10 (45.45%) Decision-Making
4 10 (45.45%) Azure
5 9 (40.91%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (40.91%) Budget Management
6 8 (36.36%) SQL
6 8 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (36.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 8 (36.36%) Data Science
7 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
7 7 (31.82%) Power BI
7 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
7 7 (31.82%) Degree
8 6 (27.27%) Python
8 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (27.27%) Machine Learning
8 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
8 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
8 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (22.73%) Finance
10 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
10 4 (18.18%) ETL
10 4 (18.18%) Tableau
10 4 (18.18%) Data Strategy

Head of Data Analytics Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (13.64%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Power Platform
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (13.64%) Fivetran
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (31.82%) Power BI
3 4 (18.18%) Tableau
4 3 (13.64%) Data Vault
4 3 (13.64%) Delta Lake
4 3 (13.64%) Star Schema
5 2 (9.09%) Data Lake
6 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Git
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Analytics
2 12 (54.55%) Data Analysis
3 11 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 11 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 10 (45.45%) Decision-Making
5 9 (40.91%) Budget Management
6 8 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (36.36%) Data Science
6 8 (36.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
7 6 (27.27%) Machine Learning
7 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
8 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (18.18%) Data Engineering
8 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
8 4 (18.18%) Data Strategy
8 4 (18.18%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Databricks