Insight Data Analyst Job Trends

Insight Data Analyst
UK

The median Insight Data Analyst salary in the UK is £32,424 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 692 694
Rank change year-on-year +67 +2 +314
Permanent jobs requiring an Insight Data Analyst 24 19 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.035% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.038% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 22 7 11
10th Percentile - £32,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,010 £39,625 £31,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,424 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.71% -1.16% +2.70%
75th Percentile £34,460 £52,500 £49,375
90th Percentile £51,625 £60,500 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -1.16% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

Insight Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Insight Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Insight Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

Insight Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Insight Data Analyst over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Insight Data Analyst in the UK

Insight Data Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Insight Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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 +64 22 £32,424 -23.71% 3
London +67 15 £32,010 -44.33% 1
UK excluding London +37 7 £42,500 - 2
Midlands +25 5 £42,500 +11.84% 2
West Midlands - 4 £47,500 - 2
Work from Home +58 2 £38,750 -8.82% 1
South East +26 1 £50,000 +17.65%
North of England +13 1 £35,000 -22.22%
East Midlands -12 1 £30,000 -21.05%
North West - 1 £35,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Insight 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 Insight Data Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (91.67%) Power BI
1 22 (91.67%) Power Platform
2 20 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (70.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (66.67%) Decision-Making
5 15 (62.50%) Data Protection
6 13 (54.17%) Visualisation
7 11 (45.83%) Analytics
8 10 (41.67%) Data Cleansing
8 10 (41.67%) Data Collection
8 10 (41.67%) QA
8 10 (41.67%) Service Delivery
8 10 (41.67%) SQL
9 9 (37.50%) Data Analysis
10 8 (33.33%) Data Modelling
11 7 (29.17%) Project Management
11 7 (29.17%) Python
12 6 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
12 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
13 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
13 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
13 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
13 5 (20.83%) Power Query
14 2 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 2 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
14 2 (8.33%) Data Extraction

Insight 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:

Applications
1 20 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (91.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (91.67%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Power Query
3 1 (4.17%) BigQuery
3 1 (4.17%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 21 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (70.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
3 15 (62.50%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (41.67%) Legal
5 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (12.50%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (70.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (66.67%) Decision-Making
5 15 (62.50%) Data Protection
6 13 (54.17%) Visualisation
7 11 (45.83%) Analytics
8 10 (41.67%) Data Cleansing
8 10 (41.67%) Data Collection
8 10 (41.67%) Service Delivery
9 9 (37.50%) Data Analysis
10 8 (33.33%) Data Modelling
11 7 (29.17%) Project Management
12 6 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
12 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
14 2 (8.33%) Data Governance
14 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
14 2 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
14 2 (8.33%) Regression Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) SQL
2 7 (29.17%) Python
3 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) QA
2 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Databricks
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce