Insight Data Analyst Job Trends

Insight Data Analyst
UK

The median Insight Data Analyst salary in the UK is £32,010 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 676 765
Rank change year-on-year +34 +89 +217
Permanent jobs requiring an Insight Data Analyst 22 19 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.038% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.042% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 20 5 17
10th Percentile - £30,050 £31,549
25th Percentile - £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,010 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% - +11.84%
75th Percentile £32,838 £47,500 £45,504
90th Percentile £43,750 £53,500 £51,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.59% +0.63% +5.26%

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 61,135 45,530 70,841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 91.70% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 38,457 23,722 55,462
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,493
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Insight Data Analyst in the UK

Insight Data Analyst
Top 9 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 14 February 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 +51 20 £32,010 -24.68% 1
London +37 15 £32,010 -41.80%
UK excluding London +20 5 £42,500 +5.59% 1
Midlands +12 4 £42,500 +11.84% 1
West Midlands - 3 £42,500 - 1
Work from Home +32 2 £38,750 -11.43% 1
North of England -1 1 £35,000 -22.22%
East Midlands -16 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 14 February 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 21 (95.45%) Business Intelligence
1 21 (95.45%) Power BI
1 21 (95.45%) Power Platform
2 19 (86.36%) Actionable Insight
2 19 (86.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (77.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (68.18%) Data Protection
4 15 (68.18%) Decision-Making
5 12 (54.55%) Visualisation
6 10 (45.45%) Data Cleansing
6 10 (45.45%) Data Collection
6 10 (45.45%) QA
6 10 (45.45%) Service Delivery
7 9 (40.91%) Analytics
8 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
8 8 (36.36%) Data Modelling
8 8 (36.36%) SQL
9 7 (31.82%) Python
10 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (27.27%) Project Management
11 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (22.73%) Data Pipeline
11 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
11 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
11 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
11 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (22.73%) Power Query
12 2 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
12 2 (9.09%) Data Extraction
12 2 (9.09%) Data Visualisation

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 19 (86.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (95.45%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (95.45%) Power BI
2 5 (22.73%) Power Query
3 1 (4.55%) Semantic Layer
General
1 20 (90.91%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (77.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (77.27%) Social Skills
3 15 (68.18%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (45.45%) Legal
5 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (86.36%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (77.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (68.18%) Data Protection
4 15 (68.18%) Decision-Making
5 12 (54.55%) Visualisation
6 10 (45.45%) Data Cleansing
6 10 (45.45%) Data Collection
6 10 (45.45%) Service Delivery
7 9 (40.91%) Analytics
8 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
8 8 (36.36%) Data Modelling
9 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (27.27%) Project Management
10 5 (22.73%) Data Pipeline
10 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
11 2 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
11 2 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
11 2 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
11 2 (9.09%) Regression Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) QA
2 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
3 2 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Databricks
2 1 (4.55%) Salesforce