Senior Data Analyst Job Trends

Senior Data Analyst
UK

The median Senior Data Analyst salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 629 576
Rank change year-on-year -52 -53 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 137 37 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.075% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.083% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 77 29 96
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,350 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,196 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,055
% change year-on-year +20.00% -0.11% +5.38%

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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -4.76%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Analyst over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Analyst in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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 -34 127 £62,500 +13.64% 172
UK excluding London -79 83 £60,000 +20.00% 72
Work from Home -3 47 £50,000 +10.16% 78
London -38 45 £70,000 +7.69% 109
Midlands -29 30 £60,000 +32.19% 12
North of England -49 26 £50,000 -9.09% 16
North West -15 24 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -13 19 £45,000 -0.86% 2
West Midlands -25 11 £60,000 +41.18% 10
East of England - 11 £60,000 - 5
South East -37 8 £61,250 +46.71% 20
South West -72 7 £65,000 +44.44% 8
Yorkshire -33 1 - - 5
North East - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 66 (48.18%) SQL
2 63 (45.99%) Analytics
3 54 (39.42%) Python
4 52 (37.96%) Decision-Making
5 45 (32.85%) Actionable Insight
6 35 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (24.82%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (24.09%) Data Analysis
9 32 (23.36%) Power BI
9 32 (23.36%) Power Platform
9 32 (23.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (20.44%) Data Analytics
11 27 (19.71%) Data Transformation
11 27 (19.71%) Visualisation
12 26 (18.98%) Data Quality
13 23 (16.79%) Data Modelling
14 20 (14.60%) Strategic Thinking
15 19 (13.87%) Data Management
16 18 (13.14%) Data Extraction
16 18 (13.14%) Roadmaps
17 17 (12.41%) Trend Analysis
18 16 (11.68%) AI
18 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
19 15 (10.95%) Data Visualisation
20 14 (10.22%) Dashboard Development
21 13 (9.49%) Tableau
22 11 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
22 11 (8.03%) E-Commerce
23 10 (7.30%) dbt
23 10 (7.30%) R

Senior 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 2 (1.46%) SAS
2 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.73%) Apache Superset
2 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.73%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.36%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.30%) dbt
3 7 (5.11%) Amazon S3
3 7 (5.11%) AWS
3 7 (5.11%) Azure
4 5 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (2.92%) SaaS
5 4 (2.92%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.19%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.73%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (23.36%) Power BI
2 13 (9.49%) Tableau
3 7 (5.11%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (4.38%) DynamoDB
4 6 (4.38%) Semantic Layer
5 5 (3.65%) Power Query
5 5 (3.65%) Star Schema
6 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.92%) Looker
6 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.46%) Base SAS
7 2 (1.46%) Metadata
7 2 (1.46%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
General
1 60 (43.80%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (38.69%) Finance
3 20 (14.60%) Marketing
4 15 (10.95%) Social Skills
5 10 (7.30%) Retail
6 7 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.92%) Banking
7 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Legal
8 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.73%) Automotive
9 1 (0.73%) Billing
9 1 (0.73%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.73%) Local Government
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.73%) PySpark
1 1 (0.73%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.92%) SystemC
2 3 (2.19%) Blog
2 3 (2.19%) Clustering
2 3 (2.19%) Credit Risk
2 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.19%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.46%) Housing Association
3 2 (1.46%) Life Science
4 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.73%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.73%) NHS
4 1 (0.73%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (45.99%) Analytics
2 52 (37.96%) Decision-Making
3 45 (32.85%) Actionable Insight
4 35 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (24.82%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (24.09%) Data Analysis
7 32 (23.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 28 (20.44%) Data Analytics
9 27 (19.71%) Data Transformation
9 27 (19.71%) Visualisation
10 23 (16.79%) Data Modelling
11 20 (14.60%) Strategic Thinking
12 19 (13.87%) Data Management
13 18 (13.14%) Data Extraction
13 18 (13.14%) Roadmaps
14 17 (12.41%) Trend Analysis
15 16 (11.68%) AI
15 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (10.95%) Data Visualisation
17 14 (10.22%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (48.18%) SQL
2 54 (39.42%) Python
3 10 (7.30%) R
4 6 (4.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (4.38%) SC Cleared
1 6 (4.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.19%) Degree
3 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (18.98%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.92%) PMO
3 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (4.38%) Salesforce
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.19%) Google
4 2 (1.46%) Databricks
5 1 (0.73%) Adobe
5 1 (0.73%) Informatica
5 1 (0.73%) SAP