SQL Data Analyst Job Trends

SQL Data Analyst
UK

The median SQL Data Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 641 685 673
Rank change year-on-year +44 -12 +247
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 9 34 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.061% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.066% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 4 32 44
10th Percentile - £41,400 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +27.66% +6.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% +7.50% -11.11%

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 53,660 51,710 49,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 93.38% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,065 27,370 37,929
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,549 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

SQL Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SQL Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SQL Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

SQL Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Data Analyst over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Data Analyst in the UK

SQL Data Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +38 8 £52,500 -30.00% 4
Work from Home +77 6 £45,000 -3.74% 2
UK excluding London +60 6 £45,000 +4.65% 2
Midlands +24 3 £45,000 +3.45% 2
London +20 3 £60,000 -20.00% 2
West Midlands +24 2 £45,000 +3.45%
South East +34 1 - -
North East +12 1 £90,000 +80.00%
North of England +5 1 £90,000 +126.42%
Scotland - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, SQL 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 SQL Data Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) Data Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Analytics
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
5 3 (33.33%) Data Validation
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) ERP
6 2 (22.22%) ETL
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle
6 2 (22.22%) Power BI
6 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (22.22%) QA
6 2 (22.22%) SaaS
6 2 (22.22%) SAS
7 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (11.11%) AWS
7 1 (11.11%) BigQuery
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) Data Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
7 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
7 1 (11.11%) Data Management
7 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (11.11%) Data Quality

SQL 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 (22.22%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) BigQuery
2 1 (11.11%) Looker
2 1 (11.11%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) SAS EBI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ER Studio
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
5 1 (11.11%) Data Management
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Statistics
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Google