SQL Data Analyst Jobs

SQL Data Analyst
UK

The median SQL Data Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 856 906
Rank change year-on-year +185 +50 +129
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 20 46 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.047% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.049% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 17 44 70
10th Percentile £36,800 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £65,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £42,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% +34.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,967 93,227 95,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,330 66,890 59,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SQL Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL Data Analyst in the UK

SQL Data Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Data Analyst.

Salary trend for SQL Data Analyst in the UK

SQL Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Data Analyst over the 6 months to 2 May 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 2 May 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 +145 20 £55,000 -8.33% 5
London +100 12 £72,500 +3.57% 1
UK excluding London +194 8 £46,750 +10.00% 4
Work from Home +168 7 £43,500 -13.00% 5
North of England +92 4 £36,000 -15.29%
South East +108 2 £55,000 - 2
Midlands +65 2 £49,250 +72.81% 2
West Midlands +51 2 £49,250 +72.81% 2
North West +20 2 £36,000 +26.31%
Yorkshire +73 1 £29,500 -50.83%
North East - 1 £50,000 -

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, SQL Data Analyst 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 SQL Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (65.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (65.00%) Power BI
3 10 (50.00%) Analytics
4 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (40.00%) Data Analytics
6 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (30.00%) Technical Analysis
6 6 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (30.00%) DataOps
7 5 (25.00%) Python
7 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
8 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 4 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
9 3 (15.00%) Marketing
9 3 (15.00%) Tableau
9 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
9 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
9 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
9 3 (15.00%) VBA
9 3 (15.00%) Retail
9 3 (15.00%) Finance
10 2 (10.00%) Migration
10 2 (10.00%) Economics
10 2 (10.00%) ETL
10 2 (10.00%) Azure
10 2 (10.00%) Data Extraction

SQL Data Analyst 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:

Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (5.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (65.00%) Power BI
2 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (15.00%) Tableau
4 2 (10.00%) BigQuery
5 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (5.00%) Big Data
5 1 (5.00%) MySQL
5 1 (5.00%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (5.00%) QlikView
5 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (5.00%) Subversion
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Marketing
2 3 (15.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Back Office
4 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Equities
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Pricing Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Analytics
2 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (40.00%) Data Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) DataOps
4 6 (30.00%) Technical Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
8 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (10.00%) Data Extraction
8 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (10.00%) Economics
8 2 (10.00%) ETL
8 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
8 2 (10.00%) Physics
8 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
8 2 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) VBA
4 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle