SQL Data Analyst
UK

The median SQL Data Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 904 1070
Rank change year-on-year +56 +166 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 47 73 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.073% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.080% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45 66 134
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,375 £35,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £65,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £42,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -30.59% +19.72% -2.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

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 15 May 2024.

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 15 May 2024. 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 +45 47 £70,000 +33.33% 4
London +97 27 £70,000 +27.27% 1
UK excluding London -30 20 £29,500 -30.59% 2
Work from Home +36 13 £29,000 -43.41% 3
South West -22 6 £29,500 -60.67%
East of England +6 5 £28,500 -54.40%
South East +5 5 £55,000 +10.00% 1
North of England +40 3 £28,500 +3.64% 1
North West +3 3 £28,500 +3.64% 1
West Midlands +15 1 £28,500 -17.99%
Midlands -8 1 £28,500 -17.99%

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, 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 47 (100.00%) SQL
2 39 (82.98%) Power Platform
2 39 (82.98%) Power BI
3 28 (59.57%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (55.32%) Azure
5 22 (46.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (40.43%) Visualisation
7 18 (38.30%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (36.17%) Finance
8 17 (36.17%) Data Analysis
9 15 (31.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (31.91%) Python
10 13 (27.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
11 12 (25.53%) Reinsurance
11 12 (25.53%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (23.40%) Migration
12 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
13 10 (21.28%) Retail Banking
14 9 (19.15%) Business Analysis
14 9 (19.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 9 (19.15%) Analytics
15 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (17.02%) Requirements Gathering
15 8 (17.02%) Data Quality
16 7 (14.89%) T-SQL
16 7 (14.89%) Data Management
16 7 (14.89%) Snowflake
17 6 (12.77%) DBS Check

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 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 39 (82.98%) Power Platform
2 26 (55.32%) Azure
3 7 (14.89%) Snowflake
4 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (82.98%) Power BI
2 18 (38.30%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (31.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (19.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.26%) Tableau
6 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.13%) ThoughtSpot
General
1 22 (46.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (36.17%) Finance
3 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
4 10 (21.28%) Retail Banking
5 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.13%) Legal
7 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Greenfield Project
1 12 (25.53%) Reinsurance
2 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (40.43%) Visualisation
3 17 (36.17%) Data Analysis
4 11 (23.40%) Migration
4 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (19.15%) Analytics
5 9 (19.15%) Business Analysis
6 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.02%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (14.89%) Data Management
8 6 (12.77%) Data Science
8 6 (12.77%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (12.77%) ITIL
9 4 (8.51%) Data Modelling
9 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.51%) Translating Business Requirements
10 3 (6.38%) CRM
10 3 (6.38%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (6.38%) Data Flow Diagram
10 3 (6.38%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 47 (100.00%) SQL
2 15 (31.91%) Python
3 13 (27.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (14.89%) T-SQL
5 3 (6.38%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) DBS Check
1 6 (12.77%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.13%) Talend