Data Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 263 318
Rank change year-on-year -79 +55 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 553 685 836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.23% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.39% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 406 367 491
10th Percentile £24,960 £26,250 £28,700
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +2.67%
75th Percentile £51,188 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Data Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Midlands -46 141 £37,500 -1.32% 21
North of England -51 131 £32,000 -14.67% 36
South East +27 118 £37,500 -21.05% 25
South West -34 81 £45,000 +12.00% 22
West Midlands -71 71 £38,500 +1.32% 10
East Midlands +18 70 £31,500 -11.27% 11
North West -15 64 £35,000 -6.67% 22
East of England -25 40 £36,664 -33.34% 17
North East -21 36 £24,960 -41.27% 5
Yorkshire -5 31 £35,000 -6.67% 9
Scotland -89 24 £55,000 +27.91% 10
Wales -6 12 £42,500 +35.56% 2
Northern Ireland +19 4 £50,000 +33.33%
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 292 (52.80%) SQL
2 252 (45.57%) Business Intelligence
3 246 (44.48%) Power BI
3 246 (44.48%) Power Platform
4 222 (40.14%) Analytical Skills
5 211 (38.16%) Analytics
6 198 (35.80%) Microsoft Excel
7 170 (30.74%) Data Analysis
8 165 (29.84%) Social Skills
9 157 (28.39%) Visualisation
10 156 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
11 148 (26.76%) Python
12 142 (25.68%) Finance
13 130 (23.51%) Tableau
14 126 (22.78%) Degree
15 119 (21.52%) Decision-Making
16 95 (17.18%) Retail
17 93 (16.82%) Microsoft
18 90 (16.27%) Data Management
19 86 (15.55%) Statistics
20 85 (15.37%) Data Quality
21 78 (14.10%) Actionable Insight
22 74 (13.38%) Mathematics
23 73 (13.20%) Data Visualisation
24 66 (11.93%) Data Analytics
25 59 (10.67%) Marketing
26 58 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
27 57 (10.31%) Data Modelling
28 53 (9.58%) Data Science
29 52 (9.40%) Legal

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.80%) SAS
2 7 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.08%) Confluence
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Luigi
Applications
1 198 (35.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.27%) SPSS
5 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.99%) ResourceLink
2 6 (1.08%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.18%) Lorenzo
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 246 (44.48%) Power Platform
2 34 (6.15%) AWS
3 33 (5.97%) Azure
4 14 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
5 11 (1.99%) Snowflake
6 10 (1.81%) GCP
6 10 (1.81%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (1.27%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.27%) SaaS
9 4 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.72%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.54%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.36%) GitHub
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 1 (0.18%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.27%) Internet
2 5 (0.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (44.48%) Power BI
2 130 (23.51%) Tableau
3 38 (6.87%) Power Query
4 36 (6.51%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.34%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.25%) QlikView
6 18 (3.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (3.07%) Data Mining
8 12 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.81%) Big Data
9 10 (1.81%) GIS
9 10 (1.81%) MS Access
10 9 (1.63%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.63%) MySQL
10 9 (1.63%) Qlik Sense
11 8 (1.45%) Amazon QuickSight
11 8 (1.45%) Metadata
12 5 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.90%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (4.70%) Git
2 9 (1.63%) JIRA
3 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.72%) Toad
5 3 (0.54%) Subversion
6 2 (0.36%) RStudio
General
1 222 (40.14%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 142 (25.68%) Finance
4 95 (17.18%) Retail
5 59 (10.67%) Marketing
6 52 (9.40%) Legal
7 43 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
8 41 (7.41%) Law
9 37 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (6.51%) Manufacturing
11 32 (5.79%) Banking
12 25 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (3.44%) Public Sector
14 15 (2.71%) Local Government
15 11 (1.99%) Automotive
15 11 (1.99%) Games
16 9 (1.63%) Electronics
17 8 (1.45%) French Language
17 8 (1.45%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.08%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.45%) Pandas
2 7 (1.27%) XML
3 2 (0.36%) HTML
3 2 (0.36%) JSON
4 1 (0.18%) D3.js
4 1 (0.18%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.18%) MDX
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.35%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.17%) FMCG
6 6 (1.08%) IoT
6 6 (1.08%) Pricing Data
7 4 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.72%) Credit Risk
7 4 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.72%) NHS
7 4 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.72%) Robotics
8 3 (0.54%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.54%) Social Media
8 3 (0.54%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.36%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.90%) Windows
2 2 (0.36%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (45.57%) Business Intelligence
2 211 (38.16%) Analytics
3 170 (30.74%) Data Analysis
4 157 (28.39%) Visualisation
5 156 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
6 119 (21.52%) Decision-Making
7 90 (16.27%) Data Management
8 86 (15.55%) Statistics
9 78 (14.10%) Actionable Insight
10 74 (13.38%) Mathematics
11 73 (13.20%) Data Visualisation
12 66 (11.93%) Data Analytics
13 58 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (10.31%) Data Modelling
15 53 (9.58%) Data Science
16 48 (8.68%) Data Governance
17 47 (8.50%) Dashboard Development
18 44 (7.96%) Business Strategy
19 42 (7.59%) Agile
19 42 (7.59%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 292 (52.80%) SQL
2 148 (26.76%) Python
3 37 (6.69%) R
4 35 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 24 (4.34%) T-SQL
6 18 (3.25%) VBA
7 6 (1.08%) Java
8 4 (0.72%) Bash
8 4 (0.72%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.72%) VB
9 3 (0.54%) Julia
Qualifications
1 126 (22.78%) Degree
2 35 (6.33%) DBS Check
3 14 (2.53%) Security Cleared
4 10 (1.81%) Master's Degree
5 9 (1.63%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.08%) SnowPro
7 4 (0.72%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.36%) CFA
10 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.18%) CCA
10 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (15.37%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.88%) GDPR
3 18 (3.25%) SLA
4 5 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.90%) QA
5 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 93 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.51%) SAP
3 31 (5.61%) Databricks
4 26 (4.70%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.16%) Alteryx
6 16 (2.89%) Google
7 15 (2.71%) Oracle
8 11 (1.99%) Kronos
9 9 (1.63%) Informatica
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
10 7 (1.27%) Talend
11 6 (1.08%) Jitterbit
12 5 (0.90%) ESRI
13 4 (0.72%) Civica
13 4 (0.72%) IFS
13 4 (0.72%) NEC
14 3 (0.54%) Meraki
15 2 (0.36%) Adobe
15 2 (0.36%) HubSpot
15 2 (0.36%) Workday