Data Analyst Jobs

Data Analyst
UK

The median Data Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 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 283 277 323
Rank change year-on-year -6 +46 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 1,057 1,228 2,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.32% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.45% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 737 728 1,183
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% +2.67%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the UK

Data Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

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 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
England +10 991 £45,000 -5.26% 216
UK excluding London -79 553 £38,500 -1.28% 132
London +58 476 £65,000 +9.70% 89
Work from Home +13 449 £45,000 -5.26% 90
Midlands -46 141 £37,500 -1.32% 23
North of England -51 131 £32,000 -14.67% 37
South East +27 118 £37,500 -21.05% 25
South West -34 81 £45,000 +12.00% 21
West Midlands -71 71 £38,500 +1.32% 10
East Midlands +18 70 £31,500 -11.27% 13
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% 10
Scotland -89 24 £55,000 +27.91% 10
Wales -6 12 £42,500 +35.56% 2
Northern Ireland +19 4 £50,000 +33.33%
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 -

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

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 featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 665 (62.91%) SQL
2 455 (43.05%) Data Analysis
3 435 (41.15%) Analytical Skills
4 420 (39.74%) Analytics
5 416 (39.36%) Social Skills
6 402 (38.03%) Power Platform
7 401 (37.94%) Power BI
8 382 (36.14%) Business Intelligence
9 371 (35.10%) Python
10 348 (32.92%) Visualisation
11 333 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
12 316 (29.90%) Microsoft Excel
13 310 (29.33%) Degree
13 310 (29.33%) Tableau
14 252 (23.84%) Finance
15 245 (23.18%) Statistics
16 237 (22.42%) Actionable Insight
17 231 (21.85%) Mathematics
18 221 (20.91%) Retail
19 206 (19.49%) Decision-Making
20 194 (18.35%) Business Strategy
20 194 (18.35%) Data Quality
21 187 (17.69%) Data Management
22 179 (16.93%) Presentation Skills
23 163 (15.42%) AWS
24 153 (14.47%) Data Pipeline
25 151 (14.29%) Databricks
26 148 (14.00%) DBS Check
27 147 (13.91%) Microsoft
28 140 (13.25%) Git

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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.37%) SAS
2 9 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.76%) Confluence
4 6 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.095%) Luigi
Applications
1 316 (29.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.95%) SPSS
5 9 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.28%) Stata
Business Applications
1 11 (1.04%) ResourceLink
2 6 (0.57%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.57%) Sage 50
2 6 (0.57%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.38%) Finacle
4 4 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 4 (0.38%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.095%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.095%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 402 (38.03%) Power Platform
2 163 (15.42%) AWS
3 93 (8.80%) Azure
4 24 (2.27%) Snowflake
5 19 (1.80%) GCP
6 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
9 13 (1.23%) Google Analytics
10 12 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 9 (0.85%) GitHub
11 9 (0.85%) SaaS
12 8 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (0.76%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.66%) dbt
14 6 (0.57%) Collibra
15 5 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
16 4 (0.38%) Alation
16 4 (0.38%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.66%) Internet
2 5 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.095%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 401 (37.94%) Power BI
2 310 (29.33%) Tableau
3 74 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (4.82%) SQL Server
5 41 (3.88%) Power Query
6 37 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 33 (3.12%) Metadata
8 27 (2.55%) Data Mining
9 26 (2.46%) QlikView
10 18 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 14 (1.32%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
12 13 (1.23%) Big Data
12 13 (1.23%) Data Lake
13 12 (1.14%) GIS
13 12 (1.14%) Qlik Sense
14 10 (0.95%) MS Access
15 9 (0.85%) Looker
15 9 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 140 (13.25%) Git
2 14 (1.32%) JIRA
2 14 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (0.57%) GitLab
3 6 (0.57%) Toad
4 3 (0.28%) Subversion
5 2 (0.19%) RStudio
General
1 435 (41.15%) Analytical Skills
2 416 (39.36%) Social Skills
3 252 (23.84%) Finance
4 221 (20.91%) Retail
5 179 (16.93%) Presentation Skills
6 88 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (7.95%) Marketing
8 74 (7.00%) Banking
9 59 (5.58%) Legal
10 49 (4.64%) Law
11 47 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (3.41%) Manufacturing
13 23 (2.18%) Local Government
13 23 (2.18%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.23%) Games
14 13 (1.23%) Retail Banking
15 11 (1.04%) Automotive
16 10 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.85%) Electronics
18 8 (0.76%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.76%) Pandas
1 8 (0.76%) XML
2 4 (0.38%) JSON
3 2 (0.19%) HTML
4 1 (0.095%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.095%) D3.js
4 1 (0.095%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.095%) Kafka
4 1 (0.095%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.095%) MDX
4 1 (0.095%) NumPy
4 1 (0.095%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.095%) PySpark
4 1 (0.095%) REST
4 1 (0.095%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.095%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.095%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.30%) Management Information System
2 44 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 15 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.32%) Reinsurance
7 13 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.14%) FMCG
9 11 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 10 (0.95%) Reference Data
11 9 (0.85%) Housing Association
11 9 (0.85%) Product Ownership
12 7 (0.66%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.57%) Blog
13 6 (0.57%) IoT
13 6 (0.57%) Pricing Data
14 5 (0.47%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.57%) Windows
2 2 (0.19%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.095%) Android
3 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.095%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (43.05%) Data Analysis
2 420 (39.74%) Analytics
3 382 (36.14%) Business Intelligence
4 348 (32.92%) Visualisation
5 333 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
6 245 (23.18%) Statistics
7 237 (22.42%) Actionable Insight
8 231 (21.85%) Mathematics
9 206 (19.49%) Decision-Making
10 194 (18.35%) Business Strategy
11 187 (17.69%) Data Management
12 153 (14.47%) Data Pipeline
13 137 (12.96%) Storytelling
14 134 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 131 (12.39%) Root Cause Analysis
16 128 (12.11%) Customer Intelligence
17 126 (11.92%) Data Modelling
18 123 (11.64%) Data Visualisation
19 117 (11.07%) Data Governance
20 115 (10.88%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 665 (62.91%) SQL
2 371 (35.10%) Python
3 69 (6.53%) R
4 48 (4.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 40 (3.78%) T-SQL
6 26 (2.46%) VBA
7 8 (0.76%) Java
8 6 (0.57%) Bash
9 4 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.38%) VB
10 3 (0.28%) C#
10 3 (0.28%) Julia
11 1 (0.095%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 310 (29.33%) Degree
2 148 (14.00%) DBS Check
3 24 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 22 (2.08%) Security Cleared
5 20 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
6 12 (1.14%) DV Cleared
7 10 (0.95%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.57%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.47%) MBA
10 5 (0.47%) PhD
11 4 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.19%) ACCA
12 2 (0.19%) CFA
12 2 (0.19%) CIMA
13 1 (0.095%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.095%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.095%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (18.35%) Data Quality
2 33 (3.12%) GDPR
3 19 (1.80%) SLA
4 12 (1.14%) QA
5 8 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.66%) COBIT
7 6 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.095%) NIST
9 1 (0.095%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.095%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.095%) Apache ZooKeeper
1 1 (0.095%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.095%) Oozie
Vendors
1 151 (14.29%) Databricks
2 147 (13.91%) Microsoft
3 42 (3.97%) Alteryx
4 37 (3.50%) SAP
5 35 (3.31%) Google
6 29 (2.74%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.99%) Oracle
8 15 (1.42%) Informatica
9 11 (1.04%) Kronos
10 8 (0.76%) Adobe
11 7 (0.66%) IBM
11 7 (0.66%) Talend
12 6 (0.57%) Civica
12 6 (0.57%) Jitterbit
12 6 (0.57%) NEC
12 6 (0.57%) Sage
13 5 (0.47%) ESRI
14 4 (0.38%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.38%) IFS
15 3 (0.28%) Meraki