SQL Data Analyst Jobs

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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 869 1102
Rank change year-on-year +20 +233 -331
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 58 78 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.082% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.090% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 56 70 133
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £52,300 £42,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +17.74%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% +19.72% -3.40%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Data Analyst in the UK

SQL Data Analyst
Top 12 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 1 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 +18 58 £70,000 +33.33% 4
London +94 36 £70,000 +27.27% 1
UK excluding London -30 22 £35,000 -17.65% 2
Work from Home +24 14 £39,500 -21.00% 2
South West -23 6 £29,500 -60.67%
North of England +34 5 £40,000 +45.45% 2
East of England +1 5 £28,500 -54.40%
South East -4 5 £55,000 +10.00%
North West -5 3 £28,500 +3.64%
North East - 2 £41,000 - 1
Midlands -18 1 £28,500 +5.56%
West Midlands -19 1 £28,500 +5.56%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 58 (100.00%) SQL
2 45 (77.59%) Power BI
2 45 (77.59%) Power Platform
3 31 (53.45%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (51.72%) Azure
5 29 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (44.83%) Data Analysis
7 21 (36.21%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (36.21%) Finance
8 19 (32.76%) Python
8 19 (32.76%) Visualisation
9 18 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (25.86%) Migration
10 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
11 13 (22.41%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (22.41%) Analytics
11 13 (22.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (22.41%) Reinsurance
11 13 (22.41%) Retail Banking
12 12 (20.69%) Business Analysis
12 12 (20.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 11 (18.97%) Data Quality
13 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (18.97%) Data Management
13 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Excel
14 10 (17.24%) Requirements Gathering
15 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
16 8 (13.79%) T-SQL
17 7 (12.07%) Snowflake

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 45 (77.59%) Power Platform
2 30 (51.72%) Azure
3 7 (12.07%) Snowflake
4 3 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (77.59%) Power BI
2 21 (36.21%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (20.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.45%) Tableau
6 1 (1.72%) Metadata
6 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.72%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 29 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (36.21%) Finance
3 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
4 13 (22.41%) Retail Banking
5 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
7 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Greenfield Project
1 13 (22.41%) Reinsurance
2 3 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.72%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (44.83%) Data Analysis
3 19 (32.76%) Visualisation
4 15 (25.86%) Migration
5 13 (22.41%) Analytics
6 12 (20.69%) Business Analysis
7 11 (18.97%) Data Management
7 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (17.24%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (12.07%) Data Science
11 6 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (10.34%) ITIL
12 5 (8.62%) Data Analytics
12 5 (8.62%) Data Cleansing
13 4 (6.90%) Data Modelling
13 4 (6.90%) Decision-Making
13 4 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
14 3 (5.17%) Agile
14 3 (5.17%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) SQL
2 19 (32.76%) Python
3 13 (22.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (13.79%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.17%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) DBS Check
1 6 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (10.34%) SnowPro
2 4 (6.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.97%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.72%) Informatica
2 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.72%) Talend