Profession · 2026/27
Data Analyst Salary UK 2026/27
Data analyst is a broad category — from reporting/BI analyst through product analyst through data scientist. Typical UK range £30–50k junior/mid, £55–80k senior, £80–120k lead/principal.
Typical pay & take-home
- Median gross
- £45,000
- Typical range
- £30,000–£80,000
- Take-home at median
- £35,920
England, no pension applied — use the salary calculator for your scheme.
At the median for this profession, you earn about 20% above the UK full-time median (£37,430), placing you in the top 37% of UK earners.
What influences data analyst pay
Data analyst titles span a wide range of seniority and responsibility. Reporting/BI analyst roles cluster £30-45k mid-career; product analyst and analytics engineer £45-65k; data scientist £55-85k; ML engineer / senior DS £80-130k.
London tech scale-ups pay at the top of these ranges; US tech London offices (DoorDash, Meta, Amazon, Google) add 30-70% premium. FAANG-equivalent senior data scientists commonly earn £100-150k base plus equity.
Financial services (investment banks, hedge funds) pay analyst/data roles particularly well — junior quant £60-90k, senior quant £120-250k+ — but with longer hours and bonus-weighted comp.
Career progression
- Junior Analyst: £28-38k.
- Analyst / Senior Analyst: £38-55k.
- Lead Analyst / Data Scientist: £55-85k.
- Principal / Staff DS: £85-130k.
- ML Engineering / Head of Analytics: £100-180k+.
Frequently asked questions
- Data analyst vs data scientist - which pays more?
- Data scientist titles typically command 10-30% premium over analyst at equivalent seniority in UK market, though the distinction is blurring at juniors. Senior DS / ML engineer is a clear step up in pay vs senior analyst.
- Should I consider contracting as a data analyst?
- Contracting outside IR35 at £450-700/day is common for experienced UK analysts - gross-to-company £100-150k/year but with Ltd overhead, IR35 risk, and no employment protections. Inside-IR35 contracts are taxed like employment but still attract slightly higher day rate than salaried-equivalent.