Data Analysts
Wages
New workers start around £24,009. Normal pay is £32,851 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £51,320.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 60,797 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Presents findings for technical or non-technical audiences to inform the decisions of companies, government or other organisations.
Creates visual representations of data, such as data dashboards and graphs.
Analyses data to identify trends and patterns in a variety of fields, such as opinion polling, predicting demand for goods and services, or the testing of new medications.
Gathers, cleans and collates datasets and develops data management processes and policies.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (with Foundation Year option)
Bournemouth University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Poole · 22/09/2025
Geography (Human and Physical)
Keele University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich with time abroad · Keele · 09/2025
Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
Coventry University
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2025
Geography with Foundation Year
University of Plymouth
BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Plymouth · 15/09/2025
Geography
King's College London, University of London
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 29/09/2025
Geography
University of Hertfordshire
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Hatfield · 09/2025
Geography
University of Leeds
BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Leeds · 24/09/2025
Environmental Geography
Cardiff University
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cardiff · 22/09/2025
Geography (with foundation year)
Nottingham Trent University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Southwell · 15/09/2025
Geography
University of Birmingham
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Birmingham · 29/09/2025
Geography, Geopolitics and Global Affairs
Royal Holloway, University of London
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Egham · 22/09/2025
Geography with Professional Placement
Kingston University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · London · 22/09/2025
Business Computing (with Foundation Year)
Bristol, UWE
BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Bristol · 15/09/2025
Business Computing
Brunel University of London
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Uxbridge · 15/09/2025
Business & Management (with Foundation Year)
Wrexham University
BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Wrexham · 22/09/2025
Business Computing
University of Northampton
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 22/09/2025
Geography with International Year Abroad
University of Worcester
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Worcester · 09/2025
Global Development
University of East Anglia UEA
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Norwich · 09/2025