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Data Analysts

Data analysts gather and organise a variety of data and analyse it to understand what it means for their organisation or society.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£24,008
£32,850
£51,319

New workers start around £24,008. Normal pay is £32,850 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £51,319.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 60,637 vacancies for this type of job

5.32%

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.

  • Data Analysis

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Data Science

  • Power BI

  • Machine Learning

  • Dashboard

  • Data Visualization

  • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)

  • Statistics

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.

  • Communication

  • Problem Solving

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Decision Making

  • Research

  • Mathematics

  • Innovation

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Leadership

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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  • Business Data Analytics

    De Montfort University

    BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2025

  • Geography

    University of Leeds

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Leeds · 24/09/2025

  • 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

    Bath Spa University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bath · 15/09/2025

  • Geography

    University of Hertfordshire

    BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Hatfield · 09/2025

  • Law

    University of the West of Scotland

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Paisley · 08/09/2025

  • Geography

    Sheffield Hallam University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

  • Information Technology

    University of Derby

    BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Derby · 09/2025

  • Environmental Geography

    Cardiff University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cardiff · 22/09/2025

  • Geography

    University of Southampton

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

  • Geography (Study Abroad)

    Lancaster University

    BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Lancaster · 01/10/2025

  • Geography

    University of Birmingham

    Msci (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 29/09/2025

  • Business Computing

    University of Northampton

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 22/09/2025

  • Geography

    University of Sheffield

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 29/09/2025