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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
£23,847
£32,316
£50,843

New workers start around £23,847. Normal pay is £32,316 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £50,843.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 60,084 vacancies for this type of job

5.68%

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 Science

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Machine Learning

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Data Analysis

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Computer Science

  • Statistics

  • R (Programming Language)

  • Algorithms

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

  • Research

  • Mathematics

  • Innovation

  • Problem Solving

  • Management

  • Decision Making

  • Leadership

  • Forecasting

  • Presentations

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Geography with Foundation Year

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 32/48

Geography (Human and Physical)

Keele University

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

Tariff points: 120/120

Geography

King's College London, University of London

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

Tariff points: N/A

Geography

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Hatfield · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Geography

University of Leeds

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 24/09/2025

Tariff points: 144/144

Law

University of the West of Scotland

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

Tariff points: 102/102

Geography

University of Southampton

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

Tariff points: N/A

Geography

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Business Analytics

Lancaster University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 01/10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Geography with a Year Abroad

Queen Mary University of London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Information Technology

University of Derby

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

Tariff points: 96/96

Global Humanitarian Studies

UCL (University College London)

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

Tariff points: N/A

Business Computing

University of Northampton

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Global Development

University of East Anglia UEA

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

Tariff points: N/A

Environmental Geography

Cardiff University

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

Tariff points: N/A

Business Computing

Birkbeck, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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