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What UK data jobs pay,
Pay for data analysts, data engineers, BI analysts and data scientists by region and age, from the Office for National Statistics. What a salary leaves you each month, how pay compares with rent, and the path into each role.
The figures
What data roles
The median is the middle: half of full-time jobs in each group pay more, half pay less. Each figure links to the full range, the regions and pay by age.
- Data analyst£38,572median, full-time, UK · ONS group: Data analysts See the range
- BI analyst£53,295median, full-time, UK · ONS group: Management consultants and business analysts See the range
- Data engineer£60,288median, full-time, UK · ONS group: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers See the range
- Analytics engineerONS has no occupation group for this role. See the closest groups. See the range
- Data scientist£53,342median, full-time, UK · ONS group: Actuaries, economists and statisticians See the range
- BI or software developer£56,914median, full-time, UK · ONS group: Programmers and software development professionals See the range
Source: Office for National Statistics, Earnings and hours worked, occupation by four-digit SOC: ASHE Table 14 (2025 provisional), released 23 October 2025. Fetched 29 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download the figures.
Explore
Five ways
- Salary explorerWhat does this role pay here?Pick a role and a region to see the full range of pay, not only an average. Compare two, and share the link.Open
- Take-home payWhat would it pay me each month?Income tax, National Insurance, your student loan plan and your pension, for 2026/27, with every rule sourced.Open
- Pay and rent by regionDoes London’s higher pay go further?Typical pay for the role in each region set against the average private rent, after tax.Open
- Pathways into dataWhat does each role involve?Six data roles side by side: the work, the skills and tools, and how people progress.Open
- Where do I stand?What should I do next?A few questions about your aims and skills. A personal summary and next steps, worked out in your browser.Open
The jobs market now
Across the
The latest official figures for all jobs, not only data roles, for context.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Labour market overview time series (LMS), released 15 September 2026. Fetched 29 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download the figures.
How we keep it honest
Official figures,
Insights is made by Deeplink Coaching. It uses only official open data, fetched and checked automatically, and it tells you what each figure can and can’t say.
- Ranges, not one averagePay from the 10th to the 90th percentile, because an average hides most of what matters when you’re starting out.
- No guesses in the gapsWhen ONS doesn’t publish a figure because its sample is too small, we say so. We never fill a gap with an estimate.
- Every figure sourced and datedEach one names its ONS table, edition and release date, with ONS’s own quality rating, and you can download all of them.
- Your numbers stay with youSalaries you type and answers you give are worked out in your browser. No accounts, no tracking.
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