Data Analyst Recruitment

Data analysts help a business see what is happening and decide what to do next. They pull the numbers together, check them and explain what they mean in plain terms. A good analyst saves a leadership team from guessing.

Consortia has recruited data analysts since 2010, on permanent and contract terms. The roles we cover range from reporting and insight analysts to product, marketing and commercial analysts, along with specialists brought in for a data migration or an audit. We also recruit the business intelligence and data science roles that sit alongside them.

How we recruit data analysts

Every analyst search begins with a question: what does the business want to know? An analyst improving a product, a marketing budget or a finance forecast needs different experience, even when the tools are the same. Agreeing that first tells us where to look.

Then the skills. SQL sits at the centre of most analyst roles, with Python or R for heavier statistical work and Power BI or Tableau for reporting. Experience with cloud data platforms is often valued too. We ask which of these the person will use every week, so the brief asks for what the job needs.

AI tools are changing the work. They can write a query or draft a chart in seconds, so more of an analyst's value lies in checking the answer and explaining it. We ask candidates to talk us through a piece of analysis that changed a decision, and how they made sure the numbers were right.

We also look at fit: how someone works with people outside the data team, and whether the role offers the path they want. Many analysts move on to analytics management, data science or data engineering, and it helps to know that at the start. Most of our analyst hires come through direct approaches. We recruit across the UK, Europe, the US and the UAE.