Data Analyst

Babcock International; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Professional Fees covered

Reservists leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Data Analyst role at Babcock, based in Donnington or Andover with hybrid working arrangements. You will support one of the UK's major defence transformation programmes, turning data into actionable insights to inform decisions and drive programme delivery.

You'll develop Power BI dashboards and Excel reports, ensure data quality and governance, and collaborate with campaign leaders and stakeholders to identify trends and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing complex datasets and translating findings into business recommendations.
• Understanding data governance, data quality, information security and data management.
• Experience developing Power BI dashboards and data models.

Responsibilities

• Analysing complex data from multiple sources to provide actionable insight.
• Developing and maintaining dashboards, reports and visualisations using Power BI and Excel.
• Ensuring data quality, governance and assurance processes are robust, accurate and auditable.
• Supporting campaign reviews and governance activities through evidence-based reporting.
• Collaborating with campaign leaders and stakeholders to identify trends and opportunities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Data Analytics or related field

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Data Analyst

Location: Telford, GB, TF2 8JT Salisbury, GB, SP11 8HT

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Data Analyst

Location: Telford, Shropshire or Andover, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76814

Turn insight into action on one of the UK's most ambitious defence transformation programmes.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Data Analyst at Donnington or Andover.

The role

As a Data Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting one of the UK's most significant defence transformation programmes. Working within a high-profile business winning campaign, you'll provide trusted, data-driven insight that helps shape critical decisions, influence strategy, and support successful programme delivery.

Day-to-day you'll be:

• Analysing complex data from multiple business, programme and customer sources to provide actionable insight.
• Developing and maintaining dashboards, reports and visualisations using Power BI and Microsoft Excel.
• Ensuring data quality, governance and assurance processes are robust, accurate and auditable.
• Supporting campaign reviews, governance activities and key decision points through evidence-based reporting.
• Collaborating with campaign leaders, solution teams and stakeholders to identify trends, risks and opportunities.

The role is based at Donnington or Andover. Hybrid working patterns are available with a minimum of 3 days on site. The set working times are Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Data Analyst:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Power Query, pivot tables, complex formulas and data validation.
• Experience analysing complex datasets and translating findings into business-focused recommendations.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, information security and data management principles.
• Experience developing Power BI dashboards, data models and DAX-based reporting solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex analysis clearly to a range of stakeholders.

Qualifications for the Data Analyst:

• Degree in Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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