Data Analyst – Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for talented and motivated Data Analysts to join its team, with opportunities available in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact by delivering data-driven insights that help shape policies and improve services for millions across the UK.
As a Data Analyst at DWP, you will be responsible for developing high-quality data analysis products that meet stakeholder needs within agreed timescales. You will work with large, complex datasets to produce actionable insights that support strategic decision-making and continuous improvement across the organisation.
In return, you’ll benefit from a supportive working environment, including access to comprehensive health and wellbeing support, such as the Employee Assistance Programme. The role offers strong career progression, job security, and the chance to work at the heart of public service transformation.
Apply now to join the UK’s largest government department and help deliver data solutions that make a difference.
Position: Data Analyst
Salary: £42,614 – £50,296 per year
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Birmingham/Blackpool/Leeds/Manchester/Newcastle or Sheffield
About the Role
Job summary
Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see ‘Selection process details’.
At DWP Digital, we design and develop digital user-friendly digital services that enable millions of people to access the help, advice, and financial support they need. Almost everyone in the UK relies on our digital services at some point in their lives.
DWP needs the right intelligence for it to be able to deliver its services and continually look to improve them and do this in as efficient way as possible. Management Information is an integral part of providing the intelligence to enable this.
DWP MI provide the strategic capability for MI reporting and visualisations across the entire Department. DWP MI provides an expert domain and IT platform, which supports many teams across DWP in self-developing their own MI and also provides the option for areas of DWP to commission MI to be developed for them.
Our Data Analyst community have a key responsibility in providing the right skills and talent to ensure the effective development of MI across DWP Digital.
* As a Data Analyst, you will be responsible for developing data analysis products which meet stakeholder needs to agreed timescales, as well as coaching others on how to best do this. You will support continuous improvement of standards and provide leadership to develop the broader MI developer community across DWP, providing technical guidance alongside other data analysis functions for stakeholders.
* Working in our MI Support Hub you will have the fantastic opportunity of being able to guide and coach hundreds of teams across DWP, cascading skills and knowledge on how to best develop MI products. This is because many of the teams that engage with DWP MI and build products on our platform are doing so on a best endeavours basis.
* You will be responsible for steering and coaching such teams, with the option to yourself embed in wider DWP teams for a period to help them grow their skills.
* There are also MI developer roles in our teams for scenarios where we are commissioned to develop MI reports on behalf of other DWP teams, such as the Secretary of State SoS dashboard.
* You’ll work as part of an agile development team, and work with stakeholders to develop a product that meets their needs, but at the same time guides them in how to achieve this in the best possible approach.
Person specification
See selection process for further details.
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Alongside your salary of £42,614, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,345 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
* Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
* Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
* Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
* Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
* Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
* Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
* An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Salary Information
Pay for this role is from £42,614 to £45,081.
The maximum salary for the grade is £45,081, however a Digital Allowance of up to £5,215 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.
Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.
Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.
Things you need to know
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
Stage 1: Application
Your application will consist of three parts:
* A Personal Details application form.
* Employment history – this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed in line with the essential criteria below:
* You can understand the appropriate media to communicate findings. You can shape and share communications relevant to the audience. You can give tactical recommendations.
* Identify capability gaps for yourself, team and stakeholders. Take time to coach, mentor and develop other colleagues. Reflect on own work, continuously seek and act on feedback to improve own performance.
* Identify appropriate ways to collect, collate and prepare data. Decide if data is accurate and fit for purpose. Prepare and cleanse data with limited guidance.
* SQL and PowerBI, including data modelling, DAX (Data Analysis Expressions), Power Query, and report/dashboard creation.
* Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of Data Visualisation.
* Tell us about a time where you have come across a data product or dashboard that was not meeting user needs. Talk us through the issues with it, how you engaged with stakeholders and what improvements you made. Please include reference to which tooling and techniques you used.
The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge.
An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift.
For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital.
* You will be asked to complete your employment history any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
* Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
* If your employment history, personal statement or technical statement contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
* We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective.
Stage 2: Interview
If you’re successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the experiences listed above.
You will be asked to do a 10 minutes presentation on the question detailed within the technical statement.
Interviews will take place from mid June 2025. Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information:
Find out more about Working for DWP
If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* UK nationals
* Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
* Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* Individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Required Documents
* CV/Resume
Application Process
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