Market Data Analyst | Data Analyst | BenchmarkingOverview🏢 Company | Market Infrastructure & Capital Markets Intelligence👤 Title | Market Data Analyst🎯 Impact | Cost transparency, Vendor benchmarking, Contract intelligence📏 Team | Specialist data & analytics function📍 Location | London💻 Hybrid | Flexible hybrid working💰 Salary | Competitive + benefitsYou’ll help institutions stop overpaying for market data.If you’ve worked around market data long enough, you’ll know this:contracts are complex, pricing is opaque, and few people truly understand what they’re paying for.Here, you’ll sit at the centre of that problem.You’ll get:Exposure to real market data contracts across exchanges and vendorsTraining that moves you from data analysis into client-facing advisoryA platform to build your name in the market — including industry panels and eventsYou won’t just clean spreadsheets. You’ll turn messy commercial data into insights that influence negotiations worth millions.And you’ll learn how benchmarking really works, regression models, triangulation techniques, methodology design, not just surface-level reporting.What you’ll be doingFirst, you’ll complete structured training in data cleaning and benchmarking methodology. Then you’ll start delivering work that matters.You’ll:Standardise and clean large, inconsistent market data filesApply benchmarking methodologies across different providers and productsAnalyse pricing trends and contract structuresDeliver benchmarking results and explain the “why” behind the numbersReview complex contract clauses and identify key differencesUpload benchmark outputs into a live dashboard environmentOver time, you’ll move into a client-facing capacity, presenting findings, answering questions, and building relationships with senior stakeholders in financial institutions.What you’ll need2–5 years’ experience in market data, vendor management, finance or data analysisStrong Excel capability, you’re comfortable manipulating datasets and building formula-driven analysisA degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics or similarThe confidence to explain numbers clearly to non-technical stakeholdersIt would help if you’ve also…Worked for a market data vendor or within a vendor management teamUsed basic PythonSeen regulatory frameworks like MiFID II in practiceHad exposure to client-facing environmentsInterview processCV review → Introductory call → Technical discussion → Final conversation → OfferIf you’re working in market data and want to move closer to the commercial engine — where contracts, benchmarking and negotiation strategy happen — this is worth a conversation.Apply and we’ll share the full brief confidentially.