Data Analysis Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 72 56
Rank change year-on-year +60 -16 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 61 10 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 6.89% 1.14% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 1.32% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 39 1 10
10th Percentile - - £33,289
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,800 £34,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £35,269 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% -17.02% -10.53%
75th Percentile £45,000 £36,737 £46,563
90th Percentile £54,503 - £65,250
East of England median annual salary £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -18.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 759 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.82% 86.55% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 476 326 407
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,875 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,125 £82,125 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire

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Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +38 54 £27,500 -22.03% 5
Peterborough - 4 £40,000 - 5
St Neots - 1 £40,000 -
Data Analysis
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.84%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (44.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 25 (40.98%) Power Platform
2 20 (32.79%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (40.98%) Power BI
2 6 (9.84%) Data Mining
2 6 (9.84%) Tableau
3 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Finance
2 8 (13.11%) German Language
3 6 (9.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (42.62%) Analyst
2 15 (24.59%) Support Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 7 (11.48%) Data Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Marketing Executive
4 6 (9.84%) Trainee
4 6 (9.84%) Trainee Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Business Support Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Coordinator
5 5 (8.20%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Systems Support
5 5 (8.20%) Systems Support Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Campaign Executive
7 2 (3.28%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) SQL Analyst
8 1 (1.64%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.64%) Test Development Engineer
8 1 (1.64%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (36.07%) HTML
1 22 (36.07%) JSON
1 22 (36.07%) Regular Expression
1 22 (36.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.07%) Linux Command Line
1 22 (36.07%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.84%) Multi-touch
3 2 (3.28%) PropTech
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (36.07%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (52.46%) Analytics
2 28 (45.90%) AI
3 26 (42.62%) Data Analytics
4 25 (40.98%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (36.07%) LLM
6 20 (32.79%) Customer Service
6 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (32.79%) Process Improvement
6 20 (32.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (9.84%) A/B Testing
7 6 (9.84%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (9.84%) B2B
7 6 (9.84%) B2B Marketing
7 6 (9.84%) Business Analysis
7 6 (9.84%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (9.84%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (9.84%) Decision-Making
7 6 (9.84%) Market Research
7 6 (9.84%) Project Management
7 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (47.54%) Python
2 9 (14.75%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 23 (37.70%) Degree
2 20 (32.79%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.64%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) HubSpot
2 6 (9.84%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.64%) SAP