Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

Analyst
England > East of England

The median Analyst salary in the East of England is £41,351 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 458 307 658
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.74% 11.95% 11.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.51% 13.79% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 197 179 433
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,351 £47,500 £39,372
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +20.65% -5.13%
75th Percentile £50,000 £56,875 £50,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,000 £57,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 5,383 2,227 5,495
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 86.65% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,320 1,466 4,225
10th Percentile £29,590 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +12.11% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,813 £66,252 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Cambridgeshire +25 123 £45,000 -23.40% 28
Essex -5 99 £30,000 -36.84% 23
Suffolk +15 97 £45,000 +38.46% 20
Hertfordshire -40 68 £45,000 -4.60% 26
Norfolk +16 47 £42,175 +5.44% 9
Bedfordshire +4 36 £40,000 -21.52% 14
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 201 (43.89%) Microsoft
2 157 (34.28%) Azure
3 144 (31.44%) Azure Certification
4 125 (27.29%) SQL
5 121 (26.42%) Business Intelligence
6 115 (25.11%) Power Platform
7 114 (24.89%) Power BI
8 104 (22.71%) Microsoft Excel
9 93 (20.31%) Python
10 90 (19.65%) Cybersecurity
11 87 (19.00%) Tableau
12 79 (17.25%) AI
13 76 (16.59%) CompTIA Security+
13 76 (16.59%) Mentoring
14 75 (16.38%) CompTIA CySA+
15 72 (15.72%) Azure AI
15 72 (15.72%) ForeScout
16 66 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
17 41 (8.95%) Degree
18 35 (7.64%) Agile
19 34 (7.42%) Business Analysis
20 30 (6.55%) Data Analysis
21 28 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
22 26 (5.68%) ERP
23 25 (5.46%) Computer Science
24 24 (5.24%) Customer Service
24 24 (5.24%) Decision-Making
25 21 (4.59%) Analytics
25 21 (4.59%) ITIL
26 20 (4.37%) Continuous Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.53%) Apache
2 7 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.87%) CMS
4 2 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 104 (22.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.87%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.66%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 157 (34.28%) Azure
2 115 (25.11%) Power Platform
3 72 (15.72%) Azure AI
4 18 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (2.18%) SaaS
7 9 (1.97%) AWS
7 9 (1.97%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.53%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.53%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.66%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.44%) IaaS
11 2 (0.44%) OCI
11 2 (0.44%) PaaS
11 2 (0.44%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.18%) Firewall
2 6 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.09%) FTP
4 2 (0.44%) DHCP
4 2 (0.44%) DNS
4 2 (0.44%) Network Security
4 2 (0.44%) SSL
4 2 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.22%) IPv4
5 1 (0.22%) IPv6
5 1 (0.22%) LAN
5 1 (0.22%) MPLS
5 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (24.89%) Power BI
2 87 (19.00%) Tableau
3 11 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.75%) Data Mining
4 8 (1.75%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.53%) Apache Hive
5 7 (1.53%) Impala
5 7 (1.53%) Parquet
5 7 (1.53%) Spark SQL
6 6 (1.31%) GIS
7 5 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (1.09%) MySQL
7 5 (1.09%) Power Query
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.44%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.53%) Git
1 7 (1.53%) IBM UrbanCode
1 7 (1.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 203 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 87 (19.00%) Finance
3 74 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (3.93%) Banking
6 15 (3.28%) Legal
7 10 (2.18%) Law
8 9 (1.97%) Marketing
9 8 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.75%) Retail
10 7 (1.53%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.09%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.66%) Advertising
13 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Local Government
15 1 (0.22%) Electronics
15 1 (0.22%) Online Betting
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.40%) HTML
2 7 (1.53%) PySpark
3 5 (1.09%) JSON
3 5 (1.09%) REST
3 5 (1.09%) SOAP
3 5 (1.09%) Web Services
3 5 (1.09%) XML
4 3 (0.66%) CSS
4 3 (0.66%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.28%) Driving Licence
2 11 (2.40%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.18%) Low-Code
4 8 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (1.53%) Life Science
6 4 (0.87%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.66%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.66%) PropTech
7 3 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.44%) LIMS
8 2 (0.44%) NHS
8 2 (0.44%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.44%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.44%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.93%) Windows
2 9 (1.97%) Android
3 5 (1.09%) Linux
4 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) AIX
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (26.42%) Business Intelligence
2 90 (19.65%) Cybersecurity
3 79 (17.25%) AI
4 76 (16.59%) Mentoring
5 66 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (7.64%) Agile
7 34 (7.42%) Business Analysis
8 30 (6.55%) Data Analysis
9 26 (5.68%) ERP
10 25 (5.46%) Computer Science
11 24 (5.24%) Customer Service
11 24 (5.24%) Decision-Making
12 21 (4.59%) Analytics
12 21 (4.59%) ITIL
13 20 (4.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (4.37%) ITSM
14 18 (3.93%) Data Protection
15 16 (3.49%) Information Security
15 16 (3.49%) Process Improvement
15 16 (3.49%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 125 (27.29%) SQL
2 93 (20.31%) Python
3 8 (1.75%) VBA
4 5 (1.09%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.66%) Apex Code
5 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 144 (31.44%) Azure Certification
2 76 (16.59%) CompTIA Security+
3 75 (16.38%) CompTIA CySA+
4 41 (8.95%) Degree
5 11 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.97%) ACCA
6 9 (1.97%) CIMA
7 7 (1.53%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.87%) CISSP
8 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.44%) CISM
9 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) GSEC
9 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.22%) CEH
10 1 (0.22%) CISA
10 1 (0.22%) IIBA
10 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.22%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.40%) GDPR
1 11 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.97%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.75%) NIST
3 8 (1.75%) QA
4 4 (0.87%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (0.87%) GRC
4 4 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.66%) PMO
6 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.66%) SCCM
3 1 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 201 (43.89%) Microsoft
2 72 (15.72%) ForeScout
3 16 (3.49%) Oracle
4 9 (1.97%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.53%) Red Hat
5 7 (1.53%) SAP
6 4 (0.87%) Apple
6 4 (0.87%) NEC
6 4 (0.87%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.66%) IBM
7 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.44%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.44%) Epicor
8 2 (0.44%) Google
8 2 (0.44%) Sage
8 2 (0.44%) Snow
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco
9 1 (0.22%) Citrix
9 1 (0.22%) iManage