Data Analysis Job Trends in the East of England

Data Analysis
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 93 81
Rank change year-on-year -65 -12 +25
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 42 91 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.64% 2.68% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 2.97% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 23 54 121
10th Percentile £30,320 - £28,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £26,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -32.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,375 £54,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £79,700 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,681 3,060 5,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.48% 90.05% 77.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,254 1,595 3,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the East of England

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in the East of England

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the East of England region over the 6 months to 8 July 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 -46 12 £40,000 +45.45% 15
Essex -27 10 £40,000 -47.37% 21
Hertfordshire -26 7 £30,800 -13.24% 22
Suffolk +12 6 £37,500 -25.00% 8
Norfolk -24 4 £56,250 - 8
Bedfordshire +6 3 £55,000 +18.92% 8
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
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 3 (7.14%) Apache
1 3 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 3 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (2.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
3 3 (7.14%) Amazon S3
3 3 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 3 (7.14%) OpenShift
3 3 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (2.38%) Azure
4 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) LTE
1 1 (2.38%) SMS
1 1 (2.38%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) Tableau
2 5 (11.90%) Power BI
3 3 (7.14%) Apache Hive
3 3 (7.14%) Impala
3 3 (7.14%) Oracle Database
3 3 (7.14%) Parquet
3 3 (7.14%) Spark SQL
4 2 (4.76%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.38%) Metadata
5 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) GitLab
2 3 (7.14%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 3 (7.14%) JIRA
3 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (38.10%) Finance
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Retail
4 4 (9.52%) Marketing
4 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Banking
5 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.76%) Automotive
7 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.38%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Publishing
7 1 (2.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Analyst
2 7 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Business Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Configuration Specialist
4 3 (7.14%) Banking Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Commercial Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Data Business Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) IT Support
4 3 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Pricing Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Transformation Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Validation Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) E-Commerce Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Pandas
1 3 (7.14%) PySpark
2 1 (2.38%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) Django
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) NumPy
2 1 (2.38%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.38%) REST
2 1 (2.38%) SciPy
2 1 (2.38%) Shiny
2 1 (2.38%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 3 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.38%) FPGA
3 1 (2.38%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.38%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (30.95%) Decision-Making
3 11 (26.19%) Analytics
4 10 (23.81%) Validation
5 9 (21.43%) AI
6 8 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (16.67%) Agile
7 7 (16.67%) Process Improvement
7 7 (16.67%) Project Management
8 6 (14.29%) B2B
8 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (11.90%) Change Management
9 5 (11.90%) Data Analytics
9 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.90%) Scrum
10 4 (9.52%) Change Control
10 4 (9.52%) CI/CD
10 4 (9.52%) Customer Experience
10 4 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) SQL
2 11 (26.19%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) VBA
4 2 (4.76%) C++
5 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) ACCA
1 2 (4.76%) CIMA
1 2 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Firmware
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Google
3 3 (7.14%) IBM
3 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.38%) dotdigital
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) TippingPoint