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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 83 88
Rank change year-on-year -73 +5 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 51 109 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.69% 3.14% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 3.59% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 32 70 53
10th Percentile £30,000 - £30,000
25th Percentile £32,275 £26,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £27,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -38.89% -12.20%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,188 £54,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £79,000 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

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 5,183 3,040 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.46% 87.71% 73.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,713 1,630 2,206
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,323
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -59 17 £34,000 +23.64% 25
Essex -19 11 £40,000 -47.37% 23
Bedfordshire -4 9 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Hertfordshire -33 6 £42,050 +52.91% 25
Suffolk +5 4 £37,500 -25.00% 6
Norfolk -28 4 £56,250 - 6
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 (5.88%) Apache
1 3 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (5.88%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.92%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) Academy Housing
2 2 (3.92%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
3 3 (5.88%) Amazon S3
3 3 (5.88%) Azure
3 3 (5.88%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.92%) ChatGPT
4 2 (3.92%) GCP
4 2 (3.92%) GitHub
4 2 (3.92%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.92%) Google Gemini
4 2 (3.92%) Google Sheets
4 2 (3.92%) Google Workspace
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.92%) SaaS
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) Power BI
2 4 (7.84%) Tableau
3 3 (5.88%) Apache Hive
3 3 (5.88%) Impala
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.88%) Parquet
3 3 (5.88%) Spark SQL
3 3 (5.88%) Spotfire
4 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (5.88%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (39.22%) Finance
3 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (13.73%) Retail
6 6 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (9.80%) Electronics
7 5 (9.80%) Manufacturing
8 4 (7.84%) Aerospace
9 3 (5.88%) Banking
9 3 (5.88%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.92%) Law
10 2 (3.92%) Marketing
11 1 (1.96%) Automotive
11 1 (1.96%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (47.06%) Analyst
2 9 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 9 (17.65%) Data Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) IT Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Service Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Junior
6 3 (5.88%) Banking Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Business IT Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Commercial Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Configuration Specialist
6 3 (5.88%) Customer Experience Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) IT Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) IT Support
6 3 (5.88%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Pricing Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) Pandas
1 3 (5.88%) PySpark
2 1 (1.96%) CSS
2 1 (1.96%) Django
2 1 (1.96%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Housing Association
1 5 (9.80%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.88%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Linux
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (25.49%) Decision-Making
4 12 (23.53%) Agile
5 11 (21.57%) Process Improvement
5 11 (21.57%) Project Management
6 10 (19.61%) Analytics
6 10 (19.61%) Validation
7 9 (17.65%) AI
7 9 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (15.69%) ERP
8 8 (15.69%) Scrum
8 8 (15.69%) Workflow
9 7 (13.73%) B2B
10 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (11.76%) Business Transformation
10 6 (11.76%) Change Management
10 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (11.76%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (29.41%) SQL
2 11 (21.57%) Python
3 6 (11.76%) MATLAB
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.88%) VBA
5 1 (1.96%) C++
5 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
2 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) ACCA
5 2 (3.92%) CIMA
5 2 (3.92%) HNC
5 2 (3.92%) HND
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.88%) PMO
2 2 (3.92%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Google
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
3 3 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 3 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) dotdigital
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.96%) TippingPoint