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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 127 84
Rank change year-on-year +49 -43 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 86 50 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.08% 1.43% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 1.64% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 49 23 38
10th Percentile - £37,500 £33,516
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,945 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £64,375 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £77,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -4.35%

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 3,081 3,056 2,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.38% 87.19% 86.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 1,194 1,544
10th Percentile £27,688 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,275 £84,850
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 10 January 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 10 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
Cambridgeshire +60 61 £27,500 -22.03% 7
Bedfordshire +33 13 £40,000 - 3
Hertfordshire +3 8 £45,500 -9.00% 16
Suffolk -8 4 £41,750 -20.48% 5
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 6 (6.98%) WordPress
2 3 (3.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 38 (44.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (29.07%) Power Platform
2 23 (26.74%) Azure
3 6 (6.98%) SaaS
4 3 (3.49%) AWS
4 3 (3.49%) GCP
5 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (29.07%) Power BI
2 13 (15.12%) Tableau
3 10 (11.63%) Data Mining
4 6 (6.98%) GIS
5 3 (3.49%) Big Data
5 3 (3.49%) Hadoop
6 2 (2.33%) Metadata
6 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) LabVIEW
1 1 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Marketing
4 8 (9.30%) German Language
4 8 (9.30%) Social Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.49%) Electronics
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
7 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.33%) Retail
7 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.16%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.16%) Online Betting
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (43.02%) Analyst
2 15 (17.44%) Support Analyst
3 10 (11.63%) Trainee
4 9 (10.47%) Data Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) Trainee Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
7 6 (6.98%) Marketing Executive
7 6 (6.98%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Business Support Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Coordinator
8 5 (5.81%) Developer
8 5 (5.81%) Systems Support
8 5 (5.81%) Systems Support Analyst
9 4 (4.65%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.49%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
10 3 (3.49%) Campaign Executive
10 3 (3.49%) Data Science Developer
10 3 (3.49%) Digital Transformation
11 2 (2.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (27.91%) JSON
1 24 (27.91%) XML
2 22 (25.58%) HTML
2 22 (25.58%) Regular Expression
3 5 (5.81%) Pandas
4 3 (3.49%) Matplotlib
4 3 (3.49%) NumPy
4 3 (3.49%) PyTorch
4 3 (3.49%) scikit-learn
4 3 (3.49%) Seaborn
4 3 (3.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.58%) Linux Command Line
1 22 (25.58%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.98%) Multi-touch
3 3 (3.49%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.49%) IoT
3 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.33%) PropTech
4 2 (2.33%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.33%) Semantic Web
5 1 (1.16%) FMCG
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (25.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.19%) Analytics
2 36 (41.86%) AI
3 31 (36.05%) Data Analytics
4 27 (31.40%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (29.07%) LLM
7 22 (25.58%) Process Improvement
8 20 (23.26%) Customer Service
8 20 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (15.12%) Business Analysis
10 11 (12.79%) Decision-Making
11 9 (10.47%) Project Management
12 7 (8.14%) Actionable Insight
13 6 (6.98%) A/B Testing
13 6 (6.98%) B2B
13 6 (6.98%) B2B Marketing
13 6 (6.98%) Collaborative Culture
13 6 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (6.98%) Data Science
13 6 (6.98%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (50.00%) Python
2 16 (18.60%) SQL
3 4 (4.65%) R
4 3 (3.49%) C++
4 3 (3.49%) Java
5 1 (1.16%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 34 (39.53%) Degree
2 20 (23.26%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.33%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) QA
2 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) HubSpot
2 6 (6.98%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.49%) SAP