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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 128 76
Rank change year-on-year +39 -52 +29
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 69 46 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.42% 1.42% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.58% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28 22 108
10th Percentile - £37,500 £30,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,813 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £52,875
90th Percentile £64,500 £99,750 £64,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +3.77% -3.64%

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 3,556 2,920 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.21% 90.40% 84.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,098 1,235 3,053
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +34 39 £40,000 -20.21% 11
Bedfordshire +35 11 £40,000 - 5
Hertfordshire -12 10 £45,500 -31.32% 14
Suffolk +7 6 £41,500 -7.78% 3
Essex -10 3 £37,500 -52.53% 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 (4.35%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 24 (34.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) Azure
3 3 (4.35%) GCP
3 3 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.45%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (1.45%) LTE
2 1 (1.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.74%) Tableau
2 11 (15.94%) Data Mining
3 7 (10.14%) Power BI
4 6 (8.70%) GIS
5 3 (4.35%) Big Data
5 3 (4.35%) Hadoop
6 2 (2.90%) Metadata
6 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) GitLab
1 3 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 26 (37.68%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Finance
3 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
4 8 (11.59%) German Language
4 8 (11.59%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Marketing
6 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.45%) Automotive
7 1 (1.45%) Electronics
7 1 (1.45%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Online Betting
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.45%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Data Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Trainee
3 9 (13.04%) Trainee Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 7 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 5 (7.25%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Developer
6 4 (5.80%) Senior
7 3 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Data Science Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Digital Transformation
7 3 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Validation Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Coordinator
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (33.33%) JSON
1 23 (33.33%) XML
2 22 (31.88%) HTML
2 22 (31.88%) Regular Expression
3 4 (5.80%) NumPy
3 4 (5.80%) Pandas
3 4 (5.80%) PyTorch
4 3 (4.35%) Matplotlib
4 3 (4.35%) scikit-learn
4 3 (4.35%) Seaborn
4 3 (4.35%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.45%) SciPy
5 1 (1.45%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (34.78%) Onboarding
2 22 (31.88%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (5.80%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.35%) IoT
4 3 (4.35%) PropTech
4 3 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) FPGA
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.45%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 22 (31.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) AI
2 25 (36.23%) LLM
3 14 (20.29%) Analytics
3 14 (20.29%) Business Analysis
4 12 (17.39%) Data Analytics
5 10 (14.49%) Project Management
6 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 8 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (11.59%) Validation
8 6 (8.70%) Data Science
8 6 (8.70%) Machine Learning
8 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (8.70%) Statistical Modelling
8 6 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (8.70%) Visualisation
9 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.80%) CAFM
10 4 (5.80%) Customer Experience
10 4 (5.80%) Generative AI
10 4 (5.80%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 45 (65.22%) Python
2 17 (24.64%) SQL
3 4 (5.80%) C++
4 3 (4.35%) Java
4 3 (4.35%) R
5 1 (1.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 32 (46.38%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) SAP
3 3 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (1.45%) Google