Data Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

Data Analyst
England > East of England

The median Data Analyst salary in the East of England is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 149 129
Rank change year-on-year -9 -20 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 18 25 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.53% 0.56% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.60% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 14
10th Percentile £30,125 £32,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £34,063 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £35,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -24.32% +2.78%
75th Percentile £52,625 £43,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £51,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,709
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.04% -4.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,140 4,198 2,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.42% 90.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,758 2,494 1,479
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,157 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the East of England

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in the East of England

Data 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 Data Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 +18 6 £51,250 +46.43% 9
Essex -6 6 £31,250 - 14
Bedfordshire -5 3 £32,500 - 2
Suffolk -25 2 £50,000 +14.29% 2
Hertfordshire +6 1 £37,500 -19.35% 9
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 9 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (27.78%) Time Management
5 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 5 (27.78%) Power BI
5 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (22.22%) Azure
6 4 (22.22%) Data Transformation
6 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
6 4 (22.22%) Power Query
6 4 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (22.22%) Finance
6 4 (22.22%) Retail
7 3 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) GRC
8 2 (11.11%) Databricks
8 2 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
8 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Power BI
2 4 (22.22%) Power Query
2 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
3 2 (11.11%) Data Mining
3 2 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Billing
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.56%) FMCG
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 5 (27.78%) Time Management
4 4 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (22.22%) Data Transformation
5 3 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (11.11%) Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Economics
6 2 (11.11%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.56%) Data Management
7 1 (5.56%) ERP
7 1 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 2 (11.11%) GRC
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Infor