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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 154 147
Rank change year-on-year +41 -7 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 92 18 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.18% 0.53% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.57% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 45 12 16
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,125 £33,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,063 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,750 £35,832
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% +27.68% -34.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,625 £41,250
90th Percentile £63,250 £57,500 £51,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +5.56% -15.49% +12.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,300 3,153 4,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.74% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,175 1,767 2,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,117
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,694 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend 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 8 September 2026.

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 8 September 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 +1 32 £55,000 - 5
Hertfordshire -13 17 £62,500 +53.37% 6
Suffolk +24 15 £37,500 -25.00% 3
Essex -13 15 £52,000 +66.40% 5
Norfolk - 9 - - 3
Bedfordshire -7 4 £45,000 +38.46% 2
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 51 (55.43%) SQL
2 49 (53.26%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (53.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (53.26%) Power BI
2 49 (53.26%) Power Platform
3 42 (45.65%) AI
4 41 (44.57%) Microsoft
5 39 (42.39%) Python
5 39 (42.39%) Tableau
6 38 (41.30%) Azure
7 36 (39.13%) Azure AI
7 36 (39.13%) Azure Certification
8 9 (9.78%) Data Analysis
8 9 (9.78%) Data Migration
8 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
8 9 (9.78%) Decision-Making
8 9 (9.78%) Migration
9 8 (8.70%) Analytics
9 8 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (6.52%) Data Cleansing
12 5 (5.43%) ERP
12 5 (5.43%) SAP
12 5 (5.43%) Validation
13 4 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
13 4 (4.35%) Data Management
13 4 (4.35%) Data Transformation
13 4 (4.35%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 4 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 3 (3.26%) Customer Experience

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (53.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 49 (53.26%) Power Platform
2 38 (41.30%) Azure
3 36 (39.13%) Azure AI
4 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (53.26%) Power BI
2 39 (42.39%) Tableau
3 8 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.26%) SAP BW
5 2 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.09%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.09%) Power Query
6 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Toad
General
1 40 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (11.96%) Finance
3 5 (5.43%) Retail
4 4 (4.35%) Local Government
5 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (1.09%) Billing
6 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Housing Association
2 3 (3.26%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.17%) Clustering
3 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.09%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.09%) FMCG
4 1 (1.09%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (53.26%) Business Intelligence
2 42 (45.65%) AI
3 9 (9.78%) Data Analysis
3 9 (9.78%) Data Migration
3 9 (9.78%) Decision-Making
3 9 (9.78%) Migration
4 8 (8.70%) Analytics
5 7 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (6.52%) Data Cleansing
7 5 (5.43%) ERP
7 5 (5.43%) Validation
8 4 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (4.35%) Data Management
8 4 (4.35%) Data Transformation
8 4 (4.35%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (3.26%) Customer Experience
10 2 (2.17%) Housing Management
10 2 (2.17%) Product Marketing
10 2 (2.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (55.43%) SQL
2 39 (42.39%) Python
3 2 (2.17%) R
4 1 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 36 (39.13%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.09%) QA
Vendors
1 41 (44.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.43%) SAP
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle
3 1 (1.09%) Salesforce