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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 163 115
Rank change year-on-year +16 -48 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 19 16 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.57% 0.39% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.41% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 15
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £35,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £51,000 £50,188 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,200 £56,250 £57,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

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 3,046 3,929 2,154
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.90% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,750 2,037 1,448
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

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 21 October 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 21 October 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
Essex -6 6 £31,250 -24.70% 15
Cambridgeshire - 6 £43,750 - 6
Bedfordshire - 4 £40,000 - 4
Suffolk -16 2 £50,000 +14.29% 4
Hertfordshire +6 1 £37,500 -2.60% 10
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 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 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (57.89%) SQL
3 10 (52.63%) Data Analysis
4 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (26.32%) Analytics
5 5 (26.32%) Business Analysis
5 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
5 5 (26.32%) Data Mining
5 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (26.32%) Project Management
5 5 (26.32%) Python
5 5 (26.32%) Tableau
5 5 (26.32%) Time Management
6 4 (21.05%) Power BI
6 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
7 3 (15.79%) Azure
7 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (15.79%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (15.79%) Data Transformation
7 3 (15.79%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (15.79%) Power Query
7 3 (15.79%) Relational Database
8 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
8 2 (10.53%) Databricks
8 2 (10.53%) Economics

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:

Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Data Mining
1 5 (26.32%) Tableau
2 4 (21.05%) Power BI
3 3 (15.79%) Power Query
3 3 (15.79%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (57.89%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (36.84%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Retail
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Data Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (26.32%) Analytics
3 5 (26.32%) Business Analysis
3 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
3 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Time Management
4 3 (15.79%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (15.79%) Data Transformation
4 3 (15.79%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (10.53%) Economics
5 2 (10.53%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) GRC
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Databricks