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 £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 130 164
Rank change year-on-year -42 +34 -56
Permanent Data Analyst jobs 44 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.50% 0.75% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.82% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32 18 6
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,000 £50,188
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,250 £56,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year +29.41% -20.93% +7.50%

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 adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the East of England matching a recognised job title 8,023 2,910 3,908
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 90.63% 90.37% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,683 1,921 1,999
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £59,813 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.93% -8.70% -4.17%

Data Analyst Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Analyst job postings 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 Data Analyst jobs in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 November 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 Data Analyst jobs within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -26 16 £62,500 +66.67% 5
Cambridgeshire -37 11 £60,000 +37.14% 3
Bedfordshire -28 10 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Essex -28 5 £60,000 +92.00% 7
Suffolk +5 2 £26,000 -48.00% 2
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 2026, Data Analyst job ads cited 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 Data Analyst job ads across the East of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Business Intelligence20.5%9
1Power BI20.5%9
1Power Platform20.5%9
1SQL20.5%9
5Data Quality18.2%8
6AI15.9%7
6Data Warehouse15.9%7
6Microsoft Excel15.9%7
9Analytics13.6%6
9Data Analysis13.6%6
9Decision-Making13.6%6
9Problem-Solving13.6%6
13Actionable Insight11.4%5
14Stakeholder Engagement9.1%4
15Continuous Improvement6.8%3
15Customer Experience6.8%3
15Dashboard Development6.8%3
15Data Modelling6.8%3
15ERP6.8%3
15SAP6.8%3
15SAP BW6.8%3
15Validation6.8%3
23Academy Housing4.5%2
23Azure4.5%2
23Azure SQL Database4.5%2
23Data Transformation4.5%2
23Housing Management4.5%2
23Microsoft4.5%2
23Power Query4.5%2
23Python4.5%2

Data Analyst Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Data Analyst15.9%7
2HR Data Analyst13.6%6
2Systems Analyst13.6%6
4Service Analyst11.4%5
5Artificial Intelligence Analyst9.1%4
5Lead Data Analyst9.1%4
7Data Integrity Analyst6.8%3
7Data Warehouse Analyst6.8%3
7Operations Analyst6.8%3
7SAP Analyst6.8%3
7SQL Data Analyst6.8%3
12Business Intelligence Data Analyst4.5%2
12Power BI Analyst4.5%2
12Transformation Analyst4.5%2
15Graduate Data Analyst2.3%1
15Graduate Risk Analyst2.3%1
15Junior Data Analyst2.3%1
15Risk Data Analyst2.3%1
15Senior Business Intelligence Analyst2.3%1
15Senior Transformation Analyst2.3%1
25 Data Analyst jobs in the East of England