Data Analyst Job Trends in Essex

Data Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median Data Analyst salary in Essex is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 47 45
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 7 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.95% 0.86% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.95% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - £30,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £41,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% +10.67% -28.57%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,250 £39,688
90th Percentile - - £49,375
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% -15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 635 423 388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.39% 90.97% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 381 199 300
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £73,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,100 £85,125
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Essex

Data Analyst
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Colchester - 5 - - 14
Chelmsford -7 2 £52,500 +26.51% 10
Data Analyst
East of England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 Essex region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Azure AI
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Certification
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) Tableau
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) PowerPivot
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
2 5 (71.43%) Tableau
3 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
3 2 (28.57%) PowerPivot
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Azure Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft