Data Analysis Job Trends in Kent

Data Analysis
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 58 63
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 14 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.34% 2.39% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 2.68% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £34,000 - £36,400
25th Percentile - - £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £34,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £52,813 - £56,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £64,400
South East median annual salary £49,000 £52,609 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% +0.21% +2.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 860 634 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.06% 89.04% 78.85%
Number of salaries quoted 455 202 402
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £23,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Kent over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Kent

Data Analysis
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Stansted - 2 £50,000 -
Rochester +5 1 £50,000 +47.06%
Sevenoaks - 1 £77,500 - 1
Maidstone - 1 £52,500 -
Data Analysis
South East

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) SAP BPC
2 2 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 1 (7.14%) Electronics
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Accountant
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) SEO Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Systems Accountant
3 1 (7.14%) Conversion Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Pricing Manager
3 1 (7.14%) QA Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) User Experience
2 4 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (28.57%) Data Mapping
2 4 (28.57%) Data Validation
2 4 (28.57%) Internal Audit
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) Analytics
3 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
3 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) SEO
4 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ACCA
1 6 (42.86%) CIMA
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) HNC
2 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Adaptive Insights
2 2 (14.29%) Ahrefs
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Screaming Frog
2 2 (14.29%) Workday