Data Analysis Expressions Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 272 295
Rank change year-on-year +26 +23 +91
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 31 14 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.28% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.80% 0.50% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 28
10th Percentile £47,350 £48,375 -
25th Percentile £49,000 £64,688 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,750 - £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -4.55%

All Programming Languages
South East

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,722 2,791 4,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.52% 32.70% 33.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 1,621 3,390
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the South East over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the South East

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 February 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
Thames Valley +36 26 £57,500 +15.00% 3
Buckinghamshire +23 20 £57,500 -30.30% 1
Oxfordshire +17 5 - - 1
Kent -13 4 £50,000 - 4
Berkshire 0 1 - - 1
Surrey -14 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Data Analysis Expressions
England

Data Analysis Expressions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (29.03%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 31 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (25.81%) Power Automate
3 3 (9.68%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.23%) Azure
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (100.00%) Power BI
2 16 (51.61%) Power Query
3 7 (22.58%) PowerPivot
4 3 (9.68%) Tableau
5 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 27 (87.10%) Social Skills
2 20 (64.52%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (64.52%) Finance
3 10 (32.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Analyst
2 14 (45.16%) Developer
2 14 (45.16%) Power BI Developer
3 13 (41.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 10 (32.26%) Business Developer
5 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 9 (29.03%) Power BI Specialist
6 7 (22.58%) Data Analyst
6 7 (22.58%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (16.13%) Support Analyst
8 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 4 (12.90%) Power BI Analyst
8 4 (12.90%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (9.68%) Software Analyst
9 3 (9.68%) Software Support Analyst
10 2 (6.45%) Applications Support
10 2 (6.45%) Applications Support Analyst
11 1 (3.23%) Lead
11 1 (3.23%) SAP BI Developer
11 1 (3.23%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) SAP CO-PA
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (87.10%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (54.84%) Decision-Making
4 16 (51.61%) Analytics
5 12 (38.71%) ETL
6 11 (35.48%) Data Analytics
7 10 (32.26%) Budgeting
7 10 (32.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 10 (32.26%) Business Strategy
7 10 (32.26%) Computer Science
7 10 (32.26%) Data Integration
7 10 (32.26%) Data Visualisation
7 10 (32.26%) Visualisation
8 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
9 7 (22.58%) Business Forecasting
9 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
9 7 (22.58%) Planning and Forecasting
10 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (16.13%) Data Governance
10 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (22.58%) VBA
3 5 (16.13%) C#
3 5 (16.13%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Degree
2 7 (22.58%) ACCA
2 7 (22.58%) CIMA
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) SAP
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Talend