The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 5 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 133 105 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 23.25% 25.12% 19.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.58% 25.61% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 111 100 107
Average salary £35,500 £30,250 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.35% +6.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,650 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,874 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
564 410 558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.60% 98.09% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 503 385 521
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
South Wales

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cardiff Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cardiff Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title.

1 68 (29.69%) SQL
2 55 (24.02%) Finance
3 40 (17.47%) Degree
4 36 (15.72%) Microsoft
5 32 (13.97%) Agile Software Development
6 30 (13.10%) Banking
6 30 (13.10%) ITIL
7 27 (11.79%) Windows
7 27 (11.79%) .NET
8 26 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (9.607%) Change Management
9 22 (9.607%) XML
10 21 (9.170%) Telecoms
11 20 (8.734%) Oracle
11 20 (8.734%) RPG
12 19 (8.297%) CRM
12 19 (8.297%) Business Analysis
12 19 (8.297%) Team Foundation Server
13 18 (7.860%) QlikView
13 18 (7.860%) ISEB
13 18 (7.860%) Salesforce.com
13 18 (7.860%) MS Excel
13 18 (7.860%) PL/SQL
14 17 (7.424%) Marketing
14 17 (7.424%) INSURE/90
14 17 (7.424%) Unit Testing
14 17 (7.424%) RPG IV
15 15 (6.550%) MSBuild
15 15 (6.550%) Kimball Methodology
15 15 (6.550%) Inmon Methodology

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (11.79%) .NET
2 22 (9.607%) XML
3 13 (5.677%) HTML
4 10 (4.367%) J2EE
5 7 (3.057%) JSP
6 4 (1.747%) SOAP
6 4 (1.747%) Struts
6 4 (1.747%) Web Services
6 4 (1.747%) EJB
6 4 (1.747%) EJB 3.0
6 4 (1.747%) soapUI
6 4 (1.747%) REST
6 4 (1.747%) XSLT
6 4 (1.747%) Hibernate
6 4 (1.747%) Spring
7 3 (1.310%) CSS
8 2 (0.873%) Middleware
9 1 (0.437%) jQuery
9 1 (0.437%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (3.930%) SAS
2 7 (3.057%) WebLogic
2 7 (3.057%) Oracle Application Server
3 6 (2.620%) MS Exchange
4 3 (1.310%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.873%) Documentum
5 2 (0.873%) Papyrus
5 2 (0.873%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.873%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.873%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 18 (7.860%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.367%) MS Office
3 4 (1.747%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.424%) INSURE/90
2 1 (0.437%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.930%) Internet
2 7 (3.057%) WAN
2 7 (3.057%) LAN
3 6 (2.620%) DNS
4 5 (2.183%) DHCP
5 4 (1.747%) Firewall
6 3 (1.310%) Wireless
7 2 (0.873%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.873%) MPLS
7 2 (0.873%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.873%) VoIP
8 1 (0.437%) SAN
8 1 (0.437%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.437%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.860%) QlikView
2 12 (5.240%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.240%) DB2
3 10 (4.367%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (4.367%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.493%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (3.057%) RDBMS
6 6 (2.620%) MySQL
6 6 (2.620%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.747%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (1.747%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (1.747%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.747%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.310%) MS Access
9 2 (0.873%) SQL Server 7
9 2 (0.873%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (0.873%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.873%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (0.437%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (8.297%) Team Foundation Server
2 15 (6.550%) Visual Studio Team System
2 15 (6.550%) MSBuild
3 10 (4.367%) QuickTest Pro
4 8 (3.493%) Selenium
5 7 (3.057%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.310%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.310%) Maven
6 3 (1.310%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.873%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.437%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.437%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.437%) JMeter
8 1 (0.437%) WebDriver
General
1 55 (24.02%) Finance
2 30 (13.10%) Banking
3 21 (9.170%) Telecoms
4 17 (7.424%) Marketing
5 11 (4.803%) Welsh Language
6 6 (2.620%) Retail
7 5 (2.183%) Legal
8 4 (1.747%) Law
9 3 (1.310%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.873%) Advertising
10 2 (0.873%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.437%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.114%) AS400
2 6 (2.620%) CMDB
3 5 (2.183%) Telematics
3 5 (2.183%) Blackberry
4 4 (1.747%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.747%) Handset
4 4 (1.747%) Statistics
5 3 (1.310%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (1.310%) Interactive TV
5 3 (1.310%) BBC
5 3 (1.310%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.310%) New Media
6 2 (0.873%) Replication
7 1 (0.437%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.437%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.437%) iPhone
7 1 (0.437%) Open Source
7 1 (0.437%) EqualLogic
7 1 (0.437%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.79%) Windows
2 14 (6.114%) UNIX
3 7 (3.057%) Linux
4 6 (2.620%) Windows XP
5 5 (2.183%) Android
6 4 (1.747%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (1.747%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.747%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (1.310%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.310%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.437%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.97%) Agile Software Development
2 30 (13.10%) ITIL
3 26 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (9.607%) Change Management
5 19 (8.297%) CRM
5 19 (8.297%) Business Analysis
6 17 (7.424%) Unit Testing
7 15 (6.550%) Kimball Methodology
7 15 (6.550%) Inmon Methodology
8 13 (5.677%) System Testing
8 13 (5.677%) Test Automation
9 12 (5.240%) Risk Analysis
9 12 (5.240%) Release Management
10 11 (4.803%) Test Scripting
11 10 (4.367%) ETL
12 9 (3.930%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (3.930%) UML
13 7 (3.057%) Code Coverage
13 7 (3.057%) Project Management
13 7 (3.057%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 68 (29.69%) SQL
2 20 (8.734%) RPG
3 18 (7.860%) PL/SQL
4 17 (7.424%) RPG IV
5 15 (6.550%) Java
6 14 (6.114%) VB
7 12 (5.240%) RPG/400
8 9 (3.930%) VBScript
9 8 (3.493%) VB.NET
10 7 (3.057%) sed
10 7 (3.057%) AWK
10 7 (3.057%) Perl
11 5 (2.183%) VBA
12 4 (1.747%) JavaScript
13 3 (1.310%) C
13 3 (1.310%) C#
14 2 (0.873%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.873%) VB6
15 1 (0.437%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (17.47%) Degree
2 18 (7.860%) ISEB
3 6 (2.620%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.183%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (2.183%) MCSE
5 4 (1.747%) MCP
5 4 (1.747%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.437%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.677%) SLA
1 13 (5.677%) QA
System Software
1 14 (6.114%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.873%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.437%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.437%) XenApp
3 1 (0.437%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.437%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (1.747%) SCCM
2 2 (0.873%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.437%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 36 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.734%) Oracle
3 18 (7.860%) Salesforce.com
4 6 (2.620%) VMware
5 4 (1.747%) Cisco
5 4 (1.747%) Citrix
6 2 (0.873%) Dell
6 2 (0.873%) Intel
6 2 (0.873%) Nortel
6 2 (0.873%) SAP
6 2 (0.873%) Kofax
7 1 (0.437%) JBoss
7 1 (0.437%) HP
7 1 (0.437%) NetApp
7 1 (0.437%) Apple
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: competitive + benefits
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Salary: GBP30000 per annum
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