Analyst Contracts in Cardiff

Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Analyst daily rate in Cardiff is £394, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 20 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 14 15 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 8.75% 7.08% 14.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 7.61% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 41
10th Percentile £146 £160 £163
25th Percentile £204 £291 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.18% +1.19%
75th Percentile £458 £434 £488
90th Percentile £530 £588 £514
South Wales median daily rate £394 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.22
Median hourly rate - - £16.45
75th Percentile - - £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -10.78% +25.03% +47.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 154 197 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.92% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 160 259
10th Percentile £184 £199 £185
25th Percentile £257 £377 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £492 £550 £550
90th Percentile £619 £620 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.79 £11.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £20.51 £13.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -21.75% -7.99%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.00 £22.34
90th Percentile £38.75 £39.45 £24.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Cardiff

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Cardiff

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Cardiff

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Cardiff

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) Power BI
3 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) ETL
4 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 2 (14.29%) Azure
4 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 2 (14.29%) SCCM
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.14%) Database Tuning
5 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (7.14%) System Testing

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) HTTP
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.14%) MySQL
3 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Selenium
1 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (14.29%) ETL
3 2 (14.29%) IT Governance
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) Database Tuning
4 1 (7.14%) Functional Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Kanban
4 1 (7.14%) System Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Citrix
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) VMware