Analyst Jobs in Cardiff

Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Analyst salary in Cardiff is £50,221 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 26 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 9 38 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 4.71% 5.63% 14.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.79% 6.00% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9 34 67
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £45,637 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £39,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.95% +1.95% -3.75%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,411 £46,084
90th Percentile £61,250 £52,884 £57,931
South Wales median annual salary £50,393 £36,476 £35,000
% change year-on-year +38.16% +4.22% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 188 633 503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.43% 93.78% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 134 550 388
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £48,500 £46,060 £45,750
% change year-on-year +5.30% +0.68% -8.50%

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
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Analyst in Cardiff

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Cardiff over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) SQL
1 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Looker
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) User Stories
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Atlassian
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Confluence
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Network Security
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (11.11%) BPMN
4 1 (11.11%) Pricing Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Business Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Snowflake

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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Looker
2 1 (11.11%) Mixpanel
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) User Stories
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) BPMN
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CWNA
2 1 (11.11%) CWTS
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Atlassian
2 1 (11.11%) Aerohive Networks
2 1 (11.11%) Amplitude
2 1 (11.11%) AppDynamics
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft