Analyst Jobs in Cardiff

Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Analyst salary in Cardiff is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 30 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -19 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 7 36 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.91% 5.01% 14.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.93% 5.33% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7 32 67
10th Percentile £42,382 £26,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £47,084 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -3.75%
75th Percentile £59,375 £47,125 £46,169
90th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £57,931
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £36,476 £35,583
% change year-on-year +50.79% +2.51% -11.04%

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 178 675 506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.44% 94.01% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 122 586 390
10th Percentile £23,614 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,037 £50,000 £52,746
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.21% +0.47%
75th Percentile £64,638 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,194 £76,250 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

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 28 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 28 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 (57.14%) Public Sector
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Confluence
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Atlassian
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
4 1 (14.29%) SOAR
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
4 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Firewall

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 (28.57%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) BPMN
4 1 (14.29%) Business Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Pricing Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CWNA
2 1 (14.29%) CWTS
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) Aerohive Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft