Business Analysis Job Trends in Cardiff

Business Analysis
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 47 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 4 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.13% 0.57% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.70% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £37,250 £39,400 £71,251
25th Percentile £40,625 £42,249 £71,627
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,715 £72,253
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -31.19% +76.23%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,399 £72,627
90th Percentile - £60,379 £72,851
South Wales median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £72,253
% change year-on-year -10.53% -34.26% +60.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 286 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.83% 81.02% 90.43%
Number of salaries quoted 176 177 305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,122 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,551 £79,600 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Cardiff over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in Cardiff

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Trainee
3 1 (25.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce