Data Analysis Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Analysis
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 48 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.42% 0.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 0.35% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,268 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,315 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% - -
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,363 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £40,000 £44,315 £43,067
% change year-on-year -9.74% +2.90% -9.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Data 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 252 286 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.79% 80.56% 90.45%
Number of salaries quoted 173 177 306
10th Percentile £30,050 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,389
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,122 £67,226
90th Percentile £78,694 £79,600 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (40.00%) Tableau
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
3 1 (20.00%) Spotfire
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Insight Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Visual Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) WFM
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Operations Research
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) TIBCO