Data Analytics Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Analytics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 50 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 +26
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 2 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.55% 0.79% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.98% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - £32,950
25th Percentile £24,950 - £41,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,400 £50,000 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year -49.20% +13.55% -19.94%
75th Percentile £25,850 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - £91,000
South Wales median annual salary £71,250 £50,000 £44,033
% change year-on-year +42.50% +13.55% -19.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Data Analytics 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 265 305 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.60% 80.05% 93.45%
Number of salaries quoted 181 197 280
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,550 £32,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,312 £78,340 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,250
% change year-on-year +0.50% -1.00% +0.61%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Billing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) WFM
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GMP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001