Data Lakes
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Lake skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Lake over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | 64 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +38 | -4 | +30 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Lake | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 1.71% | 0.14% | 1.27% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 10.34% | 0.93% | 5.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £40,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £77,500 | £51,250 | £47,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £52,500 | £58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.38% | -9.48% | +10.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,125 | £53,750 | £65,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | - | £67,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £80,000 | £52,500 | £58,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.38% | -9.48% | +10.48% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff
Data Lake falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 29 | 108 | 140 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 16.57% | 14.81% | 25.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 88 | 101 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £40,000 | £39,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £42,750 | £43,162 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,750 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.37% | -18.80% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £65,825 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,500 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,022 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.13% | +22.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Data Lake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Lake in Cardiff.
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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: