IT Analyst Jobs in Cardiff

IT Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

The median IT Analyst salary in Cardiff is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 59 65
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 1 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% 0.89% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.95% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £24,750 £25,478
25th Percentile £37,500 £26,375 £26,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £27,975
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +16.18% -20.64%
75th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £29,231
90th Percentile - - £29,693
South Wales median annual salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -0.71%

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 185 631 517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 93.76% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 132 548 396
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,018
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,875
South Wales median annual salary £50,221 £46,138 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.85% +2.53% -8.16%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Cardiff

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in Cardiff.

Salary trend for IT Analyst in Cardiff

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AppDynamics