Analytical Skills Job Trends in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 44 9
Rank change year-on-year +29 -35 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 61 22 93
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 7.67% 3.42% 15.76%
As % of the General category 13.56% 5.24% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 37 9 56
10th Percentile - £41,500 £32,935
25th Percentile £28,000 £49,500 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £62,365 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,750 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £49,104 £43,550
% change year-on-year -8.36% +12.75% +8.87%

All General Skills
South Wales

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 450 420 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 56.60% 65.32% 59.66%
Number of salaries quoted 299 221 264
10th Percentile £21,620 £30,000 £31,163
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,931 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £43,250 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.95% +5.56% -

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport +4 20 £45,500 -12.50% 32
Cardiff +22 18 £52,500 -7.06% 44
Gwent +7 7 £28,000 - 5
Bridgend -1 5 £48,750 -
Torfaen - 5 £67,500 -
Monmouthshire - 2 £35,000 -
Caerphilly - 2 £38,750 -
Glamorgan - 1 £34,500 - 19
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 £35,000 - 2
Analytical Skills
Wales

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Magento
1 1 (1.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) Azure
2 22 (36.07%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (3.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) DHCP
1 13 (21.31%) DNS
2 1 (1.64%) Modbus
2 1 (1.64%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (8.20%) MySQL
2 5 (8.20%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (6.56%) Tableau
4 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.28%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.64%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.64%) Spotfire
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 22 (36.07%) Finance
3 5 (8.20%) Legal
3 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.92%) Marketing
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Billing
7 1 (1.64%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (1.64%) Electronics
7 1 (1.64%) Games
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Police
7 1 (1.64%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (16.39%) Analyst
3 8 (13.11%) IT Support
4 5 (8.20%) IT Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Lead
4 5 (8.20%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Architect
5 3 (4.92%) Business Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) Finance Manager
5 3 (4.92%) HR Assistant
5 3 (4.92%) IT Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (4.92%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.28%) Data Analyst
6 2 (3.28%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (3.28%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.28%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) CSS
1 5 (8.20%) Django
1 5 (8.20%) HTML
1 5 (8.20%) HTML5
1 5 (8.20%) React
2 2 (3.28%) .NET
3 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (16.39%) Onboarding
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (9.84%) Driving Licence
5 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.64%) Blog
8 1 (1.64%) CMDB
8 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.64%) Social Media
8 1 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
2 14 (22.95%) Windows Server
3 13 (21.31%) Linux
4 12 (19.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (75.41%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (24.59%) Customer Experience
3 15 (24.59%) Decision-Making
4 14 (22.95%) Customer Service
5 13 (21.31%) Migration
5 13 (21.31%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 12 (19.67%) Email Filtering
6 12 (19.67%) Kalman Filter
6 12 (19.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 12 (19.67%) Web Filtering
7 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (16.39%) Project Management
7 10 (16.39%) User Experience
8 9 (14.75%) Agile
8 9 (14.75%) Analytics
9 8 (13.11%) AI
9 8 (13.11%) Data Protection
10 6 (9.84%) Data Analysis
10 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) Python
2 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
2 6 (9.84%) SQL
3 2 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.64%) C
4 1 (1.64%) C#
4 1 (1.64%) C++
4 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) R
4 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) SC Cleared
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.28%) PhD
6 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.64%) PMP
6 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (19.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.28%) GDPR
2 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.28%) NIST
3 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (19.67%) Hyper-V
2 12 (19.67%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (42.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (21.31%) VMware
3 12 (19.67%) Brocade
3 12 (19.67%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (19.67%) SolarWinds
3 12 (19.67%) Splunk
3 12 (19.67%) Tanium
3 12 (19.67%) Veeam
4 2 (3.28%) PayPal
4 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.64%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.64%) Genesys
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.64%) Verint
5 1 (1.64%) WooCommerce