Analytical Skills Job Trends in Wales

Analytical Skills
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 34 12
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +2
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 70 46 154
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.53% 5.89% 11.61%
As % of the General category 12.61% 8.55% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 98
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £25,475
25th Percentile £33,313 £43,125 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,104 £44,443
Median % change year-on-year -18.54% +10.49% +11.11%
75th Percentile £49,312 £57,500 £52,884
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

All General Skills
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 555 538 876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 51.77% 68.89% 66.06%
Number of salaries quoted 339 236 660
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,938 £32,444
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,104 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +12.88% -3.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £79,040 £70,800 £69,342
UK median annual salary £53,719 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.47% +9.09% -10.57%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Wales

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Wales

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
South Wales +28 58 £37,500 -30.90% 32
West Wales -5 6 £42,500 -13.45% 3
Dyfed -3 1 - - 1
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.43%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.86%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Magento
1 1 (1.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (40.00%) Azure
2 24 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.86%) SaaS
6 1 (1.43%) AWS
6 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.43%) GCP
6 1 (1.43%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.43%) DHCP
1 15 (21.43%) DNS
2 6 (8.57%) Wireless
3 2 (2.86%) Modbus
4 1 (1.43%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (10.00%) Power BI
3 5 (7.14%) GIS
3 5 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.14%) Tableau
4 4 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (4.29%) Data Mining
5 3 (4.29%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.43%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.43%) Spotfire
7 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Git
1 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.43%) Finance
3 9 (12.86%) Welsh Language
4 8 (11.43%) Law
5 6 (8.57%) Legal
5 6 (8.57%) Military
5 6 (8.57%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Marketing
8 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Billing
9 1 (1.43%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.43%) Electronics
9 1 (1.43%) Games
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Police
9 1 (1.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (17.14%) Analyst
3 8 (11.43%) IT Support
4 6 (8.57%) Report Manager
5 5 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.71%) Architect
6 4 (5.71%) Finance Manager
6 4 (5.71%) IT Analyst
6 4 (5.71%) Systems Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Lead
7 3 (4.29%) Trainee
8 2 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) .NET
2 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (17.14%) Management Information System
3 9 (12.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (10.00%) Onboarding
5 6 (8.57%) Driving Licence
5 6 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.86%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.43%) Blog
7 1 (1.43%) CMDB
7 1 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.43%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Social Media
7 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.86%) Windows
1 16 (22.86%) Windows Server
2 14 (20.00%) Linux
2 14 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (72.86%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (37.14%) Decision-Making
3 24 (34.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (24.29%) Customer Experience
4 17 (24.29%) Customer Service
4 17 (24.29%) Migration
5 15 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 14 (20.00%) Email Filtering
6 14 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
6 14 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 14 (20.00%) Web Filtering
7 12 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (15.71%) Project Management
9 10 (14.29%) Analytics
10 9 (12.86%) AI
10 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (12.86%) Data Analysis
10 9 (12.86%) Data Protection
10 9 (12.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 9 (12.86%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) Python
3 3 (4.29%) R
4 2 (2.86%) C
4 2 (2.86%) C++
4 2 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.43%) C#
5 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (27.14%) Degree
2 16 (22.86%) SC Cleared
2 16 (22.86%) Security Cleared
3 10 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 5 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.29%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.86%) PhD
8 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.43%) PMP
8 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.29%) GDPR
3 3 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.29%) NIST
4 1 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.43%) COBIT
System Software
1 24 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 14 (20.00%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 35 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.00%) Brocade
2 14 (20.00%) Nimble Storage
2 14 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 14 (20.00%) Splunk
2 14 (20.00%) Tanium
2 14 (20.00%) Veeam
2 14 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (2.86%) ESRI
3 2 (2.86%) PayPal
3 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.43%) Anaplan
4 1 (1.43%) Genesys
4 1 (1.43%) Google
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle
4 1 (1.43%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.43%) Verint
4 1 (1.43%) WooCommerce