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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 32 10
Rank change year-on-year +13 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 79 54 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 7.23% 5.86% 14.92%
As % of the General category 13.53% 9.03% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 53 23 83
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,500 £24,200
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.52% +10.08%
75th Percentile £52,107 £59,933 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £68,500 £72,433
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

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 584 598 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 53.48% 64.86% 65.03%
Number of salaries quoted 393 311 400
10th Percentile £24,200 £30,000 £27,225
25th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -1.09%
75th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,290 £71,000 £72,253
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 62 £40,500 -25.38% 174
West Wales -5 6 £42,500 -13.45% 2
Dyfed -2 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 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) CMS
2 1 (1.27%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.80%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Magento
1 1 (1.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (41.77%) Azure
2 22 (27.85%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.66%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.53%) SaaS
6 1 (1.27%) AWS
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) DHCP
1 13 (16.46%) DNS
2 5 (6.33%) Wireless
3 1 (1.27%) Modbus
3 1 (1.27%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.27%) SSL
3 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.19%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (12.66%) Geospatial Data
2 10 (12.66%) GIS
3 6 (7.59%) MySQL
4 5 (6.33%) Power BI
4 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.06%) Tableau
6 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.53%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.27%) Spotfire
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 33 (41.77%) Finance
3 7 (8.86%) Law
4 6 (7.59%) Legal
4 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (7.59%) Welsh Language
5 5 (6.33%) Military
5 5 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.06%) Marketing
7 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.27%) Billing
9 1 (1.27%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.27%) Games
9 1 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) Lead
2 12 (15.19%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) IT Support
5 5 (6.33%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Report Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Architect
6 4 (5.06%) HR Assistant
7 3 (3.80%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) IT Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Trainer
8 2 (2.53%) Consultant
8 2 (2.53%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Systems Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) CSS
1 6 (7.59%) Django
1 6 (7.59%) HTML
1 6 (7.59%) HTML5
1 6 (7.59%) React
2 2 (2.53%) .NET
3 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Management Information System
2 13 (16.46%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (16.46%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (13.92%) Onboarding
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (7.59%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.53%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.27%) Blog
6 1 (1.27%) CMDB
6 1 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.27%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Social Media
6 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.99%) Windows
2 14 (17.72%) Windows Server
3 13 (16.46%) Linux
4 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (79.75%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (37.97%) Decision-Making
3 22 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (18.99%) Customer Experience
5 14 (17.72%) Customer Service
6 13 (16.46%) Migration
6 13 (16.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 12 (15.19%) Email Filtering
7 12 (15.19%) Kalman Filter
7 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 12 (15.19%) Web Filtering
8 11 (13.92%) Asset Management
8 11 (13.92%) Risk Management
9 10 (12.66%) Agile
9 10 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (12.66%) Document Management
9 10 (12.66%) Programme Management
9 10 (12.66%) Project Management
9 10 (12.66%) Technical Analysis
9 10 (12.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) Python
2 7 (8.86%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.86%) SQL
3 2 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.27%) C
4 1 (1.27%) C#
4 1 (1.27%) C++
4 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.27%) R
4 1 (1.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (26.58%) Degree
2 14 (17.72%) SC Cleared
2 14 (17.72%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.46%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.06%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.80%) PhD
5 3 (3.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.27%) PMP
7 1 (1.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (15.19%) PCI DSS
2 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.80%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.53%) NIST
5 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 22 (27.85%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.19%) Hyper-V
2 12 (15.19%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.27%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (46.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) VMware
3 12 (15.19%) Brocade
3 12 (15.19%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (15.19%) SolarWinds
3 12 (15.19%) Splunk
3 12 (15.19%) Tanium
3 12 (15.19%) Veeam
4 3 (3.80%) PayPal
5 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.27%) Genesys
6 1 (1.27%) Google
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.27%) Verint
6 1 (1.27%) WooCommerce