Data Analytics Job Trends in Wales

Data Analytics
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 74 54
Rank change year-on-year +1 -20 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 4 6 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.36% 0.64% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.78% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 29
10th Percentile £53,500 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £50,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% +47.06% -43.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 - £45,191
90th Percentile - - £53,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,735
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.02% -10.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 870 767 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.10% 81.60% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 605 394 594
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £30,825
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -2.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,233 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Wales

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in Wales over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in Wales

Data Analytics
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 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 -2 4 £95,000 +90.00% 6
Data Analytics
UK

Data Analytics
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Billing
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Commercial Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Sage Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (25.00%) Smart Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) Sage
1 2 (50.00%) SAP