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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 84 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 +41
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 2 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.24% 0.39% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.60% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +13.55% -23.75%
75th Percentile £51,250 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £55,294
UK median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -5.09%

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 683 1,002 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.49% 65.66% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 511 646 748
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,875 £35,700 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,014 £45,017
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +4.44% -9.97%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,900 £71,884
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics 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
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 16 September 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 +11 2 £47,500 -5.00% 17
Data Analytics
UK

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Associate Director
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics Director
1 1 (50.00%) Insight Director
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality