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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 56 104
Rank change year-on-year -40 +48 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 5 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.26% 0.19% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.22% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile - - £43,470
25th Percentile £24,950 - £45,485
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile £45,000 - £51,250
90th Percentile £57,000 - £52,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,564 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.61% -10.45%

All Process & 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 1,251 447 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.38% 84.18% 71.42%
Number of salaries quoted 869 280 1,188
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,438 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,851 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,240 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 June 2026.

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 16 June 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 -33 4 £32,700 - 4
West Wales - 1 £65,000 - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (40.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Trainee
2 2 (40.00%) Trainee Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) A/B Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Product Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GMP
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft