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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 63
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 2 6 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.23% 0.47% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.69% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 30
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +47.06% -38.18%
75th Percentile £51,250 - £45,191
90th Percentile - - £52,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -6.23%

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 723 873 945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 83.49% 69.07% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 534 507 744
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.59% -2.15% -7.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £61,449
90th Percentile £73,750 £74,144 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

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
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 20 October 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 +3 2 £47,500 -5.00% 20
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:

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