Data Analyst

Information Commissioner's Office; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental body based in Cardiff is seeking a data analyst to provide insights and support decision-making through data analysis and visualisation. The role involves creating data products, managing data quality, and applying data governance principles. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Power BI and data analytics technologies, along with excellent stakeholder engagement skills. This position offers flexible working arrangements and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Pay progression scheme

Hybrid and flexible working options

25 days paid holiday per year

Pension with employer contribution

Health Cash Plan

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience creating data analytics reports and dashboards.
• Proven experience creating data products end-to-end.
• Knowledge of data protection principles.

Responsibilities

• Create insights from data to drive business decisions.
• Manage data quality, prototype reports and solutions.
• Ensure compliance with DPIAs and analytics governance.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualisation

DAX

Power Query

Agile methodologies

Education

Relevant academic or vocational qualifications

Tools

Power BI

Cloud-based analytics tools

Job description

Overview

The role collects, organises and studies data using tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation to provide actionable business insights. The role identifies, collects and migrates data to and from a range of systems for business information purposes. The role manages, cleans, abstracts and aggregates data in order to perform a range of analytical studies on that data, presenting data, insights and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users. The role will support the delivery of value from data for the ICO and its stakeholders such as individuals, businesses, public and third sector organisations. The role will create insights from ICO and third‑party data to drive business decision‑making, using a range of analysis and visualisation tools. The role will create data products from initial request through to delivery, ensuring clear objectives, timelines, and stakeholder engagement throughout the product development lifecycle. The role will ensure data is checked for sufficient quality, feed issues back, prototype reports, develop productionised solutions, follow best practices for statistical accuracy, ethics and accessibility, complete DPIAs, and provide technical support for data analysis products and services.

Responsibilities

• Create insights from ICO and third‑party data to drive business decision‑making, using a range of analysis and visualisation tools.
• Create data products from initial request through to delivery, ensuring clear objectives, timelines, and stakeholder engagement throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ensure that data is checked for sufficient quality, feeding issues back to the appropriate teams.
• Prototype reports and develop productionised solutions.
• Ensure that data insights follow best practices for statistical accuracy, ethics and accessibility.
• Ensure that the appropriate Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are completed prior to the execution of new data analytics use cases.
• Provide appropriate technical support for data analysis products and services for incident and problem resolution.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience relevant to the role requirements, accumulated through a combination of academic or vocational qualifications or work experience.
• Experience creating data analytics reports, dashboards and visualisations in support of a wide range of contexts and use cases.
• Advanced experience developing, optimising and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports, including DAX, Power Query and data modelling.
• Experience using data analytics technologies both on‑premise and cloud‑based.
• Proven experience creating data products end‑to‑end, including requirements gathering, planning, execution, monitoring and delivery.
• Experience applying data governance and data protection principles to analytics.

Essential Criteria assessed during interview

• Knowledge of statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques, selecting the right approach to create meaningful and actionable insights.
• Staying informed of industry developments to make cost‑effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
• Knowledge of the public sector and regulatory environment, or a clear appreciation of its specific complexities and influences on the role.
• Knowledge of the data protection and privacy landscape, regulations and obligations for data practitioners.
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, creative problem‑solving and developing innovative solutions.
• Understanding of the wider DDaT profession and practices and their relationship with data, and experience delivering using adaptive methodologies such as Agile.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and engage stakeholders at all levels, translating complex data insights into actionable recommendations for both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Application Process

In the event of a high volume of applications, we may not be able to invite all candidates who meet the minimum criteria to interview. However, we encourage you to stay in touch and apply for future roles that match your interests. All candidates who meet the minimum criteria and apply in‑line with our guaranteed interview scheme for disabled and ethnic minority applicants will be interviewed. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Diversity & Inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks.

Location & Working

Contracted to our Wilmslow, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast office, we offer flexible home and office‑based working opportunities. There will be times when you will be expected to attend the office to collaborate with colleagues or travel due to business need. Please note, from Autumn 2026 our head office will relocate from Wilmslow to Manchester city centre.

Benefits

• Pay progression scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working options.
• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus public holidays.
• Flexi leave (up to 26 additional days leave per year).
• Pension (employer contribution around 28.9 %).
• Online discount scheme to save money at major supermarkets, retailers, gyms, restaurants, insurance providers and many more.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.
• Alongside your salary of £42 593, the Information Commissioner's Office contributes £12 339 towards your membership of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy will be invited to interview as part of the ICO's commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme.
• We guarantee an interview to candidates who identify as belonging from an ethnic minority background and who meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy, as part of our EDI objectives.