Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Analytical Skills
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 24 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 19 9 21
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 9.13% 3.98% 8.97%
As % of the General category 14.29% 8.82% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 17
10th Percentile £316 £133 £125
25th Percentile £363 £246 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £577 £390
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +48.05% -18.67%
75th Percentile £438 £590 £475
90th Percentile £530 £594 £519
South Wales median daily rate £415 £577 £450
% change year-on-year -28.21% +28.31% -5.71%

All General Skills
Cardiff

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 133 102 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 63.94% 45.13% 45.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 63 78
10th Percentile £213 £120 £187
25th Percentile £293 £160 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.15% -23.53% -10.95%
75th Percentile £488 £534 £538
90th Percentile £589 £629 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +3.13% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £13.08 £24.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +20.00% +37.46%
75th Percentile £18.75 £26.50 £26.50
90th Percentile £23.59 - £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £15.31 £24.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -36.23% -19.55% +49.16%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Cardiff over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Cardiff

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 8 (42.11%) Oracle Service Bus
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (42.11%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Consultant
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle Consultant
3 6 (31.58%) Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Business Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Oracle SOA Consultant
4 5 (26.32%) SOA Consultant
5 4 (21.05%) Lead
6 3 (15.79%) BPM Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) IT Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) Middleware Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) Senior
7 2 (10.53%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (10.53%) Senior Oracle Consultant
8 1 (5.26%) Business Test Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) IT Support Technician
8 1 (5.26%) Project Consultant
8 1 (5.26%) Support Technician
8 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (52.63%) REST
1 10 (52.63%) SOAP
2 9 (47.37%) JSON
2 9 (47.37%) XML
3 8 (42.11%) OAuth
3 8 (42.11%) OAuth2
3 8 (42.11%) OpenAPI
3 8 (42.11%) Swagger
3 8 (42.11%) XSD
4 3 (15.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (10.53%) Middleware
6 1 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (5.26%) Visualforce
6 1 (5.26%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Virtual Team
2 4 (21.05%) NHS
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (52.63%) Agile
3 9 (47.37%) DevOps
4 8 (42.11%) API Design
4 8 (42.11%) API Management
4 8 (42.11%) BPEL
4 8 (42.11%) SDLC
4 8 (42.11%) SOA
4 8 (42.11%) Thought Leadership
4 8 (42.11%) Validation
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) Budget Management
6 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (10.53%) Informatics
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) PL/SQL
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Apex Code
2 1 (5.26%) SOQL
2 1 (5.26%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) ISEB
3 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.26%) SEPA
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce