Analytics Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Analytics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 28 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 12 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 3.50% 1.06% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 1.18% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 11
10th Percentile - £434 £489
25th Percentile £306 £466 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £551
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -2.36% +1.01%
75th Percentile £483 £616 £581
90th Percentile £538 £651 £619
South Wales median daily rate £425 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -20.93% -2.32% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £150.25 - -
Median hourly rate £150.50 - -
75th Percentile £150.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £150.50 £22.84 £20.24
% change year-on-year +558.93% +12.87% -16.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 250 169 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.89% 89.42% 74.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 129 117
10th Percentile £300 £213 £140
25th Percentile £366 £300 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £590 £488 £551
90th Percentile £750 £655 £638
South Wales median daily rate £500 £396 £400
% change year-on-year +26.18% -0.94% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 10
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.71 £12.86 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.50 £13.08 £20.08
Median % change year-on-year +64.37% -34.86% -19.68%
75th Percentile £43.96 £14.06 £25.60
90th Percentile - £20.37 £25.79
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £15.00 £25.36
% change year-on-year +41.67% -40.85% +6.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Cardiff over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Analytics

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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 1 (8.33%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (66.67%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (50.00%) Power BI
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (16.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (8.33%) Data Mining
5 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Executive
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 4 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 4 (33.33%) ETL
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 3 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (25.00%) Data Science
3 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 2 (16.67%) Model Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Fraud Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Predictive Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 7 (58.33%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Databricks
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce