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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 28 27
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 10 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 3.13% 2.07% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 2.31% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 10
10th Percentile £297 £242 £489
25th Percentile £306 £252 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £341 £550
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -38.03% -2.61%
75th Percentile £475 £497 £569
90th Percentile £501 £604 £725
South Wales median daily rate £425 £341 £550
% change year-on-year +24.65% -38.01% -2.65%
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 232 173 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.50% 89.64% 75.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 130 131
10th Percentile £300 £226 £140
25th Percentile £400 £303 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £409 £438
Median % change year-on-year +16.21% -6.57% -5.41%
75th Percentile £600 £495 £550
90th Percentile £775 £663 £588
South Wales median daily rate £490 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +22.50% -3.03% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 11
10th Percentile - £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.21 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £20.87 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +59.52% -29.56% -25.72%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.00 £25.60
90th Percentile - £24.64 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.38 £15.50 £25.09
% change year-on-year +37.90% -38.22% +19.50%

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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 6 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 (10.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (50.00%) Power BI
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Data Validation
3 3 (30.00%) ETL
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Data Science
4 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (20.00%) Model Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Databricks
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft