Data Analytics Contracts in Cardiff

Data Analytics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 26 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 7 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 4.38% 4.25% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 5.59% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 0
10th Percentile £194 £489 -
25th Percentile £222 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.82% - -
75th Percentile £250 £667 -
90th Percentile £253 £888 -
South Wales median daily rate £238 £550 -
% change year-on-year -56.82% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Data 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 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in Cardiff

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in Cardiff

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) PaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Metadata
2 3 (42.86%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) MySQL
3 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) GCP Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Designer
4 1 (14.29%) GCP Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Data Science
3 4 (57.14%) Metadata Management
4 3 (42.86%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
5 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
6 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Database Tuning
6 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 1 (14.29%) ETL
6 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Google
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Databricks
3 3 (42.86%) Cloudera
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) Remedy
4 1 (14.29%) VMware