Data Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Consultant
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Data Consultant daily rate in Cardiff is £584, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.72% 2.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 2.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £313 £369 -
25th Percentile £369 £389 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.94% - -
75th Percentile £801 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £584 £400 -
% change year-on-year +45.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 221 168 215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 93.85% 96.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 131 178
10th Percentile £206 £167 £186
25th Percentile £290 £221 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £530
90th Percentile £639 £650 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £424
% change year-on-year -2.94% +0.29% -7.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £12.21 £21.35 £21.33
25th Percentile £13.18 £21.50 £26.31
Median hourly rate £14.83 £24.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.21% -31.91% +127.46%
75th Percentile £18.10 £27.50 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.58 £43.25 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% -23.15% +100.67%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Data Consultant job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Cardiff

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in Cardiff

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Data Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Data Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) RBAC
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories

Data Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) RBAC
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks