Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Decision-Making
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 8 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 3.21% 2.59% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 3.28% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 9
10th Percentile £240 £177 £171
25th Percentile £288 £263 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £413 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £650
90th Percentile £724 £670 -
South Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £435
% change year-on-year - -8.05% -19.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Decision-Making 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 210 183 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 84.34% 78.88% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 131 173
10th Percentile £213 £162 £176
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £625
South Wales median daily rate £408 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -2.69% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.62 £17.60
25th Percentile £14.04 £23.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £16.44 £25.60 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.80% -1.54% +52.81%
75th Percentile £20.63 £27.50 £34.50
90th Percentile £23.74 £38.00 £47.00
South Wales median hourly rate £18.69 £25.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.79% -3.15% +30.59%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Decision-Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Decision-Making

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Cardiff over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Decision-Making

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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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Commercial Director
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Service Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Service Design
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) R
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) HL7