Statistics Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Statistics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Statistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Statistics 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.49% - 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% - 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £212 - £395
25th Percentile £326 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.13%
75th Percentile £568 - £526
90th Percentile £582 - £556
South Wales median daily rate £530 £290 £380
% change year-on-year +82.76% -23.68% -33.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.75 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £17.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £16.50 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - +24.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Statistics 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 201 150 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 74.72% 90.91% 73.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 121 127
10th Percentile £275 £200 £143
25th Percentile £325 £303 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -19.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £572 £488 £553
90th Percentile £775 £650 £627
South Wales median daily rate £450 £403 £490
% change year-on-year +11.80% -17.86% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 6
10th Percentile - - £13.61
25th Percentile - £12.21 £15.48
Median hourly rate £12.21 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% -29.56% +12.92%
75th Percentile £16.12 £23.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £21.00 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year -5.56% +11.19% +11.55%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Statistics

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics in Cardiff over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in Cardiff

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Statistics

Statistics
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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (50.00%) MS Access
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Science
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Matching
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Databricks