Actionable Insight Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 43 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.14% 0.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £380 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% - -
Wales median daily rate £450 £380 -
% change year-on-year +18.42% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.84 - -
Wales median hourly rate £22.84 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Actionable Insight 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 235 287 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.02% 81.77% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 150 267
10th Percentile £191 £159 £193
25th Percentile £283 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £412 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% -13.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £489 £548 £594
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 40 24
10th Percentile - £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.61 £25.36 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -42.39% -4.60% +32.91%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.81 £49.06
90th Percentile - £53.88 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +44.44%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight in South Wales

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Actionable Insight.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glamorgan - 2 - - 3
Newport - 1 £450 - 5
Actionable Insight
Wales

Actionable Insight
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Spotfire
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Operations Research
1 2 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Prescriptive Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Statistics
1 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) R
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) TIBCO