Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 33 47 31
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 9.62% 13.82% 8.73%
As % of the General category 17.93% 26.11% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 21
10th Percentile £250 £161 £165
25th Percentile £363 £168 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £438 £446 £638
90th Percentile £594 £594 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 5
10th Percentile £24.99 £15.04 £21.29
25th Percentile £28.21 £15.20 £21.34
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.26% -37.74% +30.00%
75th Percentile £30.94 £20.64 £35.25
90th Percentile £32.63 £21.95 £48.00
Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £32.50
% change year-on-year +48.26% -37.74% +30.00%

All General Skills
South Wales

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 184 180 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 53.64% 52.94% 48.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 85 116
10th Percentile £184 £161 £185
25th Percentile £265 £190 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -14.12% -10.53%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £600
90th Percentile £599 £633 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £363 £420
% change year-on-year +3.45% -13.69% -9.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 28 20
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.20 £20.46
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.12 £21.88
Median hourly rate £19.19 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% -33.33% +65.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £26.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.88 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -10.93% -33.33% +64.02%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in South Wales

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Cardiff +7 20 £415 +32.64% 71
Newport -4 6 £494 +19.70% 74
Bridgend - 3 £400 - 2
Glamorgan - 3 - - 23
Analytical Skills
Wales

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 6 (18.18%) Oracle Service Bus
1 6 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 6 (18.18%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (6.06%) Sketch
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (3.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.06%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) LAN
1 1 (3.03%) SAN
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.03%) VLAN
1 1 (3.03%) WAN
1 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (3.03%) Wireless
1 1 (3.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Database
2 3 (9.09%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Spotfire
2 3 (9.09%) Tableau
3 2 (6.06%) Metadata
4 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) ERwin
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) PowerDesigner
General
1 29 (87.88%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.06%) Welsh Language
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Business Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Oracle Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Oracle SOA Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) SOA Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) BPM Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Financial Controller
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Designer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) IT Support
6 2 (6.06%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Middleware Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) UX Designer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) REST
1 7 (21.21%) SOAP
2 6 (18.18%) JSON
2 6 (18.18%) OAuth
2 6 (18.18%) OAuth2
2 6 (18.18%) OpenAPI
2 6 (18.18%) Swagger
2 6 (18.18%) XML
2 6 (18.18%) XSD
3 2 (6.06%) Middleware
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (3.03%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Virtual Team
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (12.12%) NHS
4 3 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
5 1 (3.03%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) Agile
3 8 (24.24%) DevOps
4 6 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (18.18%) API Design
4 6 (18.18%) API Management
4 6 (18.18%) BPEL
4 6 (18.18%) SDLC
4 6 (18.18%) SOA
4 6 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (18.18%) Validation
5 5 (15.15%) Analytics
5 5 (15.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.12%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 6 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 4 (12.12%) Python
4 3 (9.09%) R
5 1 (3.03%) Apex Code
5 1 (3.03%) SOQL
5 1 (3.03%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 3 (9.09%) ACCA
3 3 (9.09%) CIMA
4 2 (6.06%) CCNA
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) HND
5 1 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.03%) MCSE
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) GAAP
1 3 (9.09%) IFRS
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 6 (18.18%) Oracle
2 3 (9.09%) TIBCO
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) Apple
4 1 (3.03%) Dell
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) Sparx