Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Analysis
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 24 41
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 9 19 7
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.61% 5.60% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 6.48% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - £361 £436
25th Percentile £206 £513 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +12.82% +11.43%
75th Percentile £238 £594 £566
90th Percentile - - £684
Wales median daily rate £225 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -59.09% +12.82% +3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £24.27 £17.66 -
25th Percentile £26.42 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £21.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.06% - -
75th Percentile £31.88 £22.00 -
90th Percentile £33.00 £23.68 -
Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £21.12 -
% change year-on-year +42.06% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data Analysis 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 273 293 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 79.13% 86.43% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 170 245
10th Percentile £205 £168 £164
25th Percentile £285 £213 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £588
90th Percentile £603 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 23
10th Percentile £13.03 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +35.83%
75th Percentile £28.22 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.13%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 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 -3 5 £225 -59.09% 13
Glamorgan - 3 - - 7
Newport -2 1 - - 11
Data Analysis
Wales

Data Analysis
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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
1 3 (33.33%) Spotfire
1 3 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Officer
1 5 (55.56%) Project Support Officer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Officer
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
2 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
1 5 (55.56%) Time Management
2 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Data Science
3 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Operations Research
3 3 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Prescriptive Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Statistics
3 3 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) TIBCO