Data Analytics Contracts in South Wales

Data Analytics
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 28 57
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 12 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 4.92% 3.57% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.50% 4.46% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 0
10th Percentile £194 £489 -
25th Percentile £222 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.82% - -
75th Percentile £250 £667 -
90th Percentile £253 £888 -
Wales median daily rate £244 £538 -
% change year-on-year -54.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £15.81 -
Median % change year-on-year +184.63% - -
Wales median hourly rate £45.00 £15.81 -
% change year-on-year +184.63% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data Analytics 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 218 269 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.34% 80.06% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 190 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £285 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £630 £668 £650
Wales median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in South Wales

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in South Wales

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in South Wales

Data Analytics
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 Analytics within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 7 £238 -56.82% 15
Newport +9 4 - - 15
Glamorgan - 1 - - 6
Bridgend - 1 £238 -
Data Analytics
Wales

Data Analytics
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) GCP
2 3 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) Linode
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) SSL
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Metadata
2 3 (25.00%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (8.33%) Big Data
3 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) MySQL
3 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) GCP Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) Designer
4 1 (8.33%) GCP Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Research Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Blog
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Cyberattack
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) CentOS
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
2 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
3 5 (41.67%) Data Science
4 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 4 (33.33%) Metadata Management
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
6 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 1 (8.33%) Data Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (8.33%) Database Tuning
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Rust
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
1 8 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 6 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 6 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (25.00%) PhD
5 2 (16.67%) CCNA
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Google
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Databricks
3 3 (25.00%) Cloudera
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 1 (8.33%) Remedy
5 1 (8.33%) VMware