Data Ingestion Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Ingestion
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Ingestion skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Ingestion 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.59% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £734 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £768 - -
75th Percentile £801 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £768 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data Ingestion 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 260 274 282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 77.15% 88.39% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 162 209
10th Percentile £206 £181 £166
25th Percentile £290 £245 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +0.59% -13.55%
75th Percentile £513 £583 £575
90th Percentile £650 £688 £653
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £413
% change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 24
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.19 £12.81
25th Percentile £16.32 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -26.25% +49.50%
75th Percentile £26.83 £28.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £44.25 £56.13
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £22.50 £29.83
% change year-on-year -19.20% -24.58% +49.50%

Data Ingestion
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data Ingestion job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Ingestion
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Data Ingestion
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 Ingestion within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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 - 2 £768 - 3
Data Ingestion
Wales

Data Ingestion
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks