Data Management Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Management
Wales > South Wales

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 35 38
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Management 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% 0.43% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.48% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £550
Wales median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +20.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data Management 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 317 209 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 74.94% 89.32% 76.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 149 166
10th Percentile £289 £190 £143
25th Percentile £363 £300 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £553
90th Percentile £740 £630 £641
Wales median daily rate £450 £405 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.74% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 18 27
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.82 £11.51
25th Percentile £14.95 £14.42 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.25 £19.25 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -4.87% +11.55%
75th Percentile £46.85 £41.25 £50.88
90th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £86.72
Wales median hourly rate £21.50 £23.83 £19.09
% change year-on-year -9.76% +24.84% +5.21%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Data Management
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 Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 June 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 -7 1 £475 - 7
Data Management
Wales

Data Management
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration