Data Matching Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% - 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile £515 - £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £396
75th Percentile £545 - £409
90th Percentile - - £414
Wales median daily rate £453 - £396

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data Matching 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 316 211 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 74.35% 90.17% 77.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 152 170
10th Percentile £285 £188 £143
25th Percentile £363 £285 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -18.37% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £484 £563
90th Percentile £740 £648 £668
Wales median daily rate £450 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.37% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 16 25
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.65 £11.39
25th Percentile £14.59 £15.75 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.38 £22.50 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.19% +11.55%
75th Percentile £47.63 £41.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £87.08
Wales median hourly rate £21.75 £25.15 £19.70
% change year-on-year -13.52% +27.65% +8.61%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data Matching job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Data Matching
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 Matching within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 - 1 £530 - 1
Data Matching
Wales

Data Matching
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft