Data-Driven Decision Making Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 42 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.54% 0.57% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 0.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £395 -
25th Percentile £581 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £465 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.34% - -
75th Percentile £594 £526 -
90th Percentile - £556 -
Wales median daily rate £588 £465 -
% change year-on-year +26.34% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.84 - -
Wales median hourly rate £22.84 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 231 286 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 88.85% 81.95% 87.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 150 266
10th Percentile £190 £159 £193
25th Percentile £287 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £412 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -13.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £499 £548 £597
90th Percentile £653 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £403 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.29% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 40 22
10th Percentile - £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.61 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.39% -2.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.81 £47.19
90th Percentile - £53.88 £54.98
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +44.44%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
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-Driven Decision Making within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Newport - 2 £588 - 3
Glamorgan - 2 - - 10
Data-Driven Decision Making
Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Spotfire
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Research
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Prescriptive Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) R
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) TIBCO