Decision-Making Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Decision-Making
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 30 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 12 16 13
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.48% 4.68% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 5.42% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 13
10th Percentile £246 £220 £187
25th Percentile £324 £366 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £406 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -13.56% -10.33%
75th Percentile £494 £470 £638
90th Percentile £629 £648 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £435
% change year-on-year - -8.05% -19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
Wales median hourly rate £16.75 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -64.74% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 272 295 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.84% 86.26% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 171 239
10th Percentile £205 £168 £166
25th Percentile £285 £213 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £503 £550 £588
90th Percentile £613 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 23
10th Percentile £13.03 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +36.13%
75th Percentile £28.22 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Decision-Making job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in South Wales over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in South Wales

Decision-Making
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Decision-Making.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Decision-Making

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 Decision-Making within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 December 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 +2 8 £391 -5.31% 32
Bridgend - 3 £400 -
Newport -2 1 £400 - 32
Decision-Making
Wales

Decision-Making
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (8.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Financial Controller
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Commercial Director
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Service Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Service Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (25.00%) ERP
2 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
4 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (8.33%) Data Science
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Service Design
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience
4 1 (8.33%) User Research
4 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) R
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) ACCA
1 3 (25.00%) CIMA
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GAAP
1 3 (25.00%) IFRS
2 1 (8.33%) HL7