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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 23 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +34
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 28 15 30
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 5.77% 5.56% 8.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.16% 6.25% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 15
10th Percentile £406 £259 £121
25th Percentile £475 £303 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +81.18% -17.21% -13.51%
75th Percentile £713 £473 -
90th Percentile £780 £611 £411
Wales median daily rate £563 £331 £400
% change year-on-year +69.85% -17.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile - - £37.36
25th Percentile - - £45.31
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £50.94
90th Percentile - - £54.13
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - +161.85%

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 343 240 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 70.72% 88.89% 81.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 175 149
10th Percentile £300 £190 £161
25th Percentile £364 £274 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £412
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.91% -13.26%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £544
90th Percentile £750 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £490 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +22.50% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 23 39
10th Percentile £12.74 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £15.88 £13.65 £20.12
Median hourly rate £21.25 £15.00 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -40.85% -4.60%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £55.00 - £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £15.91 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year -22.39% -19.16% -2.46%

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 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in South Wales

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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

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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 26 September 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 17 £538 +62.30% 54
Newport -4 6 - - 15
Bridgend -3 5 £600 - 4
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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 (3.57%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Functions
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Big Data
1 1 (3.57%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
1 1 (3.57%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Postman
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Aviation
5 1 (3.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (14.29%) Analyst
1 4 (14.29%) Architect
1 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
1 4 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Administrator
2 3 (10.71%) Head of Portfolio Management
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 3 (10.71%) Salesforce Administrator
2 3 (10.71%) Technical Architect
2 3 (10.71%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Data Scientist
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Beam
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 7 (25.00%) ITSM
5 6 (21.43%) Agile
5 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
6 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
6 5 (17.86%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (17.86%) Service Management
7 4 (14.29%) Change Management
7 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 4 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (10.71%) ERP
8 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) Problem Management
8 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) R
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) CCNA
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CCNP
5 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) SLA
2 3 (10.71%) JSP 440
2 3 (10.71%) PMO
3 2 (7.14%) QA
4 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.14%) VMware
5 1 (3.57%) Databricks
5 1 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) Guidewire
5 1 (3.57%) SAP