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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 15 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +11
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 15 28 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 5.77% 8.12% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.49% 9.93% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 4
10th Percentile £259 £121 £374
25th Percentile £303 £220 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year -17.21% -13.51% -9.82%
75th Percentile £473 - £553
90th Percentile £611 £411 £581
Wales median daily rate £331 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -17.21% - -22.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - £37.36 -
25th Percentile - £45.31 £16.98
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year - +161.85% -
75th Percentile - £50.94 £19.31
90th Percentile - £54.13 -
Wales median hourly rate - £47.50 £18.14
% change year-on-year - +161.85% -

All Process and 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 231 282 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 88.85% 81.74% 87.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 147 266
10th Percentile £190 £154 £193
25th Percentile £287 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £499 £547 £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%

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in South Wales

Decision-Making
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

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 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
Cardiff +1 13 £331 +50.53% 28
Newport -1 1 £400 - 9
Bridgend - 1 - -
Decision-Making
Wales

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Welsh Language
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Designer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead Designer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Interaction Designer
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Service Designer
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Service Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Commercial Director
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Project Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Senior User Experience Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) User Experience
3 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (26.67%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) Service Design
5 2 (13.33%) Business Case
5 2 (13.33%) Coaching
5 2 (13.33%) Interaction Design
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Prototyping
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) User Research
5 2 (13.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.67%) Data Science
6 1 (6.67%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) R
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
1 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) HL7