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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 20 35
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 11 25 13
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.20% 6.68% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 8.25% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 13
10th Percentile £240 £120 £187
25th Percentile £311 £331 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £400 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -14.89% -10.33%
75th Percentile £531 - £600
90th Percentile £666 £417 £650
Wales median daily rate £438 £400 £435
% change year-on-year +9.38% -8.05% -15.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
Wales median hourly rate £16.75 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -64.74% - -

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 292 303 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 84.88% 81.02% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 162 267
10th Percentile £191 £160 £171
25th Percentile £266 £211 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -6.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £686 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 43 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £17.40
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £17.99 £25.18 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.56% -3.15% +30.29%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £29.82 £49.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.25 £25.09 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.29% -3.50% +37.17%

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 13 November 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

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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 13 November 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 0 9 £438 +250.00% 16
Newport -7 1 £400 - 3
Bridgend - 1 - - 2
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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
1 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Commercial Director
2 1 (9.09%) Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Senior User Experience Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
2 1 (9.09%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) NHS
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Scrum
2 2 (18.18%) User Experience
2 2 (18.18%) User Research
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) CRM
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Information Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Management
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.09%) UX Design
3 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) R
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) HL7