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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 25 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +27
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 26 15 30
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 5.43% 5.15% 8.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.69% 5.98% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 15
10th Percentile £394 £259 £121
25th Percentile £475 £303 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +73.63% -17.21% +3.23%
75th Percentile £650 £473 -
90th Percentile £785 £611 £411
Wales median daily rate £500 £331 £400
% change year-on-year +50.98% -17.21% +6.67%
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 £16.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +228.36% -64.74% +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 338 251 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 70.56% 86.25% 81.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 177 145
10th Percentile £300 £206 £160
25th Percentile £331 £285 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £405 £413
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -1.82% -10.81%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £550
90th Percentile £675 £623 £641
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 40
10th Percentile £12.76 £13.08 £15.45
25th Percentile £16.06 £14.23 £19.81
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.40 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +152.64% -30.90% -3.15%
75th Percentile £48.86 £20.75 £41.88
90th Percentile £55.00 £29.11 £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £14.10 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year -31.22% -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

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 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 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 -3 15 £500 +50.98% 73
Newport -5 6 - - 19
Bridgend -3 5 £600 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Postman
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.85%) Aviation
6 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Analyst
1 4 (15.38%) Architect
1 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
1 4 (15.38%) Senior
2 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Head of Portfolio Management
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Data Scientist
3 2 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Programme Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Service Owner
4 1 (3.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) CMDB
2 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) ITSM
4 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Agile
5 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
5 5 (19.23%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (19.23%) Service Management
6 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (11.54%) Configuration Management
7 3 (11.54%) ERP
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.54%) Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (11.54%) User Research
8 2 (7.69%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) R
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CCNA
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) CCNP
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) JSP 440
2 3 (11.54%) PMO
3 2 (7.69%) QA
4 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Databricks
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) SAP