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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 20 42
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 +12
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 11 27 7
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.63% 7.48% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 9.22% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 7
10th Percentile £240 £120 £164
25th Percentile £311 £196 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +6.67% -28.45%
75th Percentile £531 - £469
90th Percentile £666 - £563
Wales median daily rate £438 £400 £297
% change year-on-year +9.38% +34.68% -42.00%
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 260 293 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 85.81% 81.16% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 149 274
10th Percentile £201 £157 £176
25th Percentile £281 £210 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -12.20%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £588
90th Percentile £668 £645 £642
Wales median daily rate £410 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 41 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.65 £25.18 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.91% -15.60% +49.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £30.38 £50.00 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 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% 27
Newport -6 1 £400 - 11
Bridgend - 1 - - 1
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%) Architect
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%) 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%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Business Case
3 1 (9.09%) Contract Management
3 1 (9.09%) Domain Models
3 1 (9.09%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Product Strategy
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) Service Design
3 1 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
3 1 (9.09%) Wireframes
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