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 citing Decision-Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	28	21
Rank change year-on-year	+5	-7	+21
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making	26	11	26
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales	5.37%	3.59%	7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	7.47%	4.18%	8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted	16	10	11
10^th Percentile	£391	£240	£120
25^th Percentile	£458	£311	£261
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£419	£400
Median % change year-on-year	+28.36%	+4.69%	+6.67%
75^th Percentile	£631	£531	-
90^th Percentile	£725	£666	-
Wales median daily rate	£500	£438	£400
% change year-on-year	+14.29%	+9.38%	+34.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	8
10^th Percentile	-	-	£37.36
25^th Percentile	-	-	£45.31
Median hourly rate	£55.00	-	£47.50
75^th Percentile	-	-	£50.94
90^th Percentile	-	-	£54.13
Wales median hourly rate	£55.00	£16.75	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+228.36%	-64.74%	-

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 citing process or methodology skills in South Wales.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	348	263	293
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales	71.90%	85.95%	81.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	214	174	149
10^th Percentile	£258	£195	£157
25^th Percentile	£327	£276	£210
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£408	£400
Median % change year-on-year	+22.70%	+1.88%	-11.11%
75^th Percentile	£591	£500	£550
90^th Percentile	£675	£668	£645
Wales median daily rate	£475	£408	£413
% change year-on-year	+16.56%	-1.21%	-8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	39	30	42
10^th Percentile	£14.09	£13.08	£15.48
25^th Percentile	£20.40	£14.23	£20.12
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£17.65	£25.27
Median % change year-on-year	+149.10%	-30.16%	-15.29%
75^th Percentile	£72.50	£20.75	£40.00
90^th Percentile	£75.50	£30.38	£49.88
Wales median hourly rate	£15.72	£20.50	£25.18
% change year-on-year	-23.32%	-18.59%	-7.31%

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 Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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 24 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.

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 24 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cardiff	+5	15	£500	+14.29%	43
Newport	-1	6	-	-	19
Bridgend	-3	5	£600	-	3
Decision-Making Wales

Decision-Making Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Decision-Making also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region citing Decision-Making.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Engagement	42.3%	11
2	Security Cleared	38.5%	10
3	Continuous Improvement	34.6%	9
3	SC Cleared	34.6%	9
5	ITSM	26.9%	7
5	Windows	26.9%	7
7	Portfolio Management	23.1%	6
7	Roadmaps	23.1%	6
9	Agile	19.2%	5
9	CCNA	19.2%	5
9	Cisco	19.2%	5
9	Cisco Certification	19.2%	5
9	Customer Service	19.2%	5
9	Service Delivery	19.2%	5
9	Service Management	19.2%	5
9	SLA	19.2%	5
17	DV Cleared	15.4%	4
17	Dynamics 365	15.4%	4
17	Mentoring	15.4%	4
17	Microsoft	15.4%	4
17	PMO	15.4%	4
17	Stakeholder Management	15.4%	4
17	Strategic Roadmap	15.4%	4
24	Azure	11.5%	3
24	ERP	11.5%	3
24	Incident Management	11.5%	3
24	JSP 440	11.5%	3
24	Migration	11.5%	3
24	Power Platform	11.5%	3
24	Technical Leadership	11.5%	3

Decision-Making Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Engagement	42.3%	11
2	Continuous Improvement	34.6%	9
3	ITSM	26.9%	7
4	Portfolio Management	23.1%	6
4	Roadmaps	23.1%	6
6	Agile	19.2%	5
6	Customer Service	19.2%	5
6	Service Delivery	19.2%	5
6	Service Management	19.2%	5
10	Mentoring	15.4%	4
10	Stakeholder Management	15.4%	4
10	Strategic Roadmap	15.4%	4
13	ERP	11.5%	3
13	Incident Management	11.5%	3
13	Migration	11.5%	3
13	Technical Leadership	11.5%	3
13	User Acceptance Testing	11.5%	3
13	User Research	11.5%	3
19	Actionable Insight	7.7%	2
19	Analytical Thinking	7.7%	2