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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 25 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +29
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 25 12 25
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 5.12% 4.76% 7.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.10% 5.33% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 14
10th Percentile £446 £240 £121
25th Percentile £475 £281 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +81.18% -17.21% -13.51%
75th Percentile £744 £400 -
90th Percentile £783 £550 -
Wales median daily rate £575 £331 £400
% change year-on-year +73.63% -17.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile - - £44.75
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £51.88
90th Percentile - - £54.25
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - +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 352 225 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 72.13% 89.29% 80.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 161 144
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £400 £266 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £419
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.42% -11.89%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £550
90th Percentile £735 £625 £638
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 38
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.28 £13.65 £20.12
Median hourly rate £21.25 £15.00 £25.48
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -41.13% +6.54%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £48.44
90th Percentile £55.00 - £54.13
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year +3.66% -19.16% +6.04%

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 28 August 2026.

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 28 August 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 -4 15 £575 +73.63% 25
Bridgend -3 5 £600 - 1
Newport - 5 - - 6
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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 (4.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Big Data
1 1 (4.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Senior
2 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Administrator
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Head of Portfolio Management
2 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Salesforce Administrator
2 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Senior Programme Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) CMDB
2 1 (4.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (48.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (32.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) ITSM
5 5 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (20.00%) Service Management
6 4 (16.00%) Agile
6 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (12.00%) Change Management
7 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (8.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
8 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) R
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) CCNA
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) SLA
2 3 (12.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (12.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.00%) VMware
5 1 (4.00%) Databricks
5 1 (4.00%) Google
5 1 (4.00%) Guidewire