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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 24 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +20
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 17 11 10
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 4.11% 4.66% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 5.16% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 9
10th Percentile £381 £259 £220
25th Percentile £400 £283 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £331 £470
Median % change year-on-year +33.99% -29.54% +20.51%
75th Percentile £725 £434 £575
90th Percentile £775 £625 £640
Wales median daily rate £475 £331 £470
% change year-on-year +43.43% -29.54% +20.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 - -

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 313 213 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 75.60% 90.25% 78.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 152 179
10th Percentile £268 £185 £157
25th Percentile £363 £285 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £405 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -19.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £507 £573
90th Percentile £735 £625 £668
Wales median daily rate £425 £405 £500
% change year-on-year +4.94% -19.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 22 19
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.10 £11.12
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.03 £14.78
Median hourly rate £21.50 £20.62 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -8.37% +24.04%
75th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £69.38
90th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £87.80
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £19.82
% change year-on-year +1.14% +6.00% +5.34%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -11 6 £613 +92.26% 8
Newport +4 5 - - 5
Bridgend - 5 £400 - 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 (5.88%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Functions
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Big Data
1 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
1 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.88%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Administrator
1 3 (17.65%) Financial Controller
1 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Salesforce Administrator
2 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) E-Business Manager
3 1 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (52.94%) Service Delivery
3 6 (35.29%) ERP
3 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
4 5 (29.41%) ITSM
5 4 (23.53%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Configuration Management
6 3 (17.65%) Problem Management
6 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Service Management
7 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
7 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) CCNA
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) ACCA
5 3 (17.65%) CIMA
6 1 (5.88%) CCNP
6 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
6 1 (5.88%) PMP
6 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GAAP
1 3 (17.65%) IFRS
1 3 (17.65%) JSP 440
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Salesforce
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Guidewire
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle