Lakehouse Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Lakehouse
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Lakehouse skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lakehouse 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.02% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
Wales median daily rate £450 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Lakehouse 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 353 225 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 72.34% 89.29% 80.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 163 143
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £266 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £393 £412
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -4.73% -14.39%
75th Percentile £588 £485 £550
90th Percentile £735 £620 £634
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 22 39
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.28 £13.37 £20.12
Median hourly rate £21.25 £14.81 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +43.53% -41.62% +6.04%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £48.13
90th Percentile £55.00 - £54.00
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year +3.66% -19.16% +6.04%

Lakehouse
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lakehouse relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Lakehouse job vacancy trend in South Wales

Lakehouse
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Lakehouse.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Lakehouse

Lakehouse
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lakehouse in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lakehouse in South Wales

Lakehouse
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 Lakehouse within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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 - 5 £450 - 3
Lakehouse
Wales

Lakehouse
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Databricks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 3 (60.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Databricks Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft