Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Wales

Analytical Skills
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 45 52 35
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 9.49% 12.81% 8.06%
As % of the General category 17.58% 23.64% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 14 25
10th Percentile £263 £163 £179
25th Percentile £363 £193 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £450 £538 £638
90th Percentile £650 £581 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 5
10th Percentile £18.96 £15.04 £21.29
25th Percentile £22.84 £15.20 £21.34
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.26% -37.74% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £20.64 £35.25
90th Percentile £32.25 £21.95 £48.00
UK median hourly rate £33.46 £24.18 £32.32
% change year-on-year +38.38% -25.19% -12.65%

All General Skills
Wales

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 256 220 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 54.01% 54.19% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 111 146
10th Percentile £163 £160 £174
25th Percentile £240 £200 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £419
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -10.45% -10.90%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £573
90th Percentile £594 £625 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 34 21
10th Percentile £13.13 £16.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £22.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% -31.54% +61.53%
75th Percentile £24.41 £28.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £39.99 £49.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £27.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.92% -17.27% +32.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Wales

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Wales

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Wales over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Wales

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Wales region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
South Wales -1 37 £400 +14.29% 83
West Wales +2 2 £625 +13.64% 2
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (17.78%) Oracle Service Bus
1 8 (17.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (17.78%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (4.44%) Sketch
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (2.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) Azure
1 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.44%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Firewall
1 1 (2.22%) LAN
1 1 (2.22%) SAN
1 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.22%) VLAN
1 1 (2.22%) WAN
1 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (2.22%) Wireless
1 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) Metadata
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle Database
3 4 (8.89%) Power BI
3 4 (8.89%) Spotfire
3 4 (8.89%) Tableau
4 1 (2.22%) Data Vault
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) ERwin
1 1 (2.22%) Git
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
1 1 (2.22%) PowerDesigner
General
1 34 (75.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Finance
2 7 (15.56%) Welsh Language
3 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Analyst
2 10 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 8 (17.78%) Business Analyst
3 8 (17.78%) Consultant
4 7 (15.56%) Oracle Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Data Quality Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) Data Quality Specialist
5 5 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Quality Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) SOA Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Lead
6 4 (8.89%) Senior
7 3 (6.67%) BPM Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Financial Controller
8 2 (4.44%) Designer
8 2 (4.44%) IT Support
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Middleware Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) REST
1 9 (20.00%) SOAP
2 8 (17.78%) JSON
2 8 (17.78%) OAuth
2 8 (17.78%) OAuth2
2 8 (17.78%) OpenAPI
2 8 (17.78%) Swagger
2 8 (17.78%) XML
2 8 (17.78%) XSD
3 3 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (4.44%) Middleware
5 1 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.22%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Virtual Team
2 5 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (8.89%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.89%) NHS
4 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.22%) Reference Data
6 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.67%) Agile
3 10 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 10 (22.22%) DevOps
3 10 (22.22%) Validation
4 8 (17.78%) API Design
4 8 (17.78%) API Management
4 8 (17.78%) BPEL
4 8 (17.78%) SDLC
4 8 (17.78%) SOA
4 8 (17.78%) Thought Leadership
5 7 (15.56%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (13.33%) Analytics
6 6 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.33%) Metadata Management
7 5 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
7 5 (11.11%) Data Discovery
7 5 (11.11%) Data Interpretation
7 5 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 8 (17.78%) PL/SQL
3 5 (11.11%) Python
4 4 (8.89%) R
5 1 (2.22%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.22%) SOQL
5 1 (2.22%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) Master's Degree
3 4 (8.89%) ACCA
3 4 (8.89%) CIMA
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.44%) CCNA
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.44%) CISSP
4 2 (4.44%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.22%) HND
5 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.22%) MCSE
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.67%) GAAP
2 3 (6.67%) IFRS
2 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.44%) ITGC
3 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.22%) GDPR
4 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Oracle
2 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.89%) TIBCO
4 2 (4.44%) Adobe
5 1 (2.22%) Apple
5 1 (2.22%) Dell
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) Sparx