Data Analyst Contracts in Wales

Data Analyst
UK > Wales

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Wales is £360, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 42 48
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 2 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.68% 0.51% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.57% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £235 - £381
25th Percentile £279 - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - £462
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.50%
75th Percentile £434 - £509
90th Percentile £474 - £533
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.25 £16.98
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year - +24.04% -
75th Percentile - £23.75 £19.31
90th Percentile - - £19.44
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £21.66 £20.47
% change year-on-year +25.23% +5.81% +4.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wales with a recognized job title 276 352 601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.11% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 250 463
10th Percentile £160 £187 £172
25th Percentile £255 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.29 £13.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.02 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.54 £45.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Wales

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in Wales

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in Wales

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in Wales

Data Analyst
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 Data Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +5 1 £220 - 12
Dyfed - 1 £500 -
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Migration