Data Consultant Contract Job Trends in Wales

Data Consultant
UK > Wales

The median Data Consultant daily rate in Wales is £584, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 45 46
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.87% 1.08% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.18% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £313 £369 -
25th Percentile £369 £389 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.94% - -
75th Percentile £801 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £544 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 422 339 408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 91.37% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 222 313
10th Percentile £183 £160 £167
25th Percentile £287 £213 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £518 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 31 25
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.75 £13.33
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.75 £25.36 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% -21.97% +108.27%
75th Percentile £22.00 £39.27 £55.25
90th Percentile £30.68 £45.00 £87.08
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £33.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year -10.27% -8.21% +2.71%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Data Consultant job vacancy trend in Wales

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Wales

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in Wales over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in Wales

Data Consultant
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 Consultant within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
South Wales -1 4 £584 +45.94% 3
Data Consultant
UK

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Data Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Data Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) RBAC
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories

Data Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) RBAC
1 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks