Data Matching Contract Job Trends in Wales

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £607 £450
% change year-on-year -9.35% +34.83% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Data Matching 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 403 309 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.35% 87.54% 81.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 207 268
10th Percentile £202 £180 £160
25th Percentile £291 £250 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -1.45% -9.21%
75th Percentile £502 £539 £563
90th Percentile £638 £643 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 27 30
10th Percentile £12.87 £18.47 £11.69
25th Percentile £14.81 £20.12 £14.57
Median hourly rate £19.10 £22.50 £22.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.13% -0.40% +15.91%
75th Percentile £28.94 £35.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £86.18
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.71% -1.52% -5.71%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Data Matching job vacancy trend in Wales

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Matching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Matching

Data Matching
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 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Numerate Degree