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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.36% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% - 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £378 - £383
25th Percentile £401 - £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 - £396
75th Percentile £506 - £409
90th Percentile £529 - £414
UK median daily rate £620 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +24.00% -4.76% +31.25%

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 417 253 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 74.87% 88.46% 75.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 176 190
10th Percentile £289 £186 £143
25th Percentile £370 £285 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -18.37% +3.16%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £560
90th Percentile £675 £625 £668
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 23 34
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.46 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.59 £16.00 £15.27
Median hourly rate £21.75 £25.15 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year -13.52% +27.65% +8.61%
75th Percentile £36.78 £35.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £53.88 £44.25 £85.70
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Matching in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Matching in Wales

Data Matching
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 Matching within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 £530 - 1
Data Matching
UK

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 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft