Data-Driven Decision Making Contract Job Trends in Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.46% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £219
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £24.27 - -
25th Percentile £26.42 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.88 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £47.75 £51.25
% change year-on-year +15.18% -6.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 385 363 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 80.21% 85.01% 87.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 218 288
10th Percentile £183 £162 £174
25th Percentile £280 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 47 25
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.33 £15.71
25th Percentile £16.75 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.18 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.54% -3.15% +37.17%
75th Percentile £23.71 £38.64 £52.50
90th Percentile £30.60 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
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-Driven Decision Making within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 6 £588 - 8
Dyfed - 1 £550 - 1
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (28.57%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
1 4 (57.14%) Spotfire
1 4 (57.14%) Tableau
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) NumPy
1 1 (14.29%) Pandas
1 1 (14.29%) scikit-learn
1 1 (14.29%) Statsmodels
1 1 (14.29%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Data Science
2 5 (71.43%) Machine Learning
2 5 (71.43%) Predictive Analytics
3 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
3 4 (57.14%) Operations Research
3 4 (57.14%) Prescriptive Analytics
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Statistics
3 4 (57.14%) Supply Chain Planning
3 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) TIBCO
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe