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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 46 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.12% 0.47% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £395 -
25th Percentile £581 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £465 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.34% - -
75th Percentile £594 £526 -
90th Percentile - £556 -
UK median daily rate £500 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -8.05% +3.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.84 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.88 £36.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -7.18% -36.52% -

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 305 332 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 85.20% 78.12% 86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 177 315
10th Percentile £190 £153 £184
25th Percentile £283 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £670 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 49 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.15 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +37.17%
75th Percentile £25.15 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - £53.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making 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 21 September 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 +11 4 £588 +26.34% 15
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Spotfire
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Research
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Prescriptive Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) R
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) TIBCO