Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 68 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 7 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.89% 0.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £53,750 - -
25th Percentile - £77,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -
75th Percentile - £82,500 -
90th Percentile £131,000 - -
Wales median annual salary £43,750 £80,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -45.31% +135.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 592 528 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.51% 82.76% 90.17%
Number of salaries quoted 413 269 408
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £64,625
90th Percentile £78,149 £79,600 £72,453
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in South Wales over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Decision Making in South Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +16 3 £150,000 +87.50% 4
Vale of Glamorgan - 3 £65,000 -
Bridgend - 1 £47,500 -
Data-Driven Decision Making
Wales

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Miro
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
1 2 (28.57%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
3 2 (28.57%) Market Research
3 2 (28.57%) Predictive Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Operations Research
4 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
4 1 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (14.29%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) R
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Anaplan
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Genesys
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) TIBCO
2 1 (14.29%) Verint