Degree Contracts in Cardiff

Academic Degree
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 25 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 21 20 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 9.86% 5.95% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.22% 26.67% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 15
10th Percentile £346 £191 £363
25th Percentile £496 £345 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -2.10% +108.33%
75th Percentile £530 £556 £622
90th Percentile £584 £594 £733
South Wales median daily rate £530 £525 £509
% change year-on-year +0.95% +3.09% +103.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.03 - -
Median hourly rate £11.64 - -
75th Percentile £12.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £25.27 £34.30 £19.91
% change year-on-year -26.33% +72.28% -20.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 75 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 19.25% 22.32% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 60 76
10th Percentile £211 £201 £363
25th Percentile £433 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +9.80% +23.08%
75th Percentile £617 £591 £638
90th Percentile £650 £626 £691
South Wales median daily rate £550 £549 £550
% change year-on-year +0.18% -0.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile £11.03 £16.22 £19.69
Median hourly rate £11.64 £16.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -26.91% +36.24%
75th Percentile £12.25 £16.67 £24.75
90th Percentile - - £25.35
South Wales median hourly rate £23.93 £18.14 £46.25
% change year-on-year +31.92% -60.78% +111.96%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cardiff

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cardiff

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cardiff over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Cardiff

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cardiff

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) SPSS
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) GitHub
2 9 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) Data Mining
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Project Manager
2 9 (42.86%) Migration Manager
2 9 (42.86%) Migration Project Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Software Project Manager
4 4 (19.05%) Agile Project Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Development Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Development Project Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Software Development Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Software Development Project Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Software Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Agile Development Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Data Scientist
7 1 (4.76%) Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Delivery Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Programme Planner
7 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Software Delivery Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) ADO
1 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Credit Risk
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Agile
2 15 (71.43%) Scrum
2 15 (71.43%) SDLC
3 9 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 9 (42.86%) Migration
4 8 (38.10%) Project Management
5 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (33.33%) Project Governance
6 6 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (23.81%) Kanban
8 3 (14.29%) Analytics
8 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
9 2 (9.52%) Data Science
9 2 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 2 (9.52%) DevOps
9 2 (9.52%) Product Strategy
9 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
9 2 (9.52%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) PHP
2 2 (9.52%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) R
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PMP
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Atlassian
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Progress
4 1 (4.76%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.76%) Planview
4 1 (4.76%) Splunk