NHS Contracts in Cardiff

National Health Service (NHS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NHS over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing NHS 28 30 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.93% 9.49% 17.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 31.46% 23.08% 46.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 25 76
10th Percentile £211 £160 £243
25th Percentile £413 £172 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £420
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.71% +12.68%
75th Percentile £523 £488 £466
90th Percentile £531 £496 £539
South Wales median daily rate £438 £220 £420
% change year-on-year +98.86% -47.62% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.06 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £15.13 £12.31
% change year-on-year - +22.92% -17.28%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

NHS is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 89 130 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 44.28% 41.14% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 96 147
10th Percentile £341 £167 £246
25th Percentile £413 £309 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £448 £443
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +1.02% +10.75%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £525
90th Percentile £574 £606 £604
South Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £18.73 -
25th Percentile £11.75 £19.77 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £21.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.30% +7.65% +29.03%
75th Percentile £15.25 £23.27 -
90th Percentile - £24.31 -
South Wales median hourly rate £52.50 £18.10 £16.06
% change year-on-year +190.06% +12.74% -2.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Cardiff over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Cardiff

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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 5 (17.86%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure AKS
2 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (3.57%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.57%) tSQLt
1 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
1 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
1 1 (3.57%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 4 (14.29%) WSO2 Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) React Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior SQL Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) FHIR
2 6 (21.43%) Keycloak
3 5 (17.86%) .NET
3 5 (17.86%) OAuth
3 5 (17.86%) OAuth2
3 5 (17.86%) SAML
4 3 (10.71%) React
5 2 (7.14%) CSS
5 2 (7.14%) HTML
5 2 (7.14%) XML
6 1 (3.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Clustering
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) API Management
2 4 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (10.71%) User Experience
4 2 (7.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (7.14%) Data Mapping
4 2 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (7.14%) Migration
4 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.14%) Project Management
4 2 (7.14%) Scrum
4 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.57%) BPMN
5 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.57%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.57%) Test Management
5 1 (3.57%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.57%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) C#
1 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) ISEB
1 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 6 (21.43%) WSO2
2 1 (3.57%) RedGate