Public Sector Contracts in Wales

Public Sector
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 12 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 35 64 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 8.73% 10.14% 19.66%
As % of the General category 19.44% 21.12% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 51 163
10th Percentile £160 £155 £172
25th Percentile £207 £203 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £586 £534 £575
90th Percentile £658 £588 £626
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £17.94
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.03 £20.24
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.06 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -12.96% +13.70%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.09 £25.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.25 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +7.99%

All General Skills
Wales

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 180 303 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 44.89% 48.02% 55.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 217 433
10th Percentile £143 £163 £180
25th Percentile £200 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 24
10th Percentile £11.39 - £14.90
25th Percentile £11.88 £10.92 £20.16
Median hourly rate £22.68 £11.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.19% -53.76% +51.29%
75th Percentile £51.75 £29.84 £27.13
90th Percentile £86.40 £46.14 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Wales

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Wales

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Wales

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Wales

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +1 27 £485 +14.12% 23
West Wales -2 5 £500 - 4
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (5.71%) GitHub
2 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) CA Gen
1 2 (5.71%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Business Architect
4 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Ruby on Rails Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Developer
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Storage Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Junior Data Scientist
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
5 1 (2.86%) Service Desk Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) .NET
2 2 (5.71%) PySpark
2 2 (5.71%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.86%) CSS
3 1 (2.86%) HTML
3 1 (2.86%) React
3 1 (2.86%) Spring
3 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.71%) NHS
2 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) LIMS
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Unix
3 3 (8.57%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (5.71%) Linux
5 1 (2.86%) VMS
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Agile
2 5 (14.29%) Project Management
3 4 (11.43%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Business Strategy
4 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (8.57%) Statistics
5 2 (5.71%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.71%) CI/CD
5 2 (5.71%) Data Analysis
5 2 (5.71%) Data Science
5 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.71%) DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (5.71%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Testing
5 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.71%) Refactoring
5 2 (5.71%) Roadmaps
5 2 (5.71%) Service Design
5 2 (5.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) Java
1 4 (11.43%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.71%) Ruby
3 2 (5.71%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.86%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) NetBackup
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Dell
3 2 (5.71%) Brocade
3 2 (5.71%) CA
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco
3 2 (5.71%) NetApp
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 2 (5.71%) Veritas
4 1 (2.86%) Citrix
4 1 (2.86%) HP
4 1 (2.86%) InterSystems
4 1 (2.86%) RedGate
4 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds