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 in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 35 59 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 8.62% 10.19% 17.33%
As % of the General category 19.13% 21.77% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 137
10th Percentile £110 £128 £181
25th Percentile £127 £158 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £344 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -31.20% +25.00%
75th Percentile £527 £523 £575
90th Percentile £619 £581 £629
UK median daily rate £508 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -2.40% +4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £18.51
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.03 £20.12
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.06 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -10.77% +3.79%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.09 £25.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £20.10 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.94% +0.50% +11.11%

All General Skills
Wales

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 183 271 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 45.07% 46.80% 55.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 188 402
10th Percentile £127 £162 £200
25th Percentile £143 £278 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -3.75% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £637
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 17
10th Percentile £11.68 - £14.66
25th Percentile £12.78 £10.92 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.27 £11.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.60% -53.76% +46.41%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.02 £27.50
90th Percentile £85.28 £46.14 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £31.92 £22.75
% change year-on-year -6.02% +40.31% +8.08%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +4 25 £148 -62.18% 28
West Wales -1 6 £500 +53.85% 2
Dyfed - 1 £925 - 2
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 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) CA Gen
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JMeter
2 1 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Legal
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Analyst
2 8 (22.86%) Senior
3 7 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Business Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (5.71%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.71%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Storage Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Storage Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) PySpark
1 2 (5.71%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
2 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.86%) CSS
2 1 (2.86%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) React
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.57%) NHS
2 1 (2.86%) CMDB
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.86%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.86%) LIMS
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Unix
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Data ONTAP
3 2 (5.71%) Linux
3 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Agile
2 5 (14.29%) ITIL
3 4 (11.43%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Business Strategy
4 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
4 3 (8.57%) Informatics
4 3 (8.57%) Information Governance
4 3 (8.57%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.57%) Project Management
4 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
4 3 (8.57%) Service Management
5 2 (5.71%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (5.71%) Business Case
5 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (5.71%) Customer Service
5 2 (5.71%) Data Science
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) Line Management
5 2 (5.71%) Service Design
5 2 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) Java
2 3 (8.57%) SQL
3 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.71%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) Ruby
4 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 3 (8.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) CISM
5 1 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.86%) ISEB
5 1 (2.86%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) NetBackup
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) 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%) HP
3 2 (5.71%) NetApp
3 2 (5.71%) Veritas
4 1 (2.86%) Cegedim Rx
4 1 (2.86%) InterSystems
4 1 (2.86%) RedGate
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow