Contract IT Job Statistics in Cardiff

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Analyst	3	+5	£388	+69.39%	40 17.70%	11
Developer	8	-3	£425	-15.00%	27 11.95%	32
Consultant	9	+8	£405	-29.56%	25 11.06%	13
Lead	12	+3	£513	+31.41%	22 9.73%	25
Business Analyst	17	+9	£413	-5.71%	17 7.52%	1
Architect	18	-4	£625	+11.11%	16 7.08%	15
Project Manager	21	-5	£293	-25.58%	13 5.75%	6
Support Analyst	25	-	£290	-	9 3.98%
IT Engineer	25	0	£200	+86.91%	9 3.98%	1
Data Engineer	25	-4	£438	-1.68%	9 3.98%	8
Test Engineer	26	+1	£433	-	8 3.54%	2
Senior	27	-16	£531	+16.12%	7 3.10%	71
Technical Architect	27	-2	£538	+115.00%	7 3.10%	2
Technical Leader	27	-3	£513	+10.81%	7 3.10%	3
Moodle Developer	27	-	£425	-	7 3.10%
CyberArk Consultant	27	-	-	-	7 3.10%
IT Support	28	-4	£195	-13.33%	6 2.65%	2
Designer	28	-	£400	-	6 2.65%	6
Project Officer	28	-3	£219	+1.74%	6 2.65%	1
Project Support Officer	28	-3	£219	+1.74%	6 2.65%	1
Support Officer	28	-3	£219	+1.74%	6 2.65%	1
Systems Analyst	29	-	-	-	5 2.21%
Quality Engineer	29	-	£502	-	5 2.21%	2
Data Analyst	29	-4	-	-	5 2.21%	3
Lead Architect	29	-3	-	-	5 2.21%	5
IT Technician	30	-4	£183	+35.55%	4 1.77%	1
Test Automation Engineer	30	-3	£442	-	4 1.77%	1
SAP Financial Leader	30	-	£600	-	4 1.77%
SAP Developer	30	-	£508	-	4 1.77%
IT Support Technician	30	-3	£183	-	4 1.77%	1
Support Engineer	30	-4	£200	-52.94%	4 1.77%	3
Support Technician	30	-3	£183	-	4 1.77%	2
Network Engineer	30	-8	£335	-14.92%	4 1.77%	3
Solutions Architect	31	-7	£625	-13.79%	3 1.33%	3
Administrator	31	-7	-	-	3 1.33%	4
Field Engineer	31	-6	£165	+54.20%	3 1.33%	1
ABAP Developer	31	-	£515	-	3 1.33%
Security Architect	31	-5	£725	-	3 1.33%
Business Intelligence Developer	31	-6	£400	-20.00%	3 1.33%
PMO Analyst	31	-	£435	-	3 1.33%
Data Consultant	31	-6	£768	+91.87%	3 1.33%	1
Principal Project Manager	31	-	£214	-	3 1.33%
Service Designer	31	-	£331	-	3 1.33%	1
Power Apps Developer	32	-	£279	-	2 0.89%	1
Digital Strategy Consultant	32	-	£528	-	2 0.89%
Transformation Manager	32	-	£293	-	2 0.89%
Artificial Intelligence Developer	32	-5	£300	-47.82%	2 0.89%	6
Cloud Developer	32	-	£475	-	2 0.89%
Senior Data Warehouse Specialist	32	-	£332	-	2 0.89%
IFS Developer	32	-	£475	-	2 0.89%