B2B Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Business-to-Business (B2B)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.48% - 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £513 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.93%
75th Percentile £538 - £450
90th Percentile - - £503
South Wales median daily rate £525 - £360
% change year-on-year - - +2.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

B2B falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 180 168 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.54% 74.34% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 111 166
10th Percentile £226 £140 £183
25th Percentile £300 £209 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £547
90th Percentile £665 £644 £625
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 5
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile - £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £20.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.86% -22.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £18.75 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £23.59 £25.79 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £17.65 £25.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -29.41% -16.20% +49.16%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

B2B job vacancy trend in Cardiff

B2B
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing B2B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing B2B

B2B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft