Developer Contracts in Cardiff

Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Developer daily rate in Cardiff is £469 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 64 66 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 31.07% 20.56% 18.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.51% 21.09% 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 64 72
10th Percentile £381 £274 £363
25th Percentile £411 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £543 £586 £600
90th Percentile £563 £658 £686
South Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 191 313 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 97.51% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 245 386
10th Percentile £199 £184 £244
25th Percentile £381 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £539 £565 £538
90th Percentile £609 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £11.25 £13.00 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.57 £13.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.65% -7.99% +20.97%
75th Percentile £16.85 £22.34 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.74 £24.38 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £21.49 £18.14 £19.33
% change year-on-year +18.44% -6.16% +1.74%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cardiff

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Cardiff

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Cardiff

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Cardiff

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 21 (32.81%) SQL
2 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (26.56%) TypeScript
3 17 (26.56%) React
3 17 (26.56%) Full Stack Development
4 16 (25.00%) Agile
5 15 (23.44%) CI/CD
6 14 (21.88%) Vue
6 14 (21.88%) GitHub
6 14 (21.88%) Cypress.io
7 12 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 12 (18.75%) QA
7 12 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (18.75%) Project Management
7 12 (18.75%) T-SQL
7 12 (18.75%) Product Ownership
8 11 (17.19%) Azure
9 10 (15.63%) Laravel
9 10 (15.63%) .NET
10 9 (14.06%) Front End Development
11 7 (10.94%) Power BI
11 7 (10.94%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (10.94%) GitLab
11 7 (10.94%) Relational Database
11 7 (10.94%) Analytics
11 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (10.94%) Unit Testing
11 7 (10.94%) MySQL
11 7 (10.94%) PHP

Developer Skill Set
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 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.88%) GitHub
2 11 (17.19%) Azure
3 7 (10.94%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.38%) AWS
4 6 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (9.38%) Power Automate
5 4 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (6.25%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.56%) Heroku
6 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) MySQL
1 7 (10.94%) Power BI
1 7 (10.94%) Relational Database
1 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (7.81%) Power Query
3 3 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (21.88%) Cypress.io
2 7 (10.94%) GitLab
2 7 (10.94%) Postman
2 7 (10.94%) Storybook
3 3 (4.69%) Git
3 3 (4.69%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.56%) JIRA
4 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.56%) tSQLt
General
1 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.56%) React
2 14 (21.88%) Vue
3 10 (15.63%) .NET
3 10 (15.63%) Laravel
4 6 (9.38%) Next.js
4 6 (9.38%) Playwright
5 4 (6.25%) GraphQL
6 3 (4.69%) CSS
6 3 (4.69%) HTML
6 3 (4.69%) Redux
7 2 (3.13%) .NET Framework
7 2 (3.13%) FHIR
7 2 (3.13%) Flutter
7 2 (3.13%) React Native
8 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.56%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.56%) Kafka
8 1 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (1.56%) Nuxt
8 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.38%) NHS
3 4 (6.25%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.56%) Clustering
5 1 (1.56%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.56%) Replication
5 1 (1.56%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Android
2 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Full Stack Development
2 16 (25.00%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) CI/CD
4 12 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (18.75%) Project Management
4 12 (18.75%) Test Automation
5 9 (14.06%) Front End Development
6 7 (10.94%) Analytics
6 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.94%) Unit Testing
7 6 (9.38%) Objectives and Key Results
8 5 (7.81%) Software Engineering
9 4 (6.25%) Data Analytics
10 3 (4.69%) Data Protection
10 3 (4.69%) Decision-Making
10 3 (4.69%) OO
10 3 (4.69%) User Experience
11 2 (3.13%) Data Modelling
11 2 (3.13%) OOD
11 2 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.81%) SQL
2 17 (26.56%) TypeScript
3 12 (18.75%) T-SQL
4 7 (10.94%) PHP
5 6 (9.38%) C#
5 6 (9.38%) JavaScript
6 5 (7.81%) Python
7 3 (4.69%) Java
7 3 (4.69%) PL/SQL
8 2 (3.13%) Dart
9 1 (1.56%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) RedGate
3 4 (6.25%) Databricks
3 4 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) Xamarin
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce