Informatics Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Informatics
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Informatics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 37
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +10
Contract jobs citing Informatics 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.46% 3.08% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 4.14% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £416 - £191
25th Percentile £419 £120 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £123 £195
Median % change year-on-year +245.92% -37.18% -17.02%
75th Percentile £428 £136 £198
90th Percentile £431 £153 £199
South Wales median daily rate £424 £123 £190
% change year-on-year +245.92% -35.53% -19.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Informatics 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 177 169 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.34% 74.45% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 112 168
10th Percentile £226 £140 £183
25th Percentile £300 £207 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £479 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% +12.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £673 £643 £629
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 £17.50 £25.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -30.00% -16.20% +49.16%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Informatics job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Informatics
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Informatics

Informatics
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Health Informatics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft