NHS Contracts in Cardiff

National Health Service (NHS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 15 5
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing NHS 31 27 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.78% 9.71% 14.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 31.96% 25.23% 40.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 60
10th Percentile £139 £163 £253
25th Percentile £263 £203 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £420
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -1.79% +9.38%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £466
90th Percentile £531 £499 £539
South Wales median daily rate £425 £240 £420
% change year-on-year +77.08% -42.86% +22.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.06 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £14.25 £16.06
% change year-on-year - -11.24% +23.50%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 97 107 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 43.11% 38.49% 35.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 75 132
10th Percentile £163 £175 £234
25th Percentile £413 £344 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.68% +12.30%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £538
90th Percentile £575 £643 £609
South Wales median daily rate £500 £500 £451
% change year-on-year - +10.86% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £18.01 £20.13
25th Percentile £11.75 £18.02 £20.31
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% -5.88% +37.10%
75th Percentile £15.25 £23.50 £22.81
90th Percentile - £24.40 £23.38
South Wales median hourly rate £52.50 £18.82 £16.50
% change year-on-year +179.03% +14.03% +3.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing NHS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for NHS in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for NHS in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NHS in Cardiff over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NHS in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for NHS in Cardiff

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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 5 (16.13%) Apache
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Azure AKS
2 6 (19.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.45%) Legal
1 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
1 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Developer
2 4 (12.90%) .NET Developer
2 4 (12.90%) WSO2 Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) IT Support
3 3 (9.68%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (9.68%) IT Technician
3 3 (9.68%) React Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Support Technician
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Full Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Full Stack Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Clinical Coder
5 1 (3.23%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Principal Business Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) FHIR
1 6 (19.35%) Keycloak
2 5 (16.13%) .NET
2 5 (16.13%) OAuth
2 5 (16.13%) OAuth2
2 5 (16.13%) SAML
3 3 (9.68%) React
4 2 (6.45%) CSS
4 2 (6.45%) HTML
5 1 (3.23%) OpenID
5 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
1 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) API Management
2 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.90%) Informatics
3 4 (12.90%) ITIL
4 3 (9.68%) Agile
4 3 (9.68%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (9.68%) User Experience
5 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (6.45%) Data Mapping
5 2 (6.45%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.45%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (6.45%) Information Governance
5 2 (6.45%) Line Management
5 2 (6.45%) Migration
5 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.45%) Project Management
5 2 (6.45%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.23%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) C#
1 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.23%) ISEB
3 1 (3.23%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) HL7
System Software
1 12 (38.71%) Docker
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (19.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
1 6 (19.35%) WSO2
2 2 (6.45%) Cegedim Rx
2 2 (6.45%) HP