Public Sector Contracts in Cardiff

Public Sector
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 24 21
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 -15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 20 11 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 12.50% 5.19% 7.42%
As % of the General category 26.67% 15.07% 15.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 21
10th Percentile £161 £216 £107
25th Percentile £213 £323 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -36.34% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £417 £545 £540
90th Percentile £480 £580 £600
South Wales median daily rate £331 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -33.77% +17.65% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.03
Median hourly rate - - £18.06
75th Percentile - - £18.09
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £18.06
% change year-on-year -2.22% +24.58% -12.96%

All General Skills
Cardiff

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 75 73 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 46.88% 34.43% 47.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 50 116
10th Percentile £167 £143 £161
25th Percentile £246 £211 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £480 £528 £577
90th Percentile £588 £589 £619
South Wales median daily rate £365 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -18.89% -2.70% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £11.32 £13.50
25th Percentile - £11.75 £14.26
Median hourly rate £12.21 £13.50 £15.53
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% -13.07% -24.70%
75th Percentile £32.98 £53.75 £16.82
90th Percentile £45.44 £60.50 £17.58
South Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £23.93 £10.92
% change year-on-year -12.24% +119.14% -49.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 8 (40.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) PaaS
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) dbt
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Selenium
1 1 (5.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (5.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.00%) tSQLt
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Welsh Language
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Health
4 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Designer
4 3 (15.00%) Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Interaction Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Lead Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Migration Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Principal Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Power Platform Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) FHIR
2 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (5.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) HTML
2 1 (5.00%) Kafka
2 1 (5.00%) Node.js
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) NHS
2 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Clustering
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Unix
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (30.00%) Coaching
3 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 5 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 5 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.00%) Data Science
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C#
1 1 (5.00%) Go
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
1 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Degree
2 12 (60.00%) Master's Degree
3 7 (35.00%) AWS Certification
3 7 (35.00%) Azure Certification
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (20.00%) CITP
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.00%) HL7
1 1 (5.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) Google
3 3 (15.00%) Cloudera
3 3 (15.00%) Databricks
4 1 (5.00%) RedGate
4 1 (5.00%) Remedy