Service Owner Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Service Owner
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Service Owner daily rate in Cardiff is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Owner 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.64% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
South Wales median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 289 183 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 96.32% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 140 192
10th Percentile £289 £188 £140
25th Percentile £363 £300 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -17.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £572 £488 £543
90th Percentile £733 £625 £600
South Wales median daily rate £450 £391 £450
% change year-on-year +15.02% -13.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 11
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.75
25th Percentile £12.21 £12.86 £13.86
Median hourly rate £18.00 £15.80 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +13.96% -14.94% -12.61%
75th Percentile £20.69 £23.75 £23.63
90th Percentile £21.10 £25.09 £25.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year +3.66% -19.16% +39.80%

Service Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Owner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Service Owner job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Service Owner Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Service Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Service Owner in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research

Service Owner Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA