Technical Discovery Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Technical Discovery
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Technical Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Discovery 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £525 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Technical Discovery 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 181 171 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.60% 74.67% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 113 166
10th Percentile £226 £140 £183
25th Percentile £300 £209 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.59% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £547
90th Percentile £663 £643 £625
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -13.46%
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 £17.65 £25.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -29.41% -16.20% +49.16%

Technical Discovery
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management