Degree Contracts in South Wales

Academic Degree
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Degree 54 27 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 22.50% 8.71% 7.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% 36.99% 19.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 19 30
10th Percentile £213 £346 £200
25th Percentile £283 £498 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £515 £537
Median % change year-on-year -40.68% -4.10% +5.60%
75th Percentile £463 £625 £569
90th Percentile £530 - £601
Wales median daily rate £305 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -40.68% -1.90% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £30.75 £11.02 £22.90
25th Percentile £33.75 £18.06 £26.56
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.36 £34.30
Median % change year-on-year +47.87% -26.06% +72.28%
75th Percentile £45.00 £86.40 £43.70
90th Percentile £48.50 £87.80 £48.35
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £25.27 £34.30
% change year-on-year +48.40% -26.33% +72.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 108 73 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 45.00% 23.55% 40.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 51 153
10th Percentile £180 £213 £273
25th Percentile £293 £478 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% +1.38%
75th Percentile £491 £675 £625
90th Percentile £633 £725 £660
Wales median daily rate £400 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 16
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +29.07% +38.81% -60.78%
75th Percentile £42.19 £86.00 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £22.83 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.19% +25.83% -60.78%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in South Wales over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in South Wales over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in South Wales

Degree
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +14 28 £322 -37.40% 67
Newport +10 23 £290 -51.67% 52
Glamorgan - 1 £288 - 57
Gwent - 1 £290 - 33
Degree
Wales

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.89%) Azure
2 15 (27.78%) AWS
3 9 (16.67%) GCP
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.70%) PaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.85%) GitHub
7 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
1 8 (14.81%) Network Security
2 6 (11.11%) Wireless
3 5 (9.26%) BGP
3 5 (9.26%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (9.26%) IPsec
3 5 (9.26%) OSPF
3 5 (9.26%) SD-WAN
4 3 (5.56%) 802.11
4 3 (5.56%) HSRP
5 1 (1.85%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Metadata
1 3 (5.56%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.85%) Big Data
3 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
1 3 (5.56%) Selenium
1 3 (5.56%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.85%) Postman
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.85%) tSQLt
2 1 (1.85%) Zephyr
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Public Sector
3 9 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Welsh Language
6 4 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (5.56%) Finance
8 2 (3.70%) Digital Health
8 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.70%) Marketing
9 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.85%) Automotive
9 1 (1.85%) Legal
9 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.85%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Lead
2 10 (18.52%) Senior
3 8 (14.81%) Research Scientist
4 7 (12.96%) Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Designer
5 6 (11.11%) Network Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Lead Designer
7 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (7.41%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (7.41%) Interaction Designer
7 4 (7.41%) Support Specialist
8 3 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Security Researcher
8 3 (5.56%) Technical Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Test Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Developer
9 2 (3.70%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) CSS
2 3 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.56%) HTML
3 2 (3.70%) .NET
3 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (3.70%) Blazor
3 2 (3.70%) GWT
3 2 (3.70%) XML
4 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.85%) Jest
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.85%) Node.js
4 1 (1.85%) Puppeteer
4 1 (1.85%) React
4 1 (1.85%) SOAP
4 1 (1.85%) Web Services
4 1 (1.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) NHS
2 7 (12.96%) Algorithms
3 4 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.41%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.56%) Blog
4 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.85%) Clustering
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.85%) Linked Data
6 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Replication
6 1 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 19 (35.19%) Agile
3 15 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 14 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (20.37%) Analytics
5 11 (20.37%) Coaching
5 11 (20.37%) Mentoring
6 9 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (16.67%) DevOps
6 9 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 8 (14.81%) Cloud Security
7 8 (14.81%) Data Analytics
7 8 (14.81%) ITIL
7 8 (14.81%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (11.11%) Scrum
9 5 (9.26%) Business Case
9 5 (9.26%) Network Design
9 5 (9.26%) Test Automation
10 4 (7.41%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) Python
2 5 (9.26%) Rust
3 4 (7.41%) C#
4 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.70%) SQL
4 2 (3.70%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.85%) C
5 1 (1.85%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (53.70%) Master's Degree
2 19 (35.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (18.52%) AWS Certification
3 10 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 9 (16.67%) PhD
5 6 (11.11%) CCNP
5 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (7.41%) A+ Certification
6 4 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.41%) CCNA
6 4 (7.41%) CITP
6 4 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (7.41%) Postgraduate
7 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.85%) CSSLP
8 1 (1.85%) ISEB
8 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.85%) HL7
1 1 (1.85%) QA
1 1 (1.85%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
1 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Cacti
2 4 (7.41%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.85%) Argo
3 1 (1.85%) Grafana
3 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.85%) Nagios
3 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) Cisco
2 9 (16.67%) Google
3 5 (9.26%) SolarWinds
4 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.41%) VMware
5 3 (5.56%) Atlassian
5 3 (5.56%) Cloudera
5 3 (5.56%) Databricks
6 1 (1.85%) RedGate
6 1 (1.85%) Remedy