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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 43 49 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 16.41% 14.29% 5.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.81% 46.23% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 17
10th Percentile £264 £124 £265
25th Percentile £301 £162 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% -27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £447 £516 £600
90th Percentile £489 £562 £628
Wales median daily rate £322 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -19.60% -23.81% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £44.82
Median hourly rate £22.84 £20.24 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% -57.96% +141.74%
75th Percentile - £39.56 £51.45
90th Percentile - £85.00 -
Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £20.24 £31.77
% change year-on-year +12.87% -36.31% +59.58%

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 83 106 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 31.68% 30.90% 44.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 59 147
10th Percentile £232 £129 £273
25th Percentile £305 £210 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £488 £544 £638
90th Percentile £650 £625 £668
Wales median daily rate £434 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +8.38% -23.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 13
10th Percentile - £15.51 -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.27 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% +39.31% -19.38%
75th Percentile £20.40 £50.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £22.92 £64.38 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £24.42 £18.14
% change year-on-year +2.99% +34.62% -19.38%

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 3 August 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
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 3 August 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 +8 31 £331 +57.70% 62
Newport +2 7 - - 30
Glamorgan - 3 £288 - 67
Gwent -1 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 (4.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) UserZoom
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 5 (11.63%) GCP
4 4 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.98%) Miro
6 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) BGP
1 3 (6.98%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (6.98%) IPsec
1 3 (6.98%) Network Security
1 3 (6.98%) OSPF
1 3 (6.98%) Wireless
2 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.33%) 802.11
3 1 (2.33%) HSRP
3 1 (2.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Spotfire
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) Metadata
2 1 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Postman
2 4 (9.30%) Selenium
2 4 (9.30%) SpecFlow
3 3 (6.98%) JIRA
4 1 (2.33%) Git
4 1 (2.33%) Zephyr
General
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Public Sector
3 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Welsh Language
4 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.65%) Digital Health
7 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Lead
2 8 (18.60%) Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Designer
4 6 (13.95%) Lead Designer
5 5 (11.63%) Architect
5 5 (11.63%) Business Test Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Test Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Interaction Designer
6 4 (9.30%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Lead Test Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Network Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Payments Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) Service Designer
7 3 (6.98%) User Researcher
8 2 (4.65%) Lead Service Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Migration Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) REST
1 6 (13.95%) SOAP
2 5 (11.63%) CSS
2 5 (11.63%) JSON
2 5 (11.63%) XML
3 4 (9.30%) HTML
4 3 (6.98%) Blazor
4 3 (6.98%) GWT
5 2 (4.65%) .NET
6 1 (2.33%) 802.1X
6 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (2.33%) Jest
6 1 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (2.33%) Node.js
6 1 (2.33%) Puppeteer
6 1 (2.33%) React
6 1 (2.33%) Visualforce
6 1 (2.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.91%) NHS
2 5 (11.63%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (11.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (9.30%) Cloud Native
3 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.98%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (53.49%) Agile
2 15 (34.88%) Computer Science
3 12 (27.91%) Coaching
3 12 (27.91%) Mentoring
4 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (23.26%) Test Automation
5 9 (20.93%) Roadmaps
5 9 (20.93%) Test Strategy
6 6 (13.95%) DevOps
6 6 (13.95%) Service Design
7 5 (11.63%) Business Case
7 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
7 5 (11.63%) Open Source
7 5 (11.63%) Scenario Testing
7 5 (11.63%) Scrum
7 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
7 5 (11.63%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (11.63%) User Experience
7 5 (11.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) C#
2 3 (6.98%) SQL
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) Python
3 2 (4.65%) R
4 1 (2.33%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.33%) SOQL
4 1 (2.33%) SOSL
4 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (44.19%) Master's Degree
2 15 (34.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (11.63%) AWS Certification
3 5 (11.63%) Azure Certification
3 5 (11.63%) ISEB
3 5 (11.63%) ISTQB
4 4 (9.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (9.30%) CITP
5 3 (6.98%) CCNP
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.33%) CIPD
7 1 (2.33%) HNC
7 1 (2.33%) HND
7 1 (2.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) SEPA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Cacti
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Google
3 3 (6.98%) Atlassian
3 3 (6.98%) Cisco
3 3 (6.98%) SolarWinds
4 2 (4.65%) TIBCO
4 2 (4.65%) VMware
5 1 (2.33%) Cloudera
5 1 (2.33%) Databricks
5 1 (2.33%) Salesforce