Lead Contracts in South Wales

Leader
Wales > South Wales

The median Leader daily rate in South Wales is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 43 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 10 12 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.99% 2.31% 2.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 2.44% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 16
10th Percentile £387 £209 £346
25th Percentile £529 £369 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £538 £518
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% +3.86% +3.50%
75th Percentile £583 £603 £756
90th Percentile £619 £644 £813
Wales median daily rate £570 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +6.05% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Wales median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 298 492 861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.96% 94.62% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 379 641
10th Percentile £168 £180 £203
25th Percentile £356 £325 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.98 £11.70
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £25.38
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.19
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
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 Lead within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 +7 9 £570 +8.57% 21
Lead
Wales

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) LIMS
1 8 (80.00%) Service Management
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
2 7 (70.00%) InterSystems
3 6 (60.00%) Information Management
4 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Azure
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) User Stories
7 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (10.00%) Scrum
7 1 (10.00%) C#
7 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 1 (10.00%) DevOps
7 1 (10.00%) Line Management
7 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
7 1 (10.00%) Terraform
7 1 (10.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
7 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 1 (10.00%) Community of Practice
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap

Lead Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Pipelines
General
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) LIMS
2 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
1 8 (80.00%) Service Management
2 6 (60.00%) Information Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Community of Practice
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Line Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) InterSystems