OpenAI
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring knowledge or experience of OpenAI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OpenAI over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within OpenAI.
| 6 months to 19 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 41 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing OpenAI | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Wales | 0.30% | - | - |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.79% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £275 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £325 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Wales median daily rate | £300 | - | - |
All Vendors
South Wales
OpenAI falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 127 | 114 | 118 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 38.14% | 37.25% | 35.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 77 | 80 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £282 | £185 | £179 |
| 25th Percentile | £293 | £230 | £296 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £424 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | +0.29% | -10.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £550 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £670 | £654 | £649 |
| Wales median daily rate | £418 | £450 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.11% | +28.57% | -23.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.45 | £25.93 | £16.53 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.57 | £28.13 | £22.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.30 | £37.50 | £25.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -53.87% | +46.83% | +42.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.88 | £41.25 | £71.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.50 | £43.13 | £121.00 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £21.00 | £37.28 | £25.54 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.67% | +45.97% | +42.24% |
OpenAI
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 OpenAI within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 January 2026. 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 | - | 1 | £300 | - | 13 |
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OpenAI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:
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