Senior Contracts in South Wales

Senior
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior daily rate in South Wales is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 27 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 11.30% 8.71% 7.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.05% 9.80% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 32
10th Percentile £187 £515 £401
25th Percentile £213 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £537
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +11.73% +2.48%
75th Percentile £475 £625 £616
90th Percentile £525 £642 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £84.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% - -
Wales median hourly rate £45.00 £84.50 -
% change year-on-year -46.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 224 296 489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 88.89% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 215 377
10th Percentile £161 £168 £184
25th Percentile £257 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £488 £563 £575
90th Percentile £613 £642 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £470 £460
% change year-on-year -14.89% +2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in South Wales over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
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 Senior within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 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 +10 18 £413 -33.20% 46
Newport +3 8 - - 27
Caerphilly - 1 £180 - 2
Senior
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (25.93%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (25.93%) Machine Learning
3 7 (25.93%) Cisco
3 7 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (25.93%) Firewall
4 6 (22.22%) Migration
4 6 (22.22%) Azure
4 6 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 6 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
5 5 (18.52%) Analytics
5 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
5 5 (18.52%) Node.js
5 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
5 5 (18.52%) TDD
5 5 (18.52%) CCIE
5 5 (18.52%) CCNP
5 5 (18.52%) PhD
5 5 (18.52%) VPN
6 4 (14.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (14.81%) CSS
6 4 (14.81%) Windows
6 4 (14.81%) Python
6 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) dbt
3 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) GCP
3 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (18.52%) VPN
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (11.11%) DHCP
3 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 3 (11.11%) IPsec
4 2 (7.41%) BGP
4 2 (7.41%) IPv4
4 2 (7.41%) Network Security
4 2 (7.41%) OSPF
4 2 (7.41%) Wireless
5 1 (3.70%) HTTP
5 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Big Data
1 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.70%) Metadata
1 1 (3.70%) Metadata Repository
1 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Multimedia
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Node.js
2 4 (14.81%) CSS
2 4 (14.81%) React
3 3 (11.11%) Jest
3 3 (11.11%) Puppeteer
4 1 (3.70%) EntireX
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.11%) Blog
3 2 (7.41%) Cyberattack
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) NHS
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (25.93%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (25.93%) Machine Learning
3 6 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (22.22%) Migration
3 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 5 (18.52%) Analytics
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) TDD
4 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
5 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Security Operations
6 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) JavaScript
1 4 (14.81%) Python
1 4 (14.81%) Rust
2 1 (3.70%) C
2 1 (3.70%) Go
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 7 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 5 (18.52%) CCIE
4 5 (18.52%) CCNP
4 5 (18.52%) PhD
5 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (11.11%) Postgraduate
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (7.41%) CCNA
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Cisco
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) Ekahau
3 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Cloudera
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) Remedy
4 1 (3.70%) Software AG
4 1 (3.70%) webMethods