Data Center
Wales > South Wales
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 47 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | +5 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 22 | 10 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 6.61% | 1.93% | 2.49% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 18.03% | 4.74% | 7.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £135 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £169 | £293 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £91 | £313 | £373 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -70.88% | -16.11% | -11.83% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £525 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £563 | £531 |
| Wales median daily rate | £91 | £425 | £295 |
| % change year-on-year | -78.59% | +44.07% | -30.18% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | - |
All Generic Skills
South Wales
Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 122 | 211 | 304 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 36.64% | 40.81% | 34.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 152 | 216 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £172 | £181 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £273 | £362 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £456 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.59% | +1.39% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £550 | £539 |
| 90th Percentile | £573 | £624 | £638 |
| Wales median daily rate | £500 | £428 | £443 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.96% | -3.50% | -0.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.78 | £12.59 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £29.31 | £14.78 | £11.15 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.75 | £18.10 | £14.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +169.34% | +27.64% | -14.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.31 | £21.24 | £17.92 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.93 | £32.93 | £24.49 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £13.50 | £17.03 | £14.53 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.73% | +17.23% | -4.74% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in South Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in South Wales.
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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 Data Centre within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | +19 | 21 | £91 | -78.59% | 5 |
| Cardiff | +6 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Data Centre Wales |
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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: