Numerate Degree Contract Job Trends in Wales

Numerate Degree (Degree in Mathematics)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Numerate Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.38% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £1,050 £750 £712
% change year-on-year +40.00% +5.34% +29.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Numerate 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 162 151 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 31.09% 42.78% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 84 99
10th Percentile £165 £200 £164
25th Percentile £281 £281 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £625
90th Percentile £650 £634 £703
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 18
10th Percentile £19.83 £19.63 £11.02
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.12 £13.80
Median hourly rate £31.50 £21.51 £21.58
Median % change year-on-year +46.48% -0.32% +10.70%
75th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £54.56
90th Percentile £84.75 £45.00 £86.54
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £42.21 £40.28
% change year-on-year -38.94% +4.79% -19.45%

Numerate Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Numerate Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Numerate Degree job vacancy trend in Wales

Numerate Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Numerate Degree within the Wales region over the 6 months to 3 March 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
South Wales - 1 £375 - 1
Numerate Degree
UK

Numerate Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
2 1 (50.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Matching
2 1 (50.00%) Fraud Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree