Public Sector Contracts in Cardiff

Public Sector
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 17 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 13 23 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.05% 7.99% 15.24%
As % of the General category 17.57% 16.67% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 64
10th Percentile £122 £102 £169
25th Percentile £127 £300 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% - +21.43%
75th Percentile £549 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £608 £584
South Wales median daily rate £200 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -52.94% -15.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.06 -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £18.06 £20.24
% change year-on-year +24.58% -10.77% +3.79%

All General Skills
Cardiff

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 138 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 34.42% 47.92% 54.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 96 221
10th Percentile - £181 £231
25th Percentile £143 £398 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £544 £586 £550
90th Percentile £600 £619 £638
South Wales median daily rate £420 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -16.00% - +20.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £11.25 £14.00 £14.04
25th Percentile £11.57 £15.50 £16.75
Median hourly rate £13.00 £18.06 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.02% -19.73% +60.54%
75th Percentile £27.69 £20.05 £24.75
90th Percentile £50.08 £21.22 £25.35
South Wales median hourly rate £25.36 £10.92 £23.75
% change year-on-year +132.23% -54.02% +28.38%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Cardiff

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) IT Technician
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Storage Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Storage Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) CMDB
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.69%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (15.38%) Data ONTAP
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Informatics
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
2 2 (15.38%) Information Governance
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Line Management
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
2 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Change Control
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.69%) Dependency Management
3 1 (7.69%) Health Informatics
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
3 1 (7.69%) Test Management
3 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (7.69%) ISEB
4 1 (7.69%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Brocade
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Dell
2 2 (15.38%) NetApp
2 2 (15.38%) Veritas
3 1 (7.69%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) InterSystems
3 1 (7.69%) RedGate