Lead Contracts in South Wales

Leader
Wales > South Wales

The median Leader daily rate in South Wales is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 46 46
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 10 11 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 3.18% 2.19% 3.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 2.31% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 19
10th Percentile £387 £209 £393
25th Percentile £519 £350 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +1.94%
75th Percentile £574 £575 £663
90th Percentile £581 £630 £813
Wales median daily rate £560 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
Wales median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 280 476 841
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.17% 94.82% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 368 623
10th Percentile £160 £190 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £575
90th Percentile £630 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 31
10th Percentile £11.85 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.34 £16.98 £11.70
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -8.89% +4.79%
75th Percentile £50.88 £21.50 £25.38
90th Percentile £87.44 £49.38 £47.40
Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +4.74% -8.89% +12.17%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in South Wales

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in South Wales

Lead
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 Lead within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
Cardiff +11 9 £570 +16.92% 22
Lead
Wales

Lead Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) LIMS
1 8 (80.00%) Service Management
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
2 7 (70.00%) InterSystems
3 6 (60.00%) Information Management
4 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) Agile
6 1 (10.00%) Android
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) SaaS
6 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (10.00%) C#
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) Mobile Development
6 1 (10.00%) Swift
6 1 (10.00%) Flutter
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) LIMS
2 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Change Management
1 8 (80.00%) Service Management
2 6 (60.00%) Information Management
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Development
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) Swift
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) InterSystems