Degree Contracts in Wales

Academic Degree
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 16 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing Degree 33 52 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 9.02% 8.54% 6.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.82% 21.67% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 40 42
10th Percentile £319 £178 £364
25th Percentile £469 £188 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £509
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +3.24% +26.34%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £625
90th Percentile - £601 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £11.02 £22.90 -
25th Percentile £19.17 £26.56 -
Median hourly rate £25.36 £34.30 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +72.28% -16.17%
75th Percentile £85.00 £43.70 -
90th Percentile £87.80 £48.35 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.16
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.45% -0.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 85 240 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.22% 39.41% 33.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 182 225
10th Percentile £212 £188 £284
25th Percentile £463 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% +17.26%
75th Percentile £653 £622 £613
90th Percentile £725 £650 £684
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 13
10th Percentile £11.01 - £19.98
25th Percentile £15.51 £16.98 £20.75
Median hourly rate £25.18 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.81% -60.78% +112.35%
75th Percentile £85.50 £20.10 £47.40
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Wales

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Wales

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Wales

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Wales

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Wales

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 Degree within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Wales +8 29 £515 -4.10% 84
North Wales +3 2 - - 17
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (30.30%) Acrobat
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.06%) SPSS
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) GitHub
2 6 (18.18%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Internet
1 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
1 1 (3.03%) LAN
1 1 (3.03%) VPN
1 1 (3.03%) WAN
1 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) MySQL
2 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) GitLab
2 1 (3.03%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Local Government
3 10 (30.30%) Marketing
4 5 (15.15%) Finance
5 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics
7 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 10 (30.30%) Bid Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Senior
3 8 (24.24%) Senior Bid Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Senior Manager
4 6 (18.18%) Migration Manager
4 6 (18.18%) Migration Project Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Software Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Software Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Agile Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Data Scientist
7 2 (6.06%) Developer
8 1 (3.03%) Agile Development Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Development Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Development Project Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Full Stack Developer
8 1 (3.03%) Network Project Manager
8 1 (3.03%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Software Development Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ADO
1 1 (3.03%) CSS
1 1 (3.03%) CSS3
1 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.03%) HTML
1 1 (3.03%) HTML5
1 1 (3.03%) MobX
1 1 (3.03%) Next.js
1 1 (3.03%) Node.js
1 1 (3.03%) React
1 1 (3.03%) Redux
1 1 (3.03%) RESTful
1 1 (3.03%) WPF
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Credit Risk
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Project Management
2 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (39.39%) PRINCE2
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (36.36%) Agile
5 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (30.30%) Critical Thinking
6 10 (30.30%) Psychology
6 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
6 10 (30.30%) Scrum
6 10 (30.30%) Value Proposition
7 9 (27.27%) SDLC
8 7 (21.21%) Containerisation
9 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 6 (18.18%) Migration
10 4 (12.12%) Project Governance
10 4 (12.12%) Statistics
11 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (9.09%) DevOps
11 3 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) PHP
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) C++
3 2 (6.06%) R
4 1 (3.03%) C
4 1 (3.03%) C#
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 11 (33.33%) PMP
1 11 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Postgraduate
5 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GDPR
1 1 (3.03%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Argo
Vendors
1 20 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) Adobe
3 9 (27.27%) Atlassian
4 2 (6.06%) Progress
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco
5 1 (3.03%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.03%) Meraki
5 1 (3.03%) Planview
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk