Open Source Contracts in Wales

Open Source
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Open Source skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Open Source over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 47 60
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing Open Source 9 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.00% 1.68% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.91% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - £373
25th Percentile - - £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £300 £418
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -28.14% -18.93%
75th Percentile - £301 £457
90th Percentile - £308 £468
UK median daily rate £529 £569 £598
% change year-on-year -6.99% -4.89% +8.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 - -
75th Percentile £21.60 - -
90th Percentile £23.86 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.61 £21.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% -64.58% +500.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Open Source falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 351 419 588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.83% 88.03% 83.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 322 448
10th Percentile £140 £175 £207
25th Percentile £211 £225 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £658 £638 £654
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 24
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.86 £14.69
25th Percentile £20.12 £21.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.18 £27.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +50.92% -13.25%
75th Percentile £40.00 £52.50 £21.31
90th Percentile £49.25 £55.25 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
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 Open Source within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 +5 8 - - 4
Dyfed - 1 £1,000 -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Data Scientist
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Science
1 8 (88.89%) Mathematics
1 8 (88.89%) Statistics
2 7 (77.78%) Statistical Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Applied Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Data Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Experimental Design
3 4 (44.44%) Exploratory Data Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Feature Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Line Management
3 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
3 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 4 (44.44%) SEO
3 4 (44.44%) User Research
4 3 (33.33%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
1 4 (44.44%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Master's Degree
2 4 (44.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes