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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 17 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 41 54 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 10.43% 9.31% 5.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.57% 22.41% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 41 41
10th Percentile £125 £180 £414
25th Percentile £261 £182 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £625
90th Percentile £625 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £11.03 £22.90 -
25th Percentile £19.64 £26.56 -
Median hourly rate £25.18 £34.30 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year -26.59% +72.28% +3.43%
75th Percentile £69.38 £43.70 -
90th Percentile £87.80 £48.35 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +42.86% -6.67%

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 92 241 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.41% 41.55% 33.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 185 231
10th Percentile £160 £186 £281
25th Percentile £356 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -3.23% +20.56%
75th Percentile £631 £613 £607
90th Percentile £725 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 10
10th Percentile £11.02 - £20.21
25th Percentile £16.65 £16.98 £22.25
Median hourly rate £22.83 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -60.78% +148.46%
75th Percentile £82.19 £20.10 £47.27
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +9 36 £515 -1.90% 84
North Wales +2 3 - - 15
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 (24.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.88%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (24.39%) Acrobat
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.88%) SPSS
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) GitHub
2 6 (14.63%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
1 1 (2.44%) Internet
1 1 (2.44%) IP Telephony
1 1 (2.44%) LAN
1 1 (2.44%) VPN
1 1 (2.44%) WAN
1 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (24.39%) Local Government
3 10 (24.39%) Marketing
4 6 (14.63%) Legal
5 5 (12.20%) Finance
6 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.88%) Welsh Language
9 1 (2.44%) Electronics
9 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Project Manager
2 10 (24.39%) Bid Manager
3 9 (21.95%) Senior
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Bid Manager
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Manager
5 6 (14.63%) Migration Manager
5 6 (14.63%) Migration Project Manager
6 5 (12.20%) Analyst
7 4 (9.76%) Data Scientist
7 4 (9.76%) IT Support
7 4 (9.76%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (9.76%) IT Technician
7 4 (9.76%) Support Technician
8 3 (7.32%) Software Manager
8 3 (7.32%) Software Project Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Agile Project Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Service Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Analyst
10 1 (2.44%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) ADO
1 1 (2.44%) CSS
1 1 (2.44%) CSS3
1 1 (2.44%) GraphQL
1 1 (2.44%) HTML
1 1 (2.44%) HTML5
1 1 (2.44%) MobX
1 1 (2.44%) Next.js
1 1 (2.44%) Node.js
1 1 (2.44%) React
1 1 (2.44%) Redux
1 1 (2.44%) RESTful
1 1 (2.44%) WPF
1 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) NHS
2 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Credit Risk
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) CMDB
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) PRINCE2
2 16 (39.02%) Project Management
3 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (29.27%) Agile
6 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (24.39%) Critical Thinking
7 10 (24.39%) Psychology
7 10 (24.39%) Risk Management
7 10 (24.39%) Scrum
7 10 (24.39%) Value Proposition
8 9 (21.95%) SDLC
9 8 (19.51%) Computer Science
10 7 (17.07%) Containerisation
11 6 (14.63%) ITIL
11 6 (14.63%) Migration
11 6 (14.63%) Statistics
12 5 (12.20%) Informatics
13 4 (9.76%) Mathematics
13 4 (9.76%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PHP
2 5 (12.20%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) R
4 2 (4.88%) C++
5 1 (2.44%) C
5 1 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 11 (26.83%) PMI Certification
3 11 (26.83%) PMP
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (9.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.88%) PhD
6 2 (4.88%) Postgraduate
7 1 (2.44%) HND
7 1 (2.44%) ISEB
7 1 (2.44%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) NEBOSH
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Argo
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Adobe
3 9 (21.95%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.88%) Progress
5 1 (2.44%) Cegedim Rx
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) HP
5 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.44%) Meraki
5 1 (2.44%) Planview
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk