Jest Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Jest
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Jest 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.61% 0.86% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.69% 3.64% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £509 £403 -
25th Percentile £509 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £419 £425
Median % change year-on-year +24.18% -1.47% -
75th Percentile £528 £431 £453
90th Percentile £529 £437 £463
South Wales median daily rate £520 £419 £425
% change year-on-year +24.18% -1.47% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cardiff

Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 52 55 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.88% 23.71% 26.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 39 55
10th Percentile £305 £168 £203
25th Percentile £405 £215 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £532 £541 £463
90th Percentile £639 £550 £558
South Wales median daily rate £475 £431 £350
% change year-on-year +10.14% +23.21% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +263.64% - -

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Jest relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Jest job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Jest
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Jest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Jest

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 4 (100.00%) Next.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Case Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) WCAG
3 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft