Load Testing Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Load Testing
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Load Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.42% - 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £137
25th Percentile £455 - £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - £157
75th Percentile £465 - £167
90th Percentile - - £180
South Wales median daily rate £568 - £157

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Load Testing 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 194 153 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 81.51% 85.47% 81.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 123 147
10th Percentile £213 £182 £182
25th Percentile £290 £255 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £539
90th Percentile £640 £650 £621
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £21.90 £21.33
25th Percentile £12.21 £22.88 £26.31
Median hourly rate £16.44 £26.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.79% -26.24% +142.27%
75th Percentile £20.50 £40.63 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.65 £48.50 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £20.25 £22.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% -30.77% +66.75%

Load Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Load Testing job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Load Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Load Testing

Load Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Test Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft