Altera Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Altera
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Altera 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84.25 - -
Median hourly rate £84.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £84.50 - -

All Vendors
South Wales

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 214 126 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 44.40% 44.37% 37.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 74 81
10th Percentile £296 £190 £160
25th Percentile £325 £291 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £394 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -1.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £643 £598 £594
Wales median daily rate £455 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +21.33% -16.67% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 7
10th Percentile £13.74 £15.23 £24.36
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.95 £25.60
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -59.00% +109.07%
75th Percentile £55.00 £21.27 £51.88
90th Percentile £73.10 £29.28 £54.25
Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -4.88% -31.67% +25.44%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Altera relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Altera job vacancy trend in South Wales

Altera
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Altera.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Altera

Altera
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altera within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Newport - 1 - - 4
Altera
Wales

Altera
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx