B2B Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Business-to-Business (B2B)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.34% - 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% - 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £513 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.93%
75th Percentile £538 - £450
90th Percentile - - £503
Wales median daily rate £525 - £360
% change year-on-year - - +2.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

B2B 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 288 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 85.86% 81.13% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 145 278
10th Percentile £195 £160 £182
25th Percentile £283 £210 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £584
90th Percentile £675 £648 £639
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 40 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.45 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £19.81 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.09 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -30.25% -15.90% +49.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £30.75 £50.38 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.09 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.29% -7.64% +50.92%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

B2B job vacancy trend in South Wales

B2B
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing B2B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing B2B

B2B
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 B2B within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
Cardiff - 1 £525 - 10
B2B
Wales

B2B
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft