Containerisation Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Containerization
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Containerisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +22
Contract jobs citing Containerisation 2 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.55% 1.94% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 2.18% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £368 £506
25th Percentile - £542 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £594 £523
Median % change year-on-year -37.71% +13.68% +16.11%
75th Percentile - £599 £598
90th Percentile - £650 £633
Wales median daily rate £411 £594 £515
% change year-on-year -30.81% +15.34% +8.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Containerisation 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 279 275 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 76.86% 88.71% 82.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 166 218
10th Percentile £209 £183 £160
25th Percentile £290 £253 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £526 £583 £584
90th Percentile £645 £688 £675
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 29 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.20 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.69 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -30.77% +66.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £45.00 £86.72
Wales median hourly rate £19.10 £23.84 £32.50
% change year-on-year -19.90% -26.65% +66.75%

Containerisation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Containerisation job vacancy trend in South Wales

Containerisation
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Containerisation
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 Containerisation within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Cardiff -8 2 £370 -35.31% 4
Containerisation
Wales

Containerisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Event Grid
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft