Developer Contracts in South Wales

Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Developer daily rate in South Wales is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 5 14
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 18 60 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 7.26% 16.81% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.76% 18.46% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 53 41
10th Percentile £204 £382 £253
25th Percentile £285 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £559 £540 £586
90th Percentile £613 £563 £663
Wales median daily rate £466 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.56% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - £20.80
Wales median hourly rate £29.25 - £16.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 232 325 420
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 91.04% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 227 320
10th Percentile £180 £140 £185
25th Percentile £266 £253 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £483 £538 £588
90th Percentile £613 £625 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 29
10th Percentile £12.73 £13.52 £15.40
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +24.04% +0.78%
75th Percentile £28.22 £52.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £45.00 £85.40 £49.00
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £21.49 £18.14
% change year-on-year -4.58% +18.44% +0.78%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
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 Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 July 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 -9 17 £375 -25.00% 82
Newport +8 1 £600 +71.43% 58
Developer
Wales

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 7 (38.89%) Azure
3 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 5 (27.78%) C#
4 5 (27.78%) SQL
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) Python
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Scrum
5 4 (22.22%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
6 3 (16.67%) PowerApps
6 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 3 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) NHS
6 3 (16.67%) AWS
6 3 (16.67%) Node.js
7 2 (11.11%) RESTful
7 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 2 (11.11%) Information Management
7 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) Data Security
7 2 (11.11%) Java

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
1 1 (5.56%) Joomla!
1 1 (5.56%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 3 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (5.56%) dbt
5 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (5.56%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (5.56%) Redis
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (5.56%) Postman
2 1 (5.56%) SoapUI
2 1 (5.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 3 (16.67%) Node.js
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (11.11%) RESTful
3 2 (11.11%) Web Services
3 2 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (5.56%) CSS
4 1 (5.56%) Express.js
4 1 (5.56%) FHIR
4 1 (5.56%) HTML
4 1 (5.56%) Kafka
4 1 (5.56%) Memcached
4 1 (5.56%) NestJS
4 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
4 1 (5.56%) REST
4 1 (5.56%) scikit-learn
4 1 (5.56%) SOAP
4 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) NHS
2 2 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Clustering
3 1 (5.56%) IVR
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.11%) CRM
4 2 (11.11%) Data Science
4 2 (11.11%) Data Security
4 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (11.11%) High Availability
4 2 (11.11%) Information Management
4 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 2 (11.11%) Microservices
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Code Quality
5 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (27.78%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.56%) Go
5 1 (5.56%) PHP
5 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) HL7
1 1 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
1 1 (5.56%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Datix
2 1 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) InterSystems
2 1 (5.56%) RedGate