Digital Transformation Programme Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Digital Transformation Programmes/Projects
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Digital Transformation Programme skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Digital Transformation Programme 7 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.04% 0.30% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 0.34% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 - £423
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.63%
75th Percentile - - £424
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £214 - £461
% change year-on-year - - +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Digital Transformation Programme 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 271 292 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 79.01% 86.39% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 168 236
10th Percentile £206 £168 £166
25th Percentile £290 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £503 £556 £588
90th Percentile £613 £689 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 38 23
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.16 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.69 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% -6.98% +36.13%
75th Percentile £24.63 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £41.25 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%

Digital Transformation Programme
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Digital Transformation Programme job vacancy trend in South Wales

Digital Transformation Programme
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Digital Transformation Programme.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Digital Transformation Programme

Digital Transformation Programme
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 Digital Transformation Programme within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 January 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 - 4 - - 1
Cardiff +2 3 £214 - 1
Digital Transformation Programme
Wales

Digital Transformation Programme
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 (14.29%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (42.86%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Miro
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Health
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Welsh Language
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) User Researcher
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Principal Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
2 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Service Design
3 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) User Research
3 3 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft