Jest
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 44 | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | +6 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing Jest | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | 2.26% | 0.55% | 0.46% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 11.11% | 2.13% | 2.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £433 | £403 | £417 |
| 25th Percentile | £482 | £408 | £423 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £419 | £444 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.88% | -5.63% | -1.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £527 | £431 | £461 |
| 90th Percentile | £529 | £437 | £466 |
| Wales median daily rate | £519 | £419 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.88% | -5.63% | -1.39% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Wales
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 54 | 94 | 88 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 20.38% | 26.04% | 20.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 35 | 68 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £215 | £278 |
| 25th Percentile | £347 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £490 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.27% | -2.00% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £485 | £539 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £529 | £558 | £647 |
| Wales median daily rate | £453 | £490 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.55% | +1.82% | -12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £20.35 | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £29.25 | £20.35 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +43.72% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Jest in South Wales.
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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 Jest within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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 | 6 | £519 | +23.88% | 4 |
| Jest Wales |
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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: