Lead Software Developer Contracts in South Wales

Lead Software Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Lead Software Developer daily rate in South Wales is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.41% - 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £203
25th Percentile - - £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £213
75th Percentile - - £224
90th Percentile - - £228
Wales median daily rate £213 - £213

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 229 299 491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 88.99% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 218 377
10th Percentile £166 £169 £180
25th Percentile £250 £352 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £460 £460
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
75th Percentile £494 £563 £575
90th Percentile £625 £645 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in South Wales

Lead Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Software Developer in South Wales

Lead Software 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 Lead Software Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 £213 -
Lead Software Developer
Wales

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead Software 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 Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) FHIR
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Lead Software 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree