Performance Test Leader Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Performance Test Lead
Wales > South Wales

The median Performance Test Lead daily rate in South Wales is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Test Leader 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £460 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
Wales median daily rate £468 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 343 281 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 90.65% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 180 257
10th Percentile £201 £167 £160
25th Percentile £290 £226 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £551
90th Percentile £638 £688 £638
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £423
% change year-on-year -2.94% +0.59% -6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 25
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.66 £13.74
25th Percentile £15.62 £20.40 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.25 £25.36 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.15% -24.30% +85.49%
75th Percentile £26.83 £41.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £87.08
Wales median hourly rate £20.00 £25.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.14% -23.15% +103.42%

Performance Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Performance Test Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Performance Test Leader job vacancy trend in South Wales

Performance Test Leader
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Test Leader job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Test Leader job vacancies in South Wales

Performance Test Leader
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 Performance Test Leader within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 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 - 2 £468 -
Performance Test Leader
Wales

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Performance Test Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Performance Test Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
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
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft