Postman Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Postman
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Postman skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 31 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +12
Contract jobs citing Postman 7 14 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.65% 4.00% 0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.59% 25.00% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 2
10th Percentile £220 £453 £431
25th Percentile £278 £485 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% +1.46% -8.48%
75th Percentile £397 £544 £559
90th Percentile £410 £551 £584
Wales median daily rate £375 £520 £570
% change year-on-year -27.88% -8.77% +1.79%

All Development Application Skills
South Wales

Postman falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 34 56 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 12.88% 16.00% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 41 41
10th Percentile £233 £209 £413
25th Percentile £256 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £503 £575
Median % change year-on-year -38.36% -12.61% +0.88%
75th Percentile £423 £544 £638
90th Percentile £503 £551 £700
Wales median daily rate £409 £503 £531
% change year-on-year -18.66% -5.41% -6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.17% -
Wales median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -22.17% -

Postman
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Postman as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Postman in South Wales

Postman
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Postman.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Postman

Postman
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Postman in South Wales over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Postman in South Wales

Postman
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 Postman within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 -5 7 £375 -27.88% 2
Postman
Wales

Postman
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
1 2 (28.57%) Zephyr
2 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Test Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) SOAP
1 6 (85.71%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) JSON
2 5 (71.43%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) FHIR
3 1 (14.29%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) Playwright
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (71.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Business Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
2 5 (71.43%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) API Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (14.29%) SDLC
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
1 5 (71.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) SEPA
2 1 (14.29%) HL7
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) RedGate