Replication Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Replication
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Replication over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 34 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Replication 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.42% 0.37% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 0.92% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £489 - £239
25th Percentile £495 £181 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £183 £550
Median % change year-on-year +184.93% -66.82% -
75th Percentile £555 £184 -
90th Percentile £567 - -
Wales median daily rate £520 £279 £550
% change year-on-year +86.55% -49.32% -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Replication falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 156 109 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 33.12% 40.82% 41.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 70 108
10th Percentile £281 £160 £137
25th Percentile £313 £260 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 £490
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% -32.41% -2.00%
75th Percentile £513 £446 £550
90th Percentile £655 £488 £577
Wales median daily rate £425 £375 £490
% change year-on-year +13.33% -23.47% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 10
10th Percentile £24.93 £13.08 £18.18
25th Percentile £34.24 £14.44 £23.28
Median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% +41.12%
75th Percentile £50.00 £20.75 £47.19
90th Percentile £60.08 £46.25 £74.98
Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £24.33
% change year-on-year +114.44% -15.74% +34.72%

Replication
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Replication job vacancy trend in South Wales

Replication
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Replication
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 Replication within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 July 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 - 2 £520 - 1
Replication
Wales

Replication
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) NFS
2 1 (50.00%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SnapMirror
1 1 (50.00%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) NetApp
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam