SpecFlow Contract Job Trends in South Wales

SpecFlow
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring SpecFlow skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing SpecFlow 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.87% - 1.03%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.32% - 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £338 - £134
25th Percentile £388 - £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - £154
Median % change year-on-year - - -71.44%
75th Percentile £611 - £158
90th Percentile £672 - £159
Wales median daily rate £490 - £154
% change year-on-year - - -71.44%

All Development Application Skills
South Wales

SpecFlow 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 41 46 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 11.92% 12.30% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 48
10th Percentile £238 £162 £188
25th Percentile £256 £313 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £490 £520
Median % change year-on-year -23.47% -5.77% -8.77%
75th Percentile £526 £547 £623
90th Percentile £725 £550 £657
Wales median daily rate £463 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -7.50% -1.48% -10.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -22.17% -
Wales median hourly rate £30.50 £20.24 £26.00
% change year-on-year +50.73% -22.17% -

SpecFlow
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

SpecFlow job vacancy trend in South Wales

SpecFlow
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

SpecFlow
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SpecFlow in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SpecFlow in South Wales

SpecFlow
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 SpecFlow within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 - 2 £305 -
Newport - 1 £675 - 5
SpecFlow
Wales

SpecFlow
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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) MSTest
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Test Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Blazor
2 1 (33.33%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDET
3 1 (33.33%) SOLID
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001