Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Technical Debt
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Debt 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £620 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Technical Debt falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 350 233 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 75.43% 90.31% 77.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 159 186
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £289 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £444
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £552
90th Percentile £775 £625 £625
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 36
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £13.06
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.23 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.75 £16.00 £21.49
Median % change year-on-year +35.94% -25.53% +10.24%
75th Percentile £46.85 £23.00 £49.06
90th Percentile £55.00 £43.32 £85.50
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.35
% change year-on-year +4.71% +3.23% +4.43%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in South Wales

Technical Debt
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Technical Debt

Technical Debt
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 Technical Debt within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bridgend - 1 £600 -
Technical Debt
Wales

Technical Debt
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation