Web Services Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Web Services
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Web Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 35 42
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +19
Contract jobs citing Web Services 8 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.45% 2.22% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.29% 12.07% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £653 £160 -
25th Percentile £675 £161 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £164 £425
Median % change year-on-year +341.98% -61.40% +9.68%
75th Percentile £744 £178 £438
90th Percentile £748 £197 -
Wales median daily rate £725 £167 £425
% change year-on-year +333.95% -60.69% +9.68%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Wales

Web Services falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 56 58 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 17.13% 18.41% 19.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 57
10th Percentile £368 £185 £204
25th Percentile £425 £269 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +48.57% -33.33%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £425
90th Percentile £720 £564 £538
Wales median daily rate £500 £520 £388
% change year-on-year -3.85% +34.19% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 0
10th Percentile £75.75 £19.13 -
25th Percentile £76.88 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% - -
75th Percentile £85.63 £25.27 -
90th Percentile £86.75 £25.78 -
Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +263.64% - -

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Web Services job vacancy trend in South Wales

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Web Services

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Web Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Web Services

Web Services
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 Web Services within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 - 7 £700 -
Cardiff -10 1 £750 +357.22%
Web Services
Wales

Web Services
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (87.50%) Power Platform
3 6 (75.00%) GitHub
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JMeter
1 6 (75.00%) MSTest
1 6 (75.00%) Selenium
2 5 (62.50%) Visual Studio
3 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Senior
2 6 (75.00%) Automation Tester
2 6 (75.00%) Tester
3 5 (62.50%) Senior Automation Tester
3 5 (62.50%) Senior Tester
4 2 (25.00%) Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (62.50%) AI
3 5 (62.50%) Architectural Design
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Design Patterns
3 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
4 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (25.00%) CRM
5 2 (25.00%) Microservices
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) SOA
6 1 (12.50%) Scalability Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 6 (75.00%) SQL
4 5 (62.50%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
2 5 (62.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft