Developer Contracts in South Wales

Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Developer daily rate in South Wales is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 65 75 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 19.12% 14.34% 15.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.45% 15.06% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 73 102
10th Percentile £363 £300 £400
25th Percentile £396 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £539 £586 £631
90th Percentile £563 £660 £686
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 303 498 875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 95.22% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 386 650
10th Percentile £173 £173 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £571 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Developer in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
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 Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 0 61 £450 - 39
Newport +4 4 £369 -43.27% 2
Developer
Wales

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 19 (29.23%) SQL
2 17 (26.15%) TypeScript
2 17 (26.15%) React
2 17 (26.15%) Full Stack Development
3 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
4 15 (23.08%) Agile
5 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
6 13 (20.00%) GitHub
6 13 (20.00%) Vue
6 13 (20.00%) Cypress.io
7 12 (18.46%) T-SQL
8 11 (16.92%) Project Management
8 11 (16.92%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (16.92%) QA
8 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
8 11 (16.92%) Product Ownership
9 10 (15.38%) Laravel
9 10 (15.38%) .NET
10 9 (13.85%) Azure
11 8 (12.31%) Front End Development
11 8 (12.31%) JavaScript
11 8 (12.31%) PHP
12 7 (10.77%) MySQL
12 7 (10.77%) Linux
12 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (10.77%) Power BI
12 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (10.77%) Power Platform

Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.54%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.00%) GitHub
2 9 (13.85%) Azure
3 7 (10.77%) AWS
3 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.23%) Power Automate
5 5 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (6.15%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.54%) Heroku
7 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) MySQL
1 7 (10.77%) Power BI
1 7 (10.77%) Relational Database
1 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (7.69%) Power Query
3 3 (4.62%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 7 (10.77%) GitLab
2 7 (10.77%) Postman
3 6 (9.23%) Storybook
4 4 (6.15%) Git
5 3 (4.62%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.54%) JIRA
6 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.54%) tSQLt
General
1 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
2 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.15%) React
2 13 (20.00%) Vue
3 10 (15.38%) .NET
3 10 (15.38%) Laravel
4 6 (9.23%) Next.js
5 5 (7.69%) GraphQL
5 5 (7.69%) Playwright
6 4 (6.15%) CSS
6 4 (6.15%) HTML
7 3 (4.62%) ASP.NET
7 3 (4.62%) Redux
8 2 (3.08%) .NET Core
8 2 (3.08%) Blazor
8 2 (3.08%) FHIR
8 2 (3.08%) Flutter
8 2 (3.08%) Node.js
8 2 (3.08%) React Native
9 1 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (1.54%) Nuxt
9 1 (1.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.23%) NHS
3 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.54%) Clustering
4 1 (1.54%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.54%) Replication
4 1 (1.54%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.77%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Android
2 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Full Stack Development
2 15 (23.08%) Agile
3 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
4 11 (16.92%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (16.92%) Project Management
4 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
5 8 (12.31%) Front End Development
6 7 (10.77%) Analytics
6 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (9.23%) Unit Testing
8 5 (7.69%) Objectives and Key Results
9 4 (6.15%) Data Analytics
9 4 (6.15%) Software Engineering
10 3 (4.62%) User Experience
11 2 (3.08%) Data Modelling
11 2 (3.08%) Data Protection
11 2 (3.08%) Refactoring
11 2 (3.08%) Scrum
12 1 (1.54%) OO
12 1 (1.54%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.23%) SQL
2 17 (26.15%) TypeScript
3 12 (18.46%) T-SQL
4 8 (12.31%) JavaScript
4 8 (12.31%) PHP
5 6 (9.23%) C#
6 5 (7.69%) Python
7 3 (4.62%) Java
7 3 (4.62%) PL/SQL
8 2 (3.08%) Dart
9 1 (1.54%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) QA
2 2 (3.08%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) RedGate
3 4 (6.15%) Databricks
4 3 (4.62%) Oracle
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce