B2B Contract Job Trends in Wales

Business-to-Business (B2B)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.25% - 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £513 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.93%
75th Percentile £538 - £450
90th Percentile - - £503
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +3.95% -13.64% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

B2B 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 329 338 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.72% 77.88% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 179 322
10th Percentile £190 £140 £180
25th Percentile £277 £211 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £645 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 46 21
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.48 £14.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.09 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -7.64% +50.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £26.69 £50.88 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -37.31% -9.60% +35.03%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

B2B job vacancy trend in Wales

B2B
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing B2B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing B2B

B2B
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2B within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
South Wales - 1 £525 - 19
B2B
UK

B2B
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft