Build Automation Contract Job Trends in Wales

Build Automation
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £571 £530 £488
% change year-on-year +7.78% +8.72% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Build Automation 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 458 292 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 75.33% 88.48% 72.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 187 207
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £285 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £551
90th Percentile £675 £618 £630
UK median daily rate £516 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.18% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 38 46
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.88 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.25 £15.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +3.23% +4.43%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £49.69
90th Percentile £54.00 £28.53 £79.38
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -2.41%

Build Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Build Automation job vacancy trend in Wales

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Build Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Build Automation

Build Automation
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 Build Automation within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
South Wales - 5 £600 - 1
Build Automation
UK

Build Automation
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) Project Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Server Building
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Server Patching
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft