Clean Code Contract Job Trends in Wales

Clean Code
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Clean Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Clean Code 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% - 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £217
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.64%
75th Percentile - - £341
90th Percentile - - £564
UK median daily rate £500 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -10.71% -2.61% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Clean Code 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 390 352 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 82.11% 77.53% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 199 314
10th Percentile £183 £140 £173
25th Percentile £257 £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% -1.45% -13.75%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £567
90th Percentile £604 £650 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 49 26
10th Percentile £13.42 £15.48 £15.93
25th Percentile £16.85 £20.12 £21.27
Median hourly rate £19.10 £23.66 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% -9.00% +37.17%
75th Percentile £24.06 £37.28 £50.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Clean Code job vacancy trend in Wales

Clean Code
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Clean Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Clean Code

Clean Code
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 Clean Code within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 November 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 £475 - 5
Clean Code
UK

Clean Code
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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared