Code Quality Contract Job Trends in Wales

Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Code Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.74% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £453 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £526 - -
90th Percentile £528 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -2.01% -6.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Code Quality 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 366 344 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.57% 84.73% 87.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 210 281
10th Percentile £182 £162 £175
25th Percentile £282 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £653 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 42 23
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.34 £17.20
25th Percentile £16.69 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%
75th Percentile £23.25 £35.46 £53.13
90th Percentile £32.55 £41.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Code Quality job vacancy trend in Wales

Code Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Code Quality
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 Code Quality within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 - 8 £475 - 6
Code Quality
UK

Code Quality
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
1 3 (37.50%) MySQL
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (12.50%) JMeter
3 1 (12.50%) MSTest
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Automation Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
1 3 (37.50%) .NET Core
1 3 (37.50%) Jest
1 3 (37.50%) Next.js
1 3 (37.50%) React
1 3 (37.50%) Spring
1 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
1 3 (37.50%) Spring Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (25.00%) Entity Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) SOAP
3 1 (12.50%) Visualforce
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) API Design
5 3 (37.50%) Case Management
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Front End Development
5 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Kanban
5 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
5 3 (37.50%) Microservices
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
6 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Apex Code
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SOQL
3 1 (12.50%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) WCAG
3 1 (12.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
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