Collaborative Working Contracts in Wales

Collaborative Working
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Collaborative Working skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 43 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +18
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.15% 0.77% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.00% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £336 - £324
25th Percentile £344 - £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £340
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.93%
75th Percentile £382 - £364
90th Percentile £390 - £378
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £50.50 -
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £50.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -47.40% -1.96% +172.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Collaborative Working 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 299 299 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 85.92% 76.47% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 168 316
10th Percentile £190 £142 £180
25th Percentile £274 £210 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -11.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £488 £544 £588
90th Percentile £650 £614 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 50 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £14.86 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.33 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -1.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £48.44 £39.69
90th Percentile - £53.75 £50.14
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
% change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in Wales

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in Wales

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in Wales

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 August 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 - 3 £361 - 28
Dyfed - 1 £363 -
Collaborative Working
UK

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) Node.js
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Jest
2 1 (25.00%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility