Customer Requirements Contract Job Trends in Wales

Customer Requirements
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 44 45
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.47% 0.80% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.93% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £172 - -
25th Percentile £191 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £221 £400 £180
Median % change year-on-year -44.70% +122.22% -70.31%
75th Percentile £252 - £298
90th Percentile £270 - £509
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Customer Requirements 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 343 322 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.95% 85.87% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 198 261
10th Percentile £187 £166 £175
25th Percentile £290 £220 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -13.16%
75th Percentile £511 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 36 23
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.67 £14.06
25th Percentile £16.45 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £18.18 £22.25 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -18.09% +49.22%
75th Percentile £23.15 £29.06 £53.13
90th Percentile £35.10 £41.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in Wales

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 0 2 £221 -44.70% 5
Customer Requirements
UK

Customer Requirements
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Active Listening
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft