Developer Contracts in Wales

Developer
UK > Wales

The median Developer daily rate in Wales is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 78 92 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 19.35% 14.44% 15.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.73% 15.16% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 89 111
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £385 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £525 £586 £626
90th Percentile £563 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £506 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.09% - +12.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wales with a recognized job title 359 607 974
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 95.29% 96.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 471 714
10th Percentile £187 £164 £177
25th Percentile £327 £313 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 40
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.25 £12.81
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%
75th Percentile £31.02 £19.98 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £44.25 £46.93
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Wales

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
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 Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 65 £450 - 54
West Wales +1 8 £450 -10.00% 9
North Wales +6 1 - - 4
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 22 (28.21%) SQL
2 21 (26.92%) React
3 20 (25.64%) Full Stack Development
4 17 (21.79%) TypeScript
4 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
4 17 (21.79%) Agile
5 15 (19.23%) CI/CD
6 13 (16.67%) Vue
6 13 (16.67%) GitHub
6 13 (16.67%) Cypress.io
7 12 (15.38%) T-SQL
8 11 (14.10%) JavaScript
8 11 (14.10%) .NET
8 11 (14.10%) Project Management
8 11 (14.10%) Test Automation
8 11 (14.10%) QA
8 11 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (14.10%) Product Ownership
9 10 (12.82%) Laravel
10 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (11.54%) PHP
10 9 (11.54%) Azure
10 9 (11.54%) Power BI
10 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
11 8 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (10.26%) Front End Development
11 8 (10.26%) Relational Database
11 8 (10.26%) GitLab
11 8 (10.26%) Java
11 8 (10.26%) MySQL

Developer Skill Set
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 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.67%) GitHub
2 9 (11.54%) Azure
2 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (8.97%) AWS
4 7 (8.97%) Power Automate
5 5 (6.41%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.13%) Snowflake
7 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.28%) Heroku
8 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) Power BI
2 8 (10.26%) MySQL
2 8 (10.26%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (7.69%) Power Query
5 4 (5.13%) MongoDB
6 3 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (3.85%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 8 (10.26%) GitLab
3 7 (8.97%) Postman
4 6 (7.69%) Git
4 6 (7.69%) Storybook
5 3 (3.85%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.28%) CA Gen
6 1 (1.28%) JIRA
6 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.28%) tSQLt
General
1 7 (8.97%) Public Sector
2 2 (2.56%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.28%) Health Technology
3 1 (1.28%) Marketing
3 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (26.92%) React
2 13 (16.67%) Vue
3 11 (14.10%) .NET
4 10 (12.82%) Laravel
5 7 (8.97%) Next.js
6 6 (7.69%) CSS
6 6 (7.69%) GraphQL
6 6 (7.69%) HTML
7 5 (6.41%) Playwright
8 4 (5.13%) Node.js
8 4 (5.13%) Redux
9 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
9 3 (3.85%) ASP.NET
9 3 (3.85%) Express.js
10 2 (2.56%) .NET Core
10 2 (2.56%) Flutter
10 2 (2.56%) MERN Stack
10 2 (2.56%) React Native
10 2 (2.56%) RESTful
10 2 (2.56%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.97%) NHS
3 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.28%) Clustering
4 1 (1.28%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.28%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.28%) Replication
4 1 (1.28%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.97%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) Android
2 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.28%) Unix
2 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) Full Stack Development
2 17 (21.79%) Agile
3 15 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 11 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (14.10%) Project Management
4 11 (14.10%) Test Automation
5 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (10.26%) Front End Development
7 7 (8.97%) Analytics
8 6 (7.69%) Unit Testing
9 5 (6.41%) Objectives and Key Results
9 5 (6.41%) Software Engineering
10 4 (5.13%) Data Analytics
10 4 (5.13%) E-Commerce
11 3 (3.85%) Scrum
11 3 (3.85%) User Experience
12 2 (2.56%) Computer Science
12 2 (2.56%) Data Modelling
12 2 (2.56%) Data Protection
12 2 (2.56%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) SQL
2 17 (21.79%) TypeScript
3 12 (15.38%) T-SQL
4 11 (14.10%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.54%) PHP
6 8 (10.26%) Java
7 7 (8.97%) C#
8 6 (7.69%) Python
9 3 (3.85%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.56%) Dart
10 2 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (2.56%) Ruby
11 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.28%) C++
11 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) RedGate
3 4 (5.13%) Databricks
4 3 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) CA
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce