Lead Developer Contract Job Trends in Wales
Lead Developer
UK > Wales
The median Lead Developer daily rate in Wales is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | - | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +7 |
| Contract Lead Developer jobs | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Wales | 0.45% | - | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.54% | - | 0.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £550 | - | £269 |
| 25th Percentile | £625 | - | £352 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £750 | - | £503 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +142.75% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £563 |
| UK median daily rate | £530 | £570 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.02% | -8.80% | +4.17% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Wales matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Wales matching a recognised job title | 556 | 394 | 422 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 83.23% | 87.36% | 92.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 314 | 253 | 252 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £182 | £136 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £256 | £210 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £400 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -5.88% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £488 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 48 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.55 | £13.08 | £15.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.13 | £16.85 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.50 | £20.50 | £25.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.88% | -19.92% | +7.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.46 | £22.00 | £40.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.00 | £31.65 | £52.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.32 | £25.15 | £36.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.32% | -31.27% | -17.76% |
Lead Developer Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Lead Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend in Wales
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Wales.
Lead Developer Daily Rate Histogram in Wales
Daily rate distribution for Lead Developer jobs in Wales over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Lead Developer Contract Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Lead Developer jobs within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | - | 2 | £750 | - | 2 |
| West Wales | - | 1 | £500 | - | 2 |
| Lead Developer UK |
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Lead Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales
For the 6 months to 8 November 2026, Lead Developer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Lead Developer job ads across the Wales region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Mentoring | 100.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Azure | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Azure Key Vault | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Coaching | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Code Quality | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Containerisation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Data Protection | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Django | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Docker | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | GDPR | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Kubernetes | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | RBAC | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Regression Testing | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Technical Leadership | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | Test Automation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 20 | Amazon EKS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Amazon RDS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Amazon S3 | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Amazon SQS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | AWS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Batch Processing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Bitbucket | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Confluence | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Database Tuning | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Grafana | 33.3% | 1 |
| 20 | Incident Response | 33.3% | 1 |
Lead Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Django Developer | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Lead Software Developer | 33.3% | 1 |