OpenAPI Contract Job Trends in Wales

OpenAPI Specification
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring OpenAPI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenAPI 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.88% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £465 £625 £560
% change year-on-year -25.68% +11.55% -6.62%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

OpenAPI falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 82 91 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 17.15% 20.04% 19.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 51 75
10th Percentile £363 £196 £208
25th Percentile £425 £260 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +29.03% -26.07%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £496
90th Percentile £647 £575 £551
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 0
10th Percentile £43.68 - -
25th Percentile £63.81 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +263.64% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 £25.44 -
90th Percentile - £25.60 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +19.27% -13.26%

OpenAPI
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

OpenAPI job vacancy trend in Wales

OpenAPI
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing OpenAPI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing OpenAPI

OpenAPI
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 OpenAPI within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 November 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 - 9 £375 - 1
OpenAPI
UK

OpenAPI
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle Service Bus
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (88.89%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Dutch Language
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) French Language
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Consultant
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) Oracle SOA Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) SOA Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) BPM Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) IT Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Lead
4 2 (22.22%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Middleware Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Oracle Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) REST
1 9 (100.00%) SOAP
1 9 (100.00%) Swagger
2 8 (88.89%) JSON
2 8 (88.89%) OAuth
2 8 (88.89%) OAuth2
2 8 (88.89%) XML
2 8 (88.89%) XSD
3 3 (33.33%) Middleware
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) DevOps
2 8 (88.89%) API Design
2 8 (88.89%) API Management
2 8 (88.89%) BPEL
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (88.89%) SDLC
2 8 (88.89%) SOA
2 8 (88.89%) Thought Leadership
2 8 (88.89%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
3 1 (11.11%) OOP
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) PL/SQL
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce