Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in Wales

Technical Debt
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Debt 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £582 - -
25th Percentile £591 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - -
75th Percentile £636 - -
90th Percentile £639 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £513
% change year-on-year +0.92% +6.34% -14.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Technical Debt 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 458 290 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 75.21% 88.41% 72.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 186 202
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £287 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £551
90th Percentile £675 £619 £625
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 37 46
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.77 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.00 £15.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +3.23% +4.43%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £49.69
90th Percentile £54.00 £28.63 £79.38
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +74.79% -33.38% +0.67%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in Wales

Technical Debt
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Technical Debt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Technical Debt

Technical Debt
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 Technical Debt within the Wales region over the 6 months to 5 July 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 - 1 £600 - 3
Technical Debt
UK

Technical Debt
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Validation