Jest
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | - | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -6 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Jest | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 0.069% | - | 0.092% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.37% | - | 0.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | - | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | - | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +18.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | - | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Wales median annual salary | £65,000 | - | £46,210 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -15.60% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Wales
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in South Wales.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 73 | 242 | 331 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 5.02% | 19.03% | 30.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69 | 169 | 150 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,332 | £31,250 | £34,988 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £41,250 | £43,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £68,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £79,600 | £75,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £60,000 | £51,404 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.72% | +7.09% | -8.57% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Salary Trend in South Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Jest.
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Job Locations in South Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | - | 1 | £65,000 | - | 2 |
| Jest Wales |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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: