Software Engineer Contracts in Wales

Software Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Wales is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 52 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 8 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.88% 1.43% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.52% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 13
10th Percentile £385 £552 £491
25th Percentile £400 £555 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £570 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% -5.00% +21.83%
75th Percentile £513 £628 £638
90th Percentile £514 £656 £790
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £48.78 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.69 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £53.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £56.13 -
90th Percentile - £57.70 -
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +0.77% +8.33% +22.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 385 462 736
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.29% 97.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 342 564
10th Percentile £136 £170 £200
25th Percentile £210 £273 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £619 £649 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 30 22
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.93 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.12 £16.98 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £23.92 £16.28
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +46.92% -16.53%
75th Percentile £48.44 £41.56 £19.98
90th Percentile £53.38 £55.25 £24.88
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +9 8 £490 -18.33% 18
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) MySQL
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) React
4 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
4 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) GCP
4 3 (37.50%) Maven
4 3 (37.50%) Vue
4 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) npm
4 3 (37.50%) Google
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) Git
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Laravel
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) PHP
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) QA
5 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Playwright
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills

Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
1 3 (37.50%) npm
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) MySQL
2 4 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
1 3 (37.50%) Maven
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) JUnit
2 1 (12.50%) Mockito
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Laravel
1 3 (37.50%) React
1 3 (37.50%) Vue
2 2 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) Jest
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) Spring
3 1 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PHP
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google