The absence of a really large city (even Cardiff is significantly smaller than other major British regional cities like Leeds, Manchester or Bristol) does make Wales one of the hardest regions to find temp jobs but its worth the effort. Wales is a beautiful and fascinating country to work in. With its mountainous landscape and numerous sandy beaches, Wales has always created jobs in tourism.
In recent years, service jobs in Wales have seen above average growth compared with the rest of the UK jobs market. Cardiff and to a lesser extent Swansea and Newport are centres for retail work, hotels and catering jobs, temp financial and business jobs. Cardiff especially is a great place to find bar jobs and temp work.
Wales, along with Scotland, Northern Ireland and England is part of the UK so British Work Permit rules apply.
All jobs in the United Kingdom require you to have the proper permissions to work here. If you are resident (or studying) in the UK, or you have an EU passport, you do not have to seek permission to work in the UK. If this is not the case we have created a work permits and visas section. For the UK we teamed up with the UK Visa Bureau – they help arrange working holiday visas and, if you have British ancestry, they will help you get a UK ancestry visa.
A point worth noting - If your employer puts you straight onto an emergency tax code, then you may be entitled to a tax refund when you finish work.