Computer Science Jobs in Wales

Computer Science
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 27 71
Rank change year-on-year -61 +44 +16
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 40 132 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.85% 7.82% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 8.12% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19 53 23
10th Percentile £23,000 £21,650 £31,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £33,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £57,500 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year -40.87% +22.69% +4.14%
75th Percentile £44,500 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,656 1,626 1,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 76.56% 96.38% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 802 1,151
10th Percentile £27,275 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% +11.02%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Wales.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -26 16 £75,000 +15.38% 11
North Wales -21 11 £34,000 -
Mid Wales -6 7 £24,000 -27.27% 2
West Wales -9 6 £33,000 -12.00% 4
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Nutanix
2 2 (5.00%) AWS
2 2 (5.00%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) DHCP
1 5 (12.50%) DNS
1 5 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 4 (10.00%) Profibus
3 3 (7.50%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) LAN
3 3 (7.50%) Network Security
3 3 (7.50%) VLAN
3 3 (7.50%) WAN
3 3 (7.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle Database
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle Database 12c
2 2 (5.00%) MySQL
3 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Git
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) PHPUnit
2 1 (2.50%) Selenium
2 1 (2.50%) Subversion
2 1 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Electronics
3 8 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Games
6 4 (10.00%) Automotive
7 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.50%) Police
7 3 (7.50%) Retail
8 2 (5.00%) Finance
9 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Senior
2 14 (35.00%) Developer
3 9 (22.50%) Senior Developer
4 7 (17.50%) Oracle Developer
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 7 (17.50%) Software Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (12.50%) Performance Specialist
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 5 (12.50%) Senior IT Support
5 5 (12.50%) Support Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Forensic Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (20.00%) JSON
1 8 (20.00%) RESTful
1 8 (20.00%) SOAP
1 8 (20.00%) XML
2 7 (17.50%) Web Services
3 5 (12.50%) Regular Expression
4 2 (5.00%) .NET
4 2 (5.00%) CSS
4 2 (5.00%) HTML
4 2 (5.00%) React
4 2 (5.00%) Vue
5 1 (2.50%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.50%) HTML5
5 1 (2.50%) LAMP
5 1 (2.50%) Laravel
5 1 (2.50%) REST
5 1 (2.50%) Vuex
5 1 (2.50%) WPF
5 1 (2.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 6 (15.00%) Windows
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 4 (10.00%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (10.00%) VxWorks
5 3 (7.50%) CatOS
6 1 (2.50%) Debian
6 1 (2.50%) Fedora
6 1 (2.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (27.50%) Mentoring
3 7 (17.50%) Agile
3 7 (17.50%) Coaching
3 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
3 7 (17.50%) Project Management
3 7 (17.50%) Software Engineering
4 6 (15.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
5 5 (12.50%) Hardware Maintenance
5 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 5 (12.50%) ITIL
5 5 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 5 (12.50%) OO
5 5 (12.50%) OOD
5 5 (12.50%) OOP
5 5 (12.50%) Statistics
6 4 (10.00%) Biotechnology
6 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) SQL
2 7 (17.50%) C
2 7 (17.50%) PL/SQL
3 6 (15.00%) C#
4 5 (12.50%) C++
4 5 (12.50%) Groovy
4 5 (12.50%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.00%) Python
6 1 (2.50%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.50%) PHP
6 1 (2.50%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (92.50%) Degree
2 16 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (12.50%) HND
3 5 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (7.50%) CCIE
4 3 (7.50%) CCNA
4 3 (7.50%) CCNP
4 3 (7.50%) Check Point Certification
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.00%) PhD
6 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) HNC
6 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (10.00%) ISO 13485
2 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (2.50%) MISRA
3 1 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) Docker
2 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Ansible
1 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 5 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Oracle
3 4 (10.00%) QNX
4 3 (7.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.50%) Cisco
5 2 (5.00%) Google