Computer Science Contracts in Cardiff

Computer Science
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 28 29
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +21
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 11 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.32% 1.29% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 1.80% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £332 £190 -
25th Percentile £416 £261 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £380 £575
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -33.91% +9.52%
75th Percentile £480 £478 £606
90th Percentile £484 £536 £618
South Wales median daily rate £413 £380 £575
% change year-on-year +8.55% -33.91% +75.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Computer Science 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 167 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 90.80% 71.98% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 134 163
10th Percentile £230 £143 £190
25th Percentile £305 £336 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £499 £551 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £625
South Wales median daily rate £405 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.61 £14.61
25th Percentile £12.65 £15.48 £17.48
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% -17.47% +18.42%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.67 £24.69
90th Percentile £25.54 - £25.50
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £20.24 £19.49
% change year-on-year -20.93% +3.82% -2.55%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cardiff

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Cardiff

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cardiff

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Postman
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Health
4 1 (9.09%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
1 5 (45.45%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Payments Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Migration Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Principal Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) JSON
1 5 (45.45%) REST
1 5 (45.45%) SOAP
1 5 (45.45%) XML
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) Jest
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) Puppeteer
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (45.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
3 2 (18.18%) NHS
4 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Business Strategy
2 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
2 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 5 (45.45%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Test Strategy
2 5 (45.45%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
3 4 (36.36%) Data Privacy
3 4 (36.36%) DevSecOps
3 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) AWS Certification
2 5 (45.45%) Azure Certification
2 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
3 4 (36.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (36.36%) CITP
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) SEPA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Google
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cloudera
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks