Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Computer Science Degree
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 37 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 10 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.52% 1.43% -
As % of the Qualifications category 13.51% 3.73% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £426 £327 -
25th Percentile £447 £454 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £572 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% - -
75th Percentile £480 £594 -
90th Percentile £484 - -
Wales median daily rate £463 £572 -
% change year-on-year -19.14% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 74 134 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 26.06% 38.40% 42.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 141
10th Percentile £195 £129 £186
25th Percentile £245 £210 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.31% -23.81% -6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £679 £666 £675
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 11
10th Percentile - £15.20 £13.33
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £26.25
Median hourly rate £21.02 £23.68 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% -36.85% +87.50%
75th Percentile £32.81 £48.75 £53.88
90th Percentile £45.90 £53.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £25.36 £35.50
% change year-on-year -0.83% -28.56% +77.50%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in South Wales

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +5 10 £463 -22.14% 4
Computer Science Degree
Wales

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Migration Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Principal Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Principal Solutions Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) REST
1 6 (60.00%) SOAP
2 5 (50.00%) JSON
2 5 (50.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (10.00%) Visualforce
3 1 (10.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (40.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (40.00%) Data Privacy
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (10.00%) SOQL
1 1 (10.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 5 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
3 4 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (40.00%) CITP
3 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce