Computer Science Contracts in Wales

Computer Science
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 38 49
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 +19
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 28 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 9.56% 1.52% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.98% 1.93% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 7
10th Percentile £231 £214 £513
25th Percentile £255 £321 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £403 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.95% -26.82% +66.67%
75th Percentile £480 £463 £581
90th Percentile £537 £530 £598
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £29.25 - £17.18
25th Percentile £33.75 - £17.48
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £18.82
75th Percentile £41.25 - £19.81
90th Percentile £43.50 - £19.91
UK median hourly rate £43.75 £55.00 £53.87
% change year-on-year -20.45% +2.10% +14.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 311 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.03% 78.73% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 212 421
10th Percentile £185 £168 £183
25th Percentile £285 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £573
90th Percentile £625 £667 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
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 Computer Science within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales +26 26 £290 -23.68% 42
Dyfed - 1 £400 -
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 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) Azure
2 16 (57.14%) AWS
3 10 (35.71%) GCP
4 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (10.71%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (7.14%) PaaS
7 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
7 1 (3.57%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.57%) GitHub
7 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
1 8 (28.57%) Network Security
2 6 (21.43%) Wireless
3 5 (17.86%) BGP
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (17.86%) IPsec
3 5 (17.86%) OSPF
3 5 (17.86%) SD-WAN
4 3 (10.71%) 802.11
4 3 (10.71%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Metadata
1 4 (14.29%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (3.57%) Big Data
2 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (14.29%) Lead
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
3 4 (14.29%) Support Specialist
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) GCP Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Lead Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Migration Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Principal Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Data Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) 802.1X
2 2 (7.14%) Node.js
2 2 (7.14%) React
3 1 (3.57%) CSS
3 1 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.57%) Jest
3 1 (3.57%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 4 (14.29%) Cyberattack
1 4 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 4 (14.29%) NHS
1 4 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.14%) Blog
2 2 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.57%) Linked Data
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Analytics
1 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (32.14%) Roadmaps
2 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 8 (28.57%) Data Analytics
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
3 5 (17.86%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.86%) Network Design
4 4 (14.29%) Application Packaging
4 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 4 (14.29%) Data Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 4 (14.29%) Data Privacy
4 4 (14.29%) DevOps
4 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 4 (14.29%) Metadata Management
4 4 (14.29%) Migration
4 4 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Rust
3 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Degree
2 20 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (53.57%) Master's Degree
4 11 (39.29%) AWS Certification
5 10 (35.71%) Azure Certification
5 10 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (21.43%) CCNP
6 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (14.29%) A+ Certification
7 4 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (14.29%) CCNA
7 4 (14.29%) CITP
7 4 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (14.29%) PhD
8 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (3.57%) CSSLP
9 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
9 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Cacti
2 4 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) Argo
3 1 (3.57%) Grafana
3 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.57%) Nagios
3 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
3 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (35.71%) Google
3 9 (32.14%) Cisco
4 5 (17.86%) SolarWinds
5 4 (14.29%) Cloudera
5 4 (14.29%) Databricks
5 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 4 (14.29%) VMware
6 1 (3.57%) Remedy