Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Wales

Computer Science
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 10 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.70% 2.78% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 3.56% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £426 £270 £433
25th Percentile £447 £311 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £380 £575
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% -33.91% +100.00%
75th Percentile £480 £478 £588
90th Percentile £484 £536 £610
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year - +11.55% -8.89%
75th Percentile - £28.70 £19.31
90th Percentile - £43.73 -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £51.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year -34.95% -14.52% +17.56%

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 316 337 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 85.41% 78.19% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 179 314
10th Percentile £190 £140 £184
25th Percentile £265 £210 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £575
90th Percentile £663 £638 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 48 24
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £15.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £16.99
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £24.96
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% +1.61% +25.35%
75th Percentile £25.15 £47.81 £39.69
90th Percentile - £52.35 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +44.07%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Computer Science

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 30 September 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 +3 10 £463 +21.71% 8
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:

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 5 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (40.00%) Data Privacy
2 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (10.00%) SOQL
1 1 (10.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
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