Computer Science Jobs in Cardiff

Computer Science
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 56 40
Rank change year-on-year +37 -16 +21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 13 10 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.26% 1.39% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.07% 1.82% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 23
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile £46,250 - £60,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £100,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +53.85% +34.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £86,875
90th Percentile £82,500 - £96,250
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +38.70%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 161 549 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 89.94% 76.46% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 111 493 385
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year - -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £64,938 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £47,029 £46,699
% change year-on-year +6.32% +0.71% -6.60%

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
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Cardiff

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cardiff over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) MariaDB
1 4 (30.77%) MySQL
1 4 (30.77%) RDBMS
1 4 (30.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (15.38%) Big Data
2 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) JUnit
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aviation
2 1 (7.69%) Avionics
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Linux Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) VMWare Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Trainer
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Applications Support
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.69%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) CentOS
2 4 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (7.69%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Security Patching
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Data Science
3 2 (15.38%) Data Security
3 2 (15.38%) Data Stewardship
3 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Data Transformation
3 2 (15.38%) ETL
3 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
3 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (15.38%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Ada
3 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PhD
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (30.77%) vSphere
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) PayPal