Computer Science Job Trends in Gwent

Computer Science
South Wales > Gwent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gwent requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 11.54% 6.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.54% 7.02% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £48,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +74.36% - -
South Wales median annual salary £85,000 £64,125 £56,250
% change year-on-year +32.55% +14.00% +14.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 57 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent 100.00% 86.36% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 1
10th Percentile £27,000 £41,500 -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £49,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +50.77% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,592 £33,750
90th Percentile £81,375 £80,259 -
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -3.92% +2.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gwent.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Gwent

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Gwent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Media
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) SOC 2