Computer Architecture Job Trends in South Wales

Computer Architecture
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Computer Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Architecture 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 - -
75th Percentile £50,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £50,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Computer Architecture 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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 639 543 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.53% 81.29% 92.34%
Number of salaries quoted 454 292 398
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,620
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,375 £50,467
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.16% +1.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% +3.38% -1.02%

Computer Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Computer Architecture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Computer Architecture
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Architecture within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Torfaen - 4 £50,500 -
Computer Architecture
Wales

Computer Architecture
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 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) MQTT
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 4 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Development
1 4 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware