Computer Science Degree Job Trends in South Wales

Computer Science Degree
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 55 47
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 6 10 22
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.75% 1.56% 3.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.17% 5.88% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 12
10th Percentile £47,625 - £36,625
25th Percentile £47,813 £41,594 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £44,344 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.57% -34.79% +23.64%
75th Percentile £55,313 £65,000 £86,563
90th Percentile £55,875 £67,250 £87,500
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £54,672 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.97% -0.60% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 189 170 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 23.74% 26.44% 31.02%
Number of salaries quoted 68 94 105
10th Percentile £29,550 £41,528 £32,698
25th Percentile £34,563 £44,188 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +2.15%
75th Percentile £78,431 £65,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,963 £74,969
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,035
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.13% +0.08%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in South Wales

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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 Science Degree within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Newport -12 4 - - 4
Torfaen - 2 £51,250 -
Computer Science Degree
Wales

Computer Science Degree
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 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 4 (66.67%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Bluetooth
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (66.67%) Modbus
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
1 4 (66.67%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Burp Suite
1 4 (66.67%) Metasploit
2 2 (33.33%) Git
General
1 6 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (66.67%) Law
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 2 (33.33%) Aviation
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) CAN bus
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (66.67%) IoT
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 4 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (33.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Kali Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) AI
2 4 (66.67%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Data Science
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Ergonomics
2 4 (66.67%) Human Factors
2 4 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 4 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 4 (66.67%) Psychology
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (66.67%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (66.67%) Statistics
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) R
2 4 (66.67%) Rust
3 2 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Nessus
1 4 (66.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Google
1 4 (66.67%) Qualtrics
1 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
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